President's Day

It's Monday, February 15th, and we are celebrating President's Day here at Reference Recordings! How does one celebrate President's Day? Marches and parades, of course! So, to help you celebrate, we're presenting the perfect album for the occasion - Marches I've Missed conducted by Frederick Fennell!

MARCHES I'VE MISSED
Frederick Fennell / Dallas Wind Symphony
RR-85 HDCD

"Fennell catches cool dance rhythms, delicate neatness, and British propriety very nicely. The Dallas Wind Symphony and the engineering are terrific, and Fennell's liner notes are literate, informative and personal." -- Gil French, CITY (Rochester, NY)

"Playing is excellent. For Fennell's many admirers this disc is self-recommending. Anyone who does not detest marches should like it too." -- Robert McColley, FANFARE

"Perhaps most remarkable is the absolute rightness of his tempo choices: One can't imagine one of these marches going even the slightest bit slower or faster. The Dallas ensemble plays superbly and the sound is phenomenal. We get the immediacuy and visceral excitement of Fennell's Mercury recordings, the weight and atmosphere of the Cleveland Symphonic Wind performances on Telarc, plus a level of detail and ease of presentation that's state-of-the-art." -- Andrew Quint, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

Tracks:

Jessel, Leon : Parade der Zinnsoldaten, Op. 123
Belsterling, Charles S. : March of the Steel Men
Sousa, John Philip : Gladiator March
Fillmore, Henry : The Footlifter
Sousa, John Philip : Northern Pines
Javaloyes, Alfredo : El abanico
Morris, Samuel E. : The Kilties
King, Karl : Rough Riders
Gates, George : Sol y sombra
Fillmore, Henry : Men of Ohio
Crawford, Robert M. : March of the US Air Force
Olivadoti, Joseph : Hall of Fame
Sbraccia B. : La banda nascente
Lavalle, Paul : Band of America
Lithgow, Alexander Frame : Invercargill
Hall, Robert Browne : New Colonial March
Alford, Kenneth : On the Quarter Deck
Chambers, William Paris : Chicago Tribune March

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