1a.  Orchestral Compositions
     Leroy Anderson conducting ^ref

1. Arietta (2:43) Completed June 1962
      The main melody of "Arietta" first materialized as a brief eight-measure sketch for viola and cello, intended for Leroy Anderson's daughter Jane on viola and the composer on cello.  Anderson later decided to expand the melody into a composition for string orchestra.  He also made a setting for string quartet.


2. Balladette (2:51) Completed April 9, 1962
      Leroy Anderson is known for his polished orchestrations of descriptive compositions, characterized as romantic or nostalgic in theme.  "Balladette" stands in contrast as an elegant, cool and somewhat abstract piece.  Mark Morris created a romantic choreography for this Anderson piece which was performed by the San Francisco Ballet.


3. Belle of the Ball (2:35) Completed May 12, 1951
      As a student of Walter Piston at Harvard, Anderson displayed a fondness for the waltz form. Piston encouraged Leroy to write an "Anderson waltz" instead of a waltz that sounded like Strauss. This is an Anderson waltz.


4. Blue Tango (2:46) Completed June 1951
      The tango was popular in the middle of the 20th Century, albeit difficult as a dance form. Anderson gave his tango a memorable melody and wrote it as a fox-trot so that people could dance to it. Both aspects helped to make this piece reach #1 on the "Hit Parade" for 16 weeks in 1953 and sell close to 2 million records.


5. Bugler's Holiday (2:17) Completed May 26, 1954
      This is a virtuoso piece for trumpet which features three trumpeters. Over the years Bugler's Holiday has become a standard part of Independence Day band concert programs.


6. Captains and the Kings, The (2:45) Completed June 16, 1962
      The idea for this piece came from a passage in a poem by Rudyard Kipling.  "It's a quote from Kipling's 'Recessional.'   'The tumult and the shouting dies, the Captains and the Kings depart, Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, A humble and a contrite heart, Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget."   "It's unusual for a march.  It goes from 2/4 into 3/4.  Most marches are two beats to a measure.  It's in two parts - Captains first, King's second." "The first part is very martial and describes the captains.  The middle section is more melodic and suggests the kings."


7. China Doll (2:35) Completed June 1951
   
8. Clarinet Candy (2:45) Completed June 9, 1962
      "In writing Clarinet Candy I made full use of the clarinet technique.  Usually an orchestra has two clarinets, first and second.  But for this recording I double the number of clarinets - two on first and two on second.  I think of this piece as a sort of "Fiddle-Faddle" for clarinets." - Leroy Anderson


9. Concerto in C Major for Piano and Orchestra 1953 Jump to Section 2
10. Fiddle-Faddle (3:10) Completed January 1, 1947
    
11. First Day of Spring, The (1:50) Completed June 28, 1954
    
12. Forgotten Dreams (2:10) Completed May 28, 1954
       Forgotten Dreams started out as a short instructional piece for beginning piano students. Anderson then felt that the melody could be expanded for string orchestra and feature the piano. At the recording session Anderson decided to play the piano part himself. Anderson starts the piece by giving the orchestra a "down-beat" as he starts to play the piano. In England "Forgotten Dreams" is perhaps Anderson's best known composition.


13. Girl in Satin, The (4:15) Completed August 27, 1953
    
14. Golden Years, The (3:20) Completed May 21, 1962
    
15. Home Stretch (2:30) Completed 1962
       "Home Stretch" is one of three Anderson pieces which depict horses.  The other two are "Horse and Buggy" and "Sleigh Ride"  "Home Stretch" certainly has the fastest tempo of the three.  Along with the five other new works by Anderson completed in 1962, they and the Decca record were collectively called "The New Music of Leroy Anderson".
16. Horse and Buggy (3:20) Completed June 11, 1951
    
17. I Never Know When To Say When (4:15) Completed 1962
    
18. Jazz Legato (1:35) Completed Summer 1938
    After Jazz Pizzicato was so well received by audiences, Arthur Fiedler suggested that Leroy Anderson write a complementary piece. Anderson then wrote "Jazz Legato". These two pieces were both recorded and published in 1938. Although they are rarely performed together, they should be: Jazz Pizzicato and Jazz Legato.
19. Jazz Pizzicato (1:45) Completed May 1938
    "This is a study in jazz rhythms played pizzicato by the strings and called, appropriately, Jazz Pizzicato." - Leroy Anderson
20. Lady in Waiting Ballet (instrumental) (4:15) 1962
    
