Description:
Stereo recordings. The choice of albums for this Vocalion two in one package reflects Mantovani's popularity across the Atlantic. The "Mantovani Concert Spectacular" LP from 1960 includes melodies from several American composers John Philip Sousa, Leroy Anderson, and Dmitri Tiomkin. "The American Scene" LP from the previous year highlights the music of Stephen Collins Foster, Henry Clay Work, Carrie Jacobs Bond, and Huddie Ledbetter. An album of universal appeal, "Mantovani Concert Spectacular" begins with officila march of the USA "Stars and Stripes Forever" penned by Sousa on Christmas Day 1896. The tender "Estrellita" Little Star follows this rousing opener, performed an orchestra augmented by as many as three percussionists, and is a composition perfectly suited to the Mantovani string sound. |