Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat - "Michèle" - Vol. 22

1. 17 Ans (At Seventeen)
2. Viens Faire Un Tour Sous La Pluie
3. Eastern Love Song
4. A Quoi Sert De Vivre Libre (Can't Give You Anything)
5. All By Myself
6. Michèle
7. There's A Kind Of Hush
8. J'Attendrai
9. Ça Va Pas Changer Le Monde "Non Cambia Il Mondo"
10. Toi La Musique Et Moi
11. Musique Du Film "Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
12. Grand Film (Grand Film TMC)

Michèle

Ferrante & Teicher - The Enchanted World of Ferrante & Teicher

1. Scheherazade (R. Korsakoff)
2. Sirocco
3. Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saens)
4. Procession Of Sardar (I. Ivanov)
5. Skaters Waltz
6. Happy Sleigh Ride
7. Aloha Oe (Traditional Melody)
8. Japanese Garden (Puccini)
9. Mexican Hat Dance (Traditional Melody)
10. Loch Lomond (Traditional Melody)
11. Possessed
12. Dream Of Love (Liebestraum)

The Enchanted World

Whenever a list of the world's most popular musicians is compiled, it is almost certain to include the names of FERRANTE and TEICHER. For, in the past decade, this great duo piano team has had one disc success after another and it is indeed a rare week in which at least one of their albums is not well up on the best-selling charts. More recently, Ferrante and Teicher have expanded their scope of action to encompass concert appearances from coast to coast, and the rousing ovations they receive from packed houses are a dramatic testimony to both their popularity and their performance.

There are, of course, many reasons for this well-earned and well-deserved success of Ferrante and Teicher, not the least of which is their impeccable musicianship, so very brilliantly showcased in the lush, string filled orchestrations which have become their trademark.

"THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF FERRANTE AND TEICHER" is the definitive exposition of this self-same trade mark. Here are even dozen superlative performances in the grand style that has made their fame and fortune. Share "THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF FERRANTE AND TEICHER" for it is a delightful world chock-full of the wonderful music that has made this talented team a household word throughout the globe.

(From the original liner notes)

Henry Jerome and His Orchestra - Henry's Trumpets

1. Up Up And Away
2. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
3. Tipica Serenata
4. Alfie (From The Paramount Picture "Alfie")
5. Let The Good Times Roll
6. Henry's Trumpets
7. You Only Live Twice (From The United Artists Motion Picture "You Only Live Twice")
8. All You Need Is Love
9. Don't Sleep In The Subway
10. Georgy Girl (From The Columbia Motion Picture "Georgy Girl")
11. What's New Pussy Cat? (From the United Artists Motion Picture "What's New Pussy Cat?")

Henry's Trumpets

Os pistões são uma das mais importantes partes da música.

Eles são - a parte mais importante de todos os conjuntos de música moderna que se prezam. São - a alma do som de todos os grupos instrumentais atuais. Foram - o som da época da grande orquestra e dos grandes solistas de pistão através dos anos. São - o som das passagens climáticas de uma orquestra sinfônica. São - a força de uma banda marcial ou de um maravilhoso concerto de banda. Na verdade, eles são - inúmeros e flexíveis sons num só; e daí a idéia deste disco.

A idéia principal foi realizar um disco utilizando os pistões de tal forma que se poderia agradar aos que dançam e aos que gostam apenas de ouvir e aos adultos e adolescentes, ao mesmo tempo. Para conseguir isso, selecionei cuidadosamente das canções de sucesso de hoje, as canções que eu senti pudessem vir a receber um tratamento instrumental único. Trabalhamos (eu e Hutch Davie) nos arranjos, de forma que os dez pistões pudessem mostrar algo de excepcional em forma de execução primorosa. O fundo orquestral é formado por um colchão de saxofones, madeiras, trombones, violinos, cellos e toda a orquestra é propulsionada por uma seção de ritmo dos mais quentes.

Portanto - seja você quem for e esteja onde estiver - espero que goste dos "PISTÕES DO HENRY"".

(Henry Jerome, extraído das notas originais do Lp)

Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra - Scarborough Fair And Other Great Movie Hits

1. The Look Of Love (From "Casino Royale")
2. Talk To the Animals (From "Doctor Dolittle")
3. Laura
4. Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)
5. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
6. The Bare Necessities (From "The Jungle Book")
7. Scarborough Fair / Canticle (From "The Graduate")
8. That Old Black Magic
9. Stella By Starlight
10. I'm In The Mood For Love
11. Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing

Scarborough Fair

Asíde from the usual enormous pleasure you get from an Andre Kostelanetz album, there are some fun and games built in here, along with the sheer beauty of sweeping strings and rich orchestration.

