British Light Music Favourites | Memory Lane GLMY83

British Light Music Favourites

Label: Memory Lane

Cat No: GLMY83

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 10th February 2014

Contents

Artists

Louis Kentner (piano)
Arthur Dulay (piano)
Orchestre Raymonde
New Century Orchestra
Band of HM Coldstream Guards
Boyd Neel String Orchestra
Kingsway Symphony Orchestra
Melodi Light Orchestra
Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra
A W Ketelbey’s Concert Orchestra
London Promenade Orchestra
The National Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductors

Robert Preston
Woolf Phillips
Muir Matheson
Major J Mackenzie-Rogan
Boyd Neel
Ron Goodwin
David King
Herbert Clifford
Robert Farnon
Sidney Torch
Albert Ketelbey
Mantovani
Walter Collins
Charles Williams
Eric Coates
Edward Elgar
Adrian Boult

Works

Addinsell, Richard

Warsaw Concerto

Arnold, Malcolm

English Dances Set I, op.27
» I Andantino
» II Vivace

Benjamin, Arthur

Jamaican Rumba (arr. Primrose)

Binge, Ronald

Charmaine
Elizabethan Serenade

Brown, Jack

Metropolis

Coates, Eric

By the Sleepy Lagoon
Calling all Workers
London Bridge: March
London Suite
The Three Bears: An Orchestral Phantasy
» Waltz
The Three Elizabeths Suite

Elgar, Edward

Bavarian Dances, op.27 (3)
Chanson de Matin, op.15 no.2
Chanson de Nuit, op.15 no.1
Salut d'amour, op.12

Ellis, Vivian

Coronation Scot
Muse in Mayfair

Farnon, Robert

Goodwood Galop
Jumping Bean
Manhattan Playboy
Pictures in the Fire

Ketelbey, Albert

In a Persian Market
» Intermezzo scene

Monckton, Lionel

The Arcadians
» Medley

Phillips, Woolf

Parisian Mode

Richardson, Clive

Melody on the move

Thomas, Lloyd

Looking around (as Colin Smith)

Traditional

Greensleeves (arr. Ronald Binge)

Warlock, Peter

Capriol Suite
» Pavane
» Pied-en-l'air

White, Edward

Caprice for strings
Puffin' Billy
Run-Away Rocking Horse

Williams, Charles

Devil's gallop
The young ballerina
Where I Live
» The Dream of Olwen

Wood, Arthur

Barwick Green

Artists

Louis Kentner (piano)
Arthur Dulay (piano)
Orchestre Raymonde
New Century Orchestra
Band of HM Coldstream Guards
Boyd Neel String Orchestra
Kingsway Symphony Orchestra
Melodi Light Orchestra
Queen’s Hall Light Orchestra
A W Ketelbey’s Concert Orchestra
London Promenade Orchestra
The National Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductors

Robert Preston
Woolf Phillips
Muir Matheson
Major J Mackenzie-Rogan
Boyd Neel
Ron Goodwin
David King
Herbert Clifford
Robert Farnon
Sidney Torch
Albert Ketelbey
Mantovani
Walter Collins
Charles Williams
Eric Coates
Edward Elgar
Adrian Boult

About

Here in two nostalgia-packed CDs is British light music at its finest, created by such giants of the genre as Robert Farnon, Eric Coates, Ron Goodwin and Charles Williams, and played in stunning fashion by Britain’s legendary light orchestras.

Richly familiar signature tunes from radio’s golden age like By the ‘Sleepy Lagoon’ (Desert Island Discs) and ‘Coronation Scot’ (Paul Temple) mingle alongside such celebrated classics as ‘The Warsaw Concerto’ and ‘Elizabethan Serenade’ - every one a tried and true British light music favourite that will enrich, delight and relax with every hearing.

Track Listing:
CD 1

Orchestre Raymonde & Robert Preston
1. Run-Away Rocking Horse (Edward White)

Eric Coates and His Orchestra
2. Calling All Workers (Eric Coates)

Queen's Hall Light Orchestra & Charles Williams
3. Melody On The Move (Clive Richardson)

Queen's Hall Light Orchestra & Sidney Torch
4. Muse In Mayfair (Vivian Ellis)
5. Jamaican Rumba (Benjamin, Primrose)

Mantovani and His Orchestra
6. Greensleeves (Trad. Arr. Ronald Binge)

Queen's Hall Light Orchestra & Eric Coates
7. Waltz From 'The Three Bears' (Eric Coates)

Queen's Hall Light Orchestra & Robert Farnon
8. Manhattan Playboy (Robert Farnon)
9. Pictures In The Fire (Robert Farnon)

New Century Orchestra & Sidney Torch
10. Metropolis (Jack Brown)

Woolf Phillips and His Orchestra
11. Parisian Mode (Woolf Phillips)

Louis Kentner, London Symphony Orchestra & Muir Matheson
12. The Warsaw Concerto (Richard Addinsell)

London Symphony Orchestra & Edward Elgar
13. Chanson de Matin (Edward Elgar)
14. Bavarian Dance No.1 (Edward Elgar)

Symphony Orchestra & Eric Coates
15. London Bridge - March (Eric Coates)

The Band of HM Coldstream Guards & Maj J Mackenzie-Rogan
16. The Arcadians, Medley (Lionel Monckton)

Boyd Neel String Orchestra & Boyd Neel
17. Capriole Suite: Pavane (Peter Warlock)
18. Capriole Suite: Pieds-en-l'air (Peter Warlock)

Symphony Orchestra & Eric Coates
19. London Suite: Tarantelle - 'Covent Garden'
20. London Suite: Meditation - 'Westminster'
21. London Suite: March - 'Knightsbridge'

CD 2
Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra
1. Devil's Galop (Charles Williams)

The Kingsway Symphony Orchestra & Robert Farnon
2. Jumping Bean (Robert Farnon)

Queen's Hall Light Orchestra & Robert Farnon
3. Goodwood Galop (Robert Farnon) 

Ron Goodwin and His Orchestra
4. Elizabethan Serenade (Ronald Binge) 

Queen's Hall Light Orchestra & David King
5. The Young Ballerina (Charles Williams) 

Queen's Hall Light Orchestra & Sidney Torch
6. Coronation Scot (Vivian Ellis) 

Melodi Light Orchestra & Herbert Clifford
7. Puffin' Billy (Edward White) 

Queen's Hall Light Orchestra & Robert Farnon
8. Looking Around (Lloyd Thomas as Colin Smith) 

Sidney Torch and His Orchestra
9. Barwick Green (Arthur Wood) 

A W Ketelbey's Concert Orchestra & Albert Ketelbey
10. In A Persian Market - Intermezzo Scene (Albert Ketelby) 

Mantovani and His Orchestra
11. Charmaine (Ronald Binge) 

The London Promenade Orchestra & Walter Collins
12. Caprice For Strings (Edward White) 

The National Orchestra & Eric Coates
13. The Three Elizabeths - Suite For Orchestra: Halcyon Days - Elizabeth Tudor 
14. The Three Elizabeths - Suite For Orchestra: Springtime in Angus - Elizabeth Of Glamis 
15. The Three Elizabeths - Suite For Orchestra: March, Youth of Britain - Princess Elizabeth 

Arthur Dulay, Charles Williams and His Concert Orchestra
16. The Dream of Olwyn (Charles Williams) 

Symphony Orchestra & Eric Coates
17. By the Sleepy Lagoon (Eric Coates) 

London Symphony Orchestra & Edward Elgar
18. Salut d'Amour 
19. Chanson de Nuit 

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult
20. English Dance: Andantino (Malcolm Arnold) 
21.  English Dance : Vivace (Malcolm Arnold) 

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