CHVCD52 The Mountbatten Festival of Music 2020 with the Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines
CHVCD52 The Mountbatten Festival of Music 2020 with the Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines
Recorded by MPR in studio conditions for the first time ever prior to the Mountbatten Festival of Music, this double album is of an exceptional standard. The substantial playlist includes the ’ Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare’, Marches: ‘Under the White Ensign’, ‘HMS Hood’ (with bugles) and Regimental Marches ‘Heart of Oak’, ‘Sarie Marais’ and ‘A Life on the Ocean Wave’, a Corps of Drums Feature: ‘The Forgotten Army’, Band Features: ‘Evergreen’, ‘Dragonwing’, ‘Gloria’ (Gloria Estefan medley), Verdi’s Overture to ‘Nabucco’, ‘Greensleeves’, a suite from the film ‘Gladiator’, solo items: ‘Tico-Tico ’ (clarinet),’ Over the Rainbow’ (tuned percussion), ‘The Green Hornet’ (trumpet and xylophone), items with singers: ‘Sir Tom!’ (Tom Jones medley), ‘The Sound of Silence’, ‘Let the People Sing (A Tribute to ENSA)’, ‘I Got the Music in Me’ plus ‘Evening Hymn (‘Men of Honor’) and Sunset’ and ‘Britannic Salute’ (inc ‘Rule Britannia’ and ‘Land of Hope and Glory’. Total playing time more than 110 minutes.