CD: A Festival of Fanfares and Carols

A Festival of Fanfares and Carols featuring Cory Band with conductor, Philip Harper, the Treorchy Male Voice Choir and the International Songsters of the Salvation Army, recorded on the Doyen label (DOY CD364) by World of Brass (www.worldofbrass.com)

Leyland band’s flugel star, John Doyle, reviews Cory’s latest Christmas offering.

When I was asked to review a Christmas CD, albeit by world number one band, Cory, my enthusiasm was a little lacking to say the least. After playing in and directing literally hundreds of Christmas concerts, I was expecting the usual eclectic mix of cheesy arrangements; Jingle Bells played seven different ways and an overload of sleigh bells. However, this is certainly not the case with this disc…

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