Collector's Mantovani 1 [Import]

Mantovani | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Dutton Vocalion UK
• ASIN: B00008J2TO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #421,567 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Toyshop Ballet

2. When the Lilac Blooms Again

3. Swedish Rhapsody

4. American Gypsy

5. The Heart of Budapest

6. The "Moulin Rouge" Theme

7. Vola Colomba

8. Jamaican Rumba

9. Valse Campestre

10. Call of the West

11. Dream Dust

12. Swingin' Shepherd Blues/I May Never Pass This Way Again/Who's ...

13. Love Song: Almost in Your Arms [Houseboats of Kashmir Mix]

14. Temple of Dreams

15. Around the World

16. The Road to Ballingarry

17. Mandolin Serenade [From "A King in New York"]

18. Souvenir d'Italie

19. Theme from "The Sundowners"

20. To My Love

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

29 rare, non-LP sides-some unissued-expertly compiled and remastered! Includes The Moulin Rouge Theme; Toyshop Ballet; Call of the West; Swingin' Shepherd Blues; Theme from "The Sundowners;" A Certain Smile; Evening in Capri; The Road to Ballingarry; Mandolin Serenade; To My Love , and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Miss This Treasure Trove of Original Mantovani Gems!s, March 11, 2003

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Thomas E. DeJulio (Bronxville, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collector's Mantovani 1 (Audio CD)

The producers of this spectacular Vocalian release must be profusely commended for digging deep and finding an enormous treasure of previously unreleased Mantovani music from the 1950's. Fans who would have been content in getting their favourite Mantovani LP's from that era released on CD will be ecstatic when they hear the selections on this CD. They represent some of the most beautiful and ingenious compositions and authentically personal arrangements of the great master of light orchestral music. One concert piece alone entitled "American Gypsy" is worth the price of the CD. The first track is Mantovani's award winning composition, Toyshop Ballet, and those who never can get enough of the "Italia Mia" and "Summertime in Venice" sounds of the original Mantovani orchestra under his own baton will be romanced with the previously unreleased tracks, Mandolin Serenade, Souvenir D'Italie, and Isle of Capri. The strings and the wind soloists perform at their very best on virtually all of these 1950's selections, but the passionate sounds of "To My Love" and the novelty piece, "The Canary", which amused and amazed audiences at Mantovani concerts around the world, are indeed special treasures. This CD is a "must buy" for Mantovani music lovers everywhere throughout such an ailing world. This shimmering treasure trove of Mantovani's splendid music hidden for more than four decades will be the right balm to help escape and enjoy.