A Life In Music

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CD Details

Released: August 23, 2019
Originally Released: 2019
Label: Chandos

Tracks:

1.Tommy Reilly, Norwegian Radio Orchestra & Oivind BerghZigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (Arr. T. Reilly for Harmonica & Orchestra) [Live]
2.Tommy Reilly & Kaare ØrnungKeyboard Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 450, L. 338 (Arr. J. Moody for Harmonica & Piano)
3.Tommy ReillyViolin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VII. Gigue (Transcr. T. Reilly for Harmonica)
4.Tommy Reilly & Kaare ØrnungMorceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 5, Sérénade (Arr. for Harmonica & Piano)
5.Tommy Reilly & The Norwegian Opera String QuartetAge of Innocence
6.Tommy Reilly & Kaare ØrnungItalian Dance (Arr. for Harmonica & Piano)
7.Tommy Reilly & Kaare Ørnung5 Spanish Dances, Op. 12: No. 2, Moderato (Arr. for Harmonica & Piano)
8.Tommy Reilly, Harmonica & The Norwegian Opera String QuartetVoice from the Past
9.Tommy Reilly & Kaare ØrnungFirebrand
10.Tommy Reilly & Frank StillDeep Purple (Arr. T. Reilly & F. Still for Harmonica & Piano)
11.Tommy Reilly & Billy Ternent and His OrchestraDance of the Comedians (Arr. T. Reilly for Harmonica & Orchestra) [Live]
12.Tommy Reilly & Billy Ternent and His OrchestraMarriage of Figaro Overture (Arr. T. Reilly for Harmonica & Orchestra) [Live]
13.Tommy Reilly & Vic HammettMidnight in Mayfair (Arr. for Harmonica & Piano)
14.Tommy Reilly & Vic Hammett QuartetEl Cumbanchero (Arr. T. Reilly for Harmonica & Piano Quartet)
15.Tommy Reilly & Vic Hammett QuartetJealousy (Arr. T. Reilly for Harmonica & Piano Quartet)
16.Tommy ReillyDinah (Arr. T. Reilly for Harmonica & Rhythm Section)
17.Tommy ReillyBop! Goes the Weasel (Arr. G. Martin for Harmonica & Rhythm Section)
18.Tommy Reilly, Northern Variety Orchestra & Vilem TauskyFirefly (Live)
19.Norman Warren, Tommy Reilly, Norwegian Radio Orchestra & Oivind BerghBegin the Beguine (Arr. T. Reilly & N. Warren for Harmonica & Orchestra) [Live]
20.Tommy ReillyGin Ginger
21.Tommy Reilly & James MoodyNo Limit
22.Tommy Reilly & James MoodyBulgarian Wedding Dance
23.Tommy Reilly & Johan ØianHora Staccato
24.James Moody, Tommy Reilly & The Edward Rubach Quartet18th Century Rock (Arr. T. Reilly & J. Moody for Harmonica & Piano Quartet)
25.Tommy Reilly & The Edward Rubach QuartetIrish Medley (Arr. J. Moody for Harmonica & Piano Quartet)
26.Tommy Reilly & The Edward Rubach QuartetThe Breeze and I (Arr. T. Reilly for Harmonica & Piano Quartet)
27.Tommy Reilly & The Edward Rubach QuartetLe Grisbi
28.Tommy Reilly & James MoodyThe Red Flame
29.Tommy Reilly & Kaare ØrnungWaltz in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute Waltz" (Arr. for Harmonica & Piano)
30.Tommy Reilly & James MoodyGolden Girl

Product Description:

Born in Ontario in August 1919, Tommy Reilly studied violin from the age of eight, and began playing harmonica at the age of eleven. Though he had played in England in 1935 37 and continental Europe in 1937 39, it was not until his arrest (while studying violin at the Leipzig Conservatory) and subsequent internment 1939 45 in prisoner-of-war camps that he developed his virtuosity on the harmonica, basing his ideas of phrasing and interpretation on the playing of Jascha Heifetz. Returning to London in 1945, Reilly began parallel careers as a concert soloist and recitalist, a popular BBC radio and television performer, and a studio musician-composer. He performed with most of the major European orchestras and toured all over the world as a concert soloist. Inspiring the composition of more than thirty works by other composers, Reilly also transcribed a great deal of repertoire for the instrument, in addition to composing his own works. In 1967 he designed a concert harmonica, later manufactured by Hohner and marketed as the Silver Concerto Chromonica. In 1992, he became the first harmonica player to be made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. His other awards included the Gold Medal of the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband, and a Golden Badge from the British Association of Composers, Authors and Songwriters. Sir Neville Marriner and Igor Stravinsky were among those who admired his playing.