Marcel Peeters

In this nice five-part suite, Marcel Peeters (Antwerp, 1926) draws a musical portrait of the 20th century. By means of five legendary car types, each of them referring to a specific period, suggested...

The German hit 'Gute Nacht, Freunde' (Good Night, my friends) was written in 1971 by Alfons Yondrascheck who both wrote the music and the lyrics. It was most skilfully arranged for symphonic band by M...

The German hit 'Gute Nacht, Freunde' (Good Night, my friends) was written in 1971 by Alfons Yondrascheck who both wrote the music and the lyrics. It was most skilfully arranged for symphonic band by M...

This composition by Bob Gay and Marcel Peeters is a musical nostalgic recollection of 'those good old times...when everything was better than nowadays (?)'. It evokes the atmosphere and the conviviali...

This pleasant and varied suite consists of three parts: 1. 'Le Corbeau et le Renard' (The Raven and the Fox) is a humoristic evocation of the renowned fable by La Fontaine. 2. Little Romance' suggests...

April in Paris is the high water mark for Count Basie's legendary orchestra. A great arrangement from our number one arranger, Marcel Peeters

The Salsa is a mixture of jazz, rock and Afro-Cuban music that was born in the seventies in New York. This musical genre, based on Caribbean rhythmical patterns, gives way to a lot of improvisation. T...

Here is a fine piece of rhythmical and appealing dance music by means of which Marcel Peeters evokes the well-known American gamble paradise with plenty of casinos, one-armed bandits (slot machines),...

Canzoni d'Italia is a medley of Neapolitan evergreens in a superbly sounding and very tasteful arrangement by Marcel Peeters. The medley of ancient and well-known Mediterranean songs starts in a quiet...

The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, with lyrics written by Brooks and music composed by Brooks and arranged by Glen Kelly and Do...

This arrangement by Marcel Peeters is a compilation of tunes from 'Porgy and Bess' and is meant as a tribute to one of the greatest composers of entertainment music of the 20th century. The performanc...

Here is a musical story set in a nearby future told by Marcel Peeters. It is the account of a virtual journey through space with a space ship. From the very beginning to the end this adventure is full...

This Rock Opera appeared for the first time in 1970, from composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics from Tim Rice. The musical world ate it up, and it was a huge hit on Broadway and London. In 1973 a...

The French song Comme d'Habitude was composed by the French singer Claude François, shortly after the star had broken his relation with singer France Gall. The song was arranged by David Whitaker in 1...

People condemned to the deepest povertry and distress are often driven to extremes and woe betide those who put something in their way. Boublil and Schönberg wrote their first rock opera 'the French R...

Menschen die zu der tiefsten Armut und dem grössten Elend verurteilt sind, werden oft zu den äuserssten Grenzen getrieben und werden also oft ein Gefahr für die Menschheit. 1973 machten Boublil und Sc...

Menschen die zu der tiefsten Armut und dem grössten Elend verurteilt sind, werden oft zu den äuserssten Grenzen getrieben und werden also oft ein Gefahr für die Menschheit. 1973 machten Boublil und Sc...

Here is a kind of matrial hymn, composed in honour of the Olympics. Pieter Goemans wrote this work fort he Dutch Radio Orchestra 'Metropole Orkest' and here you have a skilful arrangement by Marcel Pe...

The Spanish bandleader Xavier Cugat (Gerona, 1900 - Barcelona, 1990) spent his youth in Cuba before starting a successful career as bandleader in the USA. He created his first dance band in 1928 and f...

A sparkling dixieland tune which makes a smashing apotheosis for your next concert.

Back to the thirties... Since the Scott Joplin revival ragtime music has always been in. Revival Rag brings back to memory the music that was played during the Roaring Twenties in the U.S.A. That's wh...