Description:

This is the eighth album commissioned by the Yamaha Symphonic Band, which holds the record for the most gold medals in the All Japan Wind Music Competition. Under the baton of Nobuya Sugawa, the 5th Permanent Conductor of the Yamaha Symphonic Band, this album is the highest-quality work by an amateur brass band under the slogan "Creating Impressions Together" and is worthy of its record of the most number of gold medals it has won. Included are five pieces (approx. 69 minutes), including "Armenian Dance Part 1/A. Read," which is particularly popular in the Japanese brass band world, and "I Got Rhythm Variation/G. Gershwin," which won the Gold Prize at the 62nd All Japan Brass Band Competition. Also included is "Rhapsody on Japanese Folk Songs," performed solo by Nobuya Sugawa.

Tracklisting:

1 ARMENIAN DANCES PART 1 / Yamaha Symphonic Band
2 LOVERS ON THE CELESTIAL SPHERE / Yamaha Symphonic Band
3 VARIATIONS ON 'I GOT RHYTHM' / Yamaha Symphonic Band
4 RHAPSODY ON JAPANESE FOLK SONGS / Yamaha Symphonic Band
5 FESTE ROMANE 1.CIRCENSES / Yamaha Symphonic Band
6 FESTE ROMANE 2.IL GIUBILEO / Yamaha Symphonic Band
7 FESTE ROMANE 3.L'OTTOBRATA / Yamaha Symphonic Band
8 FESTE ROMANE 4.LA BEFANA / Yamaha Symphonic Band