British Light Music Vol.1: Addinsell - Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Prince and the Showgirl, etc. | Naxos - British Light Music 8555229

British Light Music Vol.1: Addinsell - Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Prince and the Showgirl, etc.

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Label: Naxos - British Light Music

Cat No: 8555229

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 25th June 2021

Contents

Artists

Philip Martin (piano)
Roderick Elms (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra

Conductor

Kenneth Alwyn

Works

Addinsell, Richard

A Tale of Two Cities
» Theme
Festival
Fire over England Suite
Goodbye Mr Chips
» Theme
Journey to Romance
Ring Round the Moon
» Invitation Waltz
The Isle of Apples
The Prince and the Showgirl (excerpts)
The Smokey Mountains
Tom Brown's Schooldays
» Overture
Tune in G

Artists

Philip Martin (piano)
Roderick Elms (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra

Conductor

Kenneth Alwyn

About

World-famous for the Warsaw Concerto from the film Dangerous Moonlight, Richard Addinsell was one of Britain’s leading composers for stage and screen. This selection ranges widely over every area of his achievement and includes the theme from his first international film success, Goodbye Mr. Chips, and the overture from Tom Brown’s Schooldays, which contains some of his finest music. The Smokey Mountains, an evocative ‘concerto’ in three movements, is a rare example of the genre, while The Isle of Apples reflects his importance as a composer of music for radio plays.

Famous for its harmonically unchallenging, smooth and entertaining melodic lines, British Light Music grew from the indulgent and sentimental music of the 19th century, from composers such as Arthur Sullivan, to become one of the most popular classical musical styles in Britain during the first half of the 20th century.

Famous British Light Music composers include Ernest Tomlinson, Edward German, Haydn Wood, Richard Addinsell and Eric Coates, the last of whom is described as the ‘father’ or ‘king’ of British Light Music.

Originally released on the Marco Polo label in 1994, this collection of Addinsell’s works received praise from The Penguin Guide: ‘Alwyn and the BBC Concert Orchestra are thoroughly at home in this repertoire and they present it freshly’. The Winnipeg Free Press added that ‘The Performances could hardly be more committed, while the sound is most natural. Well worth investigating.’

After serving as choirmaster and organist in adolescence, Kenneth Alwyn (1925–2020) turned his attention to conducting during his time as a student at the London Royal Academy of Music. His recordings, television and radio performances and work for the theatre, a long-standing interest, added to a career that brought concert appearances throughout the world, and a continuing relationship with the BBC Concert Orchestra over 40 years.

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