Sleeve Notes: Someone once said that nostalgia is one of the sweetest of all emotions, a kind of pleasure recollected in tranquillity. In that case Tony Osborne’s latest LP is going to please a whole lot of people, for it … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Johnny Mann is a rare talent in the music business. Not only has he accrued countless credits for arranging, conducting and composing, but he also serves as Musical Director for one of the most successful night-time television shows, … Continued
This album is for sale – click here Sleeve Notes: Johnny Keating’s Kombo -The Donkey Serenade, Ted Heath And His Music – Johnny One Note, Los Machucambos – Granada, International “Pop” All Stars – The Poor People Of Paris, Stanley … Continued
Sleeve Notes: I Wish You Love (Que Reste-t-ll De Nos Amours), Bewitched, Manhattan, All The Things You Are, September Song, World In My Arms, The Girl From Ipanema, After Eight, More, You Go To My Head, As Time Goes By, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Scheherazade, by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (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: II. Magyar Rapszódia = Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2Rákóczi Induló = Rákóczi MarchMagyar Táncok No. 1, 5, 6 = Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 5, 6Hej, Cigány = Hey! GypsyHejre Kati.= Csárdás SceneHullámzó Balaton Tetején = On The Waves Of … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The story of “La Traviata” is based on the younger Dumas’ famous play ” La Dame aux Camelias,” which had its premiere in Paris in 1852. Verdi saw the play in the French capital that same year and … Continued
Sleeve Notes: This, like every Ray Conniff album, is an adventure. An aural experience that cannot be duplicated. Ray’s musical contributions to our contemporary culture are no accident. This recording, in a way, is just like his previous records in … Continued
Waltz From “Der Rosenkavalier”, Etude In E Major Op. 10 No. 3, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Intermezzo From “Cavalleria Rusticana”, Waltz From “Faust”, Theme From “The Moldau”, Prelude In C Sharp Minor Op. 3 No. 2, Interlude From “Notre Dame”, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: On My Darling Clementine, Lonesome Road, When The Saints, Franky And Johnny, Sleep My Prince, Black Eyes, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Muss I Denn, Just A Little While To Stay Here, Bye And Bye, Nobody Knows The Trouble … Continued