Album Description

Composer/conductor León Zuckert was well known across the U.S. and Canada in the 1930s and 1940s through his long-running weekly radio broadcasts. This set offers highlights from his show, and performances of his compositions by various famous artists.

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Discs and Tracks

Disc 1
  1 - Introduction & Hungaria
  2 - Memories of Buda
  3 - Gräfin Mariza (Countess Maritza), operetta: Sing Gypsy, Play Gypsy
  4 - Folk Song-Dances (3) of Greece, for orchestra: [No. 1]
  5 - Folk Song-Dances (3) of Greece, for orchestra: [No. 2]
  6 - Folk Song-Dances (3) of Greece, for orchestra: [No. 3]
  7 - It was in Maytime
  8 - Agnes
  9 - Ti-La-La
  10 - Work(s): A Country Dance
  11 - Spinners
  12 - Now I go to the well
  13 - Secret Love
  14 - Muß i denn zum Städtele hinaus
  15 - Dear Little Grandmother
  16 - The Three Rascals
  17 - Good Evening
  18 - Medley of five traditional Swedish airs, for orchestra
  19 - As the Star
  20 - Romance in G major for violin & orchestra, Op. 26
  21 - Pole on the Hill
  22 - Go Fetch the Water
  23 - Old Norwegian folk tune
  24 - Corazon de torero
  25 - Andalucía, song
  26 - A Shabies (Spanish)
  27 - Randeña Malagueña (Malagan)
  28 - Ballade to a Bullfight
  29 - Maravilla, pasodoble
  30 - Eyes of Turquoise Blue
  31 - Tarantella
  32 - Neapolitan Serenade
  33 - Danza guerrera
  34 - Lament, Inca song

Disc 2
  1 - Tamed, samba
  2 - Ranchera, polka
  3 - La Pampa, tango
  4 - Rodrigues Peña, tango
  5 - Pieza melancólica, for cello & piano
  6 - How Sweet (Russian Romance), for voice & orchestra
  7 - Quetico Suite, for orchestra: Excerpts
  8 - Impressions of Tenerife, for orchestra: Trip to Santa Cruz by Microbus
  9 - Impressions of Tenerife, for orchestra: Shepherd's Sadness
  10 - The Three Brave Snowflakes, for flute, violin & piano: Excerpts
  11 - Doina (Rumanian Fantasia), for orchestra
  12 - In the Gleam of Northern Lights, for chorus & orchestra: La Fête au Sucre, polka
  13 - Arabesca, for guitar
  14 - Indian Lullaby, for voice & piano
  15 - N'ilah, for cello solo & string quartet
  16 - Gypsy Air
  17 - Dance Tzigane (A Gypsy Fantasia), for violin & orchestra

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