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Real music has arrived again! And I'll review it! I listened to this album here (it's also available on some music streaming websites, but I never use them):
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mP8SBmAh4PYSJ0gEsuag3X2TTHgXZenIc
The Badenweiler (Badonviller) march was composed by Georg Fürst of Germany in 1914 for the Royal Bavarian Infantry Life Guard Regiment. In 1914, this regiment won the Battle of Badonviller against the French military. It's one of the greatest marches and one of my most favorite marches! Why listen to Rammstein's disgusting cacophony when we have this beautiful masterpiece?
The Bayerischer Defiliermarsch (Bavarian Parade march) was composed by Adolf Scherzer of Germany in 1850 for the 7th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment. I like this positive march, but the recording of this march has a problem with quality. I found a version of this march that sounds better: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMhFag6swXs
The Castaldo march was composed by Rudolf Nováček (an ethnic Czech who was born in the Austrian Empire) in 1890 to honor the colonel Ludwig von Castaldo of the 28th Infantry Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army. A good march!
The Egerländer march (also called the 73er Regimentsmarsch (73rd Regiment's march) was composed by Vendelín Kopecký (also an ethnic Czech who was born in the Austrian Empire) in 1891 to honor his 73rd Infantry Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army. A very beautiful march that has very cheerful parts!
The Florentiner march was composed by Julius Fučík (also an ethnic Czech who was born in Austria-Hungary) in 1907 to honor the Italian city of Florence. As I mentioned in my Listal review of a different album, this march has sad parts (not in a bad manner), but I like this march very much! However, the recording of this march also has a problem with quality and I prefer this version: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florentiner_March.ogg
I want to find the most beautiful and positive waltz that a fairytale princess would approve of. And I feel very upset because all the works of famous composers are not readily available to listen to. Julius Fučík created more than 400 musical compositions, and Georg Philipp Telemann created more than 3,000 (and an opera at the age of 12), but we only know a minority of their works. What if they composed very beautiful waltzes and marches that we don't know about?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-E0HEV8hjk — the very beautiful Viola Concerto in G major by Telemann. It has sad parts (not in a bad manner).
The Erzherzog Albrecht march was composed by Karel Komzák Junior (also an ethnic Czech who was born in the Austrian Empire) in 1887 to honor the Austrian general Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen. A great march!
The Hoch Heidecksburg (High Heidecksburg) march was composed by Rudolf Herzer of Germany in 1912 presumably to glorify the Heidecksburg palace in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. A very cheerful march!
The Radetzky march was composed by Johann Strauss Senior of Austria in 1848 to honor field marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. My review of a different album praises this very classy and beautiful march!
The Regimentsgruß (Regiment's Salute) march was composed by Heinrich Steinbeck of Germany in the 1920s. It's very sad that I can't find a story about it. It's a fantastic march and one of my most favorite marches!
The Ruetz march was composed by Erwin Trojan of Austria-Hungary in 1924 presumably to honor the river Ruetz in Tyrol, Austria. It's one of my most favorite marches and my most favorite version of this march! It's a sad (not in a bad manner), but very, very beautiful march!
The Standschützen march was composed by Sepp Tanzer of Austria-Hungary in presumably 1942 (when Austria was a part of Germany) to honor the Standschützen home guard of Austria-Hungary. Note that Georg Kaltschmid of Austria-Hungary composed a very different Kitzbühler Standschützen march, but I don't know when. Both marches are beautiful!
www.listal.com/video/10890108
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nt0Jh302so — a version without a video. I hope that I'll be able to find a better version later.
The Yorckscher march was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven of Germany in 1808 or 1809 to honor the Prussian general field marshal Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg. A lovely march and one of my most favorite marches!
The Schönfeld march was composed by Carl Michael Ziehrer of the Austrian Empire in 1890 to honor the Austro-Hungarian general of the artillery Anton von Schönfeld. Ziehrer competed with the Strauss family of composers. Another good march! Much, much better than modern "music".
The Wien bleibt Wien (Vienna stays Vienna) march was composed by Johann Schrammel of the Austrian Empire in 1887. A very decent march, but the recording of this march has a problem with quality. I found a better version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhciUbWQHbI
The Unter dem Doppeladler (Under the Double Eagle) march was composed by Josef Franz Wagner (not related to Richard Wagner) of the Austrian Empire in 1893 as a patriotic march because the two-headed eagle is a symbol of Austria-Hungary. I praised this beautiful march in my review of a different album, but I prefer this version: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Under_the_Double_Eagle.ogg
The Brass Energy band performed very good. The choice of marches is really nice, but some recordings have quality problems. And I don't like the cover of this album at all. The sheets of music on the background are mirrored, I don't like the typeface of Brass Energy's text. They should have asked a handwriting enthusiast to create a very simple, yet elegant album cover instead. I can't rate this album above 1 out of 10 because covers are very important to me.
1/10
