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Recommended Wind Ensemble Recordings 12 albums
ArkivMusic presents some favorite wind ensemble recordings, including both notable new releases and outstanding reissues you won't find anywhere else.

The Dallas Wind Symphony has made many recordings over the years for Reference, both under the baton of Junkin as well as Frederick Fennell. This may be one of the most spectacular due to its brilliant combination of brass, percussion, and one of the largest concert pipe organs.
1.  Crown Imperial - Walton, Gabrieli / Dallas Wind Symphony

Release Date: 11/13/2007   Label: Reference Recordings   Catalog: 112   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Sir William Walton,  Michael Daugherty,  Paul Hindemith,  Richard Wagner  ... 
Performer:  Mary Preston
Conductor:  Jerry Junkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dallas Wind Symphony
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Available exclusively through ArkivMusic, this release is a highlight of Frederick Fennell and the Eastman Wind Ensemble's recordings on Mercury Living Presence featuring the premiere recording of Morton Gould's West Point Symphony.
2.  Gould: West Point Symphony; Hovhaness, Giannini / Fennell

Release Date: 08/11/1992   Label: Mercury Living Presence   Catalog: 434320   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Alan Hovhaness,  Vittorio Giannini,  Morton Gould
Conductor:  A. Clyde Roller,  Frederick Fennell
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Eastman Wind Ensemble
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For fans of 20th-century wind ensemble music, this disc is a real treat. The recording is top-notch--quite vivid and realistic.
3.  Music For Joyful Occasions / Depaul University Wind Ensemble
   
Release Date: 03/04/2008   Label: Albany Records   Catalog: 1006   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  William Alwyn,  Constant Lambert
Performer:  Mary Stolper
Orchestra/Ensemble:  DePaul University Wind Ensemble
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Karel Husa is a phenomenal composer for wind band. If you collect music for symphonic wind ensemble, you owe it to yourself to hear this remarkable disc.
4.  Portrait Of Karel Husa - Works For Winds / Steele, Et Al

Release Date: 08/21/2007   Label: Albany Records   Catalog: 957   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Karel Husa
Performer:  Momoko Gresham
Conductor:  Stephen K. Steele
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Illinois State University Wind Symphony
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"The Quest" is a survey of wind band pieces from the 19th and 20th centuries - in most cases, the only available recordings of these works - performed by the acclaimed UNLV Wind Orchestra led by Thomas G. Leslie.
5.  Walton: The Quest; Broughton: Silverado Overture; Tchaikovsky: The Maid Of Orleans, Etc / Leslie, Unlv Wind Orchestra
Release Date: 06/24/2008   Label: Klavier Records   Catalog: 11169   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Sir William Walton,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Fisher Tull,  Masao Yabe  ... 
Conductor:  Thomas G. Leslie,  Takayoshi Suzuki
Orchestra/Ensemble:  University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra
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This latest release from the Illinois State University Wind Symphony adds to their impressive, growing discography. Stephen K. Steele's long experience and expertise in this field is evident in the way he has prepared the ensemble in the performance of these technically challenging works. Albany’s recording is exceptionally clear and focused.
6.  Stamp, Krumenauer, Maslanka / Stephen K. Steele, Illinois State University Wind
   
Release Date: 01/22/2008   Label: Albany Records   Catalog: 996   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  David Maslanka,  Kevin Krumenauer,  Jack Stamp
Conductor:  Stephen K. Steele
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Illinois State University Wind Symphony
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Exclusively reissued by ArkivMusic, these original stereo recordings made at the Eastman theatre in 1958 are part of the great heritage of Frederick Fennell and the Eastman Wind Ensemble's discography from Mercury Living Presence.
7.  Mozart: Serenade No 10; Strauss, Milhaud / Federick Fennell
Release Date: 09/15/1998   Label: Mercury Living Presence   Catalog: 434399   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Darius Milhaud,  Richard Strauss,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Frederick Fennell
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Eastman Wind Ensemble
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The disc title promises sonority, sonority, sonority. The sound is just as real as it can be. Jerry Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble are first rate throughout. Their alert, lively performances have the electricity of a Texas line storm, but also are notable for their precise tuning and excellent ensemble.
8.  Bells For Stokowski / Junkin, Univ. Of Texas Wind Ensemble

Release Date: 01/27/2004   Label: Reference Recordings   Catalog: 104   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Michael Daugherty,  David Del Tredici,  Ralph Vaughan Williams,  Tylman Susato
Conductor:  Jerry Junkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  University of Texas Wind Ensemble
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David Maslanka has become especially well known for his works for winds in many combinations — solo sonatas, chamber works and substantial works for wind ensemble — including five Symphonies.
9.  Maslanka: Desert Roads, David's Book / Steele, Gresham, Collier
   
Release Date: 04/08/2008   Label: Albany Records   Catalog: 1010   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  David Maslanka
Performer:  David Collier,  David Gresham
Conductor:  Stephen K. Steele
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Illinois State University Wind Symphony
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The University of Calgary Wind Ensemble is widely recognized as Canada’s leading wind orchestra. Under the direction of Dr. Glenn D. Price, the Ensemble has received great critical acclaim for its performances, recordings and broadcasts. The works represent a wonderful range of colors, styles and compositional techniques.
10.  Derivations / University Of Calgary Wind Ensemble

Release Date: 02/01/2008   Label: Albany Records   Catalog: 999   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Michael Torke,  John Estacio,  Yasuhide Ito,  Marco Putz  ... 
Performer:  Michael Burritt
Conductor:  Dr. Glenn D. Price
Orchestra/Ensemble:  University of Calgary Wind Ensemble
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A must for lovers of brass music, this recording features a world premiere recording of a new concerto for tuba.
11.  Solo Eclipse - Klein, Blake, Amis / Frederick Harris, Jr., Kenneth Amis

Release Date: 04/08/2008   Label: Albany Records   Catalog: 1016   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Guillermo Klein,  Ran Blake,  Kenneth Amis
Performer:  Bill McHenry,  Kenneth Amis
Conductor:  Frederick Jr. Harris
Orchestra/Ensemble:  MIT Wind Ensemble
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This extensive survey of Nelson’s composing career is brought to life by The Keystone Wind Ensemble under the leadership of Jack Stamp. Included are some of Nelson’s earliest works such as the "Mayflower Overture" and his most recent work, "Pastorale: Autumn Rune" written in 2006; Also "Fanfare for the Kennedy Center" (commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and Sir Neville Marriner) and a pyrotechinally brilliant work representing the optimism the world felt at the dawn of the 21st century, "Fanfare for the New Millenium".
12.  Ron Nelson: To The Airborne, Mayflower Overture, Etc / Stamp, Keyston Wind Ensemble
Release Date: 06/24/2008   Label: Klavier Records   Catalog: 11168   Number of Discs: 1 
Composer:  Ron Nelson
Performer:  Keith R. Young
Conductor:  Jack Stamp
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Keystone Wind Ensemble
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