Orchestral Music Vol 4 : Slatkin / BBC Concert Orchestra

ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4

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-sofamiliar titles. Volume Four concentrates on Anderson’s many arrangements, as well as revisions or alternate versions of his own works, including Alma Mater, a reworking of his 1939 suite Harvard Sketches.

Irish Suite
I. The Irish Washerwoman 00:03:00
II. The Minstrel Boy 00:03:27
III. The Rakes of Mallow 00:02:58
IV. The Wearing of the Green 00:03:20
V. The Last Rose of Summer 00:03:46
VI. The Girl I Left Behind Me 00:03:07

MacDowell, Edward
To a Wild Rose (arr. L. Anderson for orchestra)

Summer Skies

Scottish Suite
I. Bonnie Dundee 00:02:51
II. Turn Ye To Me 00:02:20
III. The Bluebells of Scotland 00:02:06
IV. The Campbells are Coming 00:03:10

Blue Tango (version with voice)
Criswell, Kim, soprano

Forgotten Dreams (arr. R. Wendel for voice and orchestra)
Criswell, Kim, soprano

Belle of the Ball (version with voice)
Criswell, Kim, soprano
Dazeley, William, baritone

Alma Mater
I. Chapel Bells 00:01:31
II. Freshman on Main Street 00:01:27
III. Library Reading Room 00:01:48
IV. Class Reunion 00:01:44

A Christmas Festival

BBC Concert Orchestra
Slatkin, Leonard, Conductor

Digital Recording: 09/2007