High Peak for Brass

by Black Dyke Mills Band

High Peak for Brass cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1970
  • Label: Pye
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 32:30
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded the week before the National Finals under conductors Geoffrey Brand and Roy Newsome, 'High Peak for Brass' preserves the premiere recording of Eric Ball's 'High Peak'. The programme pairs Gilbert Vinter's 'Spectrum' with James Shepherd's cornet solo 'Pandora', showcasing the soloists of the band's championship-winning line-up.

Genres

Descriptors: majestic, orchestral, soaring, virtuosic, bombastic

Tracklist

  1. High Peak (Rhapsody For Brass Band) (11:51)
  2. Serious Miss
  3. Dainty Miss
  4. Miss Unpredictable
  5. Miss Chatterbox
  6. Cornet Solo: Pandora (5:40)
  7. Elegy (From Entertainments For Brass Bands) (3:12)
  8. Spectrum (11:47)

Credits

  • Geoffrey Brand - conductor, sleeve notes
  • Vic Maile - engineer
  • Isabella Wallich - producer
  • Eric Ball - composed by
  • John Carr - composed by
  • Eug猫ne Damar茅 - composed by
  • Gilbert Vinter - composed by

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