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The Golden Age of Light Music: A Glorious Century of Light Music - Kern, Duke, Goodwin, Styne, Kalman, Monnot, Anderson, Berlin / various artists

1 CD / Guild / 2013-04-09

Works: Jerome Kern: Look for the Silver Lining, song (from "Sally"); Vernon Duke: April in Paris, song (for the revue Walk A Little Faster); Ron Goodwin: Puppet Serenade, for orchestra; Jule Styne: The Part...
Conductors: Ornadel, Cyril; Mauriat, Paul; Goodwin, Ron; Mantovani; Carste, Hans; Pourcel, Frank; Roger, Roger; Vaughn, Billy; Gould, Morton; Chacksfield, Frank; Rose, David; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Black, Stanley; va...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Nature's Realm - Music of Arlen, Curzon, Arnold, Coward, Romberg, Yorke, Farnon, Grofé et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2012-12-11

Works: Johann Strauss II: Morgenblätter, Op. 279; Harold Arlen: Stormy Weather; Peter Yorke: Misty Valley, for pops orchestra; Fireflies; Lothar Olias: Tango in the Rain, for pops orchestra; Frederic C...
Performers: The Wayfarers
Conductors: Torch, Sidney; Gould, Morton; Chacksfield, Frank; Martin, Ray; van der Linden, Dolf; Goodwin, Ron; Andersen, Curt; Fennell, Frederick; Farnon, Robert; Melachrino, George; Binge, Ronald; Faith, Percy;...
Ensemble: ; Morton Gould Orchestra; Percy Faith Orchestra; Sidney Torch Orchestra

The Golden Age of Light Music: The Art of the Arranger, Vol. 2 / Nelson Riddle, Morton Gould, Percy Faith, Mantovani et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Rodgers: A Wonderful Guy, song (from "South Pacific"); Soliloquy, song (from "Carousel"); Where or When, song (from "Babes in Arms"); Dancing on the Ceiling, song (from "Evergreen"); Jack Str...
Performers: Jenkins, Gordon
Conductors: Bregman, Buddy; Morley, Angela; Rose, David; Ornadel, Cyril; Fennell, Frederick; Mantovani; Farnon, Robert; Faith, Percy; Chacksfield, Frank; Gould, Morton; Cordell, Frank; Binge, Ronald; Jenkins, Go...

The Golden Age of Light Music: A First A-Z of Light Music

1 CD / Guild / 2010-12-14

Works: Vivian Ellis: Alpine Pastures, for orchestra; George Forrest / Robert Wright: Baubles, bangles and beads, song (from Kismet); David Rose: The Christmas Tree, song; Aldo Von Pinelli: Durch dich wird d...
Performers: Dolf van der Linden Metropole Orchestra; Farnon, Robert & His Orchestra; Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra; Gould, Morton & His Orchestra; Grosvenor Studio Orchestra; Hans-Georg Arlt Orchestra; Jenki...
Conductors: Torch, Sidney; Barker, Warren; Rose, David; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Trotter, John Scott; Börschel, Erich; van der Linden, Dolf; Freedman, Michael; Farnon, Robert; Morley, Angela; Mooney, Hal; Jenkins,...

Guild has assembled 26 tracks of light music covering all letters of the English alphabet. There are works created for light orchestras in the concert...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Magical Melodies / various performers

1 CD / Guild / 2010-11-09

Performers: Ventura, Dolores
Conductors: Jones, Leslie; Friml, Rudolf [Composer]; Trotter, John Scott; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Bregman, Buddy; Silvester, Victor; Chacksfield, Frank; Weston, Paul; Melachrino, George; Kostelanetz, André; Love,...

The title says it all - the emphasis in this collection is on melody - in many cases well known, but not exclusively so....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Strings in Rhythm

1 CD / Guild / 2010-09-14

Works: Victor Herbert: Natoma; James Van Heusen: Swinging On A Star (used in the film "Going My Way"); Cole Porter: You do something to me, song (from "Fifty Million Frenchmen"); Gordon Jenkins: In the Heat...
Conductors: Faith, Percy; Chacksfield, Frank; Silvester, Victor; Jenkins, Gordon; Melachrino, George; Green, Philip; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Weston, Paul; Yorke, Peter; Paramor, Norrie; Dragon, Carmen; Mooney, Hal; Za...

There is plenty of rhythm on offer in this collection of the Guild Light Music Series, from Latin American dances to quicksteps, slow foxtrots, polkas...continue...
Guild's The Golden Age of Light Music series continues apace with Strings in Rhythm, a survey of mostly Latin and popular material recorded by pop orchestras between 1953-1959 with an emphasis on big ...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: European Tour

1 CD / Guild / 2010-04-13

Works: Charles Williams: The Voice of London; Robert Farnon: From the Highlands; Mai Jones: Rhondda Rhapsody (Rhapsody of Love); Victor Herbert: The Irish Have a Great Day Tonight, song (from "Eileen"); Cli...
Performers: Smith, Ethel
Conductors: Williams, Charles; Farnon, Robert; Melachrino, George; Mantovani; Muller, Werner; Chacksfield, Frank; Rose, David; Osborne, Tony; Rosbaud, Hans; Carroll, David; Stapleton, Cyril; Leahy, Joe; Green, P...

