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The Golden Age of Light Music: Great American Light Orchestras

Item No. GLCD 5105

Light Music

Price GBP 5.10 / USD


Medium:	CD
Release Date:	01.06.2004

In the USA Light Music enjoyed great popularity during the middle years of the last century. Some of the ‘household names’ such as Mantovani and Melachrino actually came from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, but there were plenty of excellent ‘home grown’ orchestras as well. Among the giants were Andre Kostelanetz, Percy Faith, Leroy Anderson, David Rose and Morton Gould, but many others were present on the scene as well, sometimes enjoying considerable chart success – Hugo Winterhalter and Monty Kelly being just two examples. Radio had been a big influence since the 1930s, but the popularity of the long-playing record in the 1950s ensured that music lovers would continue to demand tuneful music, tastefully arranged and performed. Among the best-known works there were many hidden ‘gems’ – now long overdue for a welcome revival.

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Tracklist and soundclips:

	Title	Composer	Artist	Time	Play
01	Fiddle Faddle	Leroy Anderson	LEROY ANDERSON AND HIS ‘POPS’ CONCERT ORCHESTRA	3:10
02	The Bad And The Beautiful – theme from the film	David Raksin	DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:47
03	Brazilian Sleigh Bells	Percy Faith	PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:55
04	Anna	Roman, Giordano, Godfrey	VICTOR YOUNG AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:06
05	No Strings Attached	Richard Hayman	RICHARD HAYMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:26
06	Rain	Eugene Ford	PAUL WESTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:58
07	Holiday In Rio	Terig Tucci	ACQUAVIVA AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:45
08	Sophisticated Lady	Duke Ellington, arr. Morton Gould	MORTON GOULD AND HIS ORCHESTRA Violin Max Pollikoff	3:17
09	Marguerite Waltz	Meredith Willson	MEREDITH WILLSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:43
10	Blue Violins	Ray Martin	HUGO WINTERHALTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:24
11	No Other Love	Richard Rodgers	GORDON JENKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:03
12	Three O’clock In The Morning	Robledo, Terrliss	MONTY KELLY AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:24
13	La Mer	Charles Trenet	MGM STUDIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by MACKLIN MARROW	3:05
14	If You Are But A Dream	Jaffe, Fulton, Bronx – adapted from ‘Romance’ by Rubinstein	FRANK DE VOL AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:59
15	Satan And The Polar Bear	David Rose	DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:13
16	Carriage Trade	Richard Hayman	RICHARD HAYMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:28
17	Tradewinds	David Carroll	DAVID CARROLL AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:08
18	Manhattan Serenade	Louis Alter	ANDRE KOSTELANETZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA	4:09
19	The Cavalier’s Ball	Nicolas Acquaviva	ACQUAVIVA AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:55
20	Tropicana	Bernie Wayne	MONTY KELLY AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:41
21	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Jerome Kern	GORDON JENKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:10
22	Andalucia	Ernesto Lecuona, arr. Morton Gould	ROBIN HOOD DELL ORCHESTRA Conducted by MORTON GOULD	2:31
23	Dance of the Violins	Jeanjean	MGM STUDIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by MACKLIN MARROW	2:33
24	Tic-Tac-Toe	Lou Singer	HUGO WINTERHALTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:11
25	Toyland Waltz - from "Babes in Toyland"	Victor Herbert	HARRY HORLICK AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:32
26	Manhattan Masquerade	Louis Alter	PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA	4:16

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