The March Connection
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Triumphal March from Verdi's "Aida" at the Verona Opera (2012)
If the words “march music” put you in mind of brass bands or military parades, you may have a surprise coming, for composers have turned out some remarkable marches for orchestra, piano, organ and brass—and voices.
In this hour, music in 4/4 time by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Verdi, and Grainger, among others—including one that you’ve probably marched to yourself—possibly more than once.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
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CD Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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Songs of the Revolutionary War [for O’ Farrell’s March]
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Yorktown Fifes and Drums
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Altissimo 75442259812
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754422598125
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Handel: Rinaldo
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Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon
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Naxos 8.660165-67
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730099616522
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Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
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Oxford Camerata
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Naxos 8.553129
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0730099412926
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Music for Organ, Brass, & Percussion [for Clarke: Trumpet Tune]
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Michael Murray & Empire Brass
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Telarc CD-80218
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089408021824
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Mozart: Haffner Serenade [for March K. 249]
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Capella Istropolitana , Johannes Wildner
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Naxos 8.550333
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
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Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Teldec 2292-46452-2
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022924645228
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Schubert: Piano Works for Four Hands, Vol. 2 [for Marche Militaire No. 1]
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Jeno Jando, Zsuzsa Kollar
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Naxos 8.553441
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0730099444125
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Tchaikovsky: Complete Suites for Orchestra [for Marche Miniature]
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New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antal Dorati
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Philips 454 253-2
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028945425320
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Opera Choruses [for Verdi Aida - Gloria All Egitto]
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Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lamberto Gardelli
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EMI Classics 5 09032 2
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5099950903221
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Elgar: [Enigma Variations, or Pomp and Circumstance
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Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson
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Chandos CHAN 6504
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095115650424
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Grieg & Sibelius [for Grieg: Karelia Suite march]
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Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
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Philips 412 727-2
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028941272720
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, etc, [for From the Love For Three Oranges]
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Orchestre National de France, Loren Maazel
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CBS Masterworks, MK 39557
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07464395572
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Walton Symphony No. 1, etc, [for Crown Imperial]
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn
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Telarc CD-80125
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089408012525
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Grainger: Music for Pianos [for ‘The Widow’s Party’ March’]
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Penelope Thwaites, Wayne Marshall, and John Lavender.
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Chandos CHAN 9702
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095115163825
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Indiana Jones: The Soundtracks Collection [for Raiders of the Lost Ark
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London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
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Concord 888072310001
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888072310001
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