HIGHDAYS AND HOLIDAYS is a more relaxed scenario and also includes some memorable tunes from those nostalgic post war days. I was not very familiar with the music here but the classic Wedgewood Blue by Ketèlbey immediately caught my ear alongside the delightful Jack And Jill Overture by Croudson that is given a rousing interpretation by Louis Voss and his Orchestra. Add that to Haydn Wood’s unbearably nostalgic Sketch Of A Dandy and other pieces by Charles Williams, Peter Yorke and Ketèlbey’s In A Chinese Temple Garden, then you have a truly wonderful compilation on all counts.

As already expected in this series, the remastering is of high quality throughout with the ghosts of the past salon orchestras chillingly resurrected in what could easily be termed as up to the minute sound. David Ades provides his usual essential notes and the front cover paintings add quality and ambience to what can only be termed as a wonderful collection of music. Gerald Fenech