By Special Request: Rose & TorchThe world’s capital cities have been thebirthplace of many great musicians, andLondon, England, is certainly no exception.During the first decade of the 20th centurytwo future Light Music ‘greats’ were born toparents who had originally sought refugethere from troubles in their homeland. DavidRose was taken as a child with his familyacross the Atlantic to the USA where hewould achieve world-wide fame for theunique orchestral sound he created, and whichwould influence many of his peers. SidneyTorch remained in England, and became aleading figure in Britain’s musical scene.Both excelled at composing, arranging andconducting, as their contributions to this CDwill surely testify.

GLCD 5219

Christmas LightsThe success of Guild’s first collection ofmusic associated with the Festive Season(“Christmas Celebration” GLCD 5185) hasprompted this second compilation, arrangedby some of the very best musicians workingin Light Music. Somehow Christmas isn’t thesame without Festive Music, whethertraditional carols or the popular melodiesdreamed up by composers who know how totear at our nostalgic heartstrings. Bothcategories can be found in abundance in thiscollection, which offers tasteful orchestralsettings of some of the best-known carolsfrom various countries alongside the catchynovelties that make Christmas such a happytime of the year. In the hands of the toparrangers and orchestras assembled on thisCD, there is every chance that the discerninglistener will discover some new sounds thatadd a welcome vibrancy toold, familiar friends.GLCD 5222

N E WN E W R E L E A S E SR E L E A S E STHE GOLDEN THE GOLDEN AGE OFAGE OF LIGHTLIGHT MUSICMUSIC

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GLCD 5219 - By Special Request - David Rose & Sidney Torch1 The Magic Music Box - (David Rose), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:162 Theme from 'Carnival' - (Bob Merrill), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:053 Autumn Holiday - (David Rose), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1:464 Penthouse Serenade - (Val Burton; Will Jason), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:035 Fascinating Rhythm - (George Gershwin), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:216 Serenade To A Lemonade - (David Rose), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:127 Vanessa - (Bernie Wayne, real name Bernard Weitzner), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:308 Love For Sale - (Cole Porter), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:319 Whispering Waters - (David Rose), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:0510 Suddenly (Im Chambre Séparée) - (Richard Heuberger), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:4611 I've Got You Under My Skin (from the film 'Born To Dance') - (Cole Porter), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:2312 Lovers' Serenade - (David Rose), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:4013 River Kwai March - (Malcolm Arnold, based on ‘Colonel Bogey' by F.J. Ricketts), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:2614 The Stripper - (David Rose), DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1:5415 London Playhouse - (Sidney Torch), NEW CENTURY ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIDNEY TORCH 2:3516 Nola - (Felix Arndt, arr. Sidney Torch), SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:0217 A Song By The Way - (Eric Coates), SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:2218 Fiddler's Folly - (Len Stevens, arr. Sidney Torch), SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:3619 Speakeasy - (Lewis Gensler), SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:3420 Whisper While You Waltz (from 'Dear Miss Phoebe') - (Harry Parr Davies, arr. Sidney Torch), SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:0121 Fiddlin' For Fun (Les Violons s'Amusents) - (Faustin Jean-Jean; Maurice Jean-Jean), SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:4022 The Galloping Major - (George Bastow, arr. Gordon Jacob), SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:2723 Pale Moon - (Knight Logan, arr. Cecil Milner), QUEEN'S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIDNEY TORCH 2:3824 Cresta Run - (Claude Yvoire), SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:3425 Song of Capri (featured in the film 'That Dangerous Age') - (Mischa Spoliansky, arr. Sidney Torch), QUEEN'S HALL LIGHT

ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIDNEY TORCH 3:1426 Meandering - (Sidney Torch), QUEEN'S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIDNEY TORCH 2:3027 Domino - (Louis Ferrari), SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:27

GLCD 5222 - Christmas Lights1 Joy To The World (Originally based on Psalm 98) - (G.F. Handel, L. Mason, I. Watts, arr. P. Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCH. 2:062 White Christmas - (Irving Berlin), FRANK CHACKSFIELD AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:103 God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - (Traditional English carol, believed to date from the 18th century), BILLY VAUGHN AND HIS ORCH. 1:444 Deck The Hall With Boughs Of Holly - (Welsh Traditional, arr. Percy Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:495 Snowman’s Land - (Vogel), ZACK LAURENCE, piano, with KEN JONES AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:036 Snowy Mountains - (Joyce Cochrane), SYMPHONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by LUDO PHILIPP 2:537 Good Christian Men, Rejoice - (Traditional, arr. Percy Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:218 Good King Wenceslas (Tempus Adest Floridum) - (Traditional, arr. Percy Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:039 Snow Ride - (Eric Winstone), Unidentified Orchestra 2:2810 Santo Natale (Merry Christmas) - (Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Belle Nardone), STANLEY BLACK AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:0611 Hark The Herald Angels Sing - (Ch. Wesley, F. Mendelssohn, adapted W.H. Cummings, arr. P. Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCH. 2:5812 Angels We Have Heard On High - (Traditional arr. Percy Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:5313 Away In A Manger (Widely known as 'Luther’s Cradle Hymn'. There are many different musical settings for this carol, and this one

is the best-known in the United States) - (Traditional arr. Percy Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:1814 Gesù Bambino (The Infant Jesus, composed in 1917) - (Pietro Yon, arr. Percy Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:0215 I Wonder As I Wander (A simple American folk song, popular at Christmas in the United States) - (John Jacob Niles, arr. Percy Faith),

PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:4916 Holiday On Ice - (Len Stevens), Unidentified Orchestra 2:2817 Once More It’s Christmas - (George Melachrino), THE MELACHRINO ORCHESTRA Conducted by GEORGE MELACHRINO 2:2418 Alpine Sleigh Ride - (Roger Senicourt, real name Frank Chacksfield), FRANK CHACKSFIELD AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:5319 It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (An American carol from the 19th century) - (Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis, arr. Percy Faith),

PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:4320 O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) - (Attributed to various composers from the 17th century onwards, especially John Francis

Wade, but could have originated as early as the 13th century. arr. Percy Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 4:0521 Sleigh Ride - (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), BOSTON 'POPS' ORCHESTRA Conducted by ARTHUR FIEDLER 2:4022 O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël) - (Adolphe Adam, arr. Percy Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:4423 The Skaters’ Waltz - (Émile Waldteufel), FRANK CHACKSFIELD AND HIS ORCHESTRA 3:4224 Mrs. Santa Claus - (Jack Fulton, Lois Steele), THE MELACHRINO ORCHESTRA Conducted by GEORGE MELACHRINO 2:3225 By The Fireside - (Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly), STANLEY BLACK AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:5826 The Holly And The Ivy; Here We Go A-Caroling - (Traditional English carols, arr. Percy Faith), PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA 2:1027 The First Noel (The First Nowell) (Believed to be based on an English carol, possibly Cornish, from the 18th century) - (Traditional,

arr. William Hill-Bowen), THE MELACHRINO ORCHESTRA Conducted by GEORGE MELACHRINO 2:58