Willson, Meredith

Classic Musicals - works by Gershwin, Rodgers, Sondheim, Berlin et al. / Tommy Morgan, harmonica; Gregg Nestor, guitar

1 CD / Clear Note / 2012-11-13

Works: Charles Strouse: Annie; George Gershwin: Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers); I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, song (from George White's Scandals of 1922); Porgy and Bess; They A...
Performers: Morgan, Tommy [Harmonica]; Nestor, Gregg

Morgan is the most unique harmonica player in the recording industry today. In September 2010, Tommy celebrated 60 years as a recording musician in Hollywood...continue...
Recording information: Hauser Music, Pasadena, CA (06/2010-07/2010)....continue...

100 Famous Marches / United States Military Bands

5 CD / Altissimo / 2012-10-30

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Florentiner-Marsch for orchestra, Op 214; Charles Beisterling: March of the Steelmen, for band; Harry L. A...

The works contained in this extraordinary collection of marches come from the pens of the most celebrated "March Masters of the World." From dazzling circus...continue...

50 Best Songs from the Musicals [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Alain Boublil: I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Bring Him Home, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the mu...
Performers: Anderson, Moira; Barstow, Josephine; Bayless, Jean; Berry, Craig; Burns, Debralee [Vocals]; Burns, Karla; Chapman, Shirley; Cogan, Alma; Criswell, Kim; Dann, Roger; Deleon, Jack; Dent, Rebecca; Garre...
Conductors: Ellis, Philip; Gemignani, Paul; Lee, Simon; Lowe, Robert; Tunick, Jonathan; Love, Geoff; Davies, Gareth; McGlinn, John; Osborne, Tony; Matz, Peter; Fonteyn, Sam; Alwyn, Kenneth; Ainsworth, Alyn; Ratt...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

Christmas On Stage & Screen / US Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants

1 CD / Altissimo / 2011-10-25

Works: Ken Whitcomb: The Spirit of Christmas, for band; Christmas Traditional: Medley; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Victor Herbert: ...
Performers: Abraira, Donna; Askew, Robin; Colleran, Russell; Davis, Brian [Vocals]; Haselbeck, Alex; Nokes, David L.; Pearson, Richard; Sommers, Nathan

Christmas- its story, its spirit, its nostalgia- has the unique ability to move and inspire us. It is the influence behind momentary, unnoticed acts of...continue...
Recording information: Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax, (01/21/1996-01/25/1996)....continue...

Just Songs! / Popular songs - Die Singphoniker

1 CD / Oehms / 2011-10-25

Works: Kurt Weill: Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway?, song for voice & piano (from "Street Scene"); September Song, song for voice & piano (from "Knickerbocker Holiday"); John Dowland: Second Booke of So...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Die Singphoniker

"...just songs!" is the title of the Singphoniker's newest concept album. This top German vocal ensemble presents an enticing, brilliant and completely conclusive musical still-life....continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Bayerischer Albrecht (01/29/2011-01/30/2011); Studio 1, Bayerischer Albrecht (11/19/2010-11/20/2010)....continue...

Waltzing and Marching

1 CD / Sounds of Yesteryear / 2011-09-20

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Sari; Rudolf Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams) ("Wien, Wien, nur du allein"); Franz Lehár: Gold und Silber-Walzer (Gold and Sil...
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André

Celebrate America: Songs for the 4th of July

1 CD / Decca / 2011-06-21

Works: John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; American Traditional: Yankee Doodle, song; Shenandoah, folk song; Jay Ungar: Ashokan Farewell; Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1; Rodeo; Woody Gu...
Conductors: Rodgers, Eric; Fennell, Frederick; Ottley, Jerold D.; ; Mehta, Zubin; Williams, John; Black, Stanley; Howarth, Elgar; Fiedler, Arthur; Bashford, Rodney
Ensemble: ; Band of the Grenadier Guards; Duel; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Fife & Drum of the Eastman Wind Ensemble

Celebrate the American spirit with rousing marches, patriotic songs and the music of the heartland. Featuring 21 tracks of true red white and blue -...continue...

Amour, Amor, Amore

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-06-07

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; George Frederick Handel: Agrippina; Giovanni Paisiello: Nel cor più non mi sento; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Das Veilchen, K 476; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("E...
Performers: Beard, Scott; Turchi, Elisabeth [Soprano (Vocal)]

Recording information: Thomson Chapel, Wilson College (02/13/2011)....continue...

