The Golden Age of Light Music: More Animal Antics

Following on from the success of an earlier Guild release (Animal Antics, GLCD5143), we present a lively new selection of titles inspired by the animal kingdom. In addition to musical cats, dogs, sheep, donkeys and elephants, a number of visitors from the insect world make their appearance, including fleas, bees, fireflies and dragonflies. The impressive list of composers includes Henry Mancini, Dimitri Tiomkin, Rudolf Friml, Ernest Tomlinson, Frank Loesser and Leroy Anderson.

1. Lobster Quadrille (from the ballet 'Alice in Wonderland'): Joseph Horovitz - Ron Goodwin & his Concert Orchestra
2. The Dancing Cat (from the American TV series 'Mr Lucky Goes Latin'): Henry Mancini - Henry Mancini & his Orchestra
3. The Cat and the Hippo: Wolf Droysen - The Lansdowne Light Orchestra
4. Playful Pup: Alfred Ralston - The Crawford Light Orchestra
5. Walking the Dog: Joyce Cochrane - L'Orchestre Devereaux conducted by George Devereaux
6. Firefly Serenade: Henry Angelo Trevison - Lawrence Welk & his Champagne Music
7. Lambing Time (from the film 'Wild is the Wind'): Dimitri Tiomkin - The Paramount Studio Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Tiomkin
8. Counting Sheep: Harry Revel - Hugo Perretti & his Orchestra
9. A Sleepin' Bee (from 'House of Flowers'): Harold Arlen & Truman Capote - Percy Faith & his Orchestra
10. The Donkey and the Bee: Monia Litter as Squire Mason - The New Concert Orchestra conducted by Cedric Dumont   
11. Donkey Trot: Albert Marland - L'Orchestre Devereaux conducted by George Devereaux
12. The Donkey Serenade (from the film 'The Firefly'): Rudolf Friml - 101 Strings conducted by Rudolf Friml
13. The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro): Sol Lake - Billy Vaughn & his Orchestra
14. Elephants' Parade: André de Basque, alias Albert William Ketèlbey - The Bijou Orchestra   
15. Pink Elephant: Ernest Tomlinson - The New Century Orchestra conducted by Erich Borschel
16. March of the Pink Elephants: Emil Cadkin & Harry Bluestone - The Jay Gordon Concert Orchestra
17. Inchworm: Frank Loesser - David Carroll & his Orchestra
18. Little Red Monkey (Theme from the 1950s BBC TV series): Jack Jordan - Frank Chacksfield's Tunesmiths with Jack Jordan (Clavioline)
19. Flea Circus Suite: March of the Fleas / Ballerina / The Clowns / Coach Ride: Van Phillips - The Lansdowne Light Orchestra
20. Horse and Buggy: Leroy Anderson - Charles Williams & his Concert Orchestra
21. Horse Cars: J George Johnson - The Gaslight Orchestra
22. Poor Butterfly (from 'The Big Show'): John L Golden & Raymond Hubbell - Morton Gould & his Orchestra
23. Chameleon: Jack Beaver - The New Century Orchestra conducted by Sidney Torch
24. The Alligator and the Coon (from 'Acadian Songs & Dances' featured in the film 'Louisiana Story'):     Virgil Thomson - The Cleveland Pops conducted by Louis Lane
25. Grand Waltz of the Flowers and Dragonflies (from the ballet 'Alice in Wonderland'): Joseph Horovitz - Ron Goodwin & his Concert Orchestra