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Track(s) taken from CDA67148

Smiles, then kisses

composer
1913

New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
Recording details: August 1999
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Tony Faulkner & Oliver Rivers
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: March 2000
Total duration: 4 minutes 26 seconds

Cover artwork: The Haymarket Theatre, London. George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932)
Courtesy of Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey / Fine Art Photographic Library, London
 

Reviews

‘Ronald Corp and the New London Orchestra play with their familiar accomplishment and affection and, if anything, an even surer grasp of pace than before. The CD is gratifyingly full and excellently recorded. More, please!’ (Gramophone)

‘Throughout, Corp … has one great asset – charm, and I defy you not to sit listening to these appealing morceaux without a permanent grin on your face’ (International Record Review)

‘Corp’s performances are sumptuous’ (The Sunday Times)

‘An artfully cherry-picked selection played with affection and zest, which will leave you with a warm glow – and perhaps a feeling of regret that no one writes music like this any more’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘If you've a soft spot for this kind of repertoire you'll love it’ (BBC CD Review)
The Irish bandmaster Charles Ancliffe (1880–1952) was a light-music composer of particular accomplishment. He followed his famous waltz Nights of Gladness (1912) with others in similar style, of which Smiles, then Kisses (1913) enjoyed renewed familiarity after World War II with the craze for ‘olde tyme dances’.

from notes by Andrew Lamb © 2000

Le chef de fanfare irlandais Charles Ancliffe (1880-1952) fut un compositeur de musique légère remarquablement talentueux. Plusieurs valses suivirent sa célèbre Nights of Gladness (1912), telle Smiles, then Kisses (1913), qui connut un regain de célébrité avec l’engouement pour les «olde tyme dances», caractéristique de l’après-Seconde Guerre mondiale.

extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Lamb © 2000
Français: Hypérion

Der irische Kapellmeister Charles Ancliffe (1880-1952) war ein besonders fähiger Komponist leichter Musik. Seinem berühmten Walzer Nights of Gladness (1912) ließ er weitere in ähnlichem Stil folgen, darunter auch Smiles, then Kisses (1913), das nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg im Zuge der damaligen Begeisterung für ‘Tänze aus alter Zeit’ erneut bekannt wurde.

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Lamb © 2000
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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