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Disc 1. A Shaker gift song / Frank Ticheli (2:21) -- A Tallis prelude / Douglas Akey (3:44) -- Air and march / Henry Purcell ; arr. Gordon (2:47) -- Air for winds / Melvin Shelton (4:27) -- Ammerland / Jacob de Haan (3:26) -- Blue Ridge overture / Frank Erickson (5:53) -- Dorian landscape / Barry Kopetz (3:44) -- Fitzwilliam suite / Philip Gordon (2:91) -- For the new day arisen / Steven Barton (2:41)-- Four sketches / Bela Bartok ; arr. Schaefer (2:53) -- In a French garden / Richard Meyer 3:13) -- In heaven's air / Samuel Hazo (4:07) -- New wade 'n water / Adolphus Hailstork (2:56) -- Orion / Jan Van der Roost (3:43) -- Rites of Tamburo / Robert W. Smith (4:16) -- Sea song trilogy / Anne McGinty (2:54) -- Shaker variants / Elliot Del Borgo (4:39). |
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Disc. 2. Simple gifts / James Ployhar (3:52) -- The Red River valley / Pierre La Plante (3:07) -- While I watch the yellow wheat / Larry Daehn (2:26) -- A Longford legend / Robert Sheldon (6:43) -- Alligator alley / Michael Daugherty (4:58) -- Fortress / Frank Ticheli (5:28) -- Greek folk song suite / Franco Cesarini (8:06) -- Hebrides suite / Clare Grundman (8:22) -- Held still in quick of grace / Jack Stamp (4:33) -- Legends and heroes / Pierre La Plante (7:16) -- My Jesus! Oh, what anguish / J.S. Bach ; arr. Reed (4:55). |
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Disc 3. Mysterian landscapes / Timothy Broege (6:07) -- Norwegian folk song suite / Frank Erickson (3:50) -- O Mensch bewein' dein' Sünde gross / J.S. Bach ; arr. Grainger (6:05) -- Overture on a southern hymn / Robert Palmer (5:47) -- Prologue and march / Walter Hartley (2:35) -- Rollo takes a walk / David Maslanka (2:31) -- St. Florian chorale / Thomas Doss (5:18) -- The echo never fades / David Gillingham (6:09) -- The fire of eternal glory / Dmitri Shostakovich ; arr. Rhea (2:44) -- Themes from Green bushes / Percy Grainger ; arr. Daehn (3:39) -- Twilight in the wilderness / Christopher Tucker (8:30) -- Two sketches / Joseph Turrin (6:42). |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Biographical information about conductor and ensemble laid in container. |
| General note | "This CD set contains premier recordings of 40 of the most significant works ever composed for band, grades 2 and 3, as selected by world-renowned educators and conductors ... For more information about each piece, as well as conducting insights, refer to the book Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Volume 5 "--Container. |
| Performer |
North Texas Wind Symphony ; Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded July 24027, 2004, University of North Texas Winspear Performance Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center. |
| Publisher number | CD-623 GIA Publications |
| Publisher number | GIA CD-623 GIA Publications |
