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Re: Partita

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Subject: Re: Partita
From: Peter B Scott <pbscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 12:15:25 +0000
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Glaenneskog, Henrik wrote:
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> Have any of you heard the latest CD from the International
> Staff Band called "Partita". If you haven't you should go to the
> nearest record store and buy it. It is fantastic!
> 
> Everything starts off with Leslie Condon's "Celebration" - a  great
> march by a great composer played in a great way. It is so steady that
> your heartbeat will change to 112 :-)
> There is also a cornet solo - "Clear Skies" by Eric Ball. David Daws
> plays like he was sent from heaven. At least the music must must have
> been.
> 
> The title track  "Partita" by Kevin Norbury is OK. It isn't stunning
> but it is a nice piece. The composer has stolen many pieces from
> other work, for instance Ravel's Bolero and Bourgeou's Diversions (at
> least that is what I thought it sounded like).
> The last piece is Resurgam (Ball again). I have problems finding the
> right words for their performance of this outstanding piece. It is
> the best I ever heard.
> 

Must agree, a very good and heart  moving CD
God Bless you all


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