Composer: Trevor Duncan
Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Penny
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8555192
Release: 2022
Size: 307 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. 20th Century Express
A Little Suite for Orchestra
02. I. March
03. II. Lullaby
04. III. Jogtrot
05. High Heels
Children in the Park
06. I. Dancing for Joy
07. II. At the Pool
08. III. Hide and Seek
Maestro Variations
09. Serenade (In the Style of Schubert)
10. The Girl from Corsica
11. Meadow Mist
12. Valse mignonette for Orchestra
13. Wine Festival
14. Sixpenny Ride
15. Enchanted April
16. St. Boniface Down
17. La Torrida
The Visionaries
18. Grand March
19. Little Debbie
Allied to his melodic gifts, early experiences as a sound and balance engineer equipped Trevor Duncan with a profound understanding of instrumental colour. During the 1950s he composed music that became instantly recognisable in the light music tradition. The Girl from Corsica was heard almost daily on British radio and the theme tune for the BBC TV series Dr Finlays Casebook remains one of his most celebrated works (its part of A Little Suite, heard here in full). Duncan was an inspiration for other composers, and was capable of sensuous romance, breezy scene setting, delicate tone poems and irresistible glamour.