Anderson, L.: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 - Sleigh Ride / The Typewriter / Plink, Plank, Plunk! / The Syncopated Clock

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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 (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 13 April 2007


1.   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
Recording date: 14 April 2007


2.   Melody on 2 Notes - 01:55


Mother's Whistler (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 14 April 2007


3.   Mother's Whistler - 03:30


The Phantom Regiment (more info)
Performed by: Richard Hayman Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Pinchas Steinberg Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 12 April 2007


4.   The Phantom Regiment - 03:09


Plink, Plank, Plunk! (more info)
Performed by: Richard Hayman Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 13 April 2007


5.   Plink, Plank, Plunk! - 02:49


Promenade (more info)
Performed by: Richard Hayman Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: February - June 1989


6.   Promenade - 02:47


Sandpaper Ballet (more info)
Performed by: Richard Hayman Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Pinchas Steinberg Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 12 April 2007


7.   Sandpaper Ballet - 03:18


Saraband (more info)
Performed by: Richard Hayman Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Pinchas Steinberg Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 14 April 2007


8.   Saraband - 03:36


Serenata (more info)
Performed by: Richard Hayman Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Pinchas Steinberg Leonard Slatkin


9.   Serenata - 03:54


Old Macdonald had a Farm (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 14 April 2007


10.   Old Macdonald had a Farm - 03:16


The Music Man (arr. L. Anderson) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Meredith Willson
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 14 April 2007


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


Sleigh Ride (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Richard Hayman Orchestra Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Stuttgarter Saloniker Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Pinchas Steinberg Leonard Slatkin Andrew Litton Patrick Siben
Recording date: February - June 1989


12.   Sleigh Ride - 02:47


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


13.   Suite of Carols - 11:42


Of Thee I sing, Act I: Wintergreen for President (arr. L. Anderson) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson George Gershwin
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 14 April 2007


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


The Typewriter (more info)
Performed by: Richard Hayman Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Pinchas Steinberg Leonard Slatkin
Alasdair Malloy, percussion
Werner Brock, typewriter
Recording date: February - June 1989


15.   The Typewriter - 01:43


A Trumpeter's Lullaby (more info)
Performed by: Richard Hayman Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Pinchas Steinberg Leonard Slatkin
Catherine Moore,
Reinhard Ehritt, trumpet


16.   A Trumpeter's Lullaby - 03:08


The Syncopated Clock (more info)
Performed by: Richard Hayman Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Leroy Anderson Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Pinchas Steinberg Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 12 April 2007


17.   The Syncopated Clock - 02:26

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