Williams, Charles

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...

50 Best Romantic Piano Classics - Popular romantic classics for solo piano or piano & orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 47b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Conc...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ahn Trio; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bran, Tim; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, Francois-Rene ...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Thompson, Bryden; Galliera, Alceo; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; ...
Ensemble: ; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of romantic piano music from catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Great British Composers, Vol. 1: Coates, Johnson, Wood, Curzon, Bliss, et al. / London Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Guild / 2012-11-13

Works: Eric Coates: London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; Haydn Wood: Moods Suite; Frederic Curzon: Dance of the Ostracised Imp, for orchestra; Arthur Bliss: Things to Come; Richard Addinsell: Bli...
Conductors: Johnson, Eric; Williams, Charles; Curzon, Frederic; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Mathieson, Muir; Robinson, Stanford; Farnon, Robert; Torch, Sidney; Dumont, Cedric; Buchhold, Heinz; Liter, Monia

Guild begins a series within their series of The Golden Age of Light Music. This one features light music by great British composers....continue...

Golden Age of Light Music: Strings afire / Frederick Fennell, Percy Faith, Robert Faron et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2012-10-09

Works: Herman Clebanoff: Strings Afire, for pops orchestra; George Gershwin: 'S Wonderful, song (from Funny Face, musical); Antonio Carlos Jobim: Adieu tristesse (Felicidade); Herman Hupfeld: As Time Goes B...
Performers: Williams, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Clebanoff, Herman; Fennell, Frederick; Zacharias, Helmut; Williams, Roger [Piano]; Stapleton, Cyril; King, Pete; van der Linden, Dolf; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Rose, David; Ornadel, Cyril; Hayman, Richard; ...

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

Famous Military and Concert Marches / Band of HM Royal Marines

1 CD / Heritage Masters / 2012-09-06

Works: Kenneth J. Alford: Colonel Bogey; Alfredo Javaloyes: El abanico; Louis Ganne: Marche Lorraine for brass ensemble; Hermann Starke: With Sword and Lance; Abe Holzmann: Blaze Away, for pops orchestra; J...
Conductors: Taylor, C.J.
Ensemble: ; Band of HM Royal Marines

A romp through the gamut of concert band marches - Sousa, Alford et al and some intriguing arrangements of marches from the core classical canon....continue...
Recording information: The National Dockyard Church, Chatham (10/1977)....continue...

Organ Extravaganza! / - incl. Colonel Bogey, The Dam Busters, Tuba Tune, Penguins' Playtime et al. / Kevin Bowyer, organ

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-08-14

Works: Jeremy Nicholas: Toccata Giubiloso, for organ; Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Charles Williams: The Devil's Galop, ...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin

18 memorable tunes composed or arranged for organ played on two renown English pipe organs. Favorites include The Dam Busters March, In A Party Mood,...continue...

The Merrymakers - British Light Classics / Iain Sutherland

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-08-14

Works: Eric Coates: The Merrymakers, a miniature overture; Springtime Suite; Trevor Duncan: The Girl from Corsica; Ernest Tomlinson: Little Serenade; Suite of English Folk Dances; Hamish McCunn: Sutherland'...
Conductors: Sutherland, Iain
Ensemble: ; Concert Orchestra

For over four decades I conducted the BBC's Light Orchestras in programs like Melodies for You, Invitation to Music, Music While You Work, Friday Night...continue...

50 Best British Classics [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Thomas Tallis: If ye love me; In manus tuas; John Goss: Hymn; Psalm 23; Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and F...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Bayl, Benjamin; Bean, Hugh; Bell, David [Organ]; Brett, Oliver; Bullard, Thomas; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; du Pré, Jacqueline; Stevens, Peter; Willcocks, David...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Groves, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Dunn, Vivi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

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

1 CD / Guild / 2012-04-10

Works: Frank Tapp: Up for the Day Suite; Toni Leutwiler: Bristol Cream, for orchestra; J. George Johnson: Curtain Time; Cecil Milner: Downland ("Ploughing" interlude music); Terig Tucci: Edelma; Julian Fred...
Performers: McGuffie, Bill; Miller, Mitch
Conductors: Andersen, Curt; O' Henry, Paul; Faith, Percy; Davidson, Harry; Torch, Sidney; Jones, Leslie; Robinson, Stanford; Roger, Roger; Farnon, Robert; Leopold, Red; Rehfeld, Kurt; Maxin, Ernest; Kelly, Monty...

Great Motion Picture Themes

1 CD / Sepia Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Ernest Gold: Exodus; On the Beach, film theme; Manos Hadjidakis: Never on Sunday, song; Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven; God's Little Acre; Dimitri Tiomkin: Green Leaves of Summer; The Need fo...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Caiola, Al; Manne, Shelly; Monroe, Marilyn; Mulligan, Gerry
Conductors: ; Costa, Don; Perito, Nick; Newman, Alfred; Moross, Jerome; Powell, Mitchell; Buttolph, David; Nascimbene, Mario; North, Alex; Malneck, Matty; Bernstein, Elmer; Previn, Andre; Potts, Bill
Ensemble: ; Ferrante & Teicher; The Modern Jazz Quartet

British Light Classics - works by Bayco, Coates, Curzon, Docker, Farnon, Grainger, Hartley, Ketelbey, Tomlinson et al. / Groves, Alwyn, Lanchbery et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Calling All Workers, march for orchestra; The Merrymakers, a miniature overture; Knightsbridge March; Oxford Street, march for orchest...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Lanchbery, John; Vinter, Gilbert; Groves, Charles, Sir; Dunn, Vivian, Sir; Alwyn, Kenneth; Williams, Charles; Torch, Sidney; Martin, Ray; Weldon, George; Co...

