When I was a little kid, Morton Gould's Deserted Ballroom scared me. I've loved it ever since. Gould himself has recorded Deserted Ballroom, both in a piano version and in the orchestral version. His tempi are quite fast compared to Mantovani's. In the piano version it works (and emphasizes the boogie-woogie element of the middle section that only a piano can do), but in the orchestral version, not so much. The fast tempo however does show a stylistic similarity to similar miniature light compositions by Raymond Scott, especially his Powerhouse; a famous tune to those who know their Warner Bros. cartoons.
BTW, you REALLY don't want to miss the incredible performance of Schubert's Schöne Müllerin sung by Michael Schade that I have in the On Demand version of this show. Really, you don't.
| Kenneth Sydney Baines, arr. Ronald Binge: Ad Infinitum (Annunzio Paolo) Mantovani and his Orchestra - The Golden Age of Light Music. The Lost Transcriptions - Volume 3 - Guild Light Music |
| Ronald Binge: (Elizabethan) Serenade (Annunzio Paolo) Mantovani and his Orchestra - The Golden Age of Light Music. The Lost Transcriptions - Volume 3 - Guild Light Music |
| Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (under the pseudonym of Paolo Cortese): Prima Donna (Annunzio Paolo) Mantovani and his Orchestra - The Golden Age of Light Music. The Lost Transcriptions - Volume 3 - Guild Light Music |
| Morton Gould: Deserted Ballroom (Annunzio Paolo) Mantovani and his Orchestra - The Golden Age of Light Music. The Lost Transcriptions - Volume 3 - Guild Light Music |
| Monica Pearce: Velvet TorQ Percussion Quartet: Richard Burrows; Adam Campbell; Jamie Drake; Daniel Morphy - Textile Fantasies - Centrediscs/Centredisques 
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| Christopher Rouse: Flute Concerto (1993) Carol Wincenc, flute; Houston Symphony; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor - Rouse: Symphony No. 2. Flute Concerto. Phaeton. Eschenbach/Wincenc/Houston Symphony - Telarc |
| I. Ànhran
II. Alla marcia III. Ellegia IV. Scherzo V. Ànhran |
| And ON DEMAND only: |
| Franz Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, D.795 Michael Schade, tenor; Malcolm Martineau, piano - Franz Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin. Michael Schade Tenor/Ténor. Malcolm Martineau Piano - CBC Records Musica Viva
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| I. Das Wandern
II. Wohin? III. Halt! IV. Danksagung an den Bach V. Am Feierabend VI. Der Neugerige VII. Ungeduld VIII. Morgengruß IX. Des Müllers Blumen X. Tränenregen XI. Mein! XII. Pause XIII. Mit dem grünen Lautenbande XIV. Der Jäger XV. Eifersucht und Stolz XVI. Die liebe Farbe XVII. Die böse Farbe XVIII. Trockne Blumen XIX. Der Müller und der Bach XX. Des Baches Wiegenlied |
| Franz Schubert: Introduction and Variations on “Trockne Blumen”, D.802 Konrad Hünteler, flute; Melvyn Tan, fortepiano - Salonkonzert--Beethoven/Mendelssohn/Schubert/Weber. Tan/Garcin-Marrou/Hünteler/Hoeprich - EMI Reflexe |
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10:52 AM, February 1st, 2023