Lowell Graham Winds of War and Peace on 200g 45RPM 2LP: Mastered from the Original Tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, Pressed at QRP
On Winds of War and Peace, conductor Lowell Graham takes the National Symphonic Winds ensemble through a program of stirring orchestrations and marches composed by the likes of John Williams, Samuel Barber, Roger Nixon, Richard Rodgers, Alfred Reed, Radaelli, and Clifton Williams.
Liberty Fanfare was composed for the centennial celebration of the Statue of Liberty in 1986. This fanfare set the stage for one of the most spectacular celebrations in Americaās history. Composed in 1943, Commando March represents Barber’s first band work. Written in a quadruple meter, the composition utilizes the constant contrast of dotted and triplet rhythms while the melody is presented four times in different orchestrations. Festival Fanfare March, the third in his series of fanfare marches, received the Ostwald Award in composition by the American Bandmasters Association in 1973. It is a work that is technical, bright in color, and effervescent in spirit.
Victory at Sea was among the most watched and respected television series in the history of that medium. Richard Rodgers composed the music for the twenty-six half hour episodes. Robert Russell Bennett, the unsurpassed arranger of the time, arranged the music giving it the color and feeling that matched the pictures. Thus we have thirteen hours of music that captures the emotional dimension of war at sea. This arrangement by Bennett samples highlights from those episodes, communicating that which neither camera or word could convey.
This QRP-pressed 2LP set, with the music spread over four sides of vinyl, reduces distortion and high frequency loss as the wider-spaced grooves let your stereo cartridge track more accurately. Exquisite sonic detail is captured on these 200-gramĀ discs, bringing out the exemplary mastering job by Kevin Gray.
Musicians:John Williams, composerSamuel Barber, composerRoger Nixon, composerRichard Rodgers, composerAlfred Reed, composerRadaelli, composerClifton Williams, composerLowell Graham, conductorNational Symphonic Winds
Features:ā¢ 200g 45RPM vinyl 2LP reissue from Analogue Productionsā¢ Mastered from the original analog tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audioā¢ Pressed at Quality Record Pressingsā¢ Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket with new images
