GLCD 5227–Table For Two

Music for a romantic evening is the theme of this collection which contains a mix of recordings by famous conductors such as Robert Farnon, George Melachrino, Charles Williams and Cyril Stapleton interspersed with recordings from the background music libraries that provided so much music for films, radio and television.
Well known composers such as Peter Dennis , Cyril Watters, Wally Stott and Bruce Campbell (responsible for the title track) wrote hundreds of pieces, sometimes for more than one library, always hoping that one of their compositions would be chosen as the signature tune of a radio or television programme, thus ensuring a regular income in the shape of royalties.
“Table For Two” was the last CD in the series to be compiled and annotated by David Ades before his death in February 2015. It, and the previous 126 collections, form a fitting memorial to his programming skills, his encyclopaedic knowledge of light music and the exhaustive research he carried out to ensure the accuracy of his definitive booklet notes. Alan Bunting and Guild have decided that the series continues in a similar fashion.
Tr. / Title / Composer / Artist / Label / Time / ISRC
1 / Table For Two / Bruce Campbell / GROUP-FORTY ORCHESTRA Conducted by LAURIE JOHNSON / KPM Music KPM065 1960 / 3:12 / CH6631552701
2 / The Night Was Made For Love / Jerome Kern / MELACHRINO ORCHESTRA Conducted by GEORGE MELACHRINO / RCA Victor LSP 2283 1961 / 3:35 / CH6631552702
3 / Pearls On Velvet / Walter Stott / TELECAST ORCHESTRA Conducted by WALTER STOTT / Chappell C 714 1961 / 2:51 / CH6631552703
4 / Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (from ‘Showboat’) / Jerome Kern / DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA / MGM 3555 1957 / 3:14 / CH6631552704
5 / Rainbow Room / Mel Young / MEL YOUNG AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Chappell C 759 1962 / 3:12 / CH6631552705
6 / Serenatella / Dennis Stoll / QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT FARNON / Chappell C 732 1962 / 2:56 / CH6631552706
7 / I Never Knew / Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn / DOLF VAN DER LINDEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as ‘Daniel De Carlo’ on LP) / Decca DL 8447 1958 / 3:25 / CH6631552707
8 / Southern Twilight / Cyril Watters / QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES WILLIAMS / Chappell C 734 1962 / 2:30 / CH6631552708
9 / Honeymoon For Strings / Guenther Sonneborn / BOSWORTH ORCHESTRA / BCV 1382 1962 / 2:40 / CH6631552709
10 / Grass Widow's Lament / Peter de Rose, arr. Laurie Johnson / AMBROSE ORCHESTRA Conducted by LAURIE JOHNSON / MGM E3350 1956 / 3:03 / CH6631552710
11 / Valse Magique / Oscar Denayer, Louis Logist / THE BRUSSELS NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA / Southern MQ 514 1960 / 2:57 / CH6631552711
12 / Daydreams / Leslie Coward / QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES WILLIAMS / Chappell C 768 1962 / 2:28 / CH6631552712
13 / I Love You So Much / Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby / JOHN CLEGG AND HIS ORCHESTRA / RCA LPM 1916 1958 / 2:57 / CH6631552713
14 / Fashion Line / Anthony Spurgin / THE CONNAUGHT LIGHT ORCHESTRA / Conroy BM 230 1960 / 2:40 / CH6631552714
15 / The Nearness Of You / Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington, arr. Robert Farnon / ROBERT FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca LK 4190 1957 / 3:34 / CH6631552715
16 / Supper With Stephie / Trevor Duncan, real name Leonard Charles Trebilco / LANSDOWNE LIGHT ORCHESTRA / Impress IA 304 1961 / 2:41 / CH6631552716
17 / When The Music Is Playing / Werner Richard Heymann / CYRIL STAPLETON AND HIS ORCHESTRA / Decca SKL 4071 1959 / 3:12 / CH6631552717
18 / Easy Talk / Raymond Jones / THE WESTWAY STUDIO ORCHESTRA / Southern MQ 502 1960 / 2:21 / CH6631552718
19 / Debutante / George English / THE SYDNEY LIGHT CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by HAL EVANS / Columbia 33OS 7575 1962 / 2:51 / CH6631552719
20 / Look At Me / Eddy Wall / THE WESTWAY STUDIO ORCHESTRA / Southern MQ 516 1960 / 2:32 / CH6631552720
21 / Love In The Clouds / Cy Crawford / SYMPHONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by CURT ANDERSEN / Charles Brull/Harmonic CBL 450 1960 / 2:31 / CH6631552721
22 / Fashion House / Peter Dennis, real name Dennis Alfred Berry / SYMPHONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by CURT ANDERSEN / Charles Brull/Harmonic CBL 463 1960 / 2:21 / CH6631552722
23 / Dreamtime / Keith Papworth / LONDON STUDIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by HUGO DE GROOT (‘Hugh Granville’ on disc label) / De Wolfe DW 2740 1962 / 3:16 / CH6631552723
24 / Gorgeous Girl / Kurt Schick / SYMPHONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by CURT ANDERSEN / Charles Brull/Harmonic CBL 498 1962 / 2:40 / CH6631552724
25 / Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) / Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, arr. William Hill-Bowen / THE LIVING STRINGS Conducted by WILLIAM HILL-BOWEN / RCA Camden CAS 637 1960 / 3:17 / CH6631552725

