American Light Music Classics [Import]

John Philip Sousa (Composer), W. Fred Mills (Composer), Morton Gould (Composer), Felix Arndt (Composer), Arthur Pryor (Composer), Leroy Anderson (Composer), American Traditional (Composer), John W. Bratton (Composer), Edward MacDowell (Composer), Abe Holzmann (Composer), Rudolf Friml (Composer), Harry Warnow (Composer), George Gershwin (Composer), Victor Herbert (Composer), David [Artwork] Rose (Composer), Ethelbert Nevin (Composer), Don Gillis (Composer), Richard Rodgers (Composer), Kerry Mills (Composer), David Guion (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: John Philip Sousa, W. Fred Mills, Morton Gould, Felix Arndt, Arthur Pryor, et al.
• Audio CD (August 11, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B00000AE0F
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #130,419 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #72 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Chansons

Track Listings

1. The Washington Post

2. Whistling Rufus

3. Pavanne

4. Nola: A Silhouette

5. The Whistler and His Dog

6. Belle of the Ball

7. The Arkansas Traveller

8. The Teddy Bears' Picnic

9. To A Wild Rose

10. Blaze Away!

11. Chanson 'In Love'

12. The Toy Trumpet

13. Promenade

14. Plink, Plank, Plunk!

15. The March of the Toys

16. Holiday for Strings

17. Narcissus

18. Symphony No. 5 1-2 'A Symphony For Fun': Perpetual Emotion

19. Symphony No. 5 1-2 'A Symphony For Fun': Spiritual?

20. Symphony No. 5 1-2 'A Symphony For Fun': Scherzofrenia

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for all collections, December 8, 2000

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Jim T - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Light Music Classics (Audio CD)

Well, here is an English orchestra recording pieces that some American orchestra should have done long ago. This is music to have fun with and much to my delight was a piece that I have only heard on a 10 inch LP. That is Sym 5 1/2 by Don Gillis. This is one of the best light pieces written in the 20th Century by an American, but sadly little performed. Buy it just for the Gillis piece and consider all the others as frosting on the cake. Take a break from Wagner and Glass and get this one and the three CD's of British Light Music. Just enjoy. Aloha..

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Disc that is a good time all by itself!, May 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: American Light Music Classics (Audio CD)

This recording is the kind that some American "Pops" Orchestras should be making. Most of these light classics are ones that the Boston Pops have recorded before, but I don't think have been done as well as Mr. Corp and the New London Orch., have done them. This disc is a real treat and I hope just the first of many. We as Americans need to rediscover our musical works.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent compilation of light American classics, December 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: American Light Music Classics (Audio CD)

British composers are well known for writing for the "Proms" concerts that feature light symphonic fare. There is much less American music in the same vein as Eric Coates, Edward German and Ronald Quilter, but conductor Ronald Corp has unearthed some real treasures on this disc of mostly short, light pieces. Amazon's listing doesn't include two of the best selections on the disc, Richard Rogers' Carousel Waltz and Don Gillis entertaining Symphony 5 1/2, subtitled "Symphony for Fun." It's a real crowd pleaser, and the fine sound on the recording is a good match for the entertaining repertoire.