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American Classics - Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol 4 / Leonard Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Leroy Anderson: Irish Suite; Summer Skies, for orchestra; Scottish Suite; Blue Tango; Forgotten Dreams; Belle of the Ball; Alma Mater; A Christmas Festival; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose
Performers: Criswell, Kim; Dazeley, William; Fleming, Cynthia
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Here, in the first complete cycle of Anderson's orchestral music, the Anderson family has made available several pieces that the composer did not release, with...continue...

American Classics - Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol 2 / Leonard Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Leroy Anderson: Woodbury Fanfare; A Harvard Festival; Forgotten Dreams; Whistling Kettle; Horse and Buggy; The Waltzing Cat; Home Stretch; Girl in Satin; March of the Two Left Feet; Waltz Around the ...
Performers: McCallum, David; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music – a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records topped the pop...continue...