The Golden Age of Light Music: Lightly Classical

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Album Summary

Conductors

• Carroll, David
• Challet, Pierre
• Clebanoff, Herman
• Conniff, Ray
• De Vol, Frank
• Faith, Percy
• Farnon, Robert
• Gamba, Piero
• Green, Philip
• Jones, Leslie
• Jupp, Eric
• Kostelanetz, Andre
• Melachrino, George
• Morley, Angela
• Munro, Ronnie
• Rose, David
• Torch, Sidney
• Trotter, John Scott
• Walton, William
• Williams, Charles

Ensemble

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Composers

• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Peter DeRose (1900 - 1953)
• Felton Rapley (1907 - 1976)
• Robert Farnon (Composer/Conductor) (1917 - 2005)
• George Forrest / Robert Wright
• Haydn Wood (Composer) (1882 - 1959)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
• Alexandre Luigini (1850 - 1906)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Stanley Black (1913 - 2002)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• David Carroll (Composer) (1913 - )
• Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

Notes & Reviews:

The collection of music on this recording proves that the so-called boundaries between light and classical music are not insurmountable; that many composers had lighter moments; and that there were many tasteful arrangements of the classics adapted to make them more instantly appealing to the audience.

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Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Flight of the Bumblebee

• Conductor: Pierre Challet
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1901

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

• Conductor: Pierre Challet
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Holst, Gustav : St. Paul's Suite :: The Dargason

• Conductor: Angela Morley
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912-1913

Walton, William : Façade Suite no 2 :: Popular Song

• Conductor: William Walton
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

DeRose, Peter : The Lamp Is Low, song (a.k.a. "Pavanne") (after Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte)

• Conductor: Frank De Vol
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Gypsy Love :: Waltz

• Conductor: Sidney Torch
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1909

Black, Stanley : Overture to a costume comedy

• Conductor: Piero Gamba
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1955

Rapley, Felton : Portrait of Clare, for pops orchestra (transcribed and arranged from Schumann's "Devotion")

• Conductor: Charles Williams
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Luigini, Alexandre : Ballet Egyptien :: Finale

• Conductor: Ronnie Munro
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Les saisons, Op. 37b

• Conductor: Philip Green
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Farnon, Robert : Lake of the Woods, for orchestra

• Conductor: Leslie Jones
• Running Time: 7 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Khachaturian, Aram : Masquerade Suite :: Waltz

• Conductor: André Kostelanetz
• Notes: Composition written: 1944.
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1944

Carroll, David : Beyond the Moonlight, song for orchestra (based on Mendelssohn's "On Wings of Song")

• Conductor: David Carroll
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Dorcas Cochran (died 1991).
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

George Forrest / Robert W : He's in Love, song (from "Kismet")

• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Grieg, Edvard : Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34

• Conductor: George Melachrino
• Notes: Composition written: 1880.
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880

Kabalevsky, Dmitri : Comedian Galop

• Conductor: Robert Farnon
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940

Wood, Haydn : A Brown Bird Singing for voice & piano

• Conductor: Eric Jupp
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1922

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake Ballet :: Theme

• Conductor: Ray Conniff
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1875-1876

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

• Conductor: Herman Clebanoff
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Khachaturian, Aram : Gayaneh :: Sabre Dance

• Conductor: John Trotter
• Notes: Composition written: 1941-42.
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1941-1942

Stravinsky, Igor : The Firebird Ballet :: Dance of the Princesses

• Conductor: David Rose
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1910

Stravinsky, Igor : The Firebird Ballet :: Dance of Kastchei

• Conductor: David Rose
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1910

Stravinsky, Igor : The Firebird Ballet :: Berceuse & Finale

• Conductor: David Rose
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1910