GLCD 5211 – Light Music While You Work - Vol. 5

The fact that this collection of music is labelled ‘Volume 5’ should convey at least two significant hints: firstly there have been four previous Guild CDs of similar music; and secondly comments from previous purchasers have indicated that they would still like more from the same source. Fortunately the well has not yet run dry, and it is hoped that the performances by the orchestras who have by now become familiar friends will confirm the high standards that were regularly achieved. “Music While You Work” was a regular BBC programme during World War 2, and Decca Records (the source of the recordings in this collection) issued a complementary series of 78s that could be played in factories when required. The first 78s appeared in 1942, and over 400 were eventually released before the final ones were issued in January 1947. Most of the recordings featured dance bands and small groups but many were orchestral and the majority of these may now be found within these five Guild collections.
Tr. / Title / Composer / Artist / Label / Time / ISRC
1 / After The Rain / Francesco Canaro / HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 361 1946 / 2:53 / CH6631351101
2 / Amoretten Tanz / Joseph Gungl / RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 270 1945 / 2:57 / CH6631351102
3 / Cockney Capers / Peter Crantock, pseudonym of Clive Richardson and Tony Lowry / WYNFORD REYNOLDS AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 408 1946 / 3:19 / CH6631351103
4 / Barcarolle / Jacques Offenbach / RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 397 1946 / 2:53 / CH6631351104
5 / Careless Cuckoos / Ernest Bucalossi / HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 349 1945 / 2:48 / CH6631351105
6 / Cavatina / Joseph Joachim Raff / RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 268 1945 / 3:14 / CH6631351106
7 / The Druid’s Prayer Waltz / Gordon Davson / HAROLD COLLINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 80 1943 / 2:56 / CH6631351107
8 / Estudiantina / Emile Waldteufel / RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 219 1944 / 2:48 / CH6631351108
9 / Chant Sans Paroles / Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky / RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 268 1945 / 2:52 / CH6631351109
10 / Dolores Waltz / Emile Waldteufel / RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 309 1945 / 3:11 / CH6631351110
11 / Narcissus / Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin arr. Philip Green / HAROLD COLLINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 81 1943 / 3:12 / CH6631351111
12 / Heyken’s Serenade No. 1 / Jonny Heykens / DAVID JAVA AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 176 1944 / 3:04 / CH6631351112
13 / London Calling March / Eric Coates / HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 361 1946 / 2:51 / CH6631351113
14 / The Frolicsome Hare / Herbert Ashworth-Hope / WYNFORD REYNOLDS AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 408 1946 / 2:42 / CH6631351114
15 / Melody In F / Anton Rubinstein / RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 397 1946 / 3:15 / CH6631351115
16 / Mon Bijou (My Jewel) / Charles E. Le Paige / HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 398 1945 / 3:11 / CH6631351116
17 / Parade Of The Tin Soldiers / Leon Jessel / RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 96 1943 / 2:23 / CH6631351117
18 / Promotions – Waltz / Johann Strauss II / RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 320 1945 / 2:49 / CH6631351118
19 / Poeme / Zdenek Fibich / RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 353 1945 / 3:16 / CH6631351119
20 / Pomone - Waltz / Emile Waldteufel / RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 270 1945 / 3:00 / CH6631351120
21 / Santiago / A. Corbin arr. Aubrey Winter / HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 327 1945 / 3:13 / CH6631351121
22 / Unrequited Love / Paul Lincke / RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 358 1946 / 2:50 / CH6631351122
23 / The Jolly Airmen - March / P. Beechfield-Carver / HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 340 1945 / 3:17 / CH6631351123
24 / The Mascot Waltz / Edmond Audran / HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Not Issued Matrix No. DR 8211-2 1944 / 3:01 / CH6631351124
25 / Naila - Rhythmic Paraphrase / Léo Delibes arr. Arthur Lange / HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 69 1943 / 3:02 / CH6631351125
26 / The Grenadiers - Waltz / Emile Waldteufel / RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA / Decca Music While You Work MW 309 1945 / 2:58 / CH6631351126

