Bill Hong asked:

>Anybody have any suggestions or favorites among PJBE recordings to
>suggest? I'm especially curious about original compositions or
>contemporary music they have done, as well as arrangements of older
>music.

Two I'd like to throw in the ring:

Decca 448 183-2 (possibly London in US):  La Battaglia, including music
by Scheidt, Susato, Byrd, Banchieri, Kuhnau, Jenkins, Handel.  The most
substantial items are Susato's dances, Byrd's The Battell which includes
a fabulous arrangement of The Earl of Oxford's March which IMHO is even
better than Jacob's arrangement of it in his William Byrd Suite, and
Kuhnau's The Battle between David and Goliath.  Scintillating stuff.

London 4303692 which contains fanfares by various C20 English composers
and Arnold's brass quintet and symphony for brass, the latter items alone
being worth the price of the CD.

Richard Pennycuick
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