GOLDEN AGE OF LIGHT MUSIC 72

01 Flight Of The Bumble Bee Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Ralph Sterling, better known as David Carroll PIERRE CHALLET AND HIS ORCHESTRA

02 Clair De Lune Achille-Claude Debussy, arr. Ralph Sterling, better known as David Carroll PIERRE CHALLET AND HIS ORCHESTRA

03 The Dargason from “St. Paul’s Suite” Gustav Holst, arr. Angela Morley ANGELA MORLEY AND HER ORCHESTRA as ‘WALLY STOTT’ on LP label

04 Popular Song from “Façade” Suite No. 2 Sir William Walton PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIR WILLIAM WALTON

05 The Lamp Is Low based on Maurice Ravel’s Pavanne Mitchell Parish; Peter de Rose; Bert A. Shefter FRANK DE VOL AND HIS ORCHESTRA

06 Gipsy Love - Waltz Franz Lehár, arr. Sidney Torch SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA

07 Overture To A Costume Comedy Stanley Black LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by PIERINO GAMBA

08 Portrait Of Clare from the film “Portrait Of Clare” transcribed and arranged from Robert Schumann’s “Devotion” by Felton Rapley CHARLES WILLIAMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA

09 “Ballet Egyptien” Finale Alexandre Clément Léon Joseph Luigini RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS ORCHESTRA

10 Barcarolle Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, arr. Philip Green PHILIP GREEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA

11 Lake Of The Woods Robert Joseph Farnon LESLIE JONES and his ORCHESTRA OF LONDON

12 Masquerade” Suite - Waltz Aram Il’yich Khachaturian PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK Conducted by ANDRE KOSTELANETZ

13 Beyond The Moonlight based on Felix Mendelssohn’s “On Wings Of Song” Dorchas Cochran; Ralph Sterling, better known as David Carroll DAVID CARROLL AND HIS ORCHESTRA

14 He’s In Love from “Kismet” based on ‘Polovetzian Dances’ from “Prince Igor” Alexander Borodin, arr. Percy Faith PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA

15 Last Spring Edvard Grieg THE MELACHRINO STRINGS Conducted by GEORGE MELACHRINO

16 Comedians’ Galop Dimitri Borisovich Kabalevsky QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT FARNON

17 Brown Bird Singing Haydn Wood ERIC JUPP AND THE MELODI STRINGS

18 Theme from “Swan Lake” Ballet Tchaikovsky, arr. Ray Conniff RAY CONNIFF AND HIS ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS

19 Meditation from “Thais” Jules Massenet arranged and adapted by Herman Clebanoff & W. Robinson CLEBANOFF STRINGS

20 Sabre Dance from ballet “Gayaneh Aram Il’yich Khachaturian JOHN SCOTT TROTTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA

21 “The Firebird” Ballet - Dance Of The Princesses Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, arr. David Rose DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

22 “The Firebird” Ballet - Dance Of Kastchei Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, arr. David Rose DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

23 “The Firebird” Ballet - Berceuse & Finale Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, arr. David Rose DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

This collection has been prepared with three main aims: firstly to prove that the so-called boundaries between light and classical music are not as insurmountable as some people seem to imagine; secondly to illustrate that many composers, who may usually be associated with more serious works, also had their lighter moments; and thirdly to offer several examples of the tasteful way in which arrangers of the 20th century adapted the classics to make them more instantly appealing to their audience. For many years such ‘tampering with the classics’ was banned by the BBC in Britain, although commercial recordings could be freely purchased. However a lack of broadcasts obviously affected sales, which partly explains why such recordings were more common in the United States than in Britain. Among the leading US musicians who often strayed into classical territory were David Carroll, Andre Kostelanetz, Percy Faith, Clebanoff and even Ray Conniff. They are joined by Charles Williams, Angela Morley and other familiar figures on the UK scene.

Guild Light Music GLCD5172