For instance, before you read any further, see if you can name the movies that each of the songs were in. All right - how did you do? Eight out of eleven is very good and eleven out of eleven is nearly impossible because, just to make it difficult, one of them is not from a movie. At least not yet-but more about that later.

What makes for this puzzlement is the fact that many songs become standards so Iasting that you tend to forget the movies they were once a part of. Two prime examples: I'm In The Mood For Love, from "Every Night at Eight." and That Old Black Magic, the biggest tune from the Bing Crosby-Bob Hope extravaganza called "Star Spangled Rhythm."

Some of the songs will be easy to connect with a movie. They were included not to puzzle you but merely because they are great current hits: The Look of Love from "Casino RoyaIe," Talk to the Animals from "Doctor Dolittle" and The Bare Necessities from "The Jungle Book." The Iatter two are nominees for a 1967 Academy Award at this writing. And there's Scarborough Fair. from the hit motion picture “The Graduate."

The others may prove a little tougher if you are somewhat rusty on your cinema history. Laura is relatively easy as is Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing-if you remember their title is that of the movie. Who can forget Gene Tierney in the former and Jennifer Jones and William Holden in the latter.

Now things get a bit tougher. I'll Get By is from the Spencer Tracy-Irene Dunne picture "A Guy Named Joe." A rather touching morale-builder made during World War II. This one may have fooled you: Stella by Starlight is from "The Uninvited," starring Ray Mílland and Ruth Hussey. Remember?

The one song here that is not from a movie is the phenomenally popular Love ls Blue. It was one of the finalists (representing Luxembourg) in the Eurovision Contest, a TV song festival broadcast all over Europe in 1967. The main reason it is included is because it is one of the greatest songs in years-and if some Hollywood producer is smart. He will buy the title and song and build a movie around it. It is that powerful!

Throughout the album you have the big, dazzling, luminescent sound you have come to expect from Kostelanetz. By the way, his movie “sound stage" is at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York, famed throughout the world for its acoustical brilliance. You can hear it now.

(Gil McKean, from the original liner notes)

Orquestra Violinos de Ouro - Boleros

1. Quando / Parlami D'Amore Mariú / Legata A Un Granello Di Sabbia
2. Stormy Weather / Ruby
3. Concerto Nº 2 para Piano (Op. 18) em Dó Menor (Rachmaninoff)
4. My Love For You
5. I Can't Stop Loving You
6. Come Sinfonia
7. Be My Love / In The Still Of The Night
8. O Pescador de Pérolas (Bizet)
9. Ti Guarderó Nel Cuore
10. All The Things You Are
11. Days Of wine And Roses
12. Begin The Beguine

Boleros

Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra - Riddle Me This

1. Lisbon Antigua
2. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
3. Port Au Prince
4. Theme From "The Proud Ones"
5. The Love Of Genevieve (Ah! Quel Bonheur)
6. Moonglow
7. Vilia
8. All Er Nothin'
9. Pore Jud Is Daid
10. Brother John
11. Martin Kane Theme
12. Vera Cruz
13. Never Never Land
14. Love Letters
15. As You Desire Me
16. All Or Nothing At All
17. I Was Lucky
18. Body And Soul
19. The Touch Of Your Lips
20. Please Be Kind
21. You're Mine You
22. Heaven Can Wait
23. Symphony
24. The Tender Touch
25. Take It Or Leave It (Yvonne DeCarlo with Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra)

Riddle Me This

Percy Faith - Day By Day

1. Song Sung Blue
2. The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)
3. Conquistador
4. I Need You
5. Amazing Grace
6. Day By Day
7. Love Theme From "The Godfather"
8. How Can I Be Sure
9. Bach's Lunch
10. Candy Man
11. Too Young

Day By Day

Caravelli and His Magnificent Strings - Quando M'innamoro

1. Bonnie And Clyde (L'Histoire de Bonnie et Clyde)
2. Delilah
3. Entre Mes Mains
4. Hey Jude
5. Mrs. Robinson
6. My Way Of Life
7. On Prend Toujours Un Train Pour Quelque Part
8. Quando M'innamoro
9. Rain And Tears
10. The Music Played (Was Ich Dir Sagen Will)
11. This Guy's In Love With You
12. Tout Doucement

