Young at Heart

Ray Conniff | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000024QW
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,861 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars heavenly harmonies, November 6, 2001

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Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Young at Heart (Audio CD)

I've owned quite a few Ray Conniff LPs/CDs over the years, and this one continues to be my favorite. It has a great collection of standards, a smooth and happy tempo throughout, and the arrangements are totally awesome.

An excerpt from the booklet (which is a minimal one page foldover) about Conniff's style: "One of his most distinctive devices is the use of voices as instruments. Female voices, for example, double with trumpets, high saxaphones or clarinets; male voices with trombones, trumpets or saxaphones in low register. This singular combination intensifies soft tones, mellows harsher sounds..."

The harmonies ! listen to "I'll be Seeing You"...as the song progresses, the contrasts and combinations are downright magnificent...another knock-out is "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me", and perhaps the best comes at the end with "I'll See You in My Dreams".

The sound is superb, and hard to believe it's 41 years old. Crisp and clear (listen to the sparkling xylophone !), with very good separation.
Though this type of music isn't my normal listening fare, it's excellence makes it a classic, and something that should have no age/genre barriers...and should stay forever "young at heart".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ray Conniff's Young at Heart is Heartwarming!, August 1, 2004

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PATRICK J.POWERS "PAT POWERS" (Duncombe,IA) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the early attempts of having the vocal talents of the Ray Conniff singers performing popular numbers and it is one of the best! "Young at Heart","Harbor Lights", "These Foolish Things" are wonderful arrangements. They each sound so crisp on C.D. after it was released 44 years ago. My personal favorite on this C.D. is "It's Dark on Observatory Hill". If you enjoy the voices of the Ray Conniff singers, then I know you will like this C.D!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Like Old Times, March 15, 2010

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Dwain Preston "doc the storyteller" (Quincy, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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I had this album in vinyl 40 years ago and wore it out. Now I've got it on CD and in my iTunes, and I love it just as much. I play it all the time!