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Der amerikanische Komponist, Arrangeur und Dirigent Leroy Anderson (geb. 29. 6. 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - gest. 18. 5. 1975 in Woodbury, Connecticut, USA) wäre heute 100 Jahre alt geworden.

Leroy Anderson war einer von Amerikas populärsten Komponisten leichter, melodiöser Orchestermusik. Berühmt wurde der Amerikaner schwedischer Abstammung vor allem durch seine Kompositionen Jazz Pizzicato, Jazz Legato, The Syncopated Clock, Fiddle Faddle, Sleigh Ride, The Typewriter und Blue Tango.

Bock's Music Shop präsentiert eine Auswahl seiner besten Aufnahmen.

CDs

Jasmine BSIN02914040
Anderson, Leroy / And His Pops Concert Orchestra - Sleigh Ride And Other Original Hits
Composer: Leroy Anderson

Leroy’s Anderson’s ‘solo’ record career began in 1950, recording his own works such as are found on this compilation. Like other compositions, his best known tune "Sleigh Ride", written in 1948, had first been recorded by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and was a minor hit around Christmas, 1949. As both an instrumental and a vocal number (Mitchell Parish added lyrics, as he did to "Fiddle-Faddle", "Serenata" , "Belle Of The Ball" and "Blue Tango"), "Sleigh Ride" went on to become ... more

Price: 12,90 EUR

Decca BSIN02916533 (SACD)
Fennell, Frederick / ERO - Conducts The Music Of Leroy Anderson
Composer: Leroy Anderson

Frederick Fennell & The Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Tracklisting:
1. Belle of the Ball
2. Horse and buggy
3. The Waltzing Cat
4. Blue Tango
5. Summer Skies
6. Song of the bells
7. The Typewriter
8. The Syncopated Clock
9. The girl in satin
10. China Doll
11. Saraband
12. Fiddle-Faddle
13. Sleigh Ride
14. Serenata
15. Promenade
16. Chicken Reel
17. Phantom Regiment
18. Jazz Legato more

Price: 16,90 EUR

Naxos American (Premium) BSIN02912655
Hayman, Richard / And His Orchestra - Orchestral Favourites
Composer: Leroy Anderson

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 hu... more

Price: 12,90 EUR

Naxos BSIN02912932
Fiedler, Arthur / Boston Pops - Classical Juke Box (1947-1950)
Composer: Leroy Anderson, Bernie Baum / Stephan Weiss

Leroy ANDERSON (1908-1975)
Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops
Original 1947-1950 recordings.
Tracklisting:
Bernie Baum/Stephan Weiss
1. Classical juke box
Leroy Anderson
2. The syncopated clock
3. Chicken reel
4. Fiddle faddle
5. Serenata
6. Sleigh ride
7. The Irish washerwoman
8. The minstrel boy
9. The rakes of mallow
10. The wearing of the green
11. The last rose of summer
12. The girl I left b... more

Price: 7,90 EUR

Naxos American (Premium) BSIN02913209
Slatkin, Leonard / BBC Concert Orchestra - Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto in C major / The Golden Years / Fiddle-Faddle
Composer: Leroy Anderson

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 could top the pop charts, a reclusive personality whose compositions became household words, and a meticulous craftsman who could pull one marvelous tune after another out of his hat almost at will. Here, in the first complete cycle of Anderson’s orchestral music, the Anderson family has made available several pieces that the c... more

Price: 12,90 EUR

Naxos American (Premium) BSIN02913486
Slatkin, Leonard / BBC Concert Orchestra - Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 - - Suite of Carols / A Harvard Festival / Song of Jupiter
Composer: Leroy Anderson

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. While he labored alone over each measure of each piece, the result sounded as if he had pulled one marvelous tune after another out of his hat almost at will. Here, in the first complete cycle of Anderson’s orchestral... more

Price: 12,90 EUR

Naxos American (Premium) BSIN02913763
Slatkin, Leonard / BBC Concert Orchestra - Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock
Composer: Leroy Anderson

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 no... more

Price: 12,90 EUR

Capriccio BSIN02914317 (SACD)
Steinberg, Pinchas / WDR RSO Köln - Blue Tango-Symphonic Pops (SACD)
Composer: Leroy Anderson

Tracklisting:
1. Blue Tango
2. The syncopated clock
3. Belle of the ball
4. Forgotten dreams
5. Sandpaper Ballet
6. Sarabande
7. The phantom regiment
8. Fiddle faddle
9. Bugler's holiday
10. Jazz pizzicato
11. Serenata
12. The waltzing cat
13. The typewriter
14. A trumpeter's lullaby
15. Sleigh ride
16. The penny-whistle-song
17. The girl in satin
18. Home stretch
19. The golden year... more

Price: 17,90 EUR

ORF BSIN02912378
Corso Wien - Von Lanner zu Lennon
Composer: Leroy Anderson, Eric Coates, J. Davenport/ E. Cooley, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Fritz Kreisler, Josef Lanner, Franz Lehar, John Lennon/ Paul McCartney, Jacques Offenbach, Gustav Peter, John Williams

’Mit CORSO WIEN wird die Idee verwirklicht, die gute ’Unterhaltungsmusik’ aus zwei Jahrhunderten in bestmöglicher Qualität aufzuführen.
Corsa - als Synonym für die Flaniermeile einer Stadt - gibt auch die Programmlinie des Orchesters vor: Musik vom ’Paradeisgartl’, wo einst Josef Lanner spielte, bis zum Broadway im weitesten Sinn, also Film- und Unterhaltungsmusik unserer Tage.
Anstoß dazu gab nicht nur die Tatsache, daß Lanner als ’Erfinder’ des Wiener Walzers weit unterschätzt, unt... more

Price: 15,90 EUR

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