Leroy Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2
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Composer: AndersonConductor: Slatkin
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-04-29
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Whistling Kettle
Music reviews of Leroy Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2
Music Review: More of Leroy Anderson's Easy Listening Americana
Rating: 5 Stars
When I was a kid I thought Leroy Anderson's music was the best there was. (This was, of course, before I discovered Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.) His music was omnipresent on the radio -- remember when classical music was everywhere on the airwaves? -- and somehow it represented all that was quintessentially American. Now that I'm a grownup and possibly a little more sophisticated I can hear Anderson's music for what it is: beautifully crafted light music drenched in simple values, patriotism and nostalgia. It is the musical equivalent of Norman Rockwell's illustrations. Anderson's music sold like hotcakes in the 40s and 50s but I don't think I've heard any of his music live for a good three decades; its fashion has passed. Still there is a place for it, and possibly not just for fossils like me.
This is the second of what will be a series of recordings of all of Anderson's music. And we're the better for that. (The first in the series is here: Leroy Anderson: Orchestral Music 1 - Piano Concerto / The Golden Years / Fiddle-Faddle - Jeffrey Biegel, Piano / BBC Concert Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin.) He wrote more than the familiar 'The Typewriter', 'Fiddle Faddle', 'Bugler's Holiday' and 'Blue Tango'. The Anderson family -- the composer died in 1975 -- have released a number of pieces for their first recordings. There are plenty of those pieces on this disc but it also includes such familiar entries as 'Horse and Buggy', 'The Waltzing Cat', 'Jazz Legato' and 'Jazz Pizzicato.' I was struck by the sweet 'Forgotten Dreams', the racing 'Home Stretch', the tango 'Girl in Satin', and devilishly intricate 'March of the Two Left Feet.'
Leonard Slatkin, for all his international renown, is as American a conductor as we're likely to find these days, and he's a perfect choice for these recordings. He conducts the spirited BBC Concert Orchestra. The pianist Alistair Young (featured in 'Forgotten Dreams') and trumpeter David McCallum (featured in 'Song of Jupiter') also deserve mention.
Recommended for those who have a taste for finely crafted, melodious, and beautifully orchestrated, consistently good-natured music.
Scott Morrison
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