Fennell Conducts Sousa
This is the Sousa record for people who are serious about marches. Sousa  was the greatest march composer in the history of, well, marching, and this disc  includes many fresh and interesting pieces that will likely be unfamiliar, as  well as a couple of favorites (including "The Liberty Bell," famous as  the theme toMonty Python's Flying Circus). But by and large, this disc  focuses on the less well known pieces, though there's not a dud in the lot.  Sousa had a special gift for orchestration and for writing tunes with real  rhythmic interest; his marches never sound dull. Frederick Fennell is the simply  the best wind band conductor around, and these performances are standard- setters.--David Hurwitz