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: Side One Los ChiapanecasCielito lindoGuadalajaraAdelitoAmor, amorLa malaguena Side Two La bambaLa zandungaDos arbolitosChuchita en ChihuahuaDanzas calabaceadusLa feria de las flores Xochimilco, Teotihuacan, Cholula, Cuernavaca the very place-names of Mexico are music in themselves. The sound of them or, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Side One Dark EyesSlavonic DancesTwo Guitars Side Two Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 6Golden EarringsCzardas (Monti)Gypsy Song No. 4 Only the emotional depth of 101 Strings can capture the contrasts of tender emotion and fiery crescendos of a night … Continued
This is a Flamenco record from the fifties costing 16/9 (sixteen shillings and nine pence) which translates as approximately 83 pence in UK money or around a dollar in US money. There were many such flamenco themed records and this … Continued
Ray Conniff was nothing if not prolific, releasing three albums per year during many years of his successful career. This album from 1958 was one of his best selling gaining a gold record status which in 1958 was something to … Continued
The cover tells us that the “cover girl” is Francis Dean. Nothing more is known about her but we can assume that she was hired for the day, maybe half a day, photographed, promised riches and success and who knows … Continued
This record is a Fiona Bentley production. Fiona Bentley was a founder member of the World Record Club alongside Lord Aberdare who wrote the sleeve notes for this album. The World record Club was a membership style club producing for … Continued
“Here is music to titillate the emotions of those who love dangerous living (as all Arabs do), of people who consider fear of death a monstrous absurdity (as most Arabs do), of bold souls who believe in living life fully … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Frans Liszt was the miraculous pianist who became the “ancestral god” of all later piano virtuosi. He was a “giant” in many ways – as a lover he would have provided present-day gossip-columnists with almost inexhaustible material, as … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Over the last few years Ray Conniff has made a name for himself as one of the foremost conductor-arrangers of our time, dynamic, highly imaginative and equally skilled in handling voices and instruments. As this truly delightful album … Continued