Singing For Love

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L'eleisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love); George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Semele; Arthur Somervell: Silent Worship ("Did You Not Hear My Lady"), for vo...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Fraser, Stuart; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Kenny, Yvonne; Noble, Guy; Pryor, Shefali; Smith, Wilma
Conductors: Greene, Andrew; Guidarini, Marco; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Walker, Antony; Bonynge, Richard; Noble, Guy
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

Forever Vienna [US] [CD+DVD]

2 CD / Hip-O / 2010-06-29

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Carnival of Venice, medley for pops orchestra; Strauss Party, medley for violin & pops orchestra; Danube Love Medley, for violin ...
Performers: Rieu, Andre

If any contemporary musician merits Johann Strauss' moniker, "The Waltz King," it is assuredly the indefatigable André Rieu, whose scintillating concerts have delighted audiences around the world...continue...

Believe

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-06-15

Works: Meredith Willson: Till There Was You, song (from "The Music Man"); Ben Moody: Bring Me to Life, song; Sarah McLachlan: Angel, song; Éric Levi: I Believe; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Love Never Dies, so...
Performers: Blooding, Courtney; Bocelli, Andrea; Botti, Chris; Foster, David; Freebairn-Smith, Vanessa; Jenkins, Katherine; Levant, Gayle; Marx, Richard; Parks, Dean; Rieu, Andre; Saag, Jochem van der; Thompson,...

Personnel: Jochem van der Saag (drum programming).

Believe is the seventh album by Welsh crossover opera superstar Katherine Jenkins, renowned for her interpretations of opera and pop standards...continue...

Live In Sydney

2 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2009-12-29

Works: Meredith Willson: The Music Man; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: La Danza; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; F...
Performers: Jones, Alan; Louwerse, Mirusia; Monarcha, Carmen; Rieu, André; Schrijvers, Kalki
Conductors: Rieu, André

This year, the scene shifts to Sydney, from his November concerts is the star-studded CD to end all CDs. It features special guests Alan Jones...continue...
Recording information: Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia (10/15/2009-10/16/2009).

Includes work(s) by Johann Strauss II (Junior)....continue...

Guitar Mosaic: Music for Solo Guitar

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-09-22

Works: Danilo Caymmi: O Bem e o Mal, for guitar; Henry Mancini: Breakfast at Tiffany's; Johnny Mandel: The Shadow of Your Smile; Fernando Sor: Etudes (24) for Guitar, Op. 35; Leçons progressives (24), ...
Performers: Silver, Tom

Recording information: 2008-2009....continue...

Sacred Arias

1 CD / Decca / 2008-11-18

Works: Henry Francis Lyte: Abide with Me, hymn; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Pie Jesu, for soprano, treble & orchestra (from the Requiem); Howard Goodall: Psalm 23 (Theme from "The Vicar of Dibley" TV series), for ...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Franglen, Simon; Jenkins, Katherine; Kettel, Gary
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas

Just a few years back Katherine Jenkins was a public school music teacher in Wales. Today, she is the UK's fastest-rising classical star. Ever since...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); Steven Baker (piano, organ, keyboards, programming); Simon Franglen (keyboards, programming); Gary Kettel (percussion).

Recording information: Air ...continue...

American Classics - Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol 3 / Leonard Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Leroy Anderson: Harvard Sketches; Melody on Two Notes; Mother's Whistler; Penny-Whistle Song; Phantom Regiment; Plink, Plank, Plunk!; Promenade; Sandpaper Ballet; Saraband; Serenata; Old MacDonald Ha...
Performers: Malloy, Alasdair; Moore, Catherine
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music – a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records topped the pop...continue...

Radio City Music Hall - Live in New York / Andre Rieu

1 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2007-09-11

Works: Meredith Willson: The Music Man, musical; Paul Anka: My Way; Nino Rota: The Godfather, film score; Homer Randolph: Yakety Sax (as used in The Benny Hill Show); F.M.L. Pourcel / P. Mauriat: Sister Act...
Performers: Erens, Suzan; Maffioletti, Carla; Mestrom, Sanne; Rieu, Andre; Saleh, Celine

Andre Rieu returns with an all new blockbuster show from New York's iconic landmark theater Radio city Music Hall. Featured performances by the World Renowned...continue...
Personnel: André Rieu (violin); Carla Maffioletti (soprano).

Recording information: Andre Rieu Studios B.V. Maastricht, The Netherlands....continue...

New York Memories

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2007-08-14

Works: Paul Anka: My Way; Nino Rota: The Godfather, film score; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phantom of the Opera, film score; Requiem; Amigos Para Siempre; Evita; Gary Brooker: A Whiter Shade of Pale (Senza lu...
Performers: Bennett, Gary; Berpols, Mireille; Bolle, Nathalie; Colen, Pierre; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Custers, Linda; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stéphanie; Diakoff, Nadejda; Diederen, Roger; Engel...

2007 release from the famed violinist joined by Gary Bennet and Laura Engel on vocals. For many, New York remains a city filled with wonder,...continue...
Personnel: André Rieu (vocals, violin); Laura Engel (vocals); Carla Maffioletti (soprano); Gary Bennett (tenor); Boris Goldenblank, Els Mercken, Kremi Mineva, Diana Morsinkhof, Frank Steijns, Lin...continue...

