London Light Music Meetings Group

CD REVIEWS

TWO ALBERT KETÈLBEY CDs
British Light Music – Volume 14 – Albert Ketèlbey.
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [Bratislava] conductor Adrian Leaper
AND
Albert Ketèlbey – Orchestral Works.
BBC Concert Orchestra conductor Martin Yates. ketelbey

BERT KAEMPFERT
Wonderland By Night
GREATEST HITS 1958-1962

SHADES OF NIGHT
ANDREW BROWNELL (piano)

Philip
LANE
Orchestral Music
Verity Butler, clarinet
Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland

Archibald
JOYCE
Orchestral Works
RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Dublin
Andrew Penny

RACHMANINOFF
SYMPHONY No.2, etc.
SINFONIA OF LONDON
JOHN WILSON

VERDI CHORUSES
CORO E ORCHESTRA DEL
THEATRO ALLA SCALA
RICCARDO CHAILLY

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4
Boris Giltburg, Piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko

'CLASSICAL CHANGES'
ART DECO TRIO

MUSIC FOR STRINGS
SINFONIA OF LONDON / JOHN WILSON

Prokofiev
Suites from Cinderella & Romeo and Juliet
Ian Scott clarinet Jonathan Higgins piano

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
FRANZ WELSER-MOST
NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT 2023

ANDRÉ RIEU
AND HIS JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA
Silver Bells

SAINT-SAËNS
Dances and Ballet Music
Residentie Orkest The Hague / Jun Märkl

sensations
Gautier Capuçon

British Light Music – Volume 11 –
The Music of Anthony Hedges (1931-2019)

RACHMANINOFF
rokofievSinfonia of London
John Wilson

SARAH WILLIS
MOZART y MAMBO
CUBAN DANCES

VERY BEST OF BRITISH BRASS

LONDON SOUVENIR
A Musical Souvenir of London Town
WALLY STOTT AND HIS ORCHESTRA

out of this world !
THE SPOTNICKS/RON GOODWIN/RUSS GARCIA

Ron
GOODWIN
Drake 400 Suite
633 Squadron: Theme / New Zealand Suite
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Ron Goodwin

HOLLYWOOD SOUNDSTAGE
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson

British Light Music Volume 10 – EDWARD GERMAN [1862 – 1936]
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
Conductor Adrian Leaper

REVOICED
Corvus Consort/Ferio Saxophone Quartet
Freddie Cowley

Robert
FARNON
The Westminster Waltz
Colditz March / State Occasion / A Star is Born
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper

ASPIDISTRA DRAWING ROOM ORCHESTRA
CAFÉ BONHEUR –‘ In Memory of Ana Arnold’

JOHN
IRELAND
SINFONIA OF LONDON John Wilson

Trevor
DUNCAN
20th Century Express /
Little Suite / Children in the Park
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Penny

Musa Italiana
RICCARDO CHAILLY
FILARMONICA DELLA SCALA

ROBERT DOCKER
Three Contrasts
William Davies, piano - David Presley, oboe
RTÉ Concert Orchestra - Barry Knight

STRAUSS/KORNGOLD/SCHREKER
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Sinfonia of London / John Wilson

Ruth Slenczynska
MY LIFE IN MUSIC

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.5 'Emperor'
Piano Concerto No.0, Wo04
Boris Giltburg Vasily Petrenko
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

America
DANIEL HOPE

found in dreams …
Helen Habershon (clarinet) / John Linehan (piano)

FREDERIC CURZON
British Light Music - 6
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper

JOHN WILLIAMS
Berliner Philharmoniker
The Berlin Concert

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
British Light Music - 5
RTÉ Concert Orchestra / Adrian Leaper

EDDIE CALVERT
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN TRUMPET
A Centenary Tribute - his 29 finest

NEW YEAR’S CONCERT 2022
Vienna Philharmonic
Daniel Barenboim

SYNCOPATED MUSINGS
Marilyn Nonken (piano)

JOHN WILLIAMS
AND THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA
Complete Philips Recordings

