The Golden Age of Light Music: Lost Transcriptions, Vol. 2 / Percy Faith, Mantovani & Sidney Torch

• Audio Samples
• Album Summary
• Notes & Reviews
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• Works Details

Audio Samples

Album Summary

Performers

• Duke Ellington (Piano)
• Vincent Abato (Clarinet)

Conductors

• Faith, Percy
• Mantovani, Annuncio Paulo
• Torch, Sidney

Ensemble

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Composers

• Louis Silvers (1889 - 1954)
• Morton Gould (Composer/Conductor) (1913 - 1996)
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• Vivian Ellis (Composer/Piano) (1903 - 1996)
• William Davies (piano)
• Eric Coates (Composer) (1886 - 1957)
• Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979)
• Ray Noble (1903 - 1978)
• Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
• Noël Coward (1899 - 1973)
• Mantovani (1905 - 1980)
• Henry Croudson (1898 - 1971)
• Jule Styne (1905 - 1994)
• Cole Porter (1891 - 1964)
• Jerome Kern (1885 - 1945)
• Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991)
• Ronald Binge (1910 - 1979)
• Voldemar Rosenberg
• Sidney Torch (1908 - 1990)

Notes & Reviews:

Rare recordings by three of light music's greatest names: Percy Faith, Mantovani and Sidney Torch are offered in this second volume of recordings made for use by broadcasting organizations before the advent of audio tape.

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Works Details

Rodgers, Richard : Falling in Love with Love, song (from "The Boys from Syracuse")

• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Porter, Cole : Rosalie

• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Silvers, Louis : April Showers

• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1921

Noble, Ray : The Very Thought of You, song

• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Kern, Jerome : Why Do I Love You, song (from "Show Boat")

• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Gould, Morton : Pavanne

• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1939

Ellington, Duke : Night Creature

• Performer: Duke Ellington (Piano)
• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Siegmeister, Elie : Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra :: Deep Blues

• Performer: Vincent Abato (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1955-1956

Copland, Aaron : Rodeo Suite :: Hoedown

• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Noël Coward (1899 - 1973) : Play, Orchestra, Play

• Conductor: Annuncio Mantovani
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Binge, Ronald : Imp on Broadway, for pops orchestra

• Conductor: Annuncio Mantovani
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Mantovani (1905 - 1980).
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Ellis, Vivian : Coronation Scot, for orchestra

• Conductor: Annuncio Mantovani
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Mantovani : March of the Robots, for pops orchestra

• Conductor: Annuncio Mantovani
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: March

Rosenberg, Voldemar : Danse du diable (Devil's Dance), for pops orchestra

• Conductor: Annuncio Mantovani
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Davies, William [piano] : Jamaican Juggler, for pops orchestra

• Conductor: Annuncio Mantovani
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Noël Coward (1899 - 1973) : Invitation to the Waltz

• Conductor: Annuncio Mantovani
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Binge, Ronald : Snakes and Ladders, for pops orchestra

• Conductor: Annuncio Mantovani
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Croudson, Henry : Rhapsody in Rhythm

• Conductor: Annuncio Mantovani
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Torch, Sidney : Strike Up the Music, for pops orchestra

• Conductor: Sidney Torch
• Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Torch, Sidney : Barbecue

• Conductor: Sidney Torch
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Torch, Sidney : Amore mio, for pops orchestra

• Conductor: Sidney Torch
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Coates, Eric [Composer] : Wood Nymphs (Valsette)

• Conductor: Sidney Torch
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1918

Styne, Jule : As Long as There's Music

• Conductor: Sidney Torch
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Torch, Sidney : Fandango

• Conductor: Sidney Torch
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Kern, Jerome : Dearly Beloved, song (from the film "You Were Never Lovelier")

• Conductor: Sidney Torch
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern