Müllers tasteful orchestrations which hew close to the composers intentions, with a few contemporary touches added.
The odd-numbered bands on both sides are devoted to Mr. In this package two enormously talented peopleCaterina Valente, the internationally famous singer, and Werner Müller, the celebrated conductor-arrangerhave a go at Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Debussy and Rachmaninoff, all great romantic composers with Debussy representing, more strictly, the Impressionist crowd. What we are trying to say in a mildly editorial way is that great music is imperishable and it can give joy to the listener in many guises. A chap by the name of Van Cliburn turned it into one of the best-selling classical albums in history way back in 1958. Its still in the books of practically every dance band in the land.īut what has happened to that piano and orchestral masterpiece by Peter Ilich? When the Freddy Martin record appeared, classical musiclovers predicted that their music would be destroyed or, at least, set back a hundred years. Well, it may be perceived at this writing that an awful lot of musical joy and satisfaction have accrued to the Pop-minded listening and dancing public via Tonight We Love. Retitled Tonight We Love, it was turned into a millionand-and-more selling recording by Freddy Martin in the early Forties.ĭyed-in-the-wool classical music-lovers are still in a state of shock over what They (the Pop music interlopers) did to their beloved Peter Ilich. The rash of setting Tin-Pan-Alley-type words to the melodies of the great classical composers began, for our present purposes, with the Pop arrangement of the opening theme of Tchaikovskys Piano Concerto No. You get two points of view for the price of one album and we daresay you will relish both. Maria Valente was successful as a variety star on the world's major stages and was so well-known in the USA that she wanted to live and work with her family there. It might have borne a pair of subtitles: Classics for People Who Dont Like Pop Music or Pop Music for People Who Dont Like Classics. Octowas a'black Friday' for Maria and Giuseppe Valente, who had lived in Paris with their three children Nina, Pietro and Silvio since 1924. "If this album may be considered a trifle controversial, at least it presents both sides of the controversy. Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. Original liner notes from the RCA Victor album: Bongo Cha Cha Cha (Müller-Arne-Pinchi) (2:44) Nessuno al mondo (Crafer-Restelli) (2:23)Ģ2. Personalita (Logan-Price-Pinchi) (2:35)Ģ0. If Hearts Could Talk (Auric-Twomey-Wise-Ageron) (3:14)ġ9. The Breeze and I (Lecuona-Stillman) (3:25)ġ5. Theme from Polovetzian Dances (Borodin) (2:13)ġ1. Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor, Op.18 (3:34)Ġ7. Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1 in B-Flat Minor, Op.23 (3:06)Ġ5.
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