ANDERSON, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3

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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. 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 Three includes the notorious musical gem The Typewriter, in which the machine is transformed into a relentlessly busy percussion instrument, the tasteful and soul-satisfying Suite of Carols for Brass Choir, and Anderson's biggest hit, Sleigh Ride.

Harvard Sketches (Lowell House Bells – Freshman in Harvard Square – Widener Reading Room – Class Day Confetti Battle) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


1.   Harvard Sketches - 04:49


The Penny-Whistle Song (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


2.   The Penny-Whistle Song - 2:34


Melody on 2 Notes (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


3.   Melody on 2 Notes - 01:55


Mother's Whistler (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


4.   Mother's Whistler - 03:30


The Phantom Regiment (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


5.   The Phantom Regiment - 03:09


Plink, Plank, Plunk! (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


6.   Plink, Plank, Plunk! - 02:49


Promenade (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


7.   Promenade - 02:47


Sandpaper Ballet (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


8.   Sandpaper Ballet - 03:18


Sarabande (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


9.   Saraband - 03:36


Serenata (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


10.   Serenata - 03:54


Old Macdonald had a Farm (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


11.   Old Macdonald had a Farm - 03:16


The Music Man: 76 Trombones (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Meredith Willson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


12.   The Music Man: 76 Trombones - 02:57


Sleigh Ride (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


13.   Sleigh Ride - 02:47


Suite of Carols (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


14.   Suite of Carols - 11:42


Of Thee I sing: Wintergreen for President (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: George Gershwin
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


15.   Of Thee I sing: Wintergreen for President - 01:25


The Typewriter (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Alasdair Malloy, GertSorensen
Brock Werner, GertSorensen


16.   The Typewriter - 01:43


A Trumpeter's Lullaby (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Catherine Moore, trumpet


17.   A Trumpeter's Lullaby - 03:08


The Syncopated Clock (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin


18.   The Syncopated Clock - 02:26

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