Bert Kaempfert presents Love
Sleeve Notes: Listening to music is a matter of time, place and, of course, — mood. Here we have music which is especially played for all lovers and for those who are falling in love, as the title says. But … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Listening to music is a matter of time, place and, of course, — mood. Here we have music which is especially played for all lovers and for those who are falling in love, as the title says. But … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Maurice Ravel was born on March 7, 1875, in Cibourne in the French Pyrenees. His family moved to Paris after his birth and, in 1889, he began study at the Conservatoire with Beriot (piano), Gedalge (counterpoint), and Faure … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra generates more swinging excitement than ever before as it brings new Latin rhythms to authentic re-creations of America’s big-band favorites. A String Of Pearls, Take The “A” Train, Casa Loma Stomp, Stardust, … Continued
Sleeve Notes: If ever you are haunted by an attractive, piquant tune which you cannot place—probably nineteenth-century French, too light-fingered for Gounod, not individual enough for Bizet or Massenet, yet far more so than Saint-Sans—you may be fairly certain that … Continued
Sleeve Notes: When Jackie Gleason began recording his phenomenally popular albums of lush, beautiful mood music back in the early ’50’s, he chose most of his selections from among the finest, most romantic “standards” of the day. People loved Jackie’s … Continued
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: 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: Song and Dance Company „Śląsk” (Silesia) consists of well over one hundred boys and girls whose repertory of delightful, colourful dances and songs is based on the Polish folklore. „Śląsk” came into being in 1952. Its creation was … Continued
Sleeve Notes: George Edwardes, the celebrated theatrical impressario who produced musical comedies at Daly’s and the Gaiety theatres (both, alas, no more), was faced with a dilemma in the early summer of 1907 when he wanted a new production for … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Since George Shearing first turned his talents toward romantic moods a few years ago in such albums as Velvet Carpet and Black Satin, this excellent pianist-arranger has set the standard for music that combines rich melody and orchestration … Continued