Orchestral Music 2: L.Slatkin / BBC Concert O

LEROY ANDERSON [1908-1975]
Orchestral Music 2

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 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 Two contains most of the little-known works from Anderson’s last decade. ( NAXOS )

Woodbury Fanfare (1959) World Premiere Recording
A Harvard Festival (1969) World Premiere Recordings
Forgotten Dreams (1954)
Whistling Kettle (circa 1966) World Premiere Recordings
Horse and Buggy (1951)
The Waltzing Cat (1950)
Home Stretch (1962)
The Girl in Satin (1953)
March of the Two Left Feet (1970)
Waltz around the Scale (1970) World Premiere Recordings
Lullaby of the Drums (1970) World Premiere Recordings
Jazz Legato (1938)
Jazz Pizzicato (1938)
Song of the Bells (1953)
Song of Jupiter (arr. of Handel: Semele, HWV 58, ‘Where’er you walk’) (1951)
Suite of Carols for String Orchestra (1955)

Alistair Young, piano
David McCallum, trumpet

BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Digital Recording: 2007