Boston Pops at Home | Blue Tango

Описание: Blue Tango was the first instrumental recording to reach the top of the Hit Parade, and sold more than a million records after it was recorded by composer Leroy Anderson in 1951. The whole thing was completely unbelievable to me,” he said, “because the kind of music I write was not popular music, it was concert music…”

Best known for the holiday classic, Sleigh Ride, written during a heatwave in July of 1946, Leroy Anderson became the mid-century master of delightful miniature compositions, which are still beloved today for their intelligent, entertaining musicality. As John Williams has said, “When we think of the Pops we think of Leroy Anderson. We think of his light music, which fit the orchestra and fit the mood of Fiedler’s concerts and was done with such skill.”

A Massachusetts native, Anderson first came to the attention of Arthur Fiedler in the mid 1930s while director of the Harvard Band, and with Fiedler’s encouragement, many of his early compositions were premiered by the Boston Pops. Anderson went on to a successful composing and conducting career, recording his own compositions on Decca for over a decade, while maintaining a special relationship with his hometown orchestra.

Tom Siders, trumpet
Keith Lockhart, piano


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