Quando M'innamoro

Andre Kostelanetz - Sounds Of Love

1. Moon River
2. Alfie
3. Ebb Tide
4. The Nearness Of You
5. Stella By Starlight
6. Tara's Theme
7. What Now My Love
8. Someone To Watch Over Me
9. Days Of Wine And Roses
10. I Don't Know Why
11. Don't Blame Me
12. Games That Lovers Play
13. Somewhere My Love
14. I'm In The Mood For Love
15. Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
16. People
17. Funny Girl
18. A Man And A Woman
19. Eyes Of Love
20. This Is My Song

Sounds Of Love

Percy Faith - All-Time Greatest Hits

1. Baubles, Bangles And Beads
2. Swedish Rhapsody
3. Angel Of The Morning
4. Show Me
5. Theme From "A Summer Place"
6. Delicado
7. Younger Than Springtime
8. Malagueña
9. Windy
10. The Virginian
11. The Song From "Moulin Rouge"
12. Theme For Young Lovers
13. Bouquet
14. Mexican Hat Dance
15. Tara's Theme
16. I Will Follow You (Chariot)
17. The Sound Of Music
18. Love Theme From "Romeo And Juliet"
19. Yellow Days
20. MacArthur Park

All-Time Greatest Hits

The Gift Of Music - 75 Romantic Memories from Your Favourite Orchestras - Record 4

1. I'm Not In Love - Ronnie Aldrich
2. How Deep Is Your Love - Ronnie Aldrich And His 2 Pianos & Orchestra
3. Shadow Dancing - The Alan Tew Orchestra
4. Mull Of Kintyre - Syd Lawrence & His Orchestra
5. Tragedy - Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra
6. Tomorrow - Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra
7. If - Johnny Pearson & His Orchestra
8. Too Much Heaven - The Arthur Greenslade Orchestra
9. Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Johnny Pearson & His Orchestra
10. I Honestly Love You - Johnny Pearson & His Orchestra
11. Chi Mai - Johnny Pearson & His Orchestra
12. Yesterday - Syd Lawrence & His Orchestra
13. Isn't She Lovely - The Alan Tew Orchestra
14. Memory - Midnight Mood Orchestra
15. Chiquitita - Stanley Black His Piano & Orchestra
16. Rise - Stanley Black His Piano & Orchestra
17. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra
18. MacArthur Park - Ronnie Aldrich His 2 Pianos & The London Festival Orchestra

The Gift Of Music - Record 4

The Ray Conniff Singers - It's The Talk Of The Town

1. It's The Talk Of The Town
2. You're An Old Smoothie
3. Buttons And Bows
4. Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Sleep)
5. It's Been A Long, Long Time
6. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
7. Deep In The Heart Of Texas
8. Love Is The Sweetest Thing
9. They Say It's Wonderful
10. Hands Across The Table
11. My Heart Cries For You
12. Rosalie

It's The Talk Of The Town

Ray Conniff brought his chorus into the foreground for the first time on It's the Talk of the Town, and credited the album to the Ray Conniff Singers. Conniff's chorus is bright and cheery, unlike the immense-sounding Norman Luboff Choir or the comparatively stodgy Robert Shaw Chorale. But despite the high level of energy and enthusiasm, the choral format gives the album a throwback feel that is only amplified by material like "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah" and the Gene Autry favorite "Buttons and Bows," although the latter is, admittedly, very good. The increased focus on the chorus comes at the expense of the instrumental arrangements, which are relegated to a supporting role well behind the voices. It's the Talk of the Town, more than any of Conniff's other vocal albums, treads a little too close to Mitch Miller territory for comfort. 

(by Greg Adams from allmusic.com)

Mantovani and His Orchestra - Latin Rendezvous

1. Malagueña
2. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
3. Be Mine Tonight
4. Cielito Lindo
5. La Paloma
6. Siboney
7. A Garden In Granada
8. Perfidia (Tonight)
9. Andalucia (The Breeze And I)
10. La Golondrina
11. Maria Elena
12. España

Latin Rendezvous

Glenn Miller Orchestra - The very Best of Swing - Directed By Wil Salden

1. Let's All Sing Together
2. Begin The Beguine
3. Leroy Brown
4. Let's Dance
5. Baby It's Cold Together
6. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
7. Harlem Nocturne
8. New York, New York
9. Blueberry Hill
10. 'S Wonderful
11. Miller Meets Kaempfert
12. A Cabana In Havana
13. Bouncing In Havana
14. When You're Smiling
15. Seventy Six Trombones

Best Of Swing