Golden Age Of Light Music: Lightly Classical

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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age Of Light Music: Lightly Classical
Various Artists incls Angela Morley, Frank de Vol, Stanley Black, Sidney Torch, David Rose, Ray Conniff, Percy Faith, etc

[ Guild Light Music / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 1 September 2016

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This collection has been prepared with three main aims: firstly to prove that the so-called boundaries between light and classical music are not as insurmountable as some people seem to imagine; secondly to illustrate that many composers, who may usually be associated with more serious works, also had their lighter moments; and thirdly to offer several examples of the tasteful way in which arrangers of the 20th century adapted the classics to make them more instantly appealing to their audience. For many years such 'tampering with the classics' was banned by the BBC in Britain, although commercial recordings could be freely purchased. However a lack of broadcasts obviously affected sales, which partly explains why such recordings were more common in the United States than in Britain. Among the leading US musicians who often strayed into classical territory were David Carroll, Andre Kostelanetz, Percy Faith, Clebanoff and even Ray Conniff. They are joined by Charles Williams, Angela Morley and other familiar figures on the UK scene.

Tracks:

Includes

Black, S:
Overture To A Costume Comedy

Debussy:
Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

Farnon:
Lake of the Woods

Grieg:
Våren, elegiac melody for strings, Op. 34 No. 2

Holst:
St Paul's Suite, Op. 29 No. 2: Dargason

Kabalevsky:
Galop from The Comedians, Op. 26

Khachaturian:
Masquerade: Waltz
Sabre Dance from Gayane

Lehár:
Zigeunerliebe (Gipsy Love): waltz

Massenet:
Meditation (from Thaïs)

Rimsky Korsakov:
Flight of the Bumble Bee
arr. Ralph Sterling, aka David Carroll

Stravinsky:
Rondo of the Princesses from The Firebird
The Firebird: Danse infernale du roi Kastchei
Berceuse from The Firebird
Finale from The Firebird

Tchaikovsky:
The Seasons, Op. 37b: June (Barcarolle)
Swan Lake: Scene (Swan Theme)

Walton:
Popular Song from 'Façade'

Wood, Haydn:
A brown bird singing

and adaptations of works by Ravel, Borodin, Luigini and Schumann