2009 WASBE Cincinnati, USA Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra
Music from 6 Continents (1994 Series) - MCLEOD, J. (Visions from the North) (McLeod)
ALWYN, W. Film Music (arr. for wind band) (Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Rundell, Heron)
BIOGRAPHY
Formed more than twenty years ago by Timothy Reynish, the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra is now recognised as one of the leading conservatory ensembles in the world. It has performed at the Aldeburgh, Cambridge, Huddersfield, Lichfield, Malvern, Spitalfields and Three Choirs festivals, as well as festivals in Japan, Switzerland and Poland. In its regular series of concerts at the Royal Northern College of Music it has performed more than 500 works and led the field in commissioning new works and rescuing old. The Wind Orchestra has played at the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican Centre, and in 1991 became the first conservatory ensemble to give a BBC Prom. Its recordings are broadcast on radio throughout the world. In 2000 the Royal Northern College of Music was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education for its outstanding and pioneering work with the Wind Orchestra.
Russian Wind Band Classics '..the performances get the thumbs up. Chandos' recording engineers have done their work with the necessary bravado.'...
Dances with Winds …a disc that is as enterprising in repertoire as it is spirited and polished in performance....
Experiments on a March To sum up, this is an excellent collection of some of Shostakovich’s best film music....
Concert Band Music Decked out in expert orchestration, played to perfection and recorded in typically sumptuous sound, it provides an ideal conclusion to a splendid disc.
Grainger Transcriptions for Wind Orchestra
"Clark Rundell conducts lively yet stylistically sound renditions of everything here, while the Royal Northern...
Grainger Country Gardens etc. Chandos’ Grainger Edition is clearly going to be revelatory and confirms Grainger as one of the greatest pianists of his generation...
Grainger Vol. 4 - Works for Wind Orchestra 1 Superb performances here by the RNCM Wind Orchestra…...
