The Golden Age of Light Music: Highly Strung

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Album Summary

Performer

• Johnny Dankworth (Saxophone)

Conductors

• Andersen, Curt
• Binge, Ronald
• Calvi, Gerard
• Cesana, Otto
• Cook, Eric
• Deutsch, Adolph
• Faith, Percy
• Farnon, Robert
• Fiedler, Arthur
• Goodwin, Ron
• Gould, Morton
• Green, Philip
• Hartley, Fred
• Jupp, Eric
• Kelly, Monty
• Love, Geoff
• Pages, Philippe
• Powell, Mitchell
• Rose, David
• Sarbek, Boris
• Stordahl, Axel
• Williams, Charles
• Yorke, Peter

Ensembles

• 
• Knightsbridge Strings
• Music of the Mountains

Composers

• Mikis Theodorakis (1925 - )
• Alex North (1910 - 1991)
• Percy Faith (1908 - 1976)
• Jack Mason
• Carlos Rocha
• Louis Gasté
• David Rose
• Zez Confrey (Composer) (1895 - 1971)
• Bernie Wayne (1919 - 1993)
• Paul Dubois
• Albert Marland
• Charles Williams (Composer/Big Band) (1893 - 1978)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Steve Race
• Roger Roger (1911 - 1995)
• Harry Revel (1905 - 1958)
• Kurt Schick
• Terry Gilkyson (1916 - 1999)
• Frank Chacksfield (1914 - 1995)
• Ron Goodwin (Composer/Conductor) (1925 - 2003)
• Rudolf Friml (Composer) (1879 - 1972)
• Frank Signorelli (1901 - 1975)
• Adolph Deutsch (1897 - 1980)
• George French
• Philip Green (1911 - 1982)
• Fred Hartley (1905 - 1991)
• Robert Farnon (Composer/Conductor) (1917 - 2005)
• Otto Cesana (1899 - 1980)
• Gérard Calvi

Notes & Reviews:

"Another great selection from Guild, full of the most delicious things. George French's title piece, Highly Strung, is a wild scherzo in the manner of David Rose's Holiday for Strings, with lots of swirling string movement and great support from the brass and winds. Jack Mason's Pops Polka is a typical Boston rush and Steve Race's Ring Ding has a touch of Latin about it. Very nice...Guild has done it again, compiling a fascinating collection of pieces in excellent sound, and with helpful, but not exhaustive, notes. I have a list of pieces I'd love them to do and my mouth waters at what delights they will come up with next. As ever, I am all anticipation. This is an invaluable series." - MusicWeb International

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Works Details

Mason, Jack : Pops Polka, for orchestra

• Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Race, Steve : Ring Ding, for orchestra

• Ensemble: Knightsbridge Strings
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

French, George : Highly Strung, for orchestra

• Conductor: Eric Cook
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Rocha, Carlos : Song Of Lisbon (Sempre Que Lisboa Canta), for orchestra

• Conductor: Eric Jupp
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.

Roger, Roger : Paris Pullman, for orchestra

• Conductor: Philippe Pages
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Green, Philip : Sapphire Theme, for orchestra

• Performer: Johnny Dankworth (Saxophone)
• Conductor: Philip Green
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Louis Gasté : Le Soir (I'd Love To Fall Asleep), for orchestra

• Conductor: Boris Sarbek
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.

Revel, Harry : Afraid To Dream

• Conductor: Ronald Binge
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Mack Gordon (1904 - 1959).
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Hartley, Fred : Jack In The Box, for orchestra

• Conductor: Fred Hartley
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Rose, David : Gay Spirits, for orchestra

• Conductor: David Rose
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Schick, Kurt : Sheerline, for orchestra

• Conductor: Curt Andersen
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.

Farnon, Robert : Little Miss Molly

• Conductor: Robert Farnon
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Confrey, Zez [Composer] : Stumbling (Paraphrase), for piano

• Conductor: Morton Gould
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1922

Gilkyson, Terry : Cry of the Wild Goose

• Conductor: Philip Green
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Cesana, Otto : Whirlwind, for orchestra

• Conductor: Otto Cesana
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Wayne, Bernie : Life In New York, for orchestra

• Conductor: Monty Kelly
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Chacksfield, Frank : Sunshine Beguine, for orchestra

• Conductor: Curt Andersen
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Gérard Calvi : Gigue Ecossaise (Scottish Jig), for orchestra

• Conductor: Gérard Calvi
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Dubois, Paul : Sentimental Magic, for orchestra

• Conductor: Charles Williams
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.

Goodwin, Ron : All Strung Up, for orchestra

• Conductor: Ron Goodwin
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Theodorakis, Mikis : The Honeymoon Song, for orchestra

• Conductor: Geoff Love
• Ensemble: Music of the Mountains
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Marland, Albert : Limelight Waltz, for orchestra

• Conductor: Eric Cook
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.

Friml, Rudolf [Composer] : Ma Belle, for orchestra

• Conductor: Geoff Love
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

North, Alex : The Wonderful Country, theme from the film

• Conductor: Mitchell Powell
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1959

Williams, Charles : Toy Violin, for orchestra

• Conductor: Charles Williams
• Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Signorelli, Frank : Blue Serenade

• Conductor: Axel Stordahl
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Mitchell Parish (1900 - 1993).
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Faith, Percy : Perpetual Notion

• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Berlin, Irving : A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, song (from "Ziegfeld Follies of 1919")

• Conductor: Peter Yorke
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919

Deutsch, Adolph : Park Avenue Fantasy, for orchestra

• Conductor: Adolph Deutsch
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern