Sleeve Notes: Attention, armchair tourists! Have a yen to travel? Then settle back in your chair and join Frankie Carle and his orchestra in a musical cruise AROUND THE WORLD. This high fidelity voyage begins on terra firma with an … Continued
Sleeve Notes: ACCORDING TO WEBSTER, “tenderly” means “gently,” “softly,” “soothingly,” “with care and kindness,” “with love” — and the selections played here by Tommy Dorsey are distinguished by all of these characteristics. They are gentle and soft, soothing and kind … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The instruments of the brass choir, by their nature, seem predetermined for use in brilliant, flaring music. Largely developed for use on occasions of military or high festive significance, they have to some extent carried that usage through … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Michel Legrand And His Orchestra – Love Paris, Frank Sinatra – Over The Rainbow, Art Van Damme Quintet – I Saw Stars, The Norman Luboff Choir – Colorado Trail, Les Elgart And His Orchestra – Alice Blue Gown, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: This album sets a new standard in sensitive, subdued listening, by a master of the most unusual in musical enjoyment, Jackie Gleason. The magical Gleason touch that translated images into sound in “Oooo!” and “Velvet Brass” is vibrantly … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Music, Martinis and Memories …each creates a wonderfully soft, romantic haze. Put them all together and you have a veryspecial effect—a mood whose warmth and tenderness are irresistibly appealing. The memories and martinis should be yours, of course; … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Michael Fokine’s Les Sylphides, a ” romantic reverie ” in one scene, is deservedly the most celebrated example of a ballet blanc without story or plot in which the abstract, expressive qualities of classical dancing are used to … Continued
Sleeve Notes: CHOPIN: LES SYLPHIDES In 1894 Glazunov published an orchestral suite entitled “Chopiniana,” consisting of orchestrations of four piano pieces by Chopin. At the start of the new century the choreographer Michael Fokine (1880-1942) decided to use this suite … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Beautiful music can evoke sentimental memories … and Jackie Gleason has chosen the loveliest of ballads for his Music To Make You Misty… melodies whose nostalgic phrases bring back the tender moments of everyone’s romance. For Jackie Gleason … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Flamboyant rhythms and seductive melodies presented via the thrilling medium of Full Dimensional Stereo recording. For centuries, music has been one of Spain’s principal exports, produced in a multitude of shapes and forms and transmitted to other lands … Continued