[78-L] Odeon acoustic beauty

[Kristjan Saag]

Ray Kilcoyne wrote:

 > Joyce wasn't too prolific.
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On the contrary. As the sought after "Waltz King" of Britain in the 1910's 
Archibald Joyce (1873 - 1963) could write a waltz in a day - which he often 
did. He continued to write music well into the 1940's, and some of his songs 
sold in huge quantities. "Passing Of Salome" (1912) was sold out (50 000 
copies of sheet music) in a few months. A few decades later he returned to 
the Salome theme (which he explored as early as 1909 with "Visions Of 
Salome") with the beautiful "Phantom Of Salome" - which I played in my 
programme two weeks ago. It was recorded in 1998 by The London Salon 
Ensemble.

Marco Polo issued a whole CD with Archibald Joyce's music in 1995:
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.223694

The liner notes can be read at

http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.223694&catNum=223694&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English#

Kristjan