Magical World Of Melody - The Romantic Music Of Rachmaninoff
This is one side from a vinyl set of 10 records recorded back in 1963 dubbed the "Magical World Of Melody."
The Orchestra performing this "compilation" is: "Peter Knight Singers And Orchestra. The pianist is John Wingell
The tracklist is as follows:
-Theme From Piano Concerto No. 2
-Prelude In G Minor
-How Fair This Spot (Soprano: Patricia Clark)
-Theme From Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
-Prelude In C# Minor
-Vocalise
-Theme From Symphony No. 2
-Finale Of Piano Concerto No. 2
I posted it on my channel because of the wonderful combination of PIANO, ORCHESTRA, and VOCALS.
I hope this gives a wonderful insight as to how "Jazz" orchestras operated back then, and how each conductor put his own "Flair" on Classical pieces - you can pick out subtle variations in the scoring.
To my knowledge (and my relief) someone has generously uploaded the entire set in a playlist. It can be found here:
• THE MAGICAL WORLD OF M...
Fortunately, these recordings will NOT be lost to history!
Please let me know if you have any questions, or if you know anything about this particular recording or set
15 окт 2024
