Sleeve Notes: Once upon a time there was a mighty Sultan named Sharyar who had many wives, with all of whom he had apparently become thoroughly disillusioned. Realizing the faithlessness of women in general, he sought a practical solution to … Continued
Sleeve Notes: “The Roaring Twenties” . . . the most hysterical and frantic era of American life came right after the stern and cruel years of World War I. The crisis was over . . . we had won . … Continued
Sleeve Notes: SIDE 1 Band 1 — Arlen BLUES IN THE NIGHT (from “Blues in the Night”) Band 2 —De Sylva BIRTH OF THE BLUES (from “George White’s Scandals of 1926”) Band 3 —Ellington SOLITUDE Band 4 — Lane OLD … Continued
Sleeve Notes: If it’s jazz you’re after—that is, the listening and dancing kind—you’ll go a long way before hearing anything as truly great as this superb Hi-Fidelity recording by Charlie Ventura and his quintet. Here you have in Ventura a … Continued
Sleeve Notes: GWEN VERDON (Lola)Gwen Verdon’s electrifying performance in Can-Can sent the Broadway critics hurrying off to their thesauri for new adjectives; she was hailed as the greatest Broadway “discovery” since Mary Martin first sang My Heart Belongs to Daddy. … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Operatic history has produced many coloratura sopranos, but very few coloratura mezzo-sopranos. Rossini’s wife, the Spanish Isabella Colbran, was one such singer; and for her remarkable mezzo-soprano voice, with a contralto downward range that at the same time … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Side One The Eleventh HourMy Own True LoveThe Girl Next DoorYounger Than SpringtimeThe Moon Of ManakooraI’ll Follow My Secret Heart Side Two The High And The MightyWhen I Grow To Old To DreamAs Time Goes ByMy DearestFalling In … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Scheherazade, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff (1844-1908) is a sea haunted work that has never failed to exercise its magic from the time it was composed, in 1888, to to-day. It is an extraordinarily strong and beautiful composition portraying with … Continued
Sleeve Notes: A Grand piano, a full orchestra, and the imaginative talent of Lou Busch create languorous rhapsodies on the themes most treasured, and requested, of any popular musician. The affection and respect Lou Busch holds for these melodies is … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Ravel’s Bolero was commissioned by the dancer Ida Rubenstein, and was originally presented by her in Paris during 1928. In its original form it was a dance pantomime with a Spanish setting, and Ida Rubenstein, portraying an attractive … Continued