The Golden Age of Light Music - The 1950s

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Album Summary

Performers

• Danish State Radio Orchestra
• Ray Martin
• Henri Rene
• Stanley Black (Piano)
• Percy Faith
• Melachrino Orchestra
• George Melachrino (Voice)
• Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra
• Hugo Winterhalter
• Ron Goodwin
• Frederic Curzon
• Roberto Inglez
• Queen's Hall Light Orchestra
• Robert Farnon (Piano)
• Mantovani (Violin)
• Paul Weston & His Orchestra
• Billy Cotton
• Sidney Torch & His Orchestra
• Frank Chacksfield

Conductors

• Black, Stanley
• Chacksfield, Frank
• Cotton, Billy
• Curzon, Frederic
• Faith, Percy
• Farnon, Robert
• Green, Philip
• Inglez, Roberto
• Kelly, Monty
• Linden, Dolf van der
• Mantovani, The Orchestra
• Martin, Ray
• Melachrino, George
• Porten, R. de
• Rene, Henri
• Ros, Edmondo
• Ros, Edmundo
• Rose, David
• Rose, David [Composer]
• Torch, Sidney
• Weston, Paul
• Williams, Charles
• Winterhalter, Hugo
• Zuider, Peder van

Ensembles

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• David Rose Orchestra
• Edmundo Ros Orchestra
• Music by Camerata
• Philip Green Concert Pops Orchestra

Composers

• Edward Little White (1910 - 1994)
• Fred E. Ahlert (1892 - 1953)
• Esy Morales
• Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
• Charles Williams (1893 - 1978)
• Robert Farnon (1917 - 2005)
• Ray Martin (1918 - 1988)
• Sidney Torch (1908 - 1990)
• David Rose (1910 - 1990)
• Charles Trénet (1913 - 2001)
• Cyril Watters
• William Hill-Bowen
• Ray Martin
• Trevor Duncan (1924 - )
• Richard Addinsell (1904 - 1977)
• Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970)
• R. Heywood
• Robert Busby
• Busch / Delugg
• Geoffrey Henman
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Frank Perkins (1908 - )
• Noel Gay (1898 - 1954)
• Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979)
• Joe Heyne
• Angela Morley (1923 - 2009)

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Works Details

Gershwin, George : Show Girl :: Liza "All the clouds'll roll away"

• Conductor: David Rose
• Ensemble: David Rose Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1929
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ellington, Duke : Caravan

• Conductor: Philip Green
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1937
• Studio/Live: Studio

Martin, Ray : Marching Strings

• Performer: Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra
• Conductor: Edmundo Ros
• Ensemble: Edmundo Ros Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: March
• Written: 1930
• Studio/Live: Studio

Perkins, Frank : Fandango for piano (or voice & piano)

• Performer: Hugo Winterhalter
• Conductor: Hugo Winterhalter
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Williams, Charles : Heart-O-London

• Performer: Ron Goodwin
• Conductor: Charles Williams
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Duncan, Trevor : Hey Presto! (composed with George French, under the pseudonym "Brett Wilson")

• Performer: Frederic Curzon
• Conductor: Frederic Curzon
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Gay, Noel : Me and My Girl (excerpt)

• Performer: Roberto Inglez
• Conductor: Roberto Inglez
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937

Farnon, Robert : Proud Canvas

• Performers: Queen's Hall Light Orchestra; Robert Farnon (Piano)
• Conductor: Robert Farnon
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Addinsell, Richard : Festival, incidental music for piano & orchestra

• Performer: Mantovani (Violin)
• Conductor: The Mantovani
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1951

Rodgers, Richard : Blue Moon, song (from "Babes in Arms")

• Performer: Paul Weston & His Orchestra
• Conductor: Paul Weston
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

Martin, Ray : Dancing Bells

• Conductor: Peder Zuider
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970) : Granada

• Conductor: Monty Kelly
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1932

Heyne, Joe : Petite Waltz

• Performer: Billy Cotton
• Conductor: Billy Cotton
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Torch, Sidney : Shortcake Walk

• Performer: Sidney Torch & His Orchestra
• Conductor: Sidney Torch
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Heywood, R. : Flirtation Waltz

• Performer: Frank Chacksfield
• Conductor: Frank Chacksfield
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.

Morley, Angela : Angel Cake

• Conductor: Dolf Linden
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Rose, David : Waltz of the Bubbles

• Conductor: David Rose
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Busby, Robert : Sportsmaster, television series theme

• Performers: Danish State Radio Orchestra; Robert Farnon (Piano)
• Conductor: Robert Farnon
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.

White, Edward Little : Paris Interlude

• Ensemble: Music by Camerata
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Charles Trénet (1913 - 2001) : At Last, At Last

• Performer: Ray Martin
• Conductor: Ray Martin
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Busch / Delugg : Roller Coaster

• Performer: Henri Rene
• Conductor: Henri Rene
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.

Ahlert, Fred E. : The Moon Was Yellow

• Performer: Stanley Black (Piano)
• Conductor: Stanley Black
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Watters, Cyril : Piccadilly Spree

• Conductor: R. Porten
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Henman, Geoffrey : Champagne March

• Performers: Robert Farnon (Piano); Queen's Hall Light Orchestra
• Conductor: Robert Farnon
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.

Morales, Esy : Jungle Fantasy

• Performer: Percy Faith
• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.

Hill-Bowen, William : Parade of the Film Hits :: Medley

• Performers: Melachrino Orchestra; George Melachrino (Voice)
• Conductor: George Melachrino
• Running Time: 9 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern