Leroy Anderson occupies a unique place in American music. Rigorously trained in the classical tradition, Anderson wrote tunes that topped the pop charts, making compositions such as Sleigh Ride and The Typewriter world famous. Anderson was a meticulous craftsman who could seemingly compose marvelous tunes at will, and he has been praised by composer John Williams as 'one of the great American masters of light orchestral music.' This first set of Anderson's orchestral music includes several previously unpublished pieces made available by the Anderson family, with world premiere recordings included among many familiar and not so familiar titles.
15 Song of Jupiter (Arr. of Handel: Semele, HWV 58, "Where'er You Walk")
16 Suite of Carols (Version for Strings)
- Disc 3 -
1 Harvard Sketches
2 Melody on 2 Notes
3 Mother's Whistler
4 The Penny-Whistle Song
5 The Phantom Regiment
6 Plink, Plank, Plunk!
7 Promenade
8 Sandpaper Ballet
9 Sarabande
10 Serenata
11 Old MacDonald Had a Farm
12 The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones (Arr. L. Anderson)
13 Sleigh Ride
14 Suite of Carols (Version for Brass)
15 Of Thee I Sing, Act I: Wintergreen for President (Arr. L. Anderson)
16 The Typewriter
17 A Trumpeter's Lullaby
18 The Syncopated Clock
- Disc 4 -
1 Irish Suite
2 1. I. the Irish Washerwoman
3 II. the Minstrel Boy
4 III. the Rakes of Mallow
5 IV. the Wearing of the Green
6 V. the Last Rose of Summer
7 VI. the Girl I Left Behind Me
8 To a Wild Rose (Arr. L. Anderson for Orchestra)
9 Summer Skies
10 Scottish Suite
11 I. Bonnie Dundee
12 II. Turn Ye to Me
13 III. the Bluebells of Scotland
14 IV. the Campbells Are Coming
15 Parish, Mitchell - Lyricist
16 Blue Tango (Version with Voice)
17 Parish, Mitchell - Lyricist
18 Wendel, Robert - Arranger
19 Forgotten Dreams (Arr. R. Wendel for Voice and Orchestra)
20 Parish, Mitchell - Lyricist
21 Belle of the Ball (Version with Voice)
22 Alma Mater
23 I. Chapel Bells
24 II. Freshman on Main Street
25 III. Library Reading Room
26 IV. Class Reunion
27 A Christmas Festival
- Disc 5 -
1 Goldilocks (Excerpts)
2 Overture (Original Version, Orchestrated By D. Ross)
3 Lazy Moon
4 Save a Kiss
5 The Pussy Foot
6 Pirate Dance
7 Who's Been Sitting in My Chair?
8 Lady in Waiting, Ballet
9 Shall I Take My Heart and Go?
10 The Town House Maxixe
11 I Never Know When
12 Pyramid Dance
13 Suite of Carols (Version for Woodwinds)
14 I. Angels in Our Fields
15 II. O Sanctissima
16 III. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
17 IV. O Come, Little Children
18 V. Coventry Carol
19 VI. Patapan
20 Lady in Waiting, Waltz
21 Shall I Take My Heart (Instrumental)
Leroy Anderson occupies a unique place in American music. Rigorously trained in the classical tradition, Anderson wrote tunes that topped the pop charts, making compositions such as Sleigh Ride and The Typewriter world famous. Anderson was a meticulous craftsman who could seemingly compose marvelous tunes at will, and he has been praised by composer John Williams as 'one of the great American masters of light orchestral music.' This first set of Anderson's orchestral music includes several previously unpublished pieces made available by the Anderson family, with world premiere recordings included among many familiar and not so familiar titles.
