The Village Band CD

A nostalgic recollection yes, but it's unlikely you've heard a performance like this at an evening concert in the park. The virtuosic playing of this classic Canadian Brass recording has always been jaw-dropping, and it's a wonderful example of how these five players can deliver a sound that matches a symphonic band. The arrangements are ideal, and the playing is magnificent - a real treat.

Individual Track Details:

1. La traviata: Sempre libera by Giuseppe Verdi

Performer: Ronald Romm (Trumpet), Graeme Page (French Horn), Charles Daellenbach (Tuba), Frederic Mills (Trumpet), Eugene Watts (Trombone) Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass Period: Romantic Written: 1853; Italy

Notes: Arranged: Frederic Mills

2. Dichter und Bauer: Overture by Franz von Suppé

Performer: Charles Daellenbach (Tuba), Ronald Romm (Trumpet), Graeme Page (French Horn), Frederic Mills (Trumpet), Eugene Watts (Trombone) Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass Period: Romantic Written: 1846; Vienna, Austria

Notes: Arranged: Frederic Mills

3. Carnevale di Venezia by Traditional

Performer: Graeme Page (French Horn), Eugene Watts (Trombone), Frederic Mills (Trumpet), Ronald Romm (Trumpet), Charles Daellenbach (Tuba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass

Notes: Arranged: Del Staigers

4. La Bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz" by Giacomo Puccini

Performer: Frederic Mills (Trumpet), Ronald Romm (Trumpet), Graeme Page (French Horn), Charles Daellenbach (Tuba), Eugene Watts (Trombone) Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass Period: Romantic Written: 1896; Italy

Notes: Arranged: Frederic Mills

5. Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Performer: Frederic Mills (Trumpet), Eugene Watts (Trombone), Graeme Page (French Horn), Charles Daellenbach (Tuba), Ronald Romm (Trumpet) Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass Period: Romantic Written: 1903; Russia

Notes: Arranged: Frederic Mills

6. Lieder (8), Op. 10: no 8, Allerseelen by Richard Strauss

Performer: Frederic Mills (Trumpet), Ronald Romm (Trumpet), Eugene Watts (Trombone), Graeme Page (French Horn), Charles Daellenbach (Tuba) Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass Period: Romantic Written: 1885; Germany

Notes: Arranged: Ralph Sauer

7. Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum by Gioachino Rossini

Performer: Ronald Romm (Trumpet), Eugene Watts (Trombone), Charles Daellenbach (Tuba), Frederic Mills (Trumpet), Graeme Page (French Horn) Orchestra/Ensemble: Canadian Brass Period: Romantic Written: 1816; Italy

Notes: Arranged: Gary Kulesha