William Hong wrote:

>Mostly, it was what we might call orchestral "concert Pops" pieces, almost
>all from the 19th century (Mozart's "Figaro" overture and "Eine Kleine
>Nachmusik" were the only nods to the previous century that I can recall).
>Lots of concert overtures and operatic excerpts (non-vocal), including: ...

Well done!

>I think there may have been some Debussy (e.g. "En bateau"), but not Ravel.

Are you sure...?:)

>No Beethoven or Brahms that I can recall.

Not exactly...:)

>Orchestras/conductors that I can remember include the Concerts lamoureaux
>with Leibowitz, the New London Symphony(?) with Alexander Gibson, probably
>some other pickup bandes from France and Austria which I can't place.

Not bad...

>All of this is fuzzy memory, but I nearly wore out those disks 30 years
>ago....

Oh such wonderful memories... Here is the complete list. Of course, I'm
cheating with this lovely set of pink, blue, yellow, etc. LPs:

1. Berlioz, J.Strauss, Smetana, Tchaikovski, Wagner (!)
New symphony orchestra of London (!), Alexander Gibson
2. Humperdinck, Lehar, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Sarasate, Schubert,
Vienna National Opera symphonic orchestra, Victor Desarzens
3. Haendel, Herold, Ponchielli, Rossini, Tchaikovski, Verdi
Rome Philharmonic Orchestra, Massimo Freccia
4. Bizet, Gounod, Offenbach, Ravel  Orchestre de la societe des concerts
symphoniques de Paris (!), Rene Leibowitz
5. Grieg, Paganini, Strauss, Suppe, Tchaikovski, Wagner, Weber
New symphony orchestra of London, Alexander Gibson
6. Borodin, Debussy, Dukas, Mozart, Offenbach, Puccini  Orchestre de
la societe des concerts symphoniques de Paris, Rene Leibowitz
7. Elgar, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mussorgski, Sullivan
New symphony orchestra of London, Adrian Boult (yes!)
8. Flotow, Schubert, Strauss and Co, Suppe, Waldteufel
Vienna National Opera symphonic orchestra, Josef Leo Gruber
9. Glinka, Mascagni, Rossini, Rubinstein, Verdi, Wagner
Rome Philharmonic Orchestra, Massimo Freccia
10. Brahms, Liszt, Mozart, J.Strauss
Vienna National Opera symphonic orchestra, Victor Desarzens
11. Auber, Borodin, Gounod, Pierne, Ravel, Saint-Saens  Orchestre de
la societe des concerts symphoniques de Paris, Rene Leibowitz
12. Tchaikovski  New symphony orchestra of London, Adrian Boult

Not bad for "light music", isn't it? I wonder why Pettersson, Langgaard and
Frankel.  I didn't know I liked so much light music...

Simon Corley
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