John Philip Sousa Manuel Ponce Max Steiner - Mantovani Concert Spectacular American Scene (24 tracks) +Album Reviews

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John Philip Sousa, Manuel Ponce, Max Steiner
Mantovani: Concert Spectacular / American Scene
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Folk, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Stars and Stripes Forever, march for band - Mantovani, Sousa, John Philip
2. Estrellita for voice & piano (or orchestra) - Mantovani, Ponce, Manuel
3. A Theme - Mantovani, Steiner, Max
4. Granada, for voice & orchestra (with chorus ad lib) - Mantovani, Lara, Maria Teresa
5. Forgotten Dreams, for orchestra - Mantovani, Anderson
6. Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning), polka schnell for orche - Mantovani, Strauss, Josef
7. Zapateado, for violin & piano, Op. 23/2 - Mantovani, Sarasate, Pablo de
8. Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song - Mantovani, Traditional
9. By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra - Mantovani, Coates
10. Trumpeter's Lullaby, for orchestra - Mantovani, Anderson
11. The The green leaves of summer [From the Alamo] - Mantovani, Tiomkin, Dimitri
12. Parade of the Tin Soldiers for orchestra (Parade der Zinsoldaten), Op. - Mantovani, Jessel, Leon
13. My Old Kentucky Home medley - Mantovani, Foster, Stephen [1]
14. Camptown Races, for voice & piano - Mantovani, Foster, Stephen [1]
15. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, for voice & piano - Mantovani, Foster, Stephen [1]
16. Old Folks at Home variations - Mantovani, Foster, Stephen [1]
17. Ring de Banjo - Mantovani, Foster, Stephen [1]
18. Beautiful Dreamer, for voice & piano - Mantovani, Foster, Stephen [1]
19. Home on the Range (original version) - Mantovani, Traditional
20. Grandfather's Clock - Mantovani, Work
21. The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mantovani, George, Don
22. Just a-Wearyin' for You, for voice & piano - Mantovani, Jacobs-Bond
23. Turkey in the Straw - Mantovani, Traditional
24. Good Night, Irene - Mantovani, Ledbetter

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All Artists: John Philip Sousa, Manuel Ponce, Max Steiner, Agustin Lara, Leroy Anderson, Johann II [Junior] Strauss, Pablo de Sarasate, Irish Traditional, Eric [Composer] Coates, Dimitri Tiomkin, Leon Jessel, Stephen [1] Foster, Daniel E. Kelley, Henry Clay Work, Don George, Carrie Jacobs Bond, American Traditional, Huddie/Lomax, John Ledbetter, Mantovani Orchestra
Title: Mantovani: Concert Spectacular / American Scene
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Dutton Vocalion UK
Release Date: 9/14/2004
Album Type: Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Folk, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical
Styles: Marches, Dance Pop, Easy Listening, Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Polkas, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Romantic (c.1820-1910), Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 765387415723

CD Reviews

Spectacular Mantovani Music

Thomas E. DeJulio | Bronxville, NY USA | 09/19/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is one of Vocalion's latest re-issues of two original recordings made by Mantovani and his Orchestra in 1960. It pairs the folk songs of the "American Scene" composed by Stephen Foster and others, along with concert gems, all brilliantly arranged by Mantovani and his collaborator Cecil Milner. Stephen Foster's time-honored music appears to be having a comeback these days and so will the utterly appealing orchestral interpretations given to these chestnuts by the masterful brilliance of the Mantovani sound and the artistry and discipline of his musicians. Some 45 years ago, Mantovani's American Scene LP remained 30 weeks on Billboard's Top 40 List and rose to a high position of number 11. Listeners now, as then, will enjoy the melifluous string-laden arrangements of Beautiful Dreamer, I Dream of Jeannie, My Old Kentucky Home, Grandfather's Clock, and Goodnight Irene, and they will tap to the lively, full orchestra arrangements of Camptown Races, Ring de Banjo, and Turkey in the Straw. Decca's "Concert Spectacular" CD, never issued and rarely heard in the United States, teases the listener with a distinctive waltz time arrangement of the popular Sousa march, Stars and Stripes Forever. Many will shed a tear when they hear the cathedral sound of languorous strings and woodwinds in Danny Boy. This Concert Spectacular offers the listener a plethora of musical imagery. With extraordinary and unique orchestrations, one will feel the fiery excitement of "Granada", sense the clash of thunder and lightning in Strauss's Polka, and march step and "fall" with the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers. These two CD's together are truly spectacular, because their tracks are filled with the emotion and energy of the creative and distinctive Mantovani sound. This is "ultimate Mantovani", soothingly wistful moods and evocative melodies that make you want to listen to them with all the attentiveness of a concert goer, a paradigm for all today making light orchestral music of which Mantovani was truly the master."