21. Lazy Moon (instrumental) (4:15) 1962
    
22. March of the Two Left Feet (2:23) Completed 1962
    
23. Penny Whistle Song, The (2:45) Completed June 3, 1951
    
24. Phantom Regiment, The (3:20) Completed May 23, 1951
    
25. Pirate Dance (4:15) Completed 1962
    
26. Plink, Plank, Plunk! (2:20) Completed June 12, 1951
    


27. Promenade (3:00) Completed April 1945
       While working in Military Intelligence for the U.S. Army at the Pentagon (1943-1945), Anderson had no time to write music.  That is until after "Victory in Europe Day" in May of 1945.  Arthur Fiedler invited Anderson to conduct the Boston Pops in the annual "Harvard Night At The Pops" concert on May 23, 1945.  In that concert Anderson included "Promenade" and "The Syncopated Clock" which he had just written since his work schedule gave him a little time to compose.


28. Pussy Foot, The (4:15) Completed 1962
    
29. Pyramid Dance (Heart of Stone) (4:15) Completed 1962
    
30. Sandpaper Ballet (3:10) Completed June 1954
    
31. Saraband (3:05) Completed January 4, 1948
    
32. Serenata (3:55) Completed February 12, 1947
    


33. Shall I Take My Heart And Go ? (4:15) Completed 1962
       From the 1958 Broadway music "Goldilocks", this song has been described as one of the most beautiful ballads written for a musical comedy. The Featured Artists page has a link to a recording by Leroy Anderson's grandson Lars Vercelli singing this song backed up by Leroy Anderson's other grandson, Anders Vercelli and his trio.


34. Sleigh Ride - Instrumental (3:00) Completed February 10, 1948
       So many people know the non-orchestral "covers" of "Sleigh Ride". Many people, however, may not know that like almost all of Anderson's music, "Sleigh Ride" was originally written for a full orchestra. In vocal versions, there is less music since the singer carries the melody. Here is the "gold-standard" of orchestral recordings of "Sleigh Ride".


35. Song of the Bells (3:00) Completed September 1953
       Although this Anderson waltz is not a winter-themed piece, some conductors program "Song of the Bells" in the middle of an "Anderson holiday suite" that starts with "A Christmas Festival", continues with "Song of the Bells" and ends with "Sleigh Ride".


36. Summer Skies (2:30) Completed in August 1953 for a Decca recording session on Septmber 8, 1953.
       One of three compositions Leroy Anderson completed in 1953, "Summer Skies" is less descriptive than many other Anderson compositions. It is a softly emotive piece, similar to Anderson's "Balladette" which he wrote in 1962. One of Anderson's least known pieces, "Summer Skies" for brass quintet and a version for woodwind quintet was arranged by Thomas Hundemer and is available from Alfred Music.


37. Syncopated Clock, The (2:20) Completed April 1945
       While working in Military Intelligence for the U.S. Army at the Pentagon (1943-1945), Anderson had no time to write music.  That is until after "Victory in Europe Day" in May of 1945.  Arthur Fiedler invited Anderson to conduct the Boston Pops in the annual "Harvard Night At The Pops" concert on May 23, 1945.  In that concert Anderson included "Promenade" and "The Syncopated Clock" which he had just written since his work schedule gave him a little time to compose.


38. Town House Maxixe (4:15) Completed 1962
    
39. Trumpeter's Lullaby, A (3:00) Completed September 22, 1949
       Longtime trumpet player at the Boston Pops, Roger Voisin complained that he was tired of playing "loud, martial-sounding music" as an encore. Anderson overheard Voisin's remark backstage at Symphony Hall. Soon afterward Anderson showed Voisin "A Trumpeter's Lullaby". They played it (piano/trumpet) for Arthur Fiedler. It became popular worldwide and remains so.


40. Typewriter, The (1:45) Completed October 9, 1950
    
41. Waltz Around the Scale (4:15) Completed 1962
    
42. Waltzing Cat, The (2:39) Completed February 21, 1950
    
43. Woodbury Fanfare (0:50) Completed 1959  

1b.  Orchestral Arrangements
   Leroy Anderson conducting ^ref

• A Christmas Festival (8:48) Completed 1950, Stereo Recording 1959
     Arthur Fiedler asked Leroy Anderson to write "a Christmas overture" to use as the opening music for a planned Christmas album that Fiedler wanted to record in 1950. "Christmas Festival" is what Anderson wrote and Fiedler recorded.


