Sleigh Ride: The Best of Leroy Anderson

Leroy Anderson (Artist, Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Leroy Anderson
• Audio CD (November 18, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000003N4R
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,504 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blue Tango, for orchestra

2. The Syncopated Clock, for orchestra

3. Jazz Pizzicato, for string orchestra

4. Jazz Legato, for string orchestra (or standard orchestra)

5. Plink, Plank, Plunk!, for string orchestra

6. Fiddle-Faddle, for string orchestra (or standard orchestra)

7. Trumpeter's Lullaby, for orchestra

8. The Typewriter, for orchestra (with typewriters)

9. The First Day of Spring, for orchestra

10. Song of the Bells, for orchestra

11. Summer Skies, for orchestra

12. Forgotten Dreams, for orchestra

13. The Waltzing Cat, for orchestra

14. Bugler's Holiday, for orchestra

15. Sandpaper Ballet, for orchestra

16. Serenata, for orchestra

17. Sleigh Ride, for orchestra (or string orchestra)

18. Arietta, for orchestra (or string orchestra)

19. The Golden Years, for orchestra

20. Clarinet Candy, for orchestra

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ginny's review, November 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sleigh Ride: The Best of Leroy Anderson (Audio CD)

Awesome! My mother and father were fans of Leroy Anderson so I grew up listening to his music. Listening to this CD now I realize how much I've missed hearing Mr. Anderson's songs. I especially like "Blue Tango", "Sleigh Ride", and "The Waltzing Cat" (one of my cats is helping me write this review as we listen to the music on my computer). There is not a single song on this CD that I do not like. Who else but Leroy Anderson can take the sound of sandpaper and make a song of it ("Sandpaper Ballet"). The changes in tempo in some of the songs are perfect for the piece. Almost forgot, "Bugler's Holiday" is a must-listen-to song, as is "Song of the Bells", "Fiddle Faddle", and... Oh! just buy the CD and ENJOY!!

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best single disc anthology of Anderson's classics, July 16, 2000

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David Kenner (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sleigh Ride: The Best of Leroy Anderson (Audio CD)

This 20 track disc of original Decca singles is the definitive retrospective of composer/arranger/conductor Leroy Anderson. All the classics are represented in their original hit Decca versions. No matter how many orchestral versions have been recorded, no one has managed to touch this recording of "Sleigh Ride". It's the little differences. Example: the horseclops, the sleigh bells, the sound effect of the horse. And the sound quality on this disc is nothing short of perfect. Lovers of easy listening, classical and orchestral pop will all find this disc a treasure trove of classic Americana.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The composer conducts his own light concert Pops favorites, August 31, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Sleigh Ride: The Best of Leroy Anderson (Audio CD)

This features the first time CD release of many Leroy Anderson favorites in the original composer conducted recordings. Some of these pieces, like The Typewriter, were given their world premiere performances when they were recorded by the composer. Anderson was an teriffic conductor of his own works and these mono recordings have a little more snap than his later stereo sessions, which are now out of print, except through a mail order label.