A TRIBUTE TO OUR PAST CONDUCTORS

500.169 WWM
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The Royal Symphonic band of the Belgian Guides
Yves Segers, conductor

A recording with compositions of almost all past conductors of the Belgian Guides from 1832. This historical document offers not only a varied program including 8 marches, but also many world premiere recordings.

1. Réveille – pas-redoublé (1848) (*) (Jean Valentin Bender); 2. Ouverture à Grand Orchestre  (*) (Jean Valentin Bender); 3. Symphonie Funèbre (1899) (*) (Julien Jean Simar): (Lento – Andante - Poco accelerando - Più lento); 4.  Le Trompette Amoureux - polka march (Léon Walpot); 5. March of the Red Cross of Belgium (Arthur Prevost/Arr. Yves Segers); 6. Rondo Capriccioso opus 14 (*) (Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy /Arr. A. Prevost); 7. Croix de l’Yser – march (*) (René De Ceuninck); 8. Croix de Guerre – march (*) (Franz Wangermée); 9.  1 and XXI Forever – march (*) (Simon Poulain); 10. March of the 13th Artillery Battalion (*) (Karel Torfs); 11. Westfalen – march (*) (Yvon Ducène); 12.  Elisabeth – novelty (*) (Norbert Nozy)

(*) world premiere recording