Amor Amor : Music For Romance

User Rating: 3 / 5

Star ActiveStar ActiveStar ActiveStar InactiveStar Inactive
 

Amor Amor : Music For Romance

1 Cocktails For Two (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow; arr. Robert Farnon)
ROBERT FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
2 Easy To Love (Cole Porter, arr. Ron Goodwin)
RON GOODWIN AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA
3 Sweet Sue (Will Harris, Victor Young)
DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
4 They Can’t Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, arr. Johnny Douglas)
JOHNNY DOUGLAS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
5 These Foolish Things (Jack Strachey, Harry Link; arr. Philip Green)
PHILIP GREEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
6 Starlit Hour (Peter de Rose, arr. Laurie Johnson)
AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Conducted by LAURIE JOHNSON
7 Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (Anna Sosenko)
HENRI RENE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
8 The Song Is You (Jerome Kern, arr. Angela Morley)
KINGSWAY PROMENADE ORCHESTRA Conducted by STANLEY BLACK featuring STANLEY BLACK, piano
9 Should I Dream? (George Siravo)
SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA
10 I’ll String Along With You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren)
WERNER MULLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
11 Unforgettable (Irving Gordon, arr. Ray Martin)
RAY MARTIN AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA
12 Lovelight (Robert Harris, arr. Bruce Campbell)
BRUCE CAMPBELL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
13 Last Night When We Were Young (Harold Arlen)
DAVID ROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
14 Come Dance With Me (George Blake, Richard Leibert; arr. Robert Farnon)
ROBERT FARNON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
15 My Foolish Heart (Victor Young)
ROBERTO INGLEZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA
16 She’s My Lovely (Vivian Ellis, arr. Philip Green)
PHILIP GREEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
17 Amor Amor (Ruiz, arr. Frank Cordell)
FRANK CORDELL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
18 Bread, Love and Dreams (Nisa, Cini)
PERCY FAITH AND HIS ORCHESTRA
19 I Love The Moon (Paul A. Rubens)
QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES WILLIAMS
20 The Long Hours (W.H. Hester, Sol Parker)
SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA
21 Touch Of Your Hand (Jerome Kern)
GORDON JENKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
22 Land Of Dreams (Norman Gimbel, Eddie Heywood)
HUGO WINTERHALTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA featuring EDDIE HEYWOOD, piano
23 Vision Of Delia (Henry Croudson)
THE MELACHRINO STRINGS Conducted by GEORGE MELACHRINO
24 You Were There; Dearest Love (Noel Coward, arr Roland Shaw)
FRANK CHACKSFIELD AND HIS ORCHESTRA


Guild GLCD 5133

Romance has always been in fashion, but its expression in musical terms has certainly gone through many changes. Once upon a time a young swain would probably have serenaded his lady fair to the accompaniment of a stringed instrument of doubtful competence, but by the 1950s it was lush string orchestras that were the order of the day. The arrival of the long playing record at the end of the 1940s provided the ideal medium for programmes of soothing pleasant melodies that could be enjoyed as an accompaniment to dining and virtually any form of relaxation. If the record companies conceived many of these collections purely as background listening they were doing the talented musicians a great disfavour. In any event romantic music was on offer in the form of 78 rpm records long before LPs arrived. Certainly this collection will serve as an enjoyable scene setter, but it is hoped that listeners will recognise and appreciate the professional standards of the arrangers who often worked minor miracles with their transformation of simple melodies into such pleasing cameos. Again there is no room for individual pen portraits – you will have to buy the CD!

Submit to Facebook

Print