While American composer Leroy Anderson's music has never suffered for enthusiasm in concert halls, recordings of his work significantly declined in the digital era over that of LPs; record companies were satisfied to reissue the older recordings again and again. One of the best digital recordings of Anderson was The Typewriter: Leroy Anderson Favorites recorded by Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for BMG. This title still appears to be in print as Slatkin returns to the scene of the crime with Naxos' ...
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While American composer Leroy Anderson's music has never suffered for enthusiasm in concert halls, recordings of his work significantly declined in the digital era over that of LPs; record companies were satisfied to reissue the older recordings again and again. One of the best digital recordings of Anderson was The Typewriter: Leroy Anderson Favorites recorded by Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra for BMG. This title still appears to be in print as Slatkin returns to the scene of the crime with Naxos' Leroy Anderson: Orchestral Music I, included in Naxos' American Classics series. While it does share a few titles in common with the earlier release, more than half of the disc consists of material that Slatkin did not explore in the BMG title. At least one piece, Governor Bradford March in its orchestral incarnation, hasn't appeared on any recording, and certain other pieces included, such as China Doll, Balladette, and The Classical Jukebox are relative rarities for Anderson. So is...
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