Rte Concert Orch/Knight - Robert Docker: Three Contrasts; Sc�nes de ballet; Pastiche Variations - British Light Music, Vol. 7

Robert Docker was one of the giants of light music � a composer and arranger whose works graced stage, screen, radio and television. Two of his best pieces were written for piano and orchestra: Legend, which can rank alongside Addinsell�s Warsaw Concerto (Naxos 8.554323); and the brilliantly witty inventions of the Pastiche Variations. Not only was Docker a distinguished orchestrator, he was also a rich melodist as his classic Sc�ne du bal illustrates, while the composer�s impish humour can be savoured in Tabarinage. Docker�s early training as a classical violist fully equipped him to explore the British pastoral tradition in the languid and beautiful Air.