Tuesday, April 18, 2023

The Magical World of Melody [Reader's Digest 10 LP Box Set] [1964] Reader's Digest RD16-K (Auto Sequenced)

 





"The best-loved melodies by 20 of the world's most popular composers"

Scans of the 24-page booklet are included! (1000 dpi resolution)

Tracklist:
Record 1 Side 1:
Mr. Show Business - Irving Berlin - Ken Thorne and His Orchestra

01 Cheek To Cheek
02 Always 
03 Easter Parade
04 Blue Skies
05 Remember 
06 A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody 
07 There's No Business Like Show Business

Record 1 Side 2:
The Fascinatin' Rhythms of George Gershwin - Wally Stott and His Orchestra

08 Fascinating Rhythm
09 Someone To Watch Over Me
10 'S Wonderful
11 Embraceable You
12 A Foggy Day
13 I Got Rhythm 

Record 2 Side 1:
The Everlasting Songs of Jerome Kern - Robert Bentley and His Orchestra with The Roger Curtis Singers

01 Lovely To Look At
02 I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
03 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 
04 The Way You Look Tonight
05 The Song Is You 
06 All The Things You Are 

Record 2 Side 2:
The Sophisticated Moods of Cole Porter - Robert Bentley and His Orchestra with The Roger Curtis Singers

07 In The Still of The Night
08 It's All Right With Me
09 Just One of Those Things
10 I Get A Kick Out of You
11 Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) 
12 Night and Day

Record 3 Side 1:
The Sweetest Sounds of Richard Rodgers - Ronnie Hazlehurst and His Orchestra

01 My Funny Valentine
02 Lover 
03 With A Song In My Heart
04 Bali Ha'i
05 Where Or When
06 Falling In Love With Love

Record 3 Side 2:
The Unforgettable Tunes of Vincent Youmans - Ronnie Hazlehurst and His Orchestra

07 Sometimes I'm Happy
08 Without A Song
09 Hallelujah! 
10 More Than You Know - June Marlow, Vocalist
11 I Want To Be Happy   
12 Carioca 
13 Time On My Hands

Record 4 Side 1:
The Magicians of Broadway and Hollywood - Lerner And Loewe - Ken Thorne and His Orchestra

01 Almost Like Being In Love
02 Gigi - Denzel Grant, Vocalist
03 I Talk To The Trees
04 I Could Have Danced All Night
05 The Rain In Spain 
06 With A Little Bit of Luck - Denzel Grant and Roberta Starr, Vocalists
07 On The Street Where You Live

Record 4 Side 2:
The Sentimental Music of Frank Loesser - Ken Thorne and His Orchestra

08 Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year 
09 Standing On The Corner - Denzel Grant, Vocalist
10 Moon of Manakoora
11 Baby, It's Cold Outside - Denzel Grant and Roberta Starr, Vocalists
12 Two Sleepy People - Hoagy Carmichael
13 I've Never Been In Love Before - Roberta Starr, Vocalist 
14 Once In Love With Amy

Record 5 Side 1:
The Many Mellow Moods of Duke Ellington - Ken Thorne and His Orchestra

01 Mood Indigo
02 Solitude
03 Sophisticated Lady
04 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
05 Prelude To A Kiss 
06 In A Sentimental Mood
07 Caravan  

Record 5 Side 2:
The Scintillating Musical Fun of Leroy Anderson -  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Gilbert Vinter, Conductor

08 Fiddle-Faddle
09 Serenata 
10 Sleigh Ride 
11 Jazz Pizzicato
12 Blue Tango
13 Belle of The Ball

Record 6 Side 1:
The Beautiful Dreamer - Stephen Foster - Hill Bowen and His Orchestra and The John McCarthy Singers with Marie Goossens, Harp and Sidney Sax, Violin

01 Old Folks At Home
02 Camptown Races
03 Beautiful Dreamer
04 Nelly Bly
05 My Old Kentucky Home
06 Oh! Susanna
07 I Dream of Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair 

Record 6 Side 2:
The Joyous Master of Melody - Franz Lehár - Gilbert Vinter and His Orchestra

08 Merry Widow Waltzes
09 Land of Smiles Overture
10 Frederika: Minuet - Intermezzo - Polka 
11 Gypsy Love Waltz

Record 7 Side 1:
The Great Genius of Melody - Tchaikovsky - The Peter Knight Singers and Orchestra

01 Theme From Symphony No. 6
02 Romeo and Juliet Theme 
03 Swan Lake Waltz
04 Theme From Piano Concerto No. 1 
05 Humoresque
06 Theme From Symphony No. 5
07 None But The Lonely Heart
08 Sleeping Beauty Waltz
09 June Barcarolle
10 Finale 

Record 7 Side 2:
The Romantic Music of Rachmaninoff - The Peter Knight Singers and Orchestra with John Wingell, Pianist

11 Theme From Piano Concerto No. 2 
12 Prelude In G Minor
13 How Fair This Spot
14 Theme From Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini
15 Prelude In C Sharp Minor 
16 Vocalise 
17 Theme From Symphony No. 2 
18 Finale of Piano Concerto No. 2 

Record 8 Side 1:
The Incomparable Waltz King - Johann Strauss, Jr. - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Gerhardt, Conductor

01 Ballet Music From"Die Fledermaus": ChampagnePolka/Czardas/Waltz/Galop/Polka/Grand Waltz 
02 Suite From "The Gypsy Baron" 

Record 8 Side 2:
The Glorious Melodies of Richard Strauss - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Gerhardt, Conductor

03 Suite From "Der Rosenkavalier": Prelude/Breakfast Scene/Ochs' Waltz/Entrance of The Rose Bearer/Presentation of The Silver Rose/Prelude To Act III/Intrigue/Grand Waltz/Trio/Final Duet, Conclusion

Record 9 Side 1:
The Enchanted World of Debussy - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Peter Knight, Conductor with Eileen Broster and Bronwen Jones, Pianists

01 Clair de Lune
02 The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
03 The Submerged Cathedral
04 Cortege
05 Golliwog's Cakewalk
06 The Little Shepherd

Record 9 Side 2:
The Lyrical Majesty of Edvard Grieg - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus Peter Knight, Conductor with Eileen Broster and Bronwen Jones, Pianists

07 Wedding Day In Troldhaugen
08 Solveig's Song - Patricia Clark, Soprano
09 Anitra's Dance
10 I Love Thee
11 Norwegian March
12 The Last Spring

Record 10 Side 1:
The Gay Parisian - Jacques Offenbach - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Anatole Fistoulari, Conductor

01 Gaîté Parisienne (Arranged by Manual Rosenthal) (As presented by The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo)

Record 10 Side 2
The Immortal Music of Chopin - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Anatole Fistoulari, Conductor 

02 Les Sylphides 

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