Leroy ANDERSON (1908-1975)
Leroy Anderson's music combines the highest technical standards with a popular appeal that has won him international recognition. Many of his compositions are mini-programmatic scenes of twentieth-century life. With his vast musical knowledge, Anderson drew on and often parodied classical forms, contemporary jazz and dance trends, as well as the works of other popular composers of the day. His instinct for melody and orchestration, underpinned by inventive and humorous, tongue-in-cheek social commentary, is perhaps best illustrated in The Typewriter whose unconventional orchestration. complete with typewriter bells, wittily evokes the ceaseless toil of the typist. Even more popular is Anderson's Sleigh Ride, a brilliant evocation of winter, perennially associated with Christmas.
Booklet Notes in English.
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Notice en francais.
Tracklisting:
1. Serenata
2. Syncopated Clock
3. Penny Whistle Song
4. Typewriter
5. Sarabande
6. Trumpeter's Lullaby
7. Fiddle Faddle
8. Forgotten Dreams
9. Blue Tango
10. Jazz Legato
11. Jazz Pizzicato
12. Phantom Regiment
13. Bugler's Holiday
14. Waltzing Cat
15. March of the Two Left Feet
16. Promenade
17. Plink, Plank, Plunk!
18. Girl in Satin
19. Sandpaper Ballet
20. Belle of the Ball
21. Sleigh Ride
Recorded February-June 1989.
Released 2002