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

Title	Group/Artist	Catalog #	UPC
Songs of the Revolutionary War [for O’ Farrell’s March]	Yorktown Fifes and Drums	Altissimo 75442259812	754422598125
Handel: Rinaldo	Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon	Naxos 8.660165-67	730099616522
Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary	Oxford Camerata	Naxos 8.553129	0730099412926
Music for Organ, Brass, & Percussion [for Clarke: Trumpet Tune]	Michael Murray & Empire Brass	Telarc CD-80218	089408021824
Mozart: Haffner Serenade [for March K. 249]	Capella Istropolitana , Johannes Wildner	Naxos 8.550333
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7	Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Teldec 2292-46452-2	022924645228
Schubert: Piano Works for Four Hands, Vol. 2 [for Marche Militaire No. 1]	Jeno Jando, Zsuzsa Kollar	Naxos 8.553441	0730099444125
Tchaikovsky: Complete Suites for Orchestra [for Marche Miniature]	New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antal Dorati	Philips 454 253-2	028945425320
Opera Choruses [for Verdi Aida - Gloria All Egitto]	Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lamberto Gardelli	EMI Classics 5 09032 2	5099950903221
Elgar: [Enigma Variations, or Pomp and Circumstance	Scottish National Orchestra, Alexander Gibson	Chandos CHAN 6504	095115650424
Grieg & Sibelius [for Grieg: Karelia Suite march]	Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner	Philips 412 727-2	028941272720
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, etc, [for From the Love For Three Oranges]	Orchestre National de France, Loren Maazel	CBS Masterworks, MK 39557	07464395572
Walton Symphony No. 1, etc, [for Crown Imperial]	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn	Telarc CD-80125	089408012525
Grainger: Music for Pianos [for ‘The Widow’s Party’ March’]	Penelope Thwaites, Wayne Marshall, and John Lavender.	Chandos CHAN 9702	095115163825
Indiana Jones: The Soundtracks Collection [for Raiders of the Lost Ark	London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams	Concord 888072310001	888072310001