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The Golden Age of Light Music: Four Decades of Light Music ? Volume II 1940s & 50s

Item No. GLCD 5135

Light Music

Price GBP 8.75 / USD


Medium:	CD
Release Date:	01.06.2007

The optimism of the 1930s was shattered at the end of the decade with the outbreak of the Second World War, but if anything music became even more important to alleviate the gloom of everyday life. This volume focuses on the 1940s and 1950s, with the latter decade revealing a renaissance of light music, thanks to the demands of the new long playing records and the ability of fresh composers and arrangers to exploit exciting new ideas offered by the marvel of high-fidelity sound. Stereo would later add a further dimension, but the inventive creations as the mono-only era came to an end are often quite stunning.

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Tracklist and soundclips:

	Title	Composer	Artist	Time	Play
01	March For Americans	Ferdé Grofé	MEREDITH WILLSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:46
02	Stringopation	David Rose	PHILIP GREEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA	1:48
03	Over To You	Eric Coates	ROYAL AIR FORCE CENTRAL ORCHESTRA Conducted by W/Comd. R.P. O’DONNELL	3:11
04	The Old Clockmaker	Charles Williams	QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES WILLIAMS	2:59
05	Fascination	F.D. Marchetti	ALBERT SANDLER AND HIS PALM COURT ORCHESTRA	3:33
06	World Of Tomorrow	Jack Beaver	NEW CENTURY ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIDNEY TORCH	3:15
07	Turkish Patrol	Michaelis	LEW STONE AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA	2:54
08	If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You (from “Revenge With Music” )	Arthur Schwartz	PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:12
09	Song Of Loyalty	Eric Coates	ROYAL AIR FORCE CENTRAL ORCHESTRA Conducted by W/Comd. R.P. O’DONNELL	3:30
10	Down With The Curtain	Charles Shadwell	CHARLES SHADWELL AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:08
11	Bali Ha’i (from “South Pacific” )	Rodgers, Hammerstein arr. Carl Stevens	DAVID CARROLL AND HIS ORCHESTRA (Harp solo by PETER EAGLE)	2:47
12	Traffic Boom	Roger Roger	ROGER ROGER AND HIS CHAMPS ELYSEES ORCHESTRA	2:38
13	Song Of India	Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Laurie Johnson	LAURIE JOHNSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:14
14	Surprise	Richard Shores	RICHARD SHORES AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:18
15	Spellbound – theme from the film	Miklos Rozsa, arr. Wally Stott	WALLY STOTT AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:22
16	Forty Second Street	Harry Warren	WERNER MÜLLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:47
17	Purple Wine	Alan Green	ALFREDO ANTONINI AND HIS ORCHESTRA	3:00
18	Look Sharp Be Sharp	Marlon Merrick	BOSTON ‘POPS’ ORCHESTRA Conducted by ARTHUR FIEDLER	3:05
19	The Velvet Glove	Harold Spina	GERALDO AND HIS NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA	2:43
20	The Piccolino	Irving Berlin	KINGSWAY PROMENADE ORCHESTRA Conducted by STANLEY BLACK	2:00
21	Louisiana Hay Ride	Arthur Schwartz, arr. Robert Farnon	ROBERT FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:43
22	A Garden In The Rain	James Dyrenforth, Carroll Gibbons	RAY MARTIN AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA	2:20
23	What’s The Rush	Lou Snider	CHARLES DORIAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:49
24	Forgotten Dreams	Leroy Anderson	LEROY ANDERSON AND HIS “POPS” CONCERT ORCHESTRA	2:14
25	Tokay	Noel Coward, arr. Roland Shaw	FRANK CHACKSFIELD AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:30
26	“Front Page Story” – Theme from the film	Michael Carr	THE MELACHRINO STRINGS Conducted by GEORGE MELACHRINO	2:31
27	Sport And Music	Lothar Brühne	LOUIS VOSS AND HIS ORCHESTRA	2:47

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