Anthony Hedges
Overture: Saturday Market (1978)

Alun Hoddinott
Two Welsh Nursery Tunes (1962)
i. Suo Gun (Lullaby)
ii. Pedoli (Shoeing Song)

Philip Lane
Lyric Dances (2007)
i. Tempo di valse
ii. Allegretto con rubato
iii. Andante
iv. Adagio sostenuto
v. Allegro moderato

Carey Blyton

Suite: Cinque Port (1957-58)
i. Prelude (Daybreak over the Harbour)
ii. Song (1) (Captain Bowspirit's Blues)
iii. Interlude (The Beach Midwinter)
iv. Song (2) (The Seadog's Song)
v. Postlude (Dusk over the Harbour)

El Tango Ultimo (Tango Cromatico) op.111 (2000)

David Morgan
Music for Children (1960s)
i. Out for a Stroll
ii. Pony Trap
iii. Sweet Dreams
iv. Rustic Dance

John Fox
Portrait of Diana (1997)

Mansel Thomas

Breton Suite (1949)
i. La Petite Robe (The Little Dress)
ii. Disons le Chapelet (Let us recite the Rosary)
iii. Le Sabotier (The Clog-Maker)

Six Welsh Dances (based on Welsh traditional melodies)
i. Dance of the Four Clogs (Dawns Y Pedair Clocsen) (1939)
ii. Dance of the Red Cloak (Dawns Y Fantell Goch) (1953)
iii. The Shepherd of Hafod (Hobed O Hilion or Bugail Yr Hafod) (1936 orch. 1947)
iv. Welsh Hornpipe (Dawns Y Corn Bib) (1960)
v. A Song of Good Cheer (Hwb I'r Galon) (1953)
vi. Welsh Shepherd's Dance (Dawns Y Bugail) (1947)

Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Gavin Sutherland (conductor)

Richard Addinsell/Noel Gay
The André Charlot Show of 1926 (1926)

BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

World Premiere Recordings

Recorded at Angel Studios and BBC Studios, Maida Vale, London, between February 2006 - June 2010

The best yet! Dutton Epoch's sixth volume of British Light Music Premieres presents nine composers in some 29 tuneful tracks, nominally 10 works. The disc opens with Anthony Hodges's bustling evocation of market day at the Yorkshire town of Beverley and encompasses two Welsh composers (Hoddinott and Mansel Thomas) in folk-song mood, Philip Lane's tuneful and varied dance movements, fast and slow, and a potpourri of show tunes by Richard Addinsell and Noel Gay from 1926. Carey Blyton's Cinque Ports the composer described as music for an opera' in which he set five different scenes that might have taken place in a harbour town. His tango El Tango Ultimo distils the essence of South American dance into a few hypnotic minutes. David Morgan's group of charming pieces Music for Children is crowned by John Fox's unique musical evocation of Princess Diana Portrait of Diana of 1997. Who said light music was dead?

This CD is a great joy.

The recording is perfect and the whole production is delightful.

Gary Higginson, MusicWeb International, May 2012