Bar Code:795754522723- Total Time:74:20–Stereo: tracks 2, 17 & 25; rest in mono

Composer:

Bruce Campbell, Jerome Kern, Walter Stott, George Gershwin, Mel Young, Dennis Stoll, Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn, Cyril Watters, Guenther Sonneborn, Peter de Rose, Oscar Denayer, Louis Logist, Leslie Coward, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Anthony Spurgin, Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington, Trevor Duncan, Trebilco, Werner Richard Heymann, Raymond Jones, George English, Eddy Wall, Cy Crawford, Peter Dennis, Keith Papworth, Kurt Schick

Composer & Tracklist:

Bruce Campbell - Table For Two; Jerome Kern - The Night Was Made For Love; Walter Stott - Pearls On Velvet; George Gershwin - Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (from 'Porgy And Bess'); Mel Young - Rainbow Room; Dennis Stoll - Serenatella; Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn - I Never Knew; Cyril Watters - Southern Twilight; Guenther Sonneborn - Honeymoon For Strings; Peter de Rose, arr. Laurie Johnson - Grass Widow's Lament; Oscar Denayer, Louis Logist - Valse Magique; Leslie Coward - Daydreams; Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby - I Love You So Much; Anthony Spurgin - Fashion Line; Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington, arr. Robert Farnon - The Nearness Of You; Trevor Duncan, real name Leonard Charles Trebilco - Supper With Stephie; Werner Richard Heymann - When The Music Is Playing; Raymond Jones - Easy Talk; George English - Debutante; Eddy Wall - Look At Me; Cy Crawford - Love In The Clouds; Peter Dennis, real name Dennis Alfred Berry - Fashion House; Keith Papworth - Dreamtime; Kurt Schick - Gorgeous Girl; Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, arr. William Hill-Bowen - Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You);

Tracklist with Composer and Artists:

Table For Two - Bruce Campbell, GROUP-FORTY ORCHESTRA Conducted by LAURIE JOHNSON; The Night Was Made For Love - Jerome Kern, MELACHRINO ORCHESTRA Conducted by GEORGE MELACHRINO; Pearls On Velvet - Walter Stott, TELECAST ORCHESTRA Conducted by WALTER STOTT; Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (from 'Porgy And Bess') - George Gershwin, DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Rainbow Room - Mel Young, MEL YOUNG AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Serenatella - Dennis Stoll, QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT FARNON; I Never Knew - Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn, DOLF VAN DER LINDEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA (as ‘Daniel De Carlo’ on LP); Southern Twilight - Cyril Watters, QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES WILLIAMS; Honeymoon For Strings - Guenther Sonneborn, BOSWORTH ORCHESTRA; Grass Widow's Lament - Peter de Rose, arr. Laurie Johnson, AMBROSE ORCHESTRA Conducted by LAURIE JOHNSON; Valse Magique - Oscar Denayer, Louis Logist, THE BRUSSELS NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA; Daydreams - Leslie Coward, QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES WILLIAMS; I Love You So Much - Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, JOHN CLEGG AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Fashion Line - Anthony Spurgin, THE CONNAUGHT LIGHT ORCHESTRA; The Nearness Of You - Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington, arr. Robert Farnon, ROBERT FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Supper With Stephie - Trevor Duncan, real name Leonard Charles Trebilco, LANSDOWNE LIGHT ORCHESTRA; When The Music Is Playing - Werner Richard Heymann, CYRIL STAPLETON AND HIS ORCHESTRA; Easy Talk - Raymond Jones, THE WESTWAY STUDIO ORCHESTRA; Debutante - George English, THE SYDNEY LIGHT CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by HAL EVANS; Look At Me - Eddy Wall, THE WESTWAY STUDIO ORCHESTRA; Love In The Clouds - Cy Crawford, SYMPHONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by CURT ANDERSEN; Fashion House - Peter Dennis, real name Dennis Alfred Berry, SYMPHONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by CURT ANDERSEN; Dreamtime - Keith Papworth, LONDON STUDIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by HUGO DE GROOT (‘Hugh Granville’ on disc label); Gorgeous Girl - Kurt Schick, SYMPHONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by CURT ANDERSEN; Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) - Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, arr. William Hill-Bowen, THE LIVING STRINGS Conducted by WILLIAM HILL-BOWEN;