• A Christmas Festival (5:45) Completed 1952,
     Anderson decided to create a shorter version of his "Christmas Festival". He felt that more conductors would be willing to perform a 6-minute piece versus the 9-minute original work. The shorter version would also fit on two sides of a small record, which it did. While the shorter version is performed much more often, the longer, original version has always been in print. A choral setting for the short version is available through Alfred. A choral setting will be available for the longer version in May 2021.


• Irish Suite (Six Movements) (19:00) Completed 1947 & 1949
     The Eire Society of Boston, Massachusetts commissioned Leroy Anderson in 1947 to create an orchestral suite of traditional Irish folk music to be performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra. The suite consisted of 4 movements for the June 6, 1947 premiere. Anderson added 2 more movements in 1949.


• I.   Irish Washerwoman, The (2:50) 1947
• II.  Minstrel Boy, The (3:23) 1947
• III. Rakes of Mallow, The (3:00) 1947
• IV. Wearing of the Green, The (3:16) 1949
• V.  Last Rose of Summer, The (3:20) 1947
• VI. Girl I Left Behind Me, The (3:04) 1949


• Scottish Suite (11:24) 1954
   Just as Irish Suite has six movements, Anderson planned a Scottish Suite with six movements. He completed the four presented here and performed them several times to favorable reviews. Anderson decided to publish only two of the movements, feeling that "Bonnie Dundee" and "Turn Ye To Me" were lacking. His family published these two latter movements which Leonard Slatkin recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra. The two movements which were never written are "Scotland The Brave" and "Charlie Is My Darling".


• I.   Bluebells of Scotland, The (2:15) 1954
• II.  Bonnie Dundee (2:45)
• III. Campbells are Coming, The (3:06) 1954
• IV. Turn Ye To Me (3:18) 1954


• Second Regiment Connecticut National Guard March (0:00) 1973
• Serenade (Ständchen) (4:13) Franz Schubert, arr. Leroy Anderson; Boston Pops Orchestra / Arthur Fiedler
• Song of Jupiter (4:10) 1951 Handel ("Semele"), arr. Leroy Anderson;



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• SUITES OF CAROLS (34:48) 1955
  
   Suite of Carols for Brass Choir (12:28) 1955
•   I. While by my Sheep
•   II. In Dulci Jubilo
•   III. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
•   IV. I Saw Three Ships
•   V. From Heaven High I Come to You
•   VI. We Three Kings of Orient Are
•   VII. March of the Kings


•  Suite of Carols for String Orchestra (11:52) 1955
•   I. Pastores a Belen
•   II. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
•   III. O Little Town of Bethlehem
•   IV. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
•   V. Away in a Manger
•   VI. Wassail Song


•  Suite of Carols for Woodwind Ensemble (11:03) 1955
•   I. Angels in our Fields
•   II. O Sanctissima
•   III. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
•   IV. O Come Little Children
•   V. Coventry Carol
•   VI. Patapan
  

2.  Concerto in C Major for Piano and Orchestra
   Erich Kunzel conducting Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
   Stewart Goodyear, Piano ^ref

•  Concerto in C Major for Piano and Orchestra (18:46) 1953
•   I. Allegro moderato (7:52)
•   II. Andante (4:54)
•   III. Allegro vivo (6:00)

3. Arrangements of Music by George Gershwin and Richard Rodgers 
   John Williams conducting Boston Pops Orchestra
   Arranged by Leroy Anderson ^ref

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•   Girl Crazy Suite (5:54)
•   Richard Rodgers Waltzes (5:59)

4.  Arrangements of Music for Orchestra and Violin
   Arthur Fiedler conducting Boston Pops Orchestra
   Nathan Milstein, Violin
   Arranged by Leroy Anderson 1950 ^ref

•   Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song, Op. 34, No. 2 (3:04)
•   Stephen Foster: Old Folks At Home (3:41)
•   Schubert: Ave Maria (4:14)
•   Schubert: Serenade (4:20)
•   Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (2:35)