HAIL CALEDONIA
Scotland in Music
City of Glasgow Philharmonic Orchestra
IAN SUTHERLAND conductor

RAVEL: ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Sinfonia of London / John Wilson

Eric COATES
British Light Music - 4
Springtime Suite
Four Ways Suite / Saxo-Rhapsody
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Penny

MALCOLM ARNOLD
A Centenary Celebration
PETER FISHER violin / MARGARET FINGERHUT piano

ERIC COATES
British Light Music - 3
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Leaper

Mozart WIND CONCERTOS
London Symphony Orchestra / Jamie Martin

ANDRÉ RIEU
AND HIS JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA
HAPPY TOGETHER

LOCKDOWN BLUES
PETER DICKINSON, piano

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
SYMPHONIC SUITES
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestra/Simon Lee

CHAMBER MUSIC by ERICH WOLFGANG
KORNGOLD
EUSEBIUS QUARTET / ALASTAIR BEATSON piano

RONALD BINGE
British Light Music - 2
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ernest Tomlinson

JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
CARTE BLANCHE

JANINE JANSEN
12 STRADIVARI
Antonio Pappano

FROM RUSSIA
music for clarinet and orchestra
Ian Scott, clarinet
Royal Ballet Sinfonia - Robin White, conductor

MOSAIC
A4 Brass Quartet

RICHARD ADDINSELL
British Light Music - 1
Philip Martin, Roderick Elms, Piano
BBC Concert Orchestra / Kenneth Alwyn

NICOLA BENEDETTI
BAROQUE

SUMMERTIME
ISATA KANNEH-MASON Piano

LOVE SONGS
ANGELA HEWITT Piano

BOMSORI
Violin On Stage
Bomsori Kim (violin)
NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic | Giancarlo Guerrero

MANHATTAN TO MONTMARTRE
GERSHWIN and BERNSTEIN
JULIAN JACOBSON, MARIKO BROWN piano duo

TINE THING HELSETH
& KÅRE NORDSTOGA
Magical Memories for Trumpet and Organ

FAVOURITE ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS
Philharmonic Concert Orchestra / Iain Sutherland

FRENCH DUETS
PAUL LEWIS / STEVEN OSBORNE

DUTILLEUX
Le Loup
Sinfonia of London | John Wilson

PHOENIX
JANUSZ WAWROWSKI, violin
RÓZYCKI | TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTOS
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
GRZEGORZ NOWAK, conductor

ALBRECHT MAYER
MOZART
WORKS FOR OBOE AND ORCHESTRA
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Vital Julian Frey

GERSHWINICITY
Art Deco Trio

FESTMUSIK : A LEGACY
Onyx Brass | John Wilson

FRENCH MUSIC FOR THE STAGE
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Järvi

THE BEST OF 'MAKE WAY FOR MUSIC'
Featuring The BBC Northern Dance Orchestra

ROGER QUILTER - COMPLETE PIANO MUSIC
David Owen Norris, piano

NEW YEAR’S CONCERT 2021
Vienna Philharmonic | Riccardo Muti

DICKY BIRD HOP
Solo piano arrangements of Light Music Classics, performed by Paul Guinery

ENGLISH MUSIC FOR STRINGS
Sinfonia of London / John Wilson

CLASSIC DIAMONDS
Neil Diamond / London Symphony Orchestra

GAUTIER CAPUÇON
EMOTIONS

JOHN RUTTER
THE PIANO COLLECTION
Wayne Marshall - piano

THE PETER HOPE COLLECTION

ANDREA BOCELLI
BELIEVE

SOMMERNACHTS KONZERT 2020
SUMMER NIGHT CONCERT
Valery Gergiev / Jonas Kaufmann
Wiener Philharmoniker

ALED JONES
Blessings

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
The Kanneh-Masons
Michael Morpurgo / Olivia Colman

AVE REX ANGELORUM
The Choir of Keble College, Oxford / Matthew Martin

THROUGH THE CRYSTAL – A 90th Birthday Celebration

DELIBES : BALLET SUITES
Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi

RESPIGHI
Riccardo Chailly- Filarmonica Della Scala

THE NDO PROJECT
a short history and a review of its latest CD release:
'Autumn Leaves'

