Carl Teike achieved great success at the beginning of his career with Alte Kameraden (available on Naxos 8574317), renowned as the German ‘march of marches’. Characterised by a clear structure, inventiveness and a wide range of tone colours, Teike’s marches significantly enriched the German concert march genre. On this second of three volumes they range from the festive Aus allen deutschen Gauen (‘From All Regions of Germany’) composed for veterans, marches with patriotic titles such as Der Kaiser kommt and Kaiser-Parole or dedicated to major cities in Northern Germany, to Die Welt in Waffen (‘The Weaponised World’), which gave rise to political scandal in its day.

This release is the second volume of a three-volume set in a comprehensive edition of Carl Teike’s marches. Both of the first two volumes have been recorded with the excellent The Royal Swedish Navy Band conducted by Alexander Hanson, admired in Vol.1 (8574317) by the American Record Guide for its ‘professional renditions that are crisp and balanced, with assured dynamic contrast’.

The Royal Swedish Navy Band has appeared on Vols. 11 and 12 of our American Classics edition of the Music for Wind Band of John Philip Sousa, of which Vol. 11 (8559690) was considered ‘another desirable addition to a very desirable series’ by MusicWeb International.