Track Listing

1. Marseillaise
2. March de la 2e D.B.
3. Alsace Lorraine
4. Allobroges
5. Marche Consulairec
6. March de la Gendarmerie
7. Marche du 1er Regiment des Chasseurs Ardennais
8. Sambre et Meuse
9. Chant du Depart
10. Hymne de l'Infanterie de Marine
11. March de la L�gion �trang�re
12. Saint Cyr
13. Marche des Parachutistes
14. Marche du ler Regiment des Carabiniers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133104 in Music
• Released on: 2009-06-25
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
French Military Marches by French Military Bands

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Customer Reviews

Defective recording--BEWARE!
What would have been an otherwise exciting and stirring recording recalling all the pomp and circumstance of the French Military is completely ruined by loud crackling and popping in some of the tracks. In fact, the first time I listened to this CD (full of excited anticipation), I was in my car travelling down the interstate behind a truck which I thought was throwing gravel up on my windshield. It wasn't--it was the CD. I firmly believe that Amazon.com should contact the producer of this recording and demand that it be done over properly.

Quality vs Recording
While the music was indeed stirring, suitably imperious, and full of French martial pride, the recording was of a rather poor quality. The brass instruments sounded off key and very "tin" like. In the background I could hear what sounded like a static which reminded me of a record player. It was as if the CD had just been a direct copy from an old slightly worn out vinyl record. The poor recording quality makes listening enjoyment difficult. The music is great but the recording quality will most likely grate upon the ears. Timeless, good, stirring music loses its effect when accompanied by "fft..skip...ffft..skip...fft."

Save your money
I was severely disappointed in this recording. I love military music of all kinds, but the unnamed group or groups on this recording failed to present this music adequately. On most tracks, the percussion was so loud that it was hard to hear the brass and winds, which was probably a good thing in a way in that both sections displayed serious problems with intonation and rhythmic integrity. From now on, I think I'll stick with recordings by groups which aren't unwilling to put their names on them.