Mawer, Anthony

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: Holidays for Strings - Leroy Anderson, Percy Faith, Reg Owen, Frederick Fennell et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2012-08-14

Works: Leroy Anderson: Belle of the Ball, for orchestra; Richard Whiting / W. Franke Harling: Beyond the Blue Horizon, song; George Gershwin: Love Is Sweeping the Country, song (from Of Thee I Sing, musical...
Conductors: Anderson, Leroy; Shaindlin, Jack; Fennell, Frederick; Carroll, David; Love, Geoff; Goodwin, Ron; Melachrino, George; ; Liter, Monia; Cugat, Xavier; Faith, Percy; Hill-Bowen, William; Ornadel, Cyril; ...
Ensemble: ; Clebanoff Strings; Music of the Mountains

The Golden Age of Light Music: Light & Easy - Music of Leroy Anderson, Hanry Macini, Bruce Campbell, John Clegg, Kermit Leslie et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2012-06-12

Works: Leroy Anderson: Pyramid Dance, for orchestra (with optional chorus); Kurt Weill: Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (The Ballad of Mack the Knife), song for voice & piano (from "Die Drei; Cole Porter: I l...
Performers: Chamberlain, Ronnie
Conductors: Anderson, Leroy; Andersen, Curt; van der Linden, Dolf; Merrick, Mahlon; Clegg, Johny; Campbell, Bruce; Morley, Angela; Torch, Sidney; Börschel, Erich; Andez, Phillipo; Leslie, Kermit; Johnson, L...

The Golden Age of Light Music: A Return Trip to the Library

1 CD / Guild / 2012-01-10

Works: Cedric King Palmer: With Pomp and Pride; Paul Fenoulhet: Happidrome, for pops orchestra; Tom Wyler: Lovely Day; Laurie Johnson: Rue de la Paix; Lloyd Thomas: Looking Around (The Appleyards theme); Cy...
Conductors: Collins, Walter; Wyler, Tom; Farnon, Robert; van der Linden, Dolf; Andersen, Curt; Cook, Eric; ; Yorke, Peter; Torch, Sidney; Williams, Charles
Ensemble: ; The Club Quintet

A second volume from Guild featuring more from the libraries of recorded music done to suit the requirements of the entertainment industry and documentary film...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Bright & Breezy

1 CD / Guild / 2011-12-13

Works: Peter Dennis: Bright and Breezy, for pops orchestra; Charles Williams: Theme ("The Jealous Lover") from the film "The Apartment"; Bob Russell: Carnival; Frederick Loewe: They Call the Wind Maria, son...
Performers: Chauncey, Sir; Landauer, Walter; Manuel & the Music of the Mountains; Rawicz, Marjan
Conductors: Vaughn, Billy; Baxter, Les; Farnon, Robert; Melachrino, George; Andez, Phillipo; ; Verlag, Josef Weinberger; Green, Philip; Ornadel, Cyril; Owen, Reg; Morley, Angela; Granville, Hugh; Luypaerts, Guy;...
Ensemble: ; Knightsbridge Strings

An international line-up of composers and orchestras are featured for this latest installment of the Guild Light Music Series....continue...
Bright and Breezy is an installment in the Guild label's exhaustive survey of the genre known as light music in Britain and (since the 1960s) easy listening in North America. The Guild series is a sup...continue...