Duke, Vernon

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...

Virgins, Vixens & Viragos / Purcell, Berlioz, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, et al. / Susan Graham, soprano; Malcom Martineau

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry Purcell: Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196 "Blessed Virgin's Expostulation"; Hector Berlioz: La Mort d'Ophélie, song for soprano (or tenor) & piano, H. 92a (Op. 18/2); Franz Schubert: Ges...
Performers: Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm

Virgins, Vixens & Viragos, Susan Graham's eagerly awaited second album for Onyx, focuses on iconic female characters of history, literature and song. Accompanied by Graham's...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)....continue...

Golden Age of Light Music: Stereo into the Sixties - works by Porter, Gershwin, Robinson, Kalkimai et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2012-09-11

Works: Cole Porter: Night and day, song (from The Gay Divorcee); George Gershwin: Bidin' My Time, song (from Girl Crazy, musical); Herman Clebanoff: Bobsled, for pops orchestra; Mantovani: Italia mia; Ron G...
Performers: Conway, Russ; Sanders, Neill
Conductors: Ornadel, Cyril; Fennell, Frederick; Clebanoff, Herman; Mantovani; Goodwin, Ron; Gamley, Douglas; Shaindlin, Jack; Rose, David; Gould, Morton; Douglas, Johnny; Carroll, David; ; Faith, Percy; Melachri...
Ensemble: ; Ferrante & Teicher; Mantovani Orchestra; Starlight Symphony

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Sweet Bye and Bye

1 CD / PS Classics / 2011-07-19

Works: Vernon Duke: Sweet Bye and Bye, musical
Performers: Cullum, John
Conductors: Stern, Eric
Ensemble: Sweet Bye and Bye Studio Orchestra

Recording information: MSR Studios, New York, NY (05/06/2011/05/23/2011)....continue...

Golden Age of Light Music: The Lost Transcriptions, Vol. 1

1 CD / Guild / 2011-05-10

Works: George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; Song of the Flame, song (for Song of the Flame, operetta by various composers); Jerome Kern: Swing Time; Ed Claypoole: Ragging the Scales, for pops orchestra; Dav...
Performers: Whiteson, Lou
Conductors: Torch, Sidney; Faith, Percy; Rose, David; van der Linden, Dolf; Spitalny, Phil; Stevens, Leith; Dragon, Carmen; Melachrino, George; Green, Philip; Bluestone, Harry; Williams, Lewis; Robinson, Eric; D...

Transcription Recordings refers to recordings of live performances made for use by broadcasting organizations before the advent of audio tape. During World War II transcriptions...continue...

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...

Seasons ... Dreams / Anne Akiko Meyers

1 CD / E1 Music Entertainment / 2010-09-28

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Beau soir ("Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses"), song for voice & piano, L. 6; Richard Wagner: Träume (Dreams) for viol...
Performers: Ceysson, Emmanuel; Meyers, Anne Akiko [Violin]; Uchida, Reiko

On her latest recording, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers takes us on a musical journey that begins in a hushed gentle dreamscape and ends with languorous...continue...

Roots - My Life, My Song

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-15

Works: Traditional: African Drum Invocation; His eye is on the sparrow, song; Pretty Horses, song; God's Gonna Cut You Down, song; Anonymous: I Want Two Wings; Traditional Spiritual: I Couldn't Hear Nobody ...
Performers: Coleman, Ira; Johns, Steve [Drummer]; Lovatt, Mike; Markham, Mark; Martin Williams [Sax/Clarinet]; Norman, Jessye

Recording information: Philharmonie Berlin.

A sticker included on at least some versions of this Sony Classical release promises "music from Berlioz to Ellington," which would make it a pretty ...continue...

Kiss The Guitar Player - Dialogues for Guitar & String Quartet / Klimt!

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Peter Tiehuis: Gustav on the rocks; Bert Merlendijk / Piet Souer: Into ecstasy, for guitar & string quartet; Luigi Boccherini: Guitar quintet in D major, G 448; Steve Gray / Leonardo Amuedo: Beyond r...
Performers: Amuedo, Leonardo; Demandt, Udo; Hagen, Axel; Koopman, Eddy; Mancuso, Silva; Merlendijk, Bert; Ramon, Arturo; Schultz, Jim; Tarenskeen, Olaf; Tiehuis, Peter; Van Der Grinten, Maarten

The most original guitar & string quartet compositions since 1805! These are not solo guitar pieces with string backgrounds, but are real dialogues between the...continue...

Icon - Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grapelli (4 CDs)

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra; Richard Rodgers: Blue Room, song (from musical "The Girlfriend"); The Lady is a Tramp, song (from musical "Babes in Arms"); My Funny Valentine; I...
Performers: Blok, Jan; Clare, Alan [piano]; Etheridge, John [Guitar]; Fosset, Marc; Ganley, Allan; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Lemmon, Brian; Menuhin, Yehudi; Price, Derek; Snell, David [...
Conductors: Harris, Max; Riddle, Nelson
Ensemble: ; Alan Claire Trio

This 4 CD set containing all the recordings that the two legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli made for EMI is a further release...continue...

Love and The Dickens - Richard Pearson Thomas / Muriello, Thomas

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-03-01

Works: Harold Arlen: That Old Black Magic; Vernon Duke: Cabin in the sky; George Gershwin: Delicious; Richard Rodgers: Pal Joey; Cole Porter: Ev'ry time we say goodbye
Performers: Muriello, John; Thomas, Richard Pearson

Richard Pearson Thomas is equally at home writing works for the concert hall and the stage (including the Off-Off Broadway hit "Parallel Lives") and "Ossessione"...continue...

American Classics - Duke: Piano and Cello Concertos, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-11-20

Works: Vernon Duke: Concerto for Piano in C major; Concerto for Cello; Homage to Boston, suite for piano solo
Performers: Dunn, Scott; Magill, Samuel
Conductors: Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

The Russian-born composer Vernon Duke (Vladimir Dukelsky) produced a distinguished body of concert music. His 'Piano Concerto' was written for Arthur Rubinstein, who had requested...continue...

Stardust - Rodgers, Gershwin, Sondheim / Utterback

1 CD / Connoisseur Society / 2005-08-01

Works: Richard Rodgers: A Connecticut Yankee; Babes in arms; Stephen Sondheim: Merrily We Roll Along; Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust; Lazy River; Irving Berlin: What'll I Do?; Jay Livingston: Never Let Me Go; A...
Performers: Utterback, Joe

Serious Fun ! - Berners, Nicholas, Baker/ Applebaum, Hamelin

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-06-01

Works: Lord Berners: Come on Algernon, for voice & piano; Jeremy Nicholas: Maternity; Usherette's Blues; Musical Chairs; Pretty Plain; David Baker: Someone Is Sending Me Flowers, song; Bruce Montgomery: Chr...
Performers: Applebaum, Jody; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

Historic Two-Piano Wizardry - Morley & Gearhart Rediscovered

2 CD / Ivory Classics / 2001-09-18

Works: English Traditional: Three Blind Mice; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Jerome Kern: Very Warm for May; Johannes Brahms: Waltzes (16) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 39; Wal...
Performers: Gearhart, Livingston

From 1940 until 1954, the husband and wife two-piano duo of Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart performed for enthusiastic audiences from Carnegie Hall to the...continue...

The Very Best of Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-07-14

Works: Cole Porter: Night and Day; Anything Goes; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Girl Crazy; Joseph Kosma: Autumn leaves; Irving Berlin: On The Avenue; Top Hat; Richard Rodgers: Babes in arms; Vernon Duke...
Performers: Baldock, Ken; Bush, Lennie; Clare, Alan [piano]; Crombie, Tony; Etheridge, John; Fosset, Marc; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Isaacs, Ike; Karan, Chris; Lemmon, Brian; Menuhin, Y...
Conductors: Harris, Max
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio

This CD contains a compilation of highlights from the collaboration of jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli and the classical violinst Yehudi Menuhin. The two performers undertook...continue...