Tommy Reilly; Norwegian Radio Orchestra - Life in Music - Import CD

Credits:

Tommy Reilly; Norwegian Radio Orchestra

Description:

Many previously unreleased recordings! Rare recordings of legendary harmonica player Tommy Riley! A collection of various recordings by legendary Canadian harmonica player Tommy Riley (1919-2000), who lived and worked in the UK, is now available! Born in Canada in 1919, Tommy Riley studied violin at the age of 8 and harmonica at the age of 11, and began playing harmonica in London in 1935 and in Europe in 1937. While studying violin at the Leipzig Conservatory, he was captured by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp from 1939 to 1945, where he honed his harmonica skills based on the playing of Jascha Heifetz. After the war, he returned to London and worked as a concert soloist, recitalist, BBC radio and television performer, studio musician & composer, and in 1992 became the first harmonica player to be awarded the Order of the British Empire (MBE). This collection album brings together a diverse repertoire of 30 songs, ranging from arrangements of classical masterpieces to jazz and pop numbers, light music, folk songs, and more.The CD also includes a number of previously unreleased broadcast recordings, which are being made available on CD for the first time. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Zigeunerweisen
2.Sonata, L 338, KK 450 in G minor
3.Partita No. 3, BWV 1006: Gigue
4.Morceaux de fantaisie: Serenade
5.Age of Innocence
6.Italian Dance
7.Spanish Dance No. 2 in G minor
8.Voice from the Past
9.Firebrand
10.Deep Purple
11.The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians
12.Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro): Overture
13.Midnight in Mayfair'
14.El Cumbanchero
15.Jealousy
16.Dinah
17.Bop! Goes the Weasel
18.Firefly
19.Begin the Beguine
20.Gin Ginger
21.No Limit
22.Bulgarian Wedding Dance
23.Hora Staccato
24.18th Century Rock
25.Irish Medley: The Humours of Limerick, Thady's Wattle, St Patrick's Day, The Irish Washerwomen
26.The Breeze and I
27.Le Grisbi
28.The Red Flame
29.Waltz, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute Waltz" in D flat major
30.Golden Girl