From the Sleepy Lagoon to the Dam Busters, from Knightsbridge in a Jaunting Car to a Monastery Garden: all the classic tracks collected here are...continue...

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...

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: 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...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Composer Conducts, Vol. 1

1 CD / Guild / 2011-08-09

Works: Ron Goodwin: Jet Journey, for pops orchestra; Gérard Calvi: Courses de Toros (Bull Fights), for pops orchestra; Angela Morley: Fun in the Sun, for pops orchestra; Cedric Dumont: Les parfums de P...
Performers: 101 Strings; Anderson, Leroy; Baxter, Les; Calvi, Gerard; Cesana, Otto; Faith, Percy; Geller, Harry; Goodwin, Ron [Composer/Conductor]; Gould, Morton Orchestra; Gould, Morton [Composer/Conductor]; Hi...
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Calvi, Gérard; Morley, Angela; Dumont, Cedric; Phillips, Woolf; Mooney, Hal; Anderson, Leroy; Baxter, Les; Friml, Rudolf [Composer]; Geller, Harry; Gould, Morton; Roger, Roger; Les...
Ensemble: ; 101 Strings; Harmonic Orchestra; Les Baxter and His Orchestra; Queen's Hall Light Orchestra; Rias Dance Orchestra; Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra; The New Concert Orchestra; The Telecast Orc...

The Golden Age of Light Music Series on Guild turns its attention to music composed and conducted by the same person - offering definitive interpretations....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...

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

1 CD / Guild / 2010-07-13

Works: Harry Rabinowitz: Livin' It Up, for orchestra; Trevor Duncan: The Girl from Corsica; Paul Dubois: Jacarada Melody, for orchestra; Bruce Campbell: Popsy, for orchestra; Jack Beaver: Helicopter Journey...
Conductors: Dumont, Cedric; Farnon, Robert; van der Linden, Dolf; Rehfeld, Kurt; Warren, Walker; Roger, Roger; Arden, Theo; Devereaux, Georges; Collins, Walter; Torch, Sidney; Melachrino, George; Robinson, Stanf...
Ensemble: ; Hudson Ensemble

The Golden Age of Light Music: Highly Strung

1 CD / Guild / 2010-06-08

Works: Jack Mason: Pops Polka, for orchestra; Steve Race: Ring Ding, for orchestra; George French: Highly Strung, for orchestra; Carlos Rocha: Song Of Lisbon (Sempre Que Lisboa Canta), for orchestra; Roger ...
Performers: Dankworth, Johnny
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur; ; Cook, Eric; Jupp, Eric; Pages, Philippe; Green, Philip; Sarbek, Boris; Binge, Ronald; Hartley, Fred; Rose, David; Andersen, Curt; Farnon, Robert; Gould, Morton; Cesana, Otto; Kelly...
Ensemble: ; Knightsbridge Strings; Music of the Mountains

"Another great selection from Guild, full of the most delicious things. George French's title piece, Highly Strung, is a wild scherzo in the manner of...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...

Musical Kaleidoscope Vol 3

1 CD / Guild / 2009-10-13

Works: Charles Williams: Winged Messenger; Raymond: Baden-Baden; David Rose: Holiday for Trombones; Walter Leslie: Jalopy; Raymond S. Ellis: Just for Two; Victor Young: White; Ronald Binge: Tales of the Thr...
Performers: Atwell, Winifred; Farnon, Robert; Méndez, Rafael; Mendez, Rafael; Winifred Attwell
Conductors: Torch, Sidney; Rosbaud, Hans; Rosen, David; Rose, David [Composer]; Leslie, Kermit; Morley, Jeff; Sinatra, Frank; Voss, Louis; Bowman, Sidney; Sesto, D. Del; Sesto, Don; Collins, Walter; Yorke, Peter...
Ensemble: ; Acquaviva Orchestra; André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Celebrity Symphony Orchestra; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Danish State Radio Orchestra; David Rose Orchestra; Don Sesto Tango Orchestra...

This release in the ongoing series of light music includes a wide variety of musical styles, including many signature tunes and themes for vintage radio...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...

Warsaw Concerto

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto; Charles Williams: The Dream of Olwen, for piano & orchestra (From the film "The Way to the Stars"); Miklós Rózsa: Spellbound Concerto, for piano & orches...

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...

Reflections of Tranquility - Sigman, etc / Kelly, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2005-08-01

Works: Carl Sigman: Shangri-la; Joyce Cochrane: Starry Night; David Rose: Deserted City; Cecil Milner: Primrose Dell; Cyril Scott: Pieces (2) for Piano, Op. 47; Robert Farnon: Impressions (3) for Orchestra;...
Conductors: Kelly, Monty; Farnon, Robert; May, Hans; ; Collins, Walter; Acquaviva, Nicholas; Williams, Charles; van der Linden, Dolf; Torch, Sidney; Hayman, Richard; Carroll, David
Ensemble: Acquaviva Orchestra; Camarata; Danish State Radio Orchestra; David Carroll Orchestra; Dolf van der Linden Orchestra; Harmonic Orchestra; London Promenade Orchestra; Monty Kelly Orchestra; New Concert...

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

Warsaw Concerto - Piano Concertos from the Movies / Fowke

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-02-27

Works: Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto; Jack Beaver: The Case of the Frightened Lady, film score; Miklós Rózsa: Spellbound Concerto, for piano & orchestra; Nino Rota: The Glass Mountain, film s...
Performers: Fowke, Philip
Conductors: O Duinn, Proinnsias

Leo Eide - Whistling Virtuoso / Håkan Sund

1 CD / Northern Lights / 1996-11-30

Works: Ernesto De Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: An die Rosen; Ludwig van Beethoven: Minuets (6) for piano (or orchestra), WoO 10; Albert William Ketè...
Performers: Eide, Leo; Sund, Håkan