[wimpLink artistId="3606266"]Gavin Sutherland[/wimpLink] and the [wimpLink artistId="3524385"]Royal Ballet Sinfonia[/wimpLink] continue their wonderful series of recordings called British Light Music Premieres with this 2007 disc of nine works by composers nearly unknown outside the Sceptered Isle. But as [wimpLink artistId="3606266"]Sutherland[/wimpLink] and his Birmingham players have shown before, unknown doesn't mean unattractive, and each piece here is filled with catchy tunes, vivid colors, brilliant orchestrations, and infectious rhythms. None of them have much emotional depth, so don't expect [wimpLink artistId="3659042"]Elgar[/wimpLink] or [wimpLink artistId="3901477"]Vaughan Williams[/wimpLink]. Nor do any of them exhibit acutely aggressive modernist tendencies, so also don't expect [wimpLink artistId="5147643"]Birtwistle[/wimpLink] or [wimpLink artistId="4378849"]Maxwell Davies[/wimpLink]. But it would take a hard heart to resist the bright charms of [wimpLink artistId="4406657"]Ernest Tomlinson[/wimpLink]'s ballet Aladdin, the witty delights of Adam Saunders' Overture: Pirates Ahoy!, the sinuous beauty [wimpLink artistId="4139574"]Carey Blyton[/wimpLink]'s The Golden Road to Samarkand, or the distinctive twang of Jim Cooke's Concert Jig with its delicious hammered dulcimer. As before in this series, the [wimpLink artistId="3524385"]Royal Ballet Sinfonia[/wimpLink] plays with a bright tone and a tight ensemble while [wimpLink artistId="3606266"]Sutherland[/wimpLink] or, in the case of Phillip Lord's Nautical Overture and Lionel Sainsbury's Cuban Dance No. 2, [wimpLink artistId="4280666"]Paul Murphy[/wimpLink], conduct with vim, vigor, and a keen sense of what it takes to make these pieces go. Captured in warmly colorful digital sound by Dutton, this disc isn't for everyone; but anyone who enjoys a good tune and a snappy rhythm will have a ball.