Leroy ANDERSON (1908-1975)
Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music – a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records topped the pop charts, a meticulous arranger of music whose own melodies were crafted with inventive precision. Here, in the first complete cycle of Anderson’s orchestral music, the Anderson family has made available several pieces that the composer did not release, with some first recordings scattered among the familiar and not-so-familiar titles. Volume Three includes the notorious musical gem The Typewriter, in which the machine is transformed into a relentlessly busy percussion instrument, the tasteful and soul-satisfying Suite of Carols for Brass Choir, and Anderson’s biggest hit, Sleigh Ride.
Tracklisting:
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: 76 Trombones
13. Sleigh Ride
14. Suite Of Carols
15. Of Thee I Sing: Wintergreen For President *
16. The Typewriter (1)
17. A Trumpeter's Lullaby (2)
18. The Syncopated Clock
* World Premiere Recording.
Alasdair Malloy, Solo Typewriter (1)
Catherine Moore, Solo Trumpet (2)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin.
Recorded at The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, UK, from 12th to 14th April, 2007.
Released 2008.