The Essential Mormon Tabernacle Choir

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-05-23

Works: Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music; Oklahoma; Carousel; State Fair; John Barry: Born Free; Traditional: He's got the whole world in His hands; All through the night; Danny Boy "Londonderry Air"; Bat...
Performers: Alexander, John [tenor]; Amara, Lucine; Asper, Frank; Chookasian, Lili; Cundick, Robert; Longhurst, John; Macurdy, John; Merrill, Robert; Milnes, Sherrill; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Harris, Arthur; Condie, Richard P.; Ormandy, Eugene; Ottley, Jerold; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Clancy, Jim
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra; The Vocal Majority; Utah Symphony Orchestra

Love is Spoken Here / Mormon Tabernacle Choir, et al

1 CD / Mormon Tabernacle / 2006-05-01

Works: Janice Kapp Perry: Love Is Spoken Here; A Child's Prayer, for chorus; I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus; Conrad Kocher: For the Beauty of the Earth (tune Dix); K. Newell Dayley: I Feel My Savior's Love; Cr...
Performers: Bestor, Kurt [Composer]; Bradford, Daron; Campbell, Meredith; Christiansen, Clay; Dowdle, Mike; Elliott, Richard [Organ]; Goeckeritz, Jeannine; Longhurst, John; Oswald, Tamara
Conductors: Jessop, Craig D.; Wilberg, Mack [Composer]

Viva La Compagnie / Notre Dame Glee Club

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2005-07-01

Works: Anonymous, American: Vive l'Amour (Scout Song), song; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Canadian Traditional: On the Banks of the Don; English Traditional: What shall we do with a drunken sailor?; ...
Performers: Bird, Mario; DiDonna, D. J.; Duvall, Adam; Erhardt, Ben; Fister, John; Rinner, Bill; Schreck, Tom; Siegwarth, John; Torres, Gabriel; Wendler, Eric

Includes irish backs (burke/casasanta) / on down the line ( by various composers.

Includes mcnamara's band (stamford/o'connor) / clancy lower by various composers.

Includes you gotta be ...continue...

Little Bucharoos / Hartman, Frey, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-05-24

Works: Martin Ellerby: Euphonium Concerto; Anthony di Lorenzo: Little Buckaroo, for trombone & band; Alfred Reed: Seascape, for euphonium & band; John Hartmann: Fantasia Brilliante on the Air "Rule Britanni...
Performers: Frey, Adam; Hartman, Scott
Conductors:
Ensemble: Metropolitan Wind Symphony

Ready, Steady, Blow! - Music for Beginner Oboists

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2004-12-01

Works: Henry VIII, King of England: Pastyme with Good Companye for 3 voices; Henry Purcell: Work(s); Pam Wedgewood: Cat Walk; Easy Tiger; Hot Chilli; Dragonfly; Wrap it up; American Traditional: She'll Be C...
Performers: Andews, Marcus; Birchall, Alex; Britton, Jenni; Cornwell, Philip; Davies, Madelaine; Gourlay, Emma; Kelly, Amy; Ngwe, Uchenna; Usher, Victoria; Walters, Alexa; White, Julia
Conductors: Polmear, Jeremy

Marches in Hi-Fi / Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra

1 CD / JMC/JVC / 2004-09-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Victor Herbert: Babes in Toyland; John Philip Sousa: Semper Fidelis; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 43; Morton Gould: Yankee Doodle; ...
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur

Get into the spirit of America with this very special disc containing 19 of the most rousing and dramatic marching tunes of the last 50...continue...
All tracks have been digitally mastered using XRCD technology....continue...

Three Hit Albums from the U.S. Military Bands

2 CD / Collectors Choice / 2004-09-07

Works: American Traditional: The Marine Corps Hymn; John Philip Sousa: Semper Fidelis; Stars and Stripes Forever; El Capitan; Jack Tar, march for band; The Thunderer; Washington Post; King Cotton; Fairest o...
Performers: Band, United States Navy; Carter, Ken; Chanters, U.S. Navy Sea; DuPree, William; United States Air Force Band, The; United States Air Force Singing Sergeants; United States Marine Band, The
Conductors: ; Howard, George S.
Ensemble: United States Air Force Band; United States Marine Band; United States Navy Band

This double-disc anthology gathers three of the four U.S. Armed Forces Band long-players originally issued by RCA Victor in 1963. The project was unprecedented as the U.S. Department of Defense commis...continue...

The Millennium Collection - The Boston Pops

1 CD / Hip-O / 2004-08-03

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; Francis Lai: Love Story; John Hartford: Gentle On My Mind; Jimmy Webb: By The Time I Get To Phoenix; Wichita Lineman; Gene Raskin: Those were the days; Irving Berlin: Alexan...
Performers: Come, André; Karol, Robert
Conductors: Williams, John [Composer]; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops

The world-renown Boston Pops Orchestra is perhaps the only orchestra to continually get national television exposure throughout the United States. Their addition to the 'Millennium'...continue...

Encore! / John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra

2 CD / Philips / 2004-06-15

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; E T; Superman; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Vangelis: Chariots of Fire; Max Steiner: Gone With the Wind; A Summer Place; Henry Mancini: Pink ...
Performers: Boston Pops; Williams, John [Composer]
Conductors: Williams, John [Composer]
Ensemble: Boston Pops

Light Classics - Broadway Blockbusters / Richard Hayman

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Meredith Willson: The Music Man; Charles Strouse: Annie; Lionel Bart: Oliver!; Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music; Jerry Bock: Fiddler on the roof; Marvin Hamlisch: Chorus Line; Claude-Michel Sch&ou...
Conductors: Hayman, Richard
Ensemble: Richard Hayman Orchestra

This collection features orchestral arrangements of themes from Broadway musicals dating from the second half of the twentieth century. The earliest is 'West Side Story'...continue...

Under the Stars / Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel

1 CD / Decca / 2003-02-11

Works: Stephen Sondheim: Not While I'm Around, song (for the musical "Sweeney Todd"); Passion, musical play; Pretty women; Rupert Holmes: Mystery of Edwin Drood, musical play; John Kander: Work(s); Andrew L...
Performers: Fleming, Renée; Hartley, David; Salmins, Ralph; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Gemignani, Paul

This lushly orchestrated program features Fleming and Terfel in fresh and compelling new interpretations of songs and duets from both new and classic shows. Listen...continue...
Personnel: Bryn Terfel (bass baritone); Mitch Dalton (guitar); David Hartley (piano); Ralph Salmins (drums).

Recording information: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales (08/07/2002-08/12/20...continue...

I'll Be Home for the Holidays / Eaken Piano Trio

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-10-01

Works: Kim Gannon: I'll Be Home for Christmas; Meredith Willson: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas; May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You; Traditional: El noy de la mare; Maoz Tsur; S'vivon; Mi Ze ...
Performers: Baun, Nancy; Eaken, John; Whitney, Gloria
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio

Following the great success of last years Christmas release "Home for the Holidays" (NXS 8.554099) comes this second album featuring more of your favorite music...continue...

Willson: Symphony no 1 and 2 / Stromberg, Moscow SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-10-01

Works: Meredith Willson: Symphony no 1 in F minor ("A Symphony of San Francisco"); Symphony no 2 in E minor ("The Missions of California")
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

At just 19, Meredith Willson was appointed principal flute of the famous Sousa band. After writing and composing for the National Broadcasting Corporation, he moved...continue...

Beachcomber - Encores for Band / Frederick Fennell, et al

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-13

Works: Leroy Anderson: Belle of the Ball; Reinhold Gliere: The Red Poppy, Op. 70; Glenn Osser: Beguine for Band; Zequinha de Abreu: Tico-tico no Fubá; Henry Fillmore: Lassus Trombone; Leonard Bernste...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick
Ensemble: Dallas Wind Symphony

The Music Man [Original Broadway Cast]

1 CD / Capitol / 1998-10-20

Works: Meredith Willson: The Music Man, musical
Performers: Burns, David; Cook, Barbara [pop vcl]; Hodges, Eddie; Kelton, Pert; Preston, Robert; Raymond, Helen; Reed, Paul; Wolfington, Iggie
Conductors: Greene, Herbert
Ensemble: Buffalo Bills

Singphonic Serenade / Die Singphoniker

1 CD / CPO / 1998-03-01

Works: Johnny S. Black: Paper Doll; Antonin Dvorák: Partsongs (Pet sboru) (5) for male chorus, B. 87 (Op.27) (once listed as Op. 30); Orlande de Lassus: Bon jour mon coeur; Tu sai Madonna mia, villan...
Performers: Muhling, Gunnar; Nettinger, Hubert; Scharpf, Berno; Schmidt, Christian; Thomas, Ludwig; Vocals], Alfons Brandl [Tenor

Stars & Stripes - America's Greatest Hits

2 CD / Compendia / 1997-02-15

Works: John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; George M. Cohan: George M Cohan Medley; Morton Gould: American Salute; John Philip Sousa: Washington Post; El Capitan; Manhattan Beach; Liberty Bell; St...
Performers: Brass, Summit; Denver Symphony Pops, The; Houston Symphony Orchestra; Pops, Rochester; Pops, San Diego Symphony

We Love A Parade / McCann, Sellers Engineering Band

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-08-01

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Meredith Willson: The Music Man, musical; William Rimmer: Royal Trophy; Punchinello, for band; Eric Coates...
Performers: Sellers Engineering Band
Conductors: Law, Norman; McCann, Phillip