Marches of the Russian Empire

Contents:

Blon: Soldatenblut (Soldiers’ Spirit) Soldaten Blut

Karl Bratfisch: Steinmetzmarsch

Johann Heinrich Walch: Pariser Einzugsmarsch

Philipp Fahrbach Jr.: Standartentrager, Op. 192

Kral: Hoch Hapsburg, Op. 86

Julius Lehnhardt: Schneidige Truppe (The Stylish, Smart Looking Troops), Op. 17

Lumbye: Kong Frederik VII honnormarch

Minkus: Roxanne, the Beauty of Montenegro: Montenegrin March

Fucik: Schneidig vor!, Op. 79

trad.: The Old Chasseurs March

Planquette: Le regiment de Sambre-et-Meuse (Arr. J. Rauski for Band)

Pugni: The Little Humpbacked Horse: March (Arr. for Band)

F. Romain: Sonnez Clairons (Sound You Trumpets)

Carl Unrath: Konig Karl (King Karl)-Marsch, AM II, 212

Philipp Fahrbach Jr.: Aufstellungsmarsch, Op. 263b

Wilhelm Legrand: Bayerischen Grenadier-Garde (Bavarian Grenadier Guards March) Parademarsch der königlich bayerischen Grenadiergarde

Karl Hauschild: Frohsinn Marsch

Lvov, A: 68th Borodinsky Infantry Guards March

Ivan Chapievsky: Borodinsky Regimental March

Lully: God Save the Tsar Ceremonial March (Attrib. H. Carey)

anon.: General Muster Ceremonial March

anon.: Ceremonial Retreat Ceremonial March

Bortnyansky: The Lord in Zion Reigneth Ceremonial March

Erik Eriksson: Marsch aus Petersburg

Vasily Agapkin: Farewell to a Slavonic Woman

Recorded on this disc by the Admiralty Band (the best military band in Russia!) are fast marches, which were well-known by the early 20th century in military bands’ repertoires, but were not regimental marches. They were composed in different countries at different times, and on different occasions – German/Prussian, Austrian, Danish, French, and Russian marches. The recordings cover a great time period, from the early 19th century to the turn of the 20th century.