THE MAGIC OF MANTOVANI
The Original Recordings with Joseph Calleja

GREAT CLASSIC FILM MUSIC
Volume II
Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra
Iain Sutherland

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
AIRLINES
Emmanuel Pahud flute
Orchestre National de France / Desplat

ANDRÉ PREVIN / DAVID ROSE
LIKE YOUNG & LIKE BLUE

ERIC COATES: ORCHESTRAL WORKS VOL. 2
BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson

VIEUXTEMPS
Works for Violin and Orchestra
Reto Kuppel, violin
Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra - Marcus Bosch

JOHN WILLIAMS IN VIENNA
Wiener Philharmoniker - Anne-Sophie Mutter

MATT MONRO
Stranger In Paradise - The Lost New York Sessions

YO-YO MA PLAYS ENNIO MORRICONE
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra, Ennio Morricone

SARAH WILLIS : MOZART Y MAMBO

PALACE PREMIÈRES
The Countess of Wessex's String Orchestra

RESPIGHI : ROMAN TRILOGY
Sinfonia of London- John Wilson

OSLO PHILHARMONIC + VASILY PETRENKO
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov : Capriccio Espagnol,
Russian Easter Festival Overture, Scheherazade

LISA BATIASHVILI
CITY LIGHTS

LIKE TO THE LARK
Jennifer Pike : Maria Forsström
The Swedish Chamber Choir / Simon Phipps

'TIMELESS'
The David Snell Trio

POURCEL PORTRAITS
Instrumentals Ela Française
Franck Pourcel and his Orchestra

KORNGOLD
VIOLIN CONCERTO & STRING SEXTET
Andrew Haveron, Sinfonia of London Chamber
Ensemble, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, cond. John Wilson

SAINT-SAËNS
Ascanio – Ballet
MalmESymphony Orchestra / Jun Märkl

BERLIOZ SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE & other works
Utah Symphony / Thierry Fischer

CHERUBINI DISCOVERIES
Filarmonica Della Scala / Riccardo Chailly

MADEMOISELLE IN NEW YORK
Lucienne Renaudin Vary (trumpet)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Bill Elliott

LITTLE WOMEN
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music by Alexandre Desplat

CIMAROSA : OVERTURES - 6
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Patrick Gallois

ESCALES : FRENCH ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Sinfonia of London / John Wilson

NEW YEAR’S CONCERT 2020
Wiener Philharmoniker - Andris Nelsons

AUBER : OVERTURES
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Dario Salvi

ANDRÉ RIEU AND HIS JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA
Happy Days

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze

BEATLES GO BAROQUE · 2
Peter Breiner and His Orchestra

ALISON BALSOM - ROYAL FIREWORKS
Balsom Ensemble

ALED JONES & RUSSELL WATSON
Back in Harmony

BALLET EVERGREENS
National Ballet Orchestra, Pietro Garda

AMERICAN CONCERTOS
Baiba Skride (violin)
Gothenburg Symphony & Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
cond. Santtu-Matias Rouvali

BEETHOVEN: CONCERTOS Nos. 1 and 2
Boris Giltburg, Piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko

ERIC COATES: ORCHESTRAL WORKS VOL. 1
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Wilson

KORNGOLD: SYMPHONY IN F SHARP, ETC.
Sinfonia of London / John Wilson

A LIFE IN MUSIC - VINTAGE TOMMY REILLY

HENRY MANCINI - MOON RIVER
The Singles Collection 1958-1962

GREAT CLASSIC FILM MUSIC
Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra; Iain Sutherland, conductor

THE FELLINI ALBUM
The Film Music of Nino Rota
Filarmonica Della Scala; Riccardo Chailly

JESS GILLAM : RISE

LANG LANG PIANO BOOK

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH : VIOLIN CONCERTOS
ISABELLE FAUST
Akademie fE Alte Musik Berlin

MENDELSSOHN : PIANO CONCERTOS
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; Jan Lisiecki, soloist

