Ray Conniff Improvisations
My father must have really loved the music of Ray Conniff. This is the sixth of eight albums from this arranger and orchestra leader in my dad’s collection. This one has a bit of a twist to it. No. Not the dance.
While the title of the album makes it seem like it will be a live album, that is not the nature of the concert here. Several of the songs you hear will be improvisations or interpretations of some pretty popular melodies from throughout time.
So, get ready to hear those lush strings paired with those lyric-less vocals in Volume 247: A Conniff Concert.
For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.
Credits and copyrights
Ray Conniff His Orchestra And Chorus* – Concert In Rhythm Volume II Label: Columbia – CL 1415 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Released: 1960 Genre: Jazz, Classical Style: Listening
We will hear 7 of the 12 songs on this album.
An Improvisation On "Liebestraum" written by Franz Liszt
An Improvisation On The Fibich "Poéme" written by Jacques Larue, Zdeněk Fibich
An Improvisation On Chopin's "Nocturne In E-Flat" written by Frédéric Chopin Adapted By – Ray Conniff
Yours Is My Heart Alone written by Harry B. Smith, Fritz Löhner-Beda, Franz Lehár, and Ludwig Herzer But it actually started life as Dein ist mein ganzes Herz translated back as Yours is my whole heart and first recorded in 1929. Smith added the lyrics about 1931 when the song changes to the English version on Second Hand Songs Dot com.
Favorite Themes From Greig's A Minor Piano Concerto written by Edvard Grieg
Warsaw Concerto written by Richard Addinsell
I'll See You Again From the 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet (thought it was going to be Tequila for a second) written by Noël Coward
I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.
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