Baxter, Les

Instrumentals

5 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Wayne Shanklin: Chanson d' Amour; Bert Kaempfert: Wonderland by Night; Peter Mösser: Morgen; Louis Louiguy: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, song (for the film Underwater); Frank W. Meacham:...
Performers: Bilk, Acker; Calvert, Eddie; Capova, Sylvia; Cramer, Floyd; Davis, Tom [Piano]; Eddy, Duane; Fordham, George; Hogwallop, Lester; Jaccottet, Christiane; Kangas, John; Karas, Anton; Landry, McGeorge; M...
Conductors: Kaempfert, Bert; Vaughn, Billy; Prado, Perez; Miller, Glenn; Miller, Mitch; Greger, Max; Brown, Les; ; Faith, Percy; Mantovani; Justis, Bill; Goodman, Benny; Bush, Lou; Baxter, Les; Anthony, Ray; Hay...
Ensemble: ; Bill Black's Combo; Chris Barber's Jazz Band; Paul Kuhn Combo

Includes crazy otto medley by various 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; ...

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: Orchestral Gems in Stereo

1 CD / Guild / 2010-08-10

Works: Tolchard Evans: Lady of Spain (Linda española); Jerome Kern: She Didn't Say Yes, song (from "The Cat and the Fiddle"); Jule Styne: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Charles Trénet: La Mer (Beyond t...
Conductors: Dragon, Carmen; Weston, Paul; Barker, Warren; Cugat, Xavier; Baxter, Les; Salinger, Conrad; Bregman, Buddy; Jones, Leslie; Morely, Angela; Trotter, John Scott; Yorke, Peter; Silvester, Victor; Jenkin...
Ensemble: ; 101 Strings Orchestra; Victor Silvester & His Silver Strings

This latest Guild CD in The Golden Age of Light Music Series attempts to recreate the excitement felt by record collectors around 50 years ago...continue...
Ahh, the glory of stereo -- it is so difficult to impart what a difference it made when it first became generally available on records in 1958; for audio nuts, it was a dream come true, whereas for th...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: More Strings in Stereo! / various performers

1 CD / Guild / 2010-01-12

Conductors: Farnon, Robert; Melachrino, George; Riddle, Nelson; Morley, Angela; Challet, Pierre; Faith, Percy; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Mooney, Hal; Vaughn, Billy; Gould, Morton; Barker, Warren; Bregman, Buddy; ...

Continuing with The Golden Age of Light Music, this release continues with more favorites from this era....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...