SAILING BY - 25 LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS
Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra

ALED JONES & RUSSELL WATSON
In Harmony

BRYN TERFEL
Dreams and Songs

JOSEPH MARX Orchestral Works 1
Bochum Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Sloane

CHRISTMAS AT THE MOVIES
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Philip Ziegler

ANDRÉ RIEU AND HIS JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA
Romantic Moments II

THE BEST OF THE JOHN WILSON ORCHESTRA
conducted by John Wilson

COPLAND : ORCHESTRAL WORKS 4 – SYMPHONIES
BBC Philharmonic - John Wilson

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, PIANO CONCERTO, etc.
Leopold Godowsky lll, piano / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / JosESerebrier, conductor

HAYDN WOOD – ORCHESTRAL WORKS
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA / GAVIN SUTHERLAND

A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS
Mantovani and his Orchestra

RENAUD CAPUÇON : CINEMA
Renaud Capuçon (violin) - Brussels Philharmonic, Stephane Denève

THE MGM SOUND & HOLLYWOOD MELODIES
The Conrad Salinger Orchestra
Georgie Stoll conducts the MGM Studio Orchestra

BERNSTEIN - BROADWAY to HOLLYWOOD
Hanover Philharmonie – conductor Iain Sutherland

JOLY BRAGA SANTOS - PIANO CONCERTO
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Álvaro Cassuto

BENNETT ORCHESTRAL WORKS, VOL. 2
Howard Mcgill (saxophone)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - John Wilson

THE DANCING CLOCK
Yesterday’s Music

FANFARES
Onyx Brass with guest players - Cond. by John Wilson

STEPHEN HOUGH's DREAM ALBUM

PERCY GRAINGER - COMPLETE MUSIC FOR WIND BAND Volume 2
Royal Norwegian Navy Band conducted by Bjarte Engeset

PROKOFIEV - ROMEO AND JULIET
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - Marin Alsop

JOURNEY TO MOZART
Daniel Hope (violin) : Zurich Chamber Orchestra

BENNY ANDERSSOHN - PIANO
Deutsche Grammophon

THE FILM SCORES AND ORIGINAL ORCHESTRAL MUSIC OF GEORGE MARTIN
The Berlin Music Ensemble conducted by Craig Leon

MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS 25 & 27
Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Piotr Anderszewski

LEO WEINER
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi

DAG WIRÉN
Iceland National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rumon Gamba

PERCY GRAINGER - COMPLETE MUSIC FOR WIND BAND Volume 1
Royal Norwegian Navy Band conducted by Bjarte Engeset

GREIG - PIANO CONCERTO-'PEER GYNT'
cond. Edward Gardner

ANDRÉ RIEU AND HIS JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA
AMORE

IN DULCI JUBILO
London Brass

CHRISTMAS WITH THE KING'S SINGERS

SILVER VOICE : OPERA ARIAS PLAYED BY FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA
Katherine Bryan ; Orchestra of Opera North / Bramwell Tovey

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A LONDON SYMPHONY
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Royal College of Music Brass Band

HAYDN & BACH CELLO CONCERTOS
Steven Isserlis - The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

RAF 100TH ANNIVERSARY
Various artists

MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTO, SYMPHONY NO.5, THE HEBRIDES
Isabelle Faust / Freiburger Barockorchester cond. Pablo Heras-Casado

E.J.MOERAN - IN THE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY/RHAPSODIES/OVERTURE FOR A MASQUE
Benjamin Frith, Piano; Ulster Orchestra cond. JoAnn Falletta

ELGAR AND HIS PEERS, THE ART OF THE MILITARY BAND
London Symphonic Concert Band / Tom Higgins

LOUIS FRÉMAUX
The Complete CBSO Recordings

RAYMOND LEFÈVRE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Holiday Symphonies and Tomorrow's...Symphonies du Futur

HUBERT CLIFFORD - THE COWES SUITE AND OTHER WORKS
BBC Concert Orchestra/Ronald Corp

CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS - ORCHESTRAL WORKS
BBC Concert Orchestra/Ronald Corp

