Jeffrey Biegel, BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin - Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto in C Major / The Golden Years / Fiddle-Faddle (2008)

Tracklist

01. Bugler's Holiday
02. Blue Tango
03. The First Day of Spring
04. Belle of the Ball
05. Governor Bradford March
06. Clarinet Candy
07. The Captains and the Kings
08. The Golden Years
09. Chicken Reel
10. Fiddle-Faddle
11. The Classical Jukebox
12. China Doll
13. Balladette
14. Arietta
15. Piano Concerto in C Major: I. Allegro moderato
16. Piano Concerto in C Major: II. Andante
17. Piano Concerto in C Major: III. Allegro vivo

Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music. He was a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records could top the pop charts, a reclusive personality whose compositions became household words and a meticulous craftsman who could pull one marvellous tune after another out of his hat almost at will.

Here, in the first complete cycle of Anderson’s orchestral music, the Anderson family has made available several pieces that the composer did not release, with some first recordings scattered among the familiar and not-so familiar titles.

Volume One closes with Anderson’s Piano Concerto which, since its revival in 1989, has been receiving an increasing number of performances.

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