Notes and Editorial Reviews
The previous two Guild 'Lost Transcription' collections (GLCD5174 and 5181) have confirmed that a vast amount of light music was once recorded that was never intended to be purchased by the public to add to their private collections. It was offered to radio stations around the world, but some other uses included educational projects and the entertainment of the armed forces. Percy Faith, Mantovani and Sidney Torch were among those very active in this specialised niche of the music business, and on this occasion Mantovani and David Rose provide the opening and closing segments of the collection. In-between we hear Peter Yorke, Van Phillips, Al Sack, Vivian Dunn and the Royal Marines Orchestra, Eric Robinson, Charles Shadwell, Robert Farnon
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and his Canadian Army Orchestra and several other once famous 'names' that illustrate the wide repertoire covered in this largely unknown reservoir of enjoyable music. Read less
Works on This Recording
3.
Sérénade de Heykens by Jonny Heynkens
Conductor:
Annuncio Paolo Mantovani
Period: Modern
Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs.
4.
Kiss Me, Kate: So in Love by Cole Porter
Conductor:
Annuncio Paolo Mantovani
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1948; USA
Length: 1 Minutes 58 Secs.
5.
Elizabethan Serenade by Ronald Binge
Conductor:
Annuncio Paolo Mantovani
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1952; England
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
6.
The Deserted Ballroom by Morton Gould
Conductor:
Annuncio Paolo Mantovani
Period: Modern
Length: 3 Minutes 57 Secs.
7.
Hallelujah! by Vincent Youmans
Conductor:
Al Orchestra Sack
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; USA
Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs.
8.
Turkey in the Straw by Traditional
Conductor:
Van Phillips
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1834; Ireland
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs.
12.
Flower of Love, song by Harry Akst
Conductor:
Carl Chandler
Period: Modern
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.
13.
Espanita, waltz by Edwin F. Goldman
Conductor:
Harry Horlick
Period: Modern
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
14.
Just a Memory by Lew Brown
Conductor:
David Rose
Period: Modern
Written: circa 1925
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs.
17.
Puppet Serenade by Ron Goodwin
Conductor:
David Rose
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1960s; England
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
24.
Trees by Oscar Rasbach
Conductor:
David Rose
Period: Romantic
Written: 1931
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.
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