MANTOVANI AND HIS ORCHESTRA - THE AMERICAN SCENE (180g IMPORT LP)

Mantovani creates such a lush and intense violin sound that that many critics believed it was the result of recording tricks, an assumption that Mantovani easily disproved with his numerous concerts. This record demonstrates the whole spectrum of one of the 20th century's most genial arrangers: 'I Dream Of Jeannie' is a wonderful example of the truly remarkable strings which is counterbalanced by such numbers as the sparkling 'Camp town Races' for example. Arranging folk songs for large orchestra can be somewhat perilous in that they easily become insignificant but Mantovani is in no danger of this here.