Reviewed by Stephen Luff

An album featuring some of the best known soprano cornet solos for brass band together with some new compositions. One of the established pieces opens the album, "Demelza" is played by Kevin Crockford with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band and is beautiful, sounding like it might have been featured on a TV show. Indeed, it was used in part in the 1970s series Poldark. New material here includes "The Deep Bond" with its majestic feel, played superbly by Alan Wycherley. One of the outstanding pieces on the album is "The Lord's Prayer", performed by Peter Roberts with the Black Dyke Band which is guaranteed to raise the hairs on the back of your neck! Peter, along with the Yorkshire Building Society Band, also performs an excellent rendition of "Memory" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. All in all, this is a fantastic showcase of great musicians and without a bad track present on the CD, is highly recommended.

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