Bar Code: 795754521122 - Total Time:79:18 – All Tracks mono

Composer:

Francesco Canaro, Joseph Gungl, Peter Crantock, Jacques Offenbach, Ernest Bucalossi, Joseph Joachim Raff, Gordon Davson, Emile Waldteufel, Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, Jonny Heykens, Eric Coates, Herbert Ashworth-Hope, Anton Rubinstein, Charles E. Le Paige, Leon Jessel, Johann Strauss II, Zdenek Fibich, A. Corbin, Paul Lincke, P. Beechfield-Carver, Edmond Audran, Léo Delibes

Composer & Tracklist:

Francesco Canaro - After The Rain; Joseph Gungl - Amoretten Tanz; Peter Crantock, pseudonym of Clive Richardson and Tony Lowry - Cockney Capers; Jacques Offenbach - Barcarolle; Ernest Bucalossi - Careless Cuckoos; Joseph Joachim Raff - Cavatina; Gordon Davson - The Druid’s Prayer Waltz; Emile Waldteufel - Estudiantina; Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky - Chant Sans Paroles; Emile Waldteufel - Dolores Waltz; Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin arr. Philip Green - Narcissus; Jonny Heykens - Heyken’s Serenade No. 1; Eric Coates - London Calling March; Herbert Ashworth-Hope - The Frolicsome Hare; Anton Rubinstein - Melody In F; Charles E. Le Paige - Mon Bijou (My Jewel); Leon Jessel - Parade Of The Tin Soldiers; Johann Strauss II - Promotions – Waltz; Zdenek Fibich - Poeme; Emile Waldteufel - Pomone - Waltz; A. Corbin arr. Aubrey Winter - Santiago; Paul Lincke - Unrequited Love; P. Beechfield-Carver - The Jolly Airmen - March; Edmond Audran - The Mascot Waltz; Léo Delibes arr. Arthur Lange - Naila - Rhythmic Paraphrase; Emile Waldteufel - The Grenadiers - Waltz;

Tracklist with Composer and Artists:

After The Rain - Francesco Canaro, HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Amoretten Tanz - Joseph Gungl, RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA; Cockney Capers - Peter Crantock, pseudonym of Clive Richardson and Tony Lowry, WYNFORD REYNOLDS AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Barcarolle - Jacques Offenbach, RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Careless Cuckoos - Ernest Bucalossi, HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Cavatina - Joseph Joachim Raff, RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; The Druid’s Prayer Waltz - Gordon Davson, HAROLD COLLINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Estudiantina - Emile Waldteufel, RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA; Chant Sans Paroles - Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Dolores Waltz - Emile Waldteufel, RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA; Narcissus - Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin arr. Philip Green, HAROLD COLLINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Heyken’s Serenade No. 1 - Jonny Heykens, DAVID JAVA AND HIS ORCHESTRA; London Calling March - Eric Coates, HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA; The Frolicsome Hare - Herbert Ashworth-Hope, WYNFORD REYNOLDS AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Melody In F - Anton Rubinstein, RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Mon Bijou (My Jewel) - Charles E. Le Paige, HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Parade Of The Tin Soldiers - Leon Jessel, RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Promotions – Waltz - Johann Strauss II, RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA; Poeme - Zdenek Fibich, RICHARD CREAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Pomone - Waltz - Emile Waldteufel, RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA; Santiago - A. Corbin arr. Aubrey Winter, HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Unrequited Love - Paul Lincke, RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA; The Jolly Airmen - March - P. Beechfield-Carver, HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA; The Mascot Waltz - Edmond Audran, HARRY DAVIDSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Naila - Rhythmic Paraphrase - Léo Delibes arr. Arthur Lange, HARRY FRYER AND HIS ORCHESTRA; The Grenadiers - Waltz - Emile Waldteufel, RONNIE MUNRO AND HIS WALTZ ORCHESTRA;