Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
It's fairly rare for an essentially classical outfit to make its way onto the charts reliably, but the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (originally named the Tokyo Kosei Symphonic Band, helping explain the high brass content in their music) have done just that over the years, contributing to works across a series of genres. While the band was created with an eye toward the classical, it grew over the years, peaking under conductor Frederick Fennell (who took the reins in 1984). With Fennell, the band took on additional work in the realm of symphonic pop -- receiving high acclaim -- as well as soundtrack and theme music performances with popular content. Given this more popular content, the band made a niche for itself, tightly holding the crown for '70s-style brass-heavy, high-action theme music. Continuing to perform and record prodigiously (the band has released over 300 albums), the band began touring internationally in the late '80s, continuing through Fennell's death in 2004, passing the baton to Douglas Bostock and taking a renewed interest in European classical music at the same time.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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This Is Brass -Beat It-
Classical - Released by EMI Records Japan on Jun 3, 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
New Sounds In Brass 2019
J-Pop - Released by Universal Music LLC on Apr 24, 2019
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
New Sounds In Brass 2020
J-Pop - Released by Universal Music LLC on May 13, 2020
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
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Sounds
Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra & Frederick Fennell
Classical - Released by ObrassoRecords on Jan 31, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Swiss Fantasy
Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra & Ernst Obrecht
Classical - Released by ObrassoRecords on Jan 30, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
ユーミン・ブラス
J-Pop - Released by Universal Music LLC on Aug 30, 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brass Band! Koshien 2
Pop - Released by Universal Music LLC on Feb 27, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
New Sounds In Brass 2019
J-Pop - Released by Universal Music LLC on Apr 24, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
New Sounds In Brass 2020
J-Pop - Released by Universal Music LLC on May 13, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brass Band! Koshien 4
Classical - Released by Universal Music LLC on Jan 1, 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rimsky-Korsakov / Holst / Bourgeous: Trombone Concertos
Christian Lindberg, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Chikara Imamura
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo