Riddle, Nelson

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...

The Golden Age of Light Music: The Art of the Arranger, Vol. 2 / Nelson Riddle, Morton Gould, Percy Faith, Mantovani et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Rodgers: A Wonderful Guy, song (from "South Pacific"); Soliloquy, song (from "Carousel"); Where or When, song (from "Babes in Arms"); Dancing on the Ceiling, song (from "Evergreen"); Jack Str...
Performers: Jenkins, Gordon
Conductors: Bregman, Buddy; Morley, Angela; Rose, David; Ornadel, Cyril; Fennell, Frederick; Mantovani; Farnon, Robert; Faith, Percy; Chacksfield, Frank; Gould, Morton; Cordell, Frank; Binge, Ronald; Jenkins, Go...

Music for Royal Weddings

3 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; BWV 1068; George Frederick Handel: Water Music 1;...
Performers: Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; Palmer, Felicity; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Runnett, Brian; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Riddle, Nelson; Schreier, Peter; Hill, David; Guest, George; Page, Neil; ...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Strings in Rhythm

1 CD / Guild / 2010-09-14

Works: Victor Herbert: Natoma; James Van Heusen: Swinging On A Star (used in the film "Going My Way"); Cole Porter: You do something to me, song (from "Fifty Million Frenchmen"); Gordon Jenkins: In the Heat...
Conductors: Faith, Percy; Chacksfield, Frank; Silvester, Victor; Jenkins, Gordon; Melachrino, George; Green, Philip; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Weston, Paul; Yorke, Peter; Paramor, Norrie; Dragon, Carmen; Mooney, Hal; Za...

There is plenty of rhythm on offer in this collection of the Guild Light Music Series, from Latin American dances to quicksteps, slow foxtrots, polkas...continue...
Guild's The Golden Age of Light Music series continues apace with Strings in Rhythm, a survey of mostly Latin and popular material recorded by pop orchestras between 1953-1959 with an emphasis on big ...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: The Hall Of Fame, Vol. 3 / various performers

1 CD / Guild / 2010-04-13

Performers: Hill-Bowen, William
Conductors: Bregman, Buddy; Faith, Percy; Carroll, David; Green, Philip; Hayman, Richard; Gould, Morton; Riddle, Nelson; Winterhalter, Hugo; Vaughn, Billy; Martin, Ray; Martin, Freddy; Williams, Charles; Farnon,...
Ensemble: ; Geraldo Dance Band

This collection is intended as a tribute to talented musicians who have made an important contribution to our enjoyment of Light Music, either as conductors,...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...

Icon - Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grapelli (4 CDs)

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra; Richard Rodgers: Blue Room, song (from musical "The Girlfriend"); The Lady is a Tramp, song (from musical "Babes in Arms"); My Funny Valentine; I...
Performers: Blok, Jan; Clare, Alan [piano]; Etheridge, John [Guitar]; Fosset, Marc; Ganley, Allan; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Lemmon, Brian; Menuhin, Yehudi; Price, Derek; Snell, David [...
Conductors: Harris, Max; Riddle, Nelson
Ensemble: ; Alan Claire Trio

This 4 CD set containing all the recordings that the two legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli made for EMI is a further release...continue...

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

The Ultimate Wedding Album

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Domingo, Placido; Hurford, Peter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rudel, Julius; Chailly, Riccardo; Bonynge, Richard; Riddle, Nelson

Hall of Fame Vol 1 - Rose, Ellis, Anderson, Farnon

1 CD / Guild / 2006-05-01

Works: David Rose: Holiday for Strings; Vivian Ellis: Coronation Scot; Leroy Anderson: Serenata; Robert Farnon: Portrait of a Flirt; Noel Coward: Words and Music; Jack Strachey: In Party Mood; George Melach...
Performers: Black, Stanley; Richardson, Clive
Conductors: Gould, Morton; Williams, Charles; Fiedler, Arthur; Farnon, Robert; Kostelanetz, André; Voss, Louis; Melachrino, George; Faith, Percy; Collins, Anthony; Robinson, Stanford; Riddle, Nelson; ; Ho...
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Boston Pops Orchestra; Camarata; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; David Rose Orchestra; Harry Horlick Orchestra; Kingsway Orchestra; London Promenade Orchestra; Marek ...

After so many wonderful releases in the Golden Age of Light Music series, it is now time for the awards season. To wit, this particular...continue...

Midnight Matinee - Stevens, Jones, Wayne / Farnon, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2005-07-01

Works: Len Stevens: Midnight Matinee; Leslie Julian Jones: Postman's Knock; Bernie Wayne: Magic Touch; Veradero; Cyril Ornadel: Moonlight Fiesta; Irving Caesar: Simonetta; Theo Mackeben: Bal paré; Ja...
Performers: Atwell, Winifred
Conductors: Farnon, Robert; Stott, Wally; Winterhalter, Hugo; Ornadel, Cyril; Hayman, Richard; Hermann, Harry; van der Linden, Dolf; Riddle, Nelson; Love, Geoff; Pleydell, Ronnie; Johnson, Laurie; Ros, Edmundo; ...
Ensemble: Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra; Cyril Ornadel Orchestra; Danish State Radio Orchestra; Dolf van der Linden Orchestra; Edmundo Ros Orchestra; Geoff Love Orchestra; George Siravo Orchestra; Hamburg Radi...

Drive Time - Route 66

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-06-28

Works: Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven, film score; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; The Red Pony, film score; Billy the Kid, ballet; Fanfare for the common man; Dimitri Tiomkin: High Noon, film score; The Alam...
Performers: Evans, Dale; Rogers, Roy [Country]
Conductors: Bernstein, Elmer; Bernstein, Leonard; Tiomkin, Dimitri; Kapp, Richard; Williams, John; Morricone, Ennio; Lane, Louis; Copland, Aaron; Riddle, Nelson

Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm / Menuhin, Grappelli

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: George Gershwin: Lady, be Good; Strike up the Band; Porgy and Bess; Nice Work If You Can Get It, song (from A Damsel in Distress, film); Girl Crazy; Show Girl; A Foggy Day (in London Town), song (fro...
Performers: Clare, Alan [piano]; Crombie, Tony; Ganley, Allan; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Isaacs, Ike; Karan, Chris; Menuhin, Yehudi; Price, Derek; Snell, David [Light Clas]; Swinfield, ...
Conductors: Riddle, Nelson
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio

Kiri: A Portrait

2 CD / Decca / 2004-02-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Joseph Canteloube: Baïlèro; Chants d'Auvergne; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, ...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers Of London; Bär, Olaf; Bar, Olaf; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bonynge, Richard; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Carreras, Jose [Tenor ...
Conductors: Barlow, Stephen; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Fischer, György; Davis, Colin; Rudel, Julius; Dutoit, Charles; Rosem, Barry; Davis, Carl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Ricc...
Ensemble: ; Lynn Harrell and Instrumental Ensemble

Personnel: Olga Hegedus (cello); Mitsuko Uchida (piano); Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ)....continue...