American Music – Light Music Classics,
Virgil Thomas, Elinor Remick Warren
AMERICAN LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor
GRAMOPHONE CRITICS’ CHOICE
‘These lovely old tunes have a freshness and charm akin to the best light-hearted literature or illustration from the same period. A splendid successor to the previous volumes.’
Gramophone
‘Easy listening, yes, but produced with formidable skill. Ronald Corp and the New London Orchestra play the whole sequence with verve and dedication.’
Patrick O’Connor
Full tracklist:
1 The Washington Post, Sousa
2 Whistling Rufus, Kerry Mills & Frederick Allen Mills
3 American Symphonette No. 3 – ‘Pavane’, Morton Gould
4 Nola: A Silhouette, Felix Arndt
5 The Whistler and his Dog, Arthur Pryor
6 Belle of the Ball, Leroy Anderson
7 The Arkansas Traveller – ‘Old Fiddlers’ Breakdown’, Trad.
8 The Teddy Bears’ Picnic, John W. Bratton
9 Woodland Sketches Op. 51 – No. 1: ‘To a Wild Rose’, Edward MacDowell
10 Blaze Away!, Abe Holzmann
11 Chanson ‘In Love’, Rudolf Friml
12 The Toy Trumpet, Raymond Scott & Harry Warnow
13 Promenade, Gershwin
14 Plink, plank, plunk!, Leroy Anderson
15 Babes in Toyland – ‘The March of the Toys’, Victor Herbert, arr. Otto Langey
16 Holiday for Strings, David Rose
17 Water Scenes Op. 13 – No. 4: ‘Narcissus’, Ethelbert Nevin
Symphony No. 5½ ‘A Symphony of Fun’, Don Gillis
18 I Perpetual Emotion
19 II Spiritual?
20 III Scherzofrenia
21 IV Conclusion!
22 ‘The Carousel Waltz’, Richard Rodgers
HYPERION CDA67067
Released: June, 1998
Total duration: 73′ 28″
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VIRGIL THOMSON
Louisiana Story – Suite
Louisiana Story – Acadian Songs and Dances
The Plow that Broke the Plains – Suite
Power Among Men – Fugues and Cantilenas
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor
Total duration: 67′ 46″
HELIOS (HYPERION) CDH55169
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‘Not to be missed.’
Classic CD
‘Hyperion’s recording is faultless… If your interest is in American music or in film scores, this is indispensable.’
American Record Guide
The Legend of King Arthur
The Crystal Lake
The Fountain
Along the Western Shore
Symphony in One Movement
Suite for Orchestra
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates, conductor
Roderick Williams, baritone
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7235
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‘Don’t miss this delightful collection of colourful and tuneful complete orchestral music by the American west coast composer Elinor Remick Warren. Warren, whose life spanned the twentieth century, lived from 1900 to 1991 and was known as a leading accompanist as well as a composer. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp revel in this colourful music. It includes two programmatic orchestral suites evocative of the West and the High Sierras, the Ravellian Symphony in One Movement…’
Presto Classical website
