The Golden Age of Light Music - 1950s Vol 3

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Album Summary

Performers

• Joe Henderson (Piano)
• Bernie Leighton (Piano)

Conductors

• Anderson, Leroy
• Baxter, Les
• Black, Stanley
• Chacksfield, Frank
• Cordell, Frank
• Faith, Percy
• Farnon, Robert
• Geraldo
• Green, Philip
• Hayman, Richard
• Hermann, Harry
• Hill-Bowen, William
• Jenkins, Gordon
• Johnson, Laurie
• Love, Geoff
• Melachrino, George
• Perkins, Frank
• Roger, Roger
• Rose, David [Composer]
• Stapleton, Cyril
• Stott, Wally
• van der Linden, Dolf
• Williams, Charles

Ensembles

• Charles Williams Concert Orchestra
• Cyril Stapleton Orchestra
• Danish State Radio Orchestra
• David Rose Orchestra
• Dolf van der Linden Metropole Orchestra
• Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
• Frank Cordell Orchestra
• Frank Perkins Pops Orchestra
• Geoff Love Orchestra
• Geraldo New Concert Orchestra
• Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
• Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Laurie Johnson Orchestra
• Leroy Anderson Pops Orchestra
• Les Baxter Orchestra
• Melachrino Strings & Orchestra
• New Concert Orchestra
• Percy Faith Orchestra
• Philip Green Concert Pops Orchestra
• Richard Hayman Orchestra
• Robert Farnon Orchestra
• Roger Roger Champs-Élysées Orchestra
• Stanley Black Orchestra
• Wally Stott Orchestra
• William Hill-Bowen Orchestra

Composers

• Frederic Curzon (1899 - 1973)
• Oscar Straus (1870 - 1954)
• Dennis Berry
• Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986)
• Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975)
• Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979)
• Roger Roger
• Len Stevens
• Arthur Schwartz (1900 - 1984)
• George Melachrino (1905 - 1965)
• Robert Farnon (1917 - 2005)
• Jerome Kern (1885 - 1945)
• Mario Nascimbene
• Georges Auric (1899 - 1983)
• Philippe Bloch
• Frank Perkins (1908 - )
• Philip Green (1911 - 1982)
• Benjamin Frankel (1906 - 1973)
• Arden E. Clar
• Frank Cordell
• Joyce Cochrane
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Edward White (1910 - 1994)
• Richard Addinsell (1904 - 1977)
• Eddie Heywood (1915 - 1989)
• Arend Honhoff
• Jules Vercolier

Notes & Reviews:

Wonderful hits from the 50's, a collection placing more emphasis on familiar pop standards in sparkling and imaginative arrangements. Fans of this series, the Golden Age of Light Music will discover many original pieces that stand on their own as light miniatures. With impressive scores from classical and film score composers such as Maria Nascimbene with The Vikings and Room at the Top, Benjamin Frankel's Alec Guiness classic The Man in the White Suit as well as several non-light symphonies. All of this music is full of the whimsy and high spirits that could only really exist half-a-century ago.

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Works Details

Berlin, Irving : Music Box Revue :: Say It with Music

• Conductor: Stanley Black
• Ensemble: Stanley Black Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1921
• Studio/Live: Studio

Arlen, Harold : That Old Black Magic

• Conductor: David Rose
• Ensemble: David Rose Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1943
• Studio/Live: Studio

Nascimbene, Mario : The Barefoot Contessa :: My Gypsy Heart

• Conductor: Charles Williams
• Ensemble: Charles Williams Concert Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1954
• Studio/Live: Studio

White, Edward : White Wedding

• Conductor: Dolf van der Linden
• Ensemble: New Concert Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anderson, Leroy : Sandpaper Ballet

• Conductor: Leroy Anderson
• Ensemble: Leroy Anderson Pops Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1954
• Studio/Live: Studio

Auric, Georges : La Fête à Henriette :: Sur le Pavé de Paris

• Conductor: Frank Chacksfield
• Ensemble: Frank Chacksfield Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1952
• Studio/Live: Studio

Addinsell, Richard : Out of the Clouds :: Theme

• Performer: Joe Henderson (Piano)
• Conductor: Laurie Johnson
• Ensemble: Laurie Johnson Orchestra
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1954
• Studio/Live: Studio

Rodgers, Richard : Garrick Gaities :: Manhattan

• Conductor: Les Baxter
• Ensemble: Les Baxter Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1926
• Studio/Live: Studio

Bloch, Philippe : Without My Lover

• Conductor: Geoff Love
• Ensemble: Geoff Love Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Heywood, Eddie : Rainfall

• Performer: Bernie Leighton (Piano)
• Conductor: Percy Faith
• Ensemble: Percy Faith Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Roger, Roger : The Toy Shop Window

• Conductor: Roger Roger
• Ensemble: Roger Roger Champs-Élysées Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Perkins, Frank : Barbara

• Conductor: Frank Perkins
• Ensemble: Frank Perkins Pops Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Honhoff, Arend : Eleanora

• Conductor: Cyril Stapleton
• Ensemble: Cyril Stapleton Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Stevens, Len : Easy Street

• Conductor: Robert Farnon
• Ensemble: Danish State Radio Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Green, Philip : Wagon Trail

• Conductor: Philip Green
• Ensemble: Philip Green Concert Pops Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Vercolier, Jules : Berceuse aux étoiles

• Conductor: William Hill-Bowen
• Ensemble: William Hill-Bowen Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Schwartz, Arthur : If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You

• Conductor: Robert Farnon
• Ensemble: Robert Farnon Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Studio/Live: Studio

Frankel, Benjamin : A Kid for Two Farthings

• Conductor: Wally Stott
• Ensemble: Wally Stott Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1955
• Studio/Live: Studio

Curzon, Frederic : Savoir Faire

• Conductor: Dolf van der Linden
• Ensemble: New Concert Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Melachrino, George : Waltz in Water Colours

• Conductor: George Melachrino
• Ensemble: Melachrino Strings & Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Waltz
• Studio/Live: Studio

Clar, Arden E. : Port of Spain

• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Ensemble: Richard Hayman Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Straus, Oscar : Ein Walzertraum :: Waltz of my dreams

• Conductor: Harry Hermann
• Ensemble: Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1907
• Studio/Live: Studio

Farnon, Robert : En Route

• Conductor: Robert Farnon
• Ensemble: Danish State Radio Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Cordell, Frank : Big Ben Waltz

• Conductor: Frank Cordell
• Ensemble: Frank Cordell Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Waltz
• Studio/Live: Studio

Berry, Dennis : Holiday in Hollywood

• Conductor: Dolf van der Linden
• Ensemble: Dolf van der Linden Metropole Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Kern, Jerome : Oh, Boy! :: Till the Clouds Roll By

• Conductor: Gordon Jenkins
• Ensemble: Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1917
• Studio/Live: Studio

Cochrane, Joyce : Prelude to Peace

• Conductor: Geraldo
• Ensemble: Geraldo New Concert Orchestra
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio