Frankel, Benjamin

British Light Music Classics / Corp, New London Orchestra

4 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Eric Coates: Calling All Workers, march for orchestra; London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; Music Everywhere (Rediffusion March); By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Geoffr...
Performers: Scott, Ruth
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]

77 tracks of golden nostalgia on 4 compact discs, including the music made famous as the signature tunes to Music While You Work, The Secret...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...

Film Music Classics - Frankel: Curse of the Werewolf, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: Benjamin Frankel: The Curse of the Werewolf; So Long at the Fair; The Net; The Prisoner
Conductors: Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Clarinet Quintets / Thea King, Britten Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-05-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Rhapsodic Quintet, for clarinet quintet, Op. 31; Arnold Cooke: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Elizabeth Maconchy: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Benjamin Frankel: Quintet for C...
Performers: King, Thea; Lale, Peter; Manning, Peter; Pascoe, Keith; Shulman, Andrew

'Yet another super disc from this company. Thea King is no stranger to Hyperion but I think this may be her best disc to date...continue...

Byways of British Music / Hickox, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: William Walton: Façade, for reciter & ensemble; Henry V; Christopher Columbus, music for radio for speakers, soloists, chorus, guitar & orchestra (also chora; Bernard Stevens: Mark of Cain; Symp...
Performers: Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Michael [Violin]; Haslam, David; Mackie, Neil; Masters, Rachel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Thompson, Bryden

"Hickox gets to the heart of the work..." -Classic CD "Addictive stuff! Brilliant." -Classic CD...continue...

Frankel: Battle of the Bulge / Werner Andreas Albert

1 CD / CPO / 2000-07-01

Works: Benjamin Frankel: Battle of the Bulge, film score
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra

For its filming of "The Battle of the Bulge", Warner Brothers hired a cast of international stars and the most renowned film composer of the...continue...

Frankel: Violin Concerto, Viola Concerto, etc / Albert

1 CD / CPO / 1998-02-01

Works: Benjamin Frankel: Concerto for Violin Op. 24; Concerto for Viola Op. 45; Serenata Concertante, for piano trio & orchestra, Op. 37
Performers: Dean, Brett; Emmerson, Steven; Hoelscher, Ulf; Smith, Alan
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra

"This resumption of the series of Benjamin Frankel's orchestral music is welcome...The temperament of the first movement is closer to parts of Berg's Concerto than...continue...

Discover New Worlds with Werner Andreas Albert

1 CD / CPO / 1995-06-01

Works: Benjamin Frankel: Overture "May Day", Op 22; Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Robert Volkmann: Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op 44; Hans Pfitzner: Concerto for cello & orchestra No 2 in A Mi...
Performers: Geringas, David
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Hannover Radio Symphony Orchestra; Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra; Sydney Symphony Or...