Once again it's time to take another musical tour around Europe, prompted by so many appealing works created by talented composers from near and far....continue...
Few are liable to turn down a tour of Europe, whether it is a complicated affair led by an expert guide or a single ride on the Orient Express. Guild's The Golden Age of Light Music series offers a mu...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Light and Lively / various performers

1 CD / Guild / 2010-02-09

Performers: Zabach, Florian
Conductors: Farnon, Robert; Calvi, Gerard; Faith, Percy; Zacharias, Helmut; Luypaerts, Guy; Van Elst, Tom; Leahy, Joe; Zabach, Florian; Hayman, Richard; Mayes, Elliott; Ornadel, Cyril; Busch, Lou; Chacksfield, F...

This 60th volume in Guild's series of light music offers pieces that are lively, light- even restful....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Scenic Grandeur

1 CD / Guild / 2008-08-12

Works: Kermit Leslie / Walter Leslie: Sequoia, for orchestra; Len Stevens: Golden Highway, for orchestra; Robert Farnon: Scenic Grandeur, for orchestra; Open Skies, for orchestra; Gordon Jenkins: Green, for...
Performers: Camarata; Charles Williams [Composer/Big Band]; Curzon, Frederic; Danish State Radio Orchestra; Dolf Van Der Linden & His Orchestra; Farnon, Robert [Composer/Conductor]; Frank Chacksfield & His Orche...
Conductors: Levinsky, Kermit; Voss, Louis; Farnon, Robert; Sinatra, Frank; Rose, David; van der Linden, Dolf; Merrick, Mahlon; Rehfeld, Kurt; Camarata, Tutti; Torch, Sidney; Curzon, Frederic; Williams, Charles; ...

Scenic Grandeur is part of the Golden Age of Light Music offered by Guild. This release brings together music that is connected to a place...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music - 1950s Vol 3

1 CD / Guild / 2006-06-01

Works: Irving Berlin: Music Box Revue; Harold Arlen: That Old Black Magic; Mario Nascimbene: The Barefoot Contessa; Edward White: White Wedding; Leroy Anderson: Sandpaper Ballet; Georges Auric: La Fêt...
Performers: Henderson, Joe "Mr. Piano"; Leighton, Bernie
Conductors: Black, Stanley; Rose, David [Composer]; Williams, Charles; van der Linden, Dolf; Anderson, Leroy; Chacksfield, Frank; Johnson, Laurie; Baxter, Les; Love, Geoff; Faith, Percy; Roger, Roger; Perkins, F...
Ensemble: 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 ...

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...continue...

Great British Light Orchestras

1 CD / Guild / 2004-09-01

Works: Joyce Cochrane: Honey Child; Ralph Elman: Gypsy Fiddler; Linda / Zaldiver: Carnavalito; Clive Richardson: Romantic Interlude; Ray Martin: Magic Circles; English Traditional: Oh, Dear! What Can the Ma...
Performers: Black, Stanley; Farnon, Robert [Composer/Conductor]; Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra; Frank Cordell and His Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Melachrino Orchestra; Paramor, Norrie; Peter Yorke ...
Conductors: Farnon, Robert; Martin, Ray; Stapleton, Cyril; Williams, Charles; Geraldo; Cordell, Frank; Coates, Eric [Composer]; Paramor, Norrie; Goehr, Walter; Mantovani, The Orchestra; Goodwin, Ron; Chacksfield...
Ensemble: Charles Williams & His Concert Orchestra; Cyril Stapleton Orchestra; Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra; Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra; Frank Cordell and His Orchestra; Geraldo and His New Concert Orche...

The Golden Age of Light Music - The 1950s

1 CD / Guild / 2004-08-01

Works: George Gershwin: Show Girl; Duke Ellington: Caravan; Ray Martin: Marching Strings; Dancing Bells; Frank Perkins: Fandango for piano (or voice & piano); Charles Williams: Heart-O-London; Trevor Duncan...
Performers: Black, Stanley; Chacksfield, Frank & His Orchestra; Cotton, Billy & His Band; Curzon, Frederic; Danish State Radio Orchestra; Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra; Faith, Percy & His Orchestra; Farnon, Robert...
Conductors: Rose, David [Composer]; Rose, David; Green, Philip; Ros, Edmundo; Ros, Edmondo; Winterhalter, Hugo; Williams, Charles; Curzon, Frederic; Inglez, Roberto; Farnon, Robert; Mantovani, The Orchestra; Wes...
Ensemble: ; David Rose Orchestra; Edmundo Ros Orchestra; Music by Camerata; Philip Green Concert Pops Orchestra

The Golden Age of Light Music - An Introduction

1 CD / Guild / 2004-06-01

Works: Robert Farnon: Gateway to the West; Sidney Torch: Going for a Ride; Richard Rodgers: Spring is Here; Jonny Heykens: Serenade; Warren: Martinique; Donald Phillips: Skyscraper Fantasy; David Rose: Danc...
Performers: , Charles Williams & His Concert Orchestra; Anderson, Leroy & His Pops Concert Orchestra; Danish State Radio Orchestra; Faith, Percy & His Orchestra; Farnon, Robert [Composer/Conductor]; Frank Chacks...
Conductors: Farnon, Robert; Torch, Sidney; Kostelanetz, André; Goodwin, Ron; Martin, Ray; Williams, Charles; Rose, David; Mantovani, The Orchestra; Deveraux, Georges; Collins, Walter; Green, Philip; Gould, ...

Personnel: Arthur Gleghorn (flute)....continue...