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Holidays For Strings
LEROY ANDERSON
1.
Belle Of The Ball
2:33
Orchestra: Leroy Anderson Orchestra
1959
WHITING/HARLING
2.
Beyond The Blue Horizon
2:50
(from the film 'Monte Carlo')
Orchestra: Jack Shaindlin Orchestra
1961
GEORGE GERSHWIN
3.
Love Is Sweeping The Country
2:32
Orchestra: Frederick Fennell Orchestra
1961
ALEXANDER PORFIRYEVICH BORODIN
arr. David Carroll
4.
Dance Of The Slave Maidens
3:47
(also known as 'Stranger In Paradise')
Orchestra: David Carroll Orchestra
1961
ROBIN/RAINGER
5.
Thanks For The Memory
2:19
Orchestra: Geoff Love Orchestra
1958
GEORGE MARTIN
6.
Serenade To Double Scotch
2:39
Orchestra: Ron Goodwin Orchestra
1961
LERNER/LOEWE
7.
Gigi (Theme from the film)
2:54
Orchestra: Melachrino Strings
Conductor:George Melachrino
1961
ALLEN/HILLMAN
8.
Cumana
3:15
Orchestra: Clebanoff Strings and Percussion
1961
CYRIL WATTERS
9.
The Willow Waltz
3:05
Orchestra: New Concert Orchestra
Conductor:Monia Liter
1960
Conductor:Alberto Borras Dominquez
10.
Perfidia
2:54
Orchestra: Xavier Cugat Orchestra
1961
PERCY FAITH
11.
Bouquet
3:17
Orchestra: Percy Faith Orchestra
1961
RODGERS / HART
arr. William Hill Bowen
12.
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
2:55
Orchestra: Living Strings
Conductor:Hill Bowen
1960
MADRIQUERA/WOODS
arr. Geoff Love
13.
Adios
2:54
Orchestra: Manuel and the Music of the Mountains
1961
LERNER/LOEWE
arr. Brian Fahey
14.
Then You May Take Me To The Fair (from 'Camelot')
2:44
Orchestra: Cyril Ornadel Orchestra
1961
FRIEND/TOBIAS
15.
Time Waits For Me
2:49
Orchestra: Reg Owen Orchestra
1959
ANDY THURLOW
(real name Harry Rabinowitz)
16.
Spending Spree
2:06
Orchestra: Dolf van der Linden Orchestra
1957
ANGELA MORLEY
as 'Walter Stott'
17.
Nurseryland
3:09
Orchestra: Telecast Orchestra
Conductor:Angela Morley
1961
BEAVER/KING
18.
On The Loose
2:38
Orchestra: Westway Studio Orchestra
1960
FRANK CORDELL
'The Rebel' - Music from the film
19.
Main Title Theme
2:13
20.
Oo-La-La
2:22
Orchestra: Frank Cordell Orchestra
1961
Conductor:Bernie Wayne
21.
Vanessa
3:02
Orchestra: Charles Williams Concert Orchestra
1952
STEVE RACE
22.
Faraway Music
2:19
Orchestra: Steve Race Orchestra
1961
PHILIP GREEN
23.
The Singer Not The Song
2:21
Theme from the Film
Orchestra: Knightsbridge Strings
Conductor:Philip Green
1961
ROBERT FARNON
24.
Strolling Home
2:49
Orchestra: String Ensemble
Conductor:Robert Farnon
1961
FRANK STERLING
(real names Stuart Crombie; Dennis Berry)
25.
Periwinkle
2:57
Orchestra: Westway Studio Orchestra
Conductor:King Palmer
1961
ANTHONY MAWER
26.
Jeunesse
1:58
Orchestra: Hilversum Radio Orchestra
Conductor:Hugo de Groot
1961
EDWARD WHITE
27.
Romance In The Breeze
2:49
Orchestra: Bosworth's Dance Orchestra
1961
DAVID ROSE
28.
Holiday For Strings
3:57
Orchestra: David Rose Orchestra
1959
79:08
Notes
Holiday for Strings
As the title of this CD clearly suggests, the emphasis in the collection is on strings, although in the interests of variety the other sections of the orchestra also get their opportunity to shine. That immensely talented American composer Leroy Anderson sets the tone with his landmark Belle of the Ball, leaving the equally gifted David Rose to complete a selection of twenty-eight light music cameos with an extended version of his famous Holiday for Strings. Rose is widely credited as the man who in the 1940s injected short, bright pieces of instrumental music with an infectious string sound that would be emulated by many musicians during the following decades. Both have earned their place in Light Music’s Hall of Fame, but a glance through the list of numbers on this CD confirms that they were not alone in creating the pleasing sounds that once appealed to the majority of music lovers. Ron Goodwin, George Melachrino, Percy Faith, Cyril Ornadel, Robert Farnon, Frank Cordell, Philip Green, Charles Williams, and Dolf van der Linden fully deserve to share the limelight, and ‘newcomers’ this time include Jack Shaindlin and Frederick Fennell, two eminent American conductors who will surely be included in future Guild compilations.
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