This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features the music of the Swss composer Franco Cesarini. Cesarini was born in the southern part of Switzerland in the area that primarily speaks Italian. After starting to sing in a choir at age 7, he soon demonstrated his musical talent by playing the choral works he had sung on the piano by ear. Eventually, he had formal piano training, but his primary instrument is the flute. He attened the Verdi Conservatory in Milan and is professor of wind conduting at the Zurich Conservatory. He has conducted a number of Swiss wind bands, but now serves as the conductor of the Civica Filarmonica Lugano, whose recordings are frequently aired on Brass, Reeds, and Percussion.
- Florentiner March
Composer: Julius Fucik (1872-1916)
Performer: Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
Album: Dynamic Band
- Pastorale de Provence: La Villageoise
Composer: Franco Cesarini (1961- )
Performer: Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
Album: Dynamic Band
- Pastorale de Provence: Le Petit Berger
Composer: Franco Cesarini
Performer: Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
Album: Dynamic Band
- Pastorale de Provence: La Princesse
Composer: Franco Cesarini
Performer: Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
Album: Dynamic Band
- Pastorale de Provence: Le Lutin
Composer: Franco Cesarini
Performer: Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
Album: Dynamic Band
- Dynamic Overture
Composer: Franco Cesarini
Performer: Civic Band of Soncino (Italy)
Album: Dynamic Band
- Marie (1937 recording)
Composer: Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
Performer: Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Album: Swing Time, Vol. 2
- Remember (1937 recording)
Composer: Irving Berlin
Performer: Red Norvo (1908-1999) & His Orchestra
Album: Swing Time, Vol. 2
- Balletti: La Cortigiana
Composer: Kees Vlak (1938-2014, a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi (1554-1609)
Performer: Minsk Winds
Album: Return to Ithaca
- Balletti: Il Ballerino
Composer: Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
Performer: Minsk Winds
Album: Return to Ithaca
- Balletti: Il Passionato
Composer: Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
Performer: Minsk Winds
Album: Return to Ithaca
- Balletti: Il Tedesco
Composer: Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
Performer: Minsk Winds
Album: Return to Ithaca
- Balletti: Lo Solegrato
Composer: Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
Performer: Minsk Winds
Album: Return to Ithaca
- Balletti: Lo Spensierato
Composer: Kees Vlak (a.k.a. Luigi di Ghisallo), based on themes by Giovanni Gastoldi
Performer: Minsk Winds
Album: Return to Ithaca
- Xerxes
Composer: Ron van Riel (1990- )
Performer: Portuguese National Police Band
Album: Au Cirque
- Singapore Flyer
Composer: Satoshi Yagisawa (1975- )
Performer: Tohoku Fukushi University Wind Ensemble
Album: Music of Satoshi Yagisawa
- National Anthem of Malta
Composer: Robert Samut (1869-1934)
Performer: Band of French Republican Guard
Album: European National Anthems