Wind-band music is often a museum of obscure and less well-known opera composers. This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features overtures to operas by the French composer sometimes called the French Mozart: Francois-Adrien Boieldieu. In 1775, he was born in Rouen and received his musical education from the choirmaster and the organist at the local cathedral. Rouen was unique during the French Revolution because public performance of music continued there, but ultimately Boieldieu succumbed to the lure of Paris. When he first moved there, he worked as a piano tuner and eventually began working with the Opéra-Comique, where he had his first hit in 1800. From 1804 to 1810, he worked in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the czar of Russia, but returned to Paris for another round of hit operas.
- Csebogar Indulo (1905,, Bumblebee March)
Composer: Hermann Dostal (1874-1930)
Performer: Original Tiroler Kaiserjagermusik
Album: Best of Woodstock der Blasmusik, Vol. 11
- Overture to "Calif of Bagdad " (1800)
Composer: François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834)
Performer: Principal French Army Band
Album: La Musique Principale de l'Armee de Terre en Concert
- Overture to "La Dame Blanche" (1825)
Composer: François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834)
Performer: Principal French Army Band
Album: La Musique Principale de l'Armee de Terre en Concert
- Overture to "New Lord of the Village" (1813)
Composer: François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775-1834)
Performer: Principal French Army Band
Album: La Musique Principale de l'Armee de Terre en Concert
- Night and Day
Composer: Cole Porter (1891-1964)
Performer: Enoch Light & the Light Brigade
Album: Pertinent Percussion Cha Chas
- Astoria Strut (1929 recording)
Composer: Lee Collins (1901-1960) & David Jones
Performer: Red Allen & His New York Orchestra
Album: Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo: New Orleans
- Summertime
Composer: George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Performer: Coleman Hawkins & Red Allen
Album: Standards and Warhorses
- Alligator Crawl (1927 recording)
Composer: Fats Waller (1904-1943)
Performer: Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven
Album: Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo: New Orleans
- Lebenswert (Worth Living)
Composer: Martin Scharnagl (1988- )
Performer: Viera Blech
Album: Best of Woodstock der Blasmusik, Vol. 11
- River Kwai March
Composer: Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) & Kenneth J. Alford (1881-1945)
Performer: Blechschaden
Album: Best of Woodstock der Blasmusik, Vol. 11
- Mit bestem Dank (With Best Thanks)
Composer: Josef Schiechtl (1989- )
Performer: Die 7er Partie
Album: Best of Woodstock der Blasmusik, Vol. 11
