LEROY ANDERSON

LEROY ANDERSON
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC 4 (2008)
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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-sofamiliar titles. Volume Four concentrates on Anderson’s many arrangements, as well as revisions or alternate versions of his own works, including Alma Mater, a reworking of his 1939 suite Harvard Sketches.

Irish Suite
1. I. The Irish Washerwoman
2. II. The Minstrel Boy
3. III. The Rakes of Mallow
4. IV. The Wearing of the Green
5. V. The Last Rose of Summer
6. VI. The Girl I Left Behind Me
7. To a Wild Rose (arr. L. Anderson for orchestra)
8. Summer Skies
Scottish Suite
9. I. Bonnie Dundee
10. II. Turn Ye To Me
11. III. The Bluebells of Scotland
12. IV. The Campbells are Coming
13. Blue Tango (version with voice)
14. Forgotten Dreams (arr. R. Wendel for voice and orchestra)
15. Belle of the Ball (version with voice)
Alma Mater
16. I. Chapel Bells
17. II. Freshman on Main Street
18. III. Library Reading Room
19. IV. Class Reunion
20. A Christmas Festival