Raymond Agoult

Biography

Raymond A. Agoult (1 July 1911 – 20 July 1992), was a conductor and composer. There is very little written about him. Hungarian born, Agoult lived in London on Fellows Road in the St. John's Wood district. In 1954, the BBC considered him to conduct their Scottish Variety Orchestra. but in early 1955 the job instead went to Michael Collins. Agoult was instead invited to form a new light orchestra for the Morning Music and Music While You Work radio programmes. This became known as Raymond Agoult and His Players, sixteen members strong. This combination broadcast until 1966. In the late 1960s he sometimes conducted the BBC Radio Orchestra, and in the 1970s he formed the Raymond Agoult Master Band for Brass and Strings, Listen to the Band and Friday Night Is Music Night. He conducted two albums, both for Decca Records. These albums were coproductions with RCA Victor, utilizing Decca engineers and producers. The recordings were first released by RCA Victor in the U.S. in the early stereo era, and reissued by Decca (London) later: Overture! Overture (released in November 1957 on RCA Victor LM 2134 and September 1959 on LSC 2134 and also on in March 1958 on RD 27044 and reissued in 1971 on London STS 15223 (then titled Favorite Overtures, and including some additional overtures recorded by Albert Wolff) was recorded by producer Erik Smith (stereo) and James Walker (mono) and engineer Cyril Windebank (stereo) and Kenneth Wilkinson (mono) at Kingsway Hall on 9 January – 5 February 1957. This album was also released under the title Overtures – in Spades (RCA Victor LM 2134). Six overtures by four composers were included. Clair de Lune (released in October 1959 on RCA Victor LSC 2326 and reissued in 1970 on London STS 15160) was recorded by engineer Kenneth Wilkinson and producer Michael Williamson on 28–31 May 1958 at Walthamstow Assembly Hall. This was also released by Decca in November 1970 on SPA 111 and by RCA Victor in May 1960 on SF 5054. Nine light classi

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