Torch, Sidney

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: Lost Transcriptions, Vol. 2 / Percy Faith, Mantovani & Sidney Torch

1 CD / Guild / 2012-02-14

Works: Richard Rodgers: Falling in Love with Love, song (from "The Boys from Syracuse"); Cole Porter: Rosalie; Louis Silvers: April Showers; Ray Noble: The Very Thought of You, song; Jerome Kern: Why Do I L...
Performers: Abato, Vincent; Ellington, Duke
Conductors: Faith, Percy; Mantovani, Annuncio Paulo; Torch, Sidney

Rare recordings by three of light music's greatest names: Percy Faith, Mantovani and Sidney Torch are offered in this second volume of recordings made for...continue...

British Light Music / The Archers, BBC Light Programme, Desert Island Discs, Dick Barton

1 CD / Regis Records / 2012-01-01

Works: Charles Williams: The Devil's Galop, for orchestra (theme for the radio series Dick Barton; Robert Farnon: Portrait of a Flirt, for orchestra; Ray Martin: Marching Strings, for orchestra; Arthur Wood...
Conductors: Williams, Charles; Torch, Sidney; Martin, Ray; Farnon, Robert; Goodwin, Ron; Siravo, George; Coates, Eric [Composer]; Fennell, Frederick

A popular selection of British Light Music including the theme music for the Archers, Dick Barton Special Agent, In Town Tonight, Top of the Form,...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Composer Conducts, Vol. 2

1 CD / Guild / 2011-09-13

Works: Arthur Bliss: March from "Things to Come," for orchestra, Op. 53, F. 131d; Alfred Newman: Pinky; Don Gillis: Symphony no 5« "A Symphony For Fun"; Robert Farnon: State Occasion for orchestra; Pe...
Performers: Cohen, Harriet; Ewing, Montague; Ketelbey, Albert W.; Sandford, Arthur
Conductors: Bliss, Sir Arthur; Newman, Alfred; Gillis, Don; Farnon, Robert; Yorke, Peter; Green, Philip; Coates, Eric [Composer]; Melachrino, George; Lucas, Leighton; Collins, Walter; Clifford, Hubert; Novello, ...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Guild continues its series within its Light Music series with this second volume of composers conducting their own music. These must be counted as historic...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: War And Peace - Light Music of the 1940s

1 CD / Guild / 2011-01-11

Works: John Belton: Down the Mall, for band; Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust; Eric Coates: Footlights (Concert waltz); William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Wynford Reynolds: A Cocktail of Happiness, for...
Performers: Bronkhurst, Henry; Cochrane, Peggy [Piano]; Fletcher, Guy [Keyboards/Guitar]; Turner, Laurance [Violin]
Conductors: Shadwell, Charles; Faith, Percy; Coates, Eric [Composer]; Walton, William; Reynolds, Wynford; Williams, Charles; Rose, David; Payne, Jack; Torch, Sidney; Levy, Louis; Melachrino, George; Wilbur, Jay;...

This volume in the series of Light Music on Guild concentrates on music written during the 1940s, a time that had a major impact on...continue...

Best of London - Sullivan, Elgar, Handel, Holst, Walton, etc

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Yeomen of the Guard; Eric Coates: London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; London Calling, march; London Again, suite for orchestra; Haydn Wood: London Cameos; London Landmark...
Performers: Knowles, Martin; Larkin, Mathew; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Linell, Dorothy
Conductors: Penny, Andrew; Leaper, Adrian; Kingston, Geoffrey A.; Wordsworth, Barry; Sutherland, Gavin; Tomlinson, Ernest; Daniel, Paul; Griffiths, Howard; Summerly, Jeremy; Bakels, Kees; Edison, Noel

A rousing collection of music evoking Britain’s capital city in all its pomp and glory. CD 1 takes the listener on a nostalgic journey though...continue...

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 - 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 - 1940s - Louis Levy

1 CD / Guild / 2004-07-01

Works: Byron Lloyd: Music In The Air; Cole Porter: Just one of those things, song (from "Jubilee"); Clive Richardson: Melody on the move, for orchestra; Richard Rodgers: Out of My Dreams, song (from "Oklaho...
Performers: Coates, Eric [Composer]; Goehr, Walter; Gould, Morton; Hans May; Melachrino Orchestra; Melachrino, George; Pollikoff, Max; Queen's Hall Light Orchestra; Rose, David & His Orchestra; Stanley Black Orc...
Conductors: Torch, Sidney; Ternent, Billy; Williams, Charles; Black, Stanley; Gould, Morton; Goehr, Walter; Rose, David; Preston, Robert; Melachrino, George; Sandler, Albert; Coates, Eric [Composer]; May, Hans; ...

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...

The Pipes of the Mighty Wurlitzer / Tom Hazleton

1 CD / Klavier / 2004-01-01

Works: Richard Rodgers: Garrick Gaities; Irving Berlin: As Thousands Cheer; God Bless America; Harold Arlen: Paper Moon; Stormy Weather; Jerome Kern: Roberta; Show Boat; Sidney Torch: On a Spring Note; Duke...
Performers: Hazleton, Thomas