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Anderson: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites / Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra
Naxos

Anderson: Sleigh Ride & Other Holiday Favorites / Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra

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Details

Composer
ANDERSON, LEROY
Artist
Slatkin
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 28, 2008
Catalog #
8559621
UPC
636943962121

About

It's hard not to like Leroy Anderson, a skilled orchestral craftsman with a rich supply of clever ideas, an ingratiating musical imagination, and, thank heaven, a sense of humor. Most of his music embodies the term "American light classical", and you can't listen to pieces such as Sleigh Ride or Bugler's Holiday without a smile and feeling just a bit lighter of spirit. The selections featured here, billed as a "collection of Leroy Anderson's holiday music", are taken from Naxos' excellent multi-volume series devoted to Anderson's orchestral music. Although it's not clear why such numbers as Horse and Buggy, The Waltzing Cat, and The Golden Years are here, in style and mood they take nothing away from the more obvious Christmas/holiday pieces. And while it's possible to imagine just a bit more personality and panache in the articulation in some places (à la Boston Pops), Leonard Slatkin is an unqualified expert in this repertoire, and he leads his British orchestra with consummately entertaining style, all of it most favorably recorded.

Four years ago Decca released A Leroy Anderson Christmas, which contains many of the same works featured on this program--performed both by the Boston Pops and Arthur Fiedler (Sleigh Ride) and by Anderson conducting his own orchestra. Although that one is worthy for its historical aspects, this one is superior for its consistently high-quality performances, much more satisfying ambience, and first-rate sound. Highly recommended.

--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Sleigh Ride 02:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Sleigh Ride
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  2. 2 Horse and Buggy 03:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    Horse and Buggy
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  3. 3 Song of the Bells 03:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    Song of the Bells
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  4. 4 Suite of Carols (version for brass) 11:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    Suite of Carols (version for brass)
    Duration
    11:42
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  5. 5 The Waltzing Cat 02:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    The Waltzing Cat
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  6. 6 A Christmas Festival 09:10
    Track
    6
    Title
    A Christmas Festival
    Duration
    09:10
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  7. 7 The Golden Years 04:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Golden Years
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  8. 8 I. Angels in our Fields 02:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Angels in our Fields
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  9. 9 II. O Sanctissima 01:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. O Sanctissima
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  10. 10 III. O Come, O Come Emmanuel 02:28
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  11. 11 IV. O Come, Little Children 01:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. O Come, Little Children
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  12. 12 V. Coventry Carol 01:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Coventry Carol
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  13. 13 VI. Patapan 01:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    VI. Patapan
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  14. 14 China Doll 02:38
    Track
    14
    Title
    China Doll
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  15. 15 Bugler's Holiday 02:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    Bugler's Holiday
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Performer
    Catherine Moore, John Blackshaw, David McCallum
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  16. 16 Suite of Carols (version for strings) 12:27
    Track
    16
    Title
    Suite of Carols (version for strings)
    Duration
    12:27
    Composer
    Leroy Anderson
    Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin