Norwegian Armed Forces Archive

CHRISTIANIALIV – Works from Norway’s Golden Age of Wind music – The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces/ Ole Kristian Ruud – Works of SVENDSEN, HANSEN, OLSEN, EVENSEN – 2L audio-only Blu-ray + SACD
Great sound and music but a bit of a muddled program.

“Ja, vi elsker” – Staff Band of Norwegian Armed Forces/ Schola Cantorum/ Ingar Bergby – 2L Pure Audio Blu-ray+SACD
Patriotic? Yes. Norwegian? Yes. Nationalistic? Yes. Fabulous? Absolutely!

“La Voie Triumphale” (The Triumphal Way) = BERLIOZ: Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale; SAINT-SAENS: Orient et Occident March; DUKAS: Fanfare from La Peri; MILHAUD: Suite Francaise; TOMASI: Fanfares Liturgiques; BOZZA: Children’s Overture – Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces/ Ole Kristian Ruud – 2L Blu-ray+SACD
A powerful program of concert band selections in state-of-the-art surround sound.