ELGAR - COMPLETE WORKS for WIND QUINTET
Athena Ensemble

STRAUSS IN ST PETERSBURG
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi

RICCARDO CHAILLY - FILARMONICA DELLA SCALA
Overtures, Preludes & Intermezzi

A SOUSA CELEBRATION
Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Kristjan Järvi

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES
Classicfm

RAY CONNIFF - LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN & LOVE WILL KEEP US TOETHER

PERCY FAITH - CHINATOWN / LOVE THEME FROM ROMEO AND JULIET

BRITISH TONE POEMS- Volume 1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

ANDRÉ RIEU and his Johann Strauss Orchestra
Falling In Love / The Flying Dutchman

BLUE TANGO- Very Best of Leroy Anderson
Iain Sutherland Concert Orchestra

WAGNER - The Ring Without Words
Berlin Philhamoniker Lorin Mazell

AUBER Overtures 1
Orchestre de Cannes – conductor: Wolfgang Dörner

CINEMA CLASSICS - The Piano at the Movies
See Siang Wong

FILM MUSIC CLASSICS - Vaughan Williams
RTE Concert Orchestra

PSALMFEST
John Rutter - The Choirs of St Albans Cathedral
and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

VIENNESE DANCES
Joseph Lanner
Orchestre de Cannes - cond. Wolfgang Dörner

GERSHWIN IN HOLLYWOOD
The John Wilson Orchestra

LOVE IS...
JosECarreras, Robert Farnon and his Orchestra

OVERTURES FROM THE BRITISH ISLES, Volume 2
BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Rumon Gamba

THIS ENGLAND MAGAZINE CD RANGE
Light Music picks

NEEME JÄRVI CONDUCTS IBERT
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

VICTOR HERBERT, Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Irish Ulster Orchestra with Mark Kosower

BRITISH VIOLIN SONATAS Volume 2
Tasmin Little with Piers Lane

EUROPEAN LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS
New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp

COPLAND : ORCHESTRAL WORKS 1 - BALLETS
BBC Philharmonic / John Wilson

MILOŠ: BLACKBIRD – The Beatles Album

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA - MUSIC FOR WIND BAND 15
Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy / Keith Brion

BEGUINE AND BUGATTI STEP
The Aspidistra Drawing Room Orchestra

OFFENBACH : ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Neeme JärvE/b>

KARL JENKINS - STILL WITH THE MUSIC

GLAZUNOV: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN A MINOR
SIBELIUS: SIX HUMOREQUES FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
DVORAK: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN A MINOR
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - John Carewe

DVORAK - SYMPHONY No.9 & AMERICAN SUITE
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Robin Ticciati

CONTEMPORARIES OF THE STRAUSS FAMILY - VOL. 1
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice / John Georgiadis

CONTEMPORARIES OF THE STRAUSS FAMILY - VOL. 2
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice / John Georgiadis

GREAT COMEDY OVERTURES
Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Lance Friedel

SAINT-SAENS - SYMPHONIES VOL.1 and VOL.2
Malmo Symphony Orchestre / Marc Soustrot

JOSEF GUNG'L - MARCHES, WALTZES AND POLKAS
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra/ Christian Simonis

A FESTIVAL OF FUCÍK
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Neeme Järvi

FELIX MENDELSSOHN – OVERTURES
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

BIZET : SYMPHONY IN C, L’ARLESIENNE SUITES 1 & 2*
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
*Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Beecham

AND THE BRIDGE IS LOVE - ENGLISH MUSIC FOR STRINGS
English Chamber Orchestra / Julian Lloyd Webber, Cello and Conductor

COLE PORTER IN HOLLYWOOD
The John Wilson Orchestra

TEAM SPIRIT
Invicta Concert Band plays the music of Brian Reynolds
Conductor – Jim Harrison

GUILD GLCD 5225 - More Gems from The 1930s

GUILD GLCD 5212 – BRIGHT LIGHTS

Guild Golden Age of Light Music reviews
(with grateful acknowledgement to Musicweb International)

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