Royal Swedish Navy Band - Teike: Marches, Vol. 1 - Alte Kameraden; Prinz-Albrecht-Marsch - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Carl Teike achieved great success at the beginning of his career with Alte Kameraden (available on Naxos 8.574317), renowned as the German 'march of marches'. Characterised by a clear structure, inventiveness and a wide range of tone colours, Teike's marches significantly enriched the German concert march genre. On this second of three volumes they range from the festive Aus allen deutschen Gauen ('From All Regions of Germany') composed for veterans, marches with patriotic titles such as Der Kaiser kommt and Kaiser-Parole or dedicated to major cities in Northern Germany, to Die Welt in Waffen ('The Weaponised World'), which gave rise to political scandal in it's day.

Famous for composing one of the world's greatest marches, Alte Kameraden (available on Volume 1 in this series, 8.574317), Carl Teike wrote a body of works that have enriched the German concert-march repertoire. They imbue the medium with both diversity and charisma, marrying thematic invention with clarity of structure and richness of tone colours. For the 43rd anniversary of his death, a 1918 march was disinterred and named Neue Kameraden, while Sorgenbrecher is a tribute from Teike to his contemporary, the admired composer Paul Lincke. This is the final volume in the series.

The Pack A.D. - Funeral Mix Tape [COMPACT DISCS] Digipack Packaging date 08/12/2008