European Light Music Classics

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Ronald Corp, Charles-François Gounod, Johan Halvorsen, Oscar Fetrás, Ernesto Becucci, Johann Strauss II, Franz Lehár, Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, José Padilla, (Carl Emile) Paul Lincke, Jonny Heykens, Leon Jessel, Jaromír Weinberger, (Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, (Charles) Emile Waldteufel, Joseph I Hellmesberger

Label: Hyperion

Magazine Review Date: 3/1998

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 74

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: CDA66998

Tracks:

Composition	Artist Credit
Parade der Zinnsoldaten	Leon Jessel, Composer Leon Jessel, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Gold und Silber, 'Gold and Silver'	Franz Lehár, Composer Franz Lehár, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Marche des petits soldats de plomb	(Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, Composer (Henri Constant) Gabriel Pierné, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Tritsch-Tratsch	Johann Strauss II, Composer Johann Strauss II, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Lysistrata	(Carl Emile) Paul Lincke, Composer (Carl Emile) Paul Lincke, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Roslagvår (Roslagspolketta)	Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Composer Hugo (Emil) Alfvén, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Marche funèbre d'une marionette	Charles-François Gounod, Composer Charles-François Gounod, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
(Les) Patineurs, '(The) Skaters Waltz'	(Charles) Emile Waldteufel, Composer (Charles) Emile Waldteufel, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Serenade No. 1	Jonny Heykens, Composer Jonny Heykens, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
(El) Relicario	José Padilla, Composer José Padilla, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Tesoro mio!	Ernesto Becucci, Composer Ernesto Becucci, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Ballszenen	Joseph I Hellmesberger, Composer Joseph I Hellmesberger, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
Schwanda the Bagpiper, Movement: Polka	Jaromír Weinberger, Composer Jaromír Weinberger, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer
(Die) Mondnacht auf der Alster	Oscar Fetrás, Composer New London Orchestra Oscar Fetrás, Composer Ronald Corp, Composer
Entry March of the Boyars	Johan Halvorsen, Composer Johan Halvorsen, Composer New London Orchestra Ronald Corp, Composer

Author: Andrew Lamb

Those who have enjoyed Hyperion’s two British Light Music collections, with their reminders of BBC Radio signature tunes, may get much the same sensation from this new collection, since it opens with Leon Jessel’s Parade der Zinnsoldaten, which will be familiar to those of a certain age as the signature tune of BBC Radio Children’s Hour’s “Toytown” series. By no means all the pieces in the collection will have such specific associations, and indeed some, such as Becucci’s Tesoro mio! and Hellmesberger’s Ballszene, may be unfamiliar even to enthusiasts of light music. The latter is an especially engaging piece from the family whose music has featured in both the 1997 and 1998 New Year Concerts from Vienna (the former conducted by Muti, EMI – 3/97). Most of the items will surely rouse fairly wide recognition, whether lighter pieces by more accomplished composers or such standards of between-the-wars light orchestras as Jonny Heykens’s Serenade No. 1, Jose Padilla’s very Spanish El relicario or Paul Lincke’s “Gluhwurmchen-Idyll”. All these are excellent and unassuming compositions that are far too seldom heard nowadays.
Ronald Corp’s generally rather relaxed style perhaps doesn’t reveal the glitter and sparkle of Lehar’s Gold und Silber but is otherwise well suited to bringing out the essential charm of the music. The Waldteufel and waltzes Fetras waltzes both come off splendidly, as do the other pieces in their varied styles. Hyperion deserve to have another success on their hands.'