Leonard Slatkin - Orchestral Work 4 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Praised by composer John Williams as 'one of the great American masters of light orchestral music', Leroy Anderson was a meticulous craftsman, a composer and arranger of many popular tunes that, once heard, are never forgotten. Album Tracks 1. Goldilocks (Excerpts) 2. Suite of Carols (Version for Woodw NDS) 3. Goldilocks (Excerpts)

Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music - a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records topped the pop charts, a meticulous arranger of music whose own melodies were crafted with inventive precision. Album Tracks 1. Harvard Sketches (Lowell House Bel S - Freshman in Harvard Square - Wi 2. Melody on 2 Notes 3. Mother's Whistler 4. The Penny-Whistle Song 5. The Phantom Regiment 6. Plink, Plank, Plunk! 7. Promenade 8. Sandpaper Ballet 9. Sarabande 10. Serenata 11. Old MacDonald Had a Farm 12. The Music Man 76 Trombones 13. Sleigh Ride 14. Suite of Carols 15. Of Thee I Sing Wintergreen for PR Sident 16. The Typewriter 17. A Trumpeter's Lullaby 18. The Syncopated Clock

Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music - a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records topped the pop charts, a meticulous arranger of music whose own melodies were crafted with inventive precision. Album Tracks 1. Whistling Kettle