Complete Orchestral Works (CD)

Leroy Anderson occupies a unique place in American music. Rigorously trained in the classical tradition, Anderson wrote tunes that topped the pop charts, making compositions such as Sleigh Ride and The Typewriter world famous. Anderson was a meticulous craftsman who could seemingly compose marvelous tunes at will, and he has been praised by composer John Williams as 'one of the great American masters of light orchestral music.' This first set of Anderson's orchestral music includes several previously unpublished pieces made available by the Anderson family, with world premiere recordings included among many familiar and not so familiar titles.

Track List

1. Bugler's Holiday
2. Blue Tango
3. The First Day of Spring
4. Belle of the Ball
5. Governor Bradford March
6. Clarinet Candy
7. The Captains and the Kings
8. The Golden Years
9. Chicken Reel
10. Fiddle-Faddle
11. The Classical Jukebox
12. China Doll
13. Balladette
14. Arietta
15. Piano Concerto in C Major
16. I. Allegro moderato
17. II. Andante
18. III. Allegro vivo
19. Woodbury Fanfare
20. A Harvard Festival
21. Forgotten Dreams
22. Whistling Kettle
23. Horse and Buggy
24. The Waltzing Cat
25. Home Stretch
26. The Girl in Satin
27. March of the Two Left Feet
28. Waltz Around the Scale
29. Lullaby of the Drums
30. Jazz Legato
31. Jazz Pizzicato
32. Song of the Bells
33. Song of Jupiter (arr. of Handel: Semele HWV 58 "Where'er You Walk")
34. Suite of Carols (version for strings)
35. Harvard Sketches
36. Melody on 2 Notes
37. Mother's Whistler
38. The Penny-Whistle Song
39. The Phantom Regiment
40. Plink Plank Plunk!
41. Promenade
42. Sandpaper Ballet
43. Sarabande
44. Serenata
45. Old Macdonald had a Farm
46. The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones (arr. L. Anderson)
47. Sleigh Ride
48. Suite of Carols (version for brass)
49. Of Thee I Sing Act I: Wintergreen for President (arr. L. Anderson)
50. The Typewriter
51. A Trumpeter's Lullaby
52. The Syncopated Clock
53. Irish Suite
54. 1. I. The Irish Washerwoman
55. II. The Minstrel Boy
56. III. The Rakes of Mallow
57. IV. The Wearing of the Green
58. V. The Last Rose of Summer
59. VI. The Girl I Left Behind Me
60. To a Wild Rose (arr. L. Anderson for orchestra)
61. Summer Skies
62. Scottish Suite
63. I. Bonnie Dundee
64. II. Turn Ye To Me
65. III. The Bluebells of Scotland
66. IV. The Campbells are Coming
67. Parish Mitchell - Lyricist
68. Blue Tango (version with voice)
69. Parish Mitchell - Lyricist
70. Wendel Robert - Arranger
71. Forgotten Dreams (arr. R. Wendel for voice and orchestra)
72. Parish Mitchell - Lyricist
73. Belle of the Ball (version with voice)
74. Alma Mater
75. I. Chapel Bells
76. II. Freshman on Main Street
77. III. Library Reading Room
78. IV. Class Reunion
79. A Christmas Festival
80. Goldilocks (excerpts)
81. Overture (original version orchestrated by D. Ross)
82. Lazy Moon
83. Save a Kiss
84. The Pussy Foot
85. Pirate Dance
86. Who's Been Sitting in My Chair?
87. Lady in Waiting Ballet
88. Shall I Take My Heart and Go?
89. The Town House Maxixe
90. I Never Know When
91. Pyramid Dance
92. Suite of Carols (version for woodwinds)
93. I. Angels in our Fields
94. II. O Sanctissima
95. III. O Come O Come Emmanuel
96. IV. O Come Little Children
97. V. Coventry Carol
98. VI. Patapan
99. Lady in Waiting Waltz
100. Shall I Take My Heart (instrumental)