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Mantovani

Title: Song Hits from Theatreland/Film Encores

Label: Fine & Mellow

Cat No:FM601
Format:CD

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· Digipak edition of two long-unavailable albums by Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, ‘The King of Cascading Strings’, & his orchestra : “Song Hits From Theatreland” (1955) and “Film Encores” (1957) - two of his most successful titles, in a long and prolific career.
· Mantovani is one of the biggest-selling easy listening artists of all-time and a cornerstone of 20th Century light orchestral music.
· Born in Venice, his father was a virtuoso violinist playing in the La Scala orchestra under Toscanini. Mantovani was also a fine violinist & good pianist. Moving to England (when his father became director of Covent Garden Orchestra) he gave high-profile classical concerts, but later joined the Hotel Metropole Orchestra, recording with them in the late 20’s. He formed his own Tipica Orchestra in the early 30’s, and was for a time musical director for Noel Coward.
· In the 50’s his popularity took on phenomenal proportions, on both sides of the Atlantic. “Film Encores” was in fact a Number 1 US album, and generated a 64-date North American tour in 1956.

Track Listing for Song Hits from Theatreland/Film Encores
1. If I Loved You
2. Wunderbar
3. I’ve Never Been In Love Before
4. Bewitched
5. I Talk To The Trees
6. Some Enchanted Evening
7. Out Of My Dreams
8. Stranger In Paradise
9. C’est Magnifique
10. Almost Like Being In Love
11. Hello Young Lovers
12. They Say It’s Wonderful
13. My Foolish Heart
14. Unchained Melody
15. Over The Rainbow
16. Summertime In Venice
17. Intermezzo
18. Three Coins In The Fountain
19. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
20. Laura
21. High Noon
22. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
23. September Song
24. Theme From ‘Limelight’

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Song Hits from Theatreland/Film Encores