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Fanfares and Overtures

Sparkle

Trittico

Dance Mix

Push

Raritonality

Band Songs

Caricatures

Hey!

For the Lost and Living

Fanfare for Rutgers

Windfall

Transformations

Dance Rhythms

Reflections

TIME, a maniac...

Rutgers Wind Ensemble
Since its formation in 1953, the Rutgers Wind Ensemble has established itself as one of the leading wind bands in the United States.
The ensemble presents concerts at the highest artistic level, performing both masterworks of the wind repertoire and new works, including pieces composed expressly for the group.

Fanfares and Overtures

  • Overture-1940 - H. Owen Reed/Berz
  • Smetana Fanfare - Karel Husa
  • Fanfares from the Opera Libuse - Vaclav Nelhybel
  • Fanfare for Remembrance - H. Owen Reed
  • Music for Prague 1968 - Karel Husa
  • Renascence - H. Owen Reed
  • George Washington Bridge - William Schuman
(August 2009 on NAXOS)

Sparkle

  • Sparkle - Shafer Mahoney
  • Symphony in B-flat - Paul Hindemith
  • Suite Dreams - Steven Bryant
  • The Echo of God’s Laughter - Kenneth H. Lampl
  • Dark Forest - Luigi Zaninelli
  • Arioso - Joseph Willcox Jenkins
  • Pieces of Eight - Joseph Willcox Jenkins
(December 2008)

Trittico

  • Trittico - Vaclav Nelhybel
  • Musica Boema - Zdeněk Lukáš
  • Ut Re Mi - H. Owen Reed
  • Spiel - Ernst Toch
  • Mondavi Fanfare - Roger Nixon
  • Fest-Ouverture - Hugo Alfvén

 

Dance Mix

  • Armenian Dances - Alfred Reed
  • Armenian Dances - Aram Khachaturian
  • ...de Tango - Vincente Moncho
  • Vientos y Tangos - Michael Gandolfi
  • Three Japanese Dances - Bernard Rogers
  • Dance Mix - Rob Smith
  • Wind Dancer - James Colonna
  • Albanian Dance - Shelly Hansen

Push

  • Push - Rob Smith
  • Sinfonia No. 4 - Walter S. Hartley
  • Ye Banks & Braes - Percy Grainger
  • Faeroe Island Dance - Percy Grainger
  • The Red Pony - Aaron Copland
  • In Wartime - David DelTredici

 
Raritonality

  • Raritonality - Mark Zuckerman
  • Frolicking Winds – H. Owen Reed/Berz
  • Islas y Montańas - Shelly Hanson
  • Rivers of Bowery - Jonathan Newman
  • Espresso - Yotam Haber
  • Moving Parts – David Sampson
  • Centennial Fanfare-March – Roger Nixon
  • Tapor No. 1 & Hymn to Yerevan - Alan Hovhaness
  • Eine Kleine Yiddische Ragmusik - Adam Gorb


Band Songs

  • The Band Song - Willim Schuman
  • Song for Band - William Bolcom
  • Heart of the Morn & Ripley’s Ferry - H. Owen Reed
  • Heart Songs - David Maslanka
  • Foster’s America - David Gillingham
  • Psalm - Roger Nixon


Caricatures

  • Uncle Sid - Jonathan Newman
  • MetaMarch - Steve Bryant
  • Awakening of the Ents - H. Owen Reed
  • Suite of Old American Dances - R. R. Bennett
  • Grind - Daniel Ott
  • Chamarita! - Roger Nixon
  • Caricatures from Sets I and II - Jere Hutcheson

Hey!


  • La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed;
  • Dreadnought - Jeffrey Brooks
  • Escapade - Joseph T. Spaniola
  • Alchemy in Silent Space - Steven Bryant
  • Bloom - Steven Bryant
  • Hey! - Timothy Mahr

For the Lost and Living


  • For the Unfortunate - H. Owen Reed
  • A Hymn for the Lost and Living - Eric Ewazen
  • Red Cape Tango - Michael Daugherty
  • Rosie the Riveter - Felicia Sandler
  • American Elegy & Columbine Alma Mater - Frank Ticheli
  • Symphony No. 3, JFK - Andrew Boysen

Fanfare for Rutgers


William Berz, Conductor

  • Spiritual & Psalm of Praise - H. Owen Reed
  • Impercynation - Steve Bryant
  • Sleep - Eric Whitacre
  • Soundshock - Eibhlis Farrell
  • Kirkpatrick Fanfare - Andrew Boysen
  • Fanfare for Rutgers University - Charles Wuorinen
  • Cape Breton Concerto - Dan Goode

American Images


William Berz, Conductor

  • Emblems - Aaron Copland
  • Pacific Celebration Suite - Roger Nixon
  • Fanfare for the Inauguration of JFK - Leonard Bernstein
  • Elegy for a Young American - Ronald LoPresti
  • Equus - Eric Whitacre
  • Moon by Night - Jonathan Newman
  • Missouri Shindig - H. Owen Reed
  • Give the Fiddler a Dram - Traditional/Reed
  • Internal Combustion - David Gillingham

TIME, a maniac scattering dust


William Berz, Conductor
UPC 7 10396 35702 0
Mark #3570-mcd
  • TIME, a maniac scattering dust - Eric Moe
  • Yiddish Dances - Adam Gorb
  • October - Eric Whitacre
  • Strata - Brian Kershner
  • Whirr, Whirr, Whirr!!! - Ralph Hultgren
  • Balkanya - Jan Van der Roost
  • Pastime - Jack Stamp
  • Colours - Roger Cichy

Reflections


William Berz, Conductor
UPC 7 10396 29402 9
Mark #2940-mcd
  • Concertino - Ralph Hultgren
  • Reflections - Roger Nixon
  • Symphony No. 2 for Winds and Percussion - John Barnes Chance
  • Sinfonia V: Symphonia Sacra et Profana - Timothy Broege
  • The Soaring Hawk - Timothy Mahr
  • Divertimento - Roger Cichy

Dance Rhythms


William Berz, Conductor
UPC 6 10396 28872 5
Mark #2887-MCD
  • Chester Leaps In - Steven Bryant
  • Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli
  • Sun Dance - Frank Ticheli
  • Dance Rhythms - Wallingford Reigger
  • Bushdance - Ralph Hultgren
  • Masada - Ralph Hultgren
  • Satiric Dances - Norman Dello Joio
  • Night Dances - Bruce Yurko
available on Amazon.com


Transformations


William Berz, Conductor
UPC 7 10396 22912 0
Mark #2291-mcd
  • The Battell - William Byrd/ Gordon Jacob
  • Stratifhony - Kenneth H. Lampl
  • Courtly Airs and Dances - Ron Nelson
  • Canzonia - Peter Mennin
  • Fantasies on a Theme by Hayden - Norman Dello Joio

Windfall


William Berz, Conductor
UPC 7 10396 20022 8
Mark #MCD-2002
  • Windfall - Charles Wuorinen
  • New England Triptych - William Schuman
  • Syrtos - Nicolas Roussakis
  • Heaven's Gate - Scott R. Hawkinson
  • Sinfonia XVII: Transcendental Vienna - Timothy Broege
  • Laude - Howard Hanson


 


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