Snowfall
Dennis Farnon and His Orchestra
Cover Photo: R. M. Jones
RCA LPM-1897
RCA LPM-1897
1958
From the back cover: Using his baton like a sorcerer's wand, Farnon weaves these beautiful and distinctive sounds into a spell of many moods. Tenderness and poignancy are to be found in such selections as "You Are Too Beautiful and Right As The Rain, each featuring a stirring saxophone solo by Dennis' brother, Brain Farnon. Moonlike and If You Are But A Dream are deeply and romantically emotional, reflecting the classical origin of their melodies. From Snowfall comes the delicate fragility of a lacy snowflake, sparkling as it floats to earth. The imp of humor makes his appearance in the lighthearted renditions of Winter Wonderland and Cecelia, tickling the funny bone with his unexpected antics. Even careless abandon is represented by the swinging, jazz-inflected rendition of The Lady Is A Tramp.
2/12/11 comment from a collector/researcher: I've been researching a project by Chet Atkins recorded in 1958 -- "Chet Atkins in Hollywood." Dennis was the orchestra leader and arranger for that album. In doing my research (for a writing project), I located Dennis -- still composing and arranging, and living in the Netherlands, at age 87!! It has been amazing to talk to him about that era of music and recording. Besides being an orchestra leader and RCA artist at the time, he was also the west coast pop album A&R director for the label. The bulk of Dennis's composition work is not mainstream pop -- his most notable work was soundtracks for cartoons. He did all the soundtracks for the Mr Magoo film and tv series, and a lot of the incidental sound fx (orchestral sounds) for Rocky & Bullwinkle. He also scored for movies. He's an amazing guy.
From the back cover: Using his baton like a sorcerer's wand, Farnon weaves these beautiful and distinctive sounds into a spell of many moods. Tenderness and poignancy are to be found in such selections as "You Are Too Beautiful and Right As The Rain, each featuring a stirring saxophone solo by Dennis' brother, Brain Farnon. Moonlike and If You Are But A Dream are deeply and romantically emotional, reflecting the classical origin of their melodies. From Snowfall comes the delicate fragility of a lacy snowflake, sparkling as it floats to earth. The imp of humor makes his appearance in the lighthearted renditions of Winter Wonderland and Cecelia, tickling the funny bone with his unexpected antics. Even careless abandon is represented by the swinging, jazz-inflected rendition of The Lady Is A Tramp.
2/12/11 comment from a collector/researcher: I've been researching a project by Chet Atkins recorded in 1958 -- "Chet Atkins in Hollywood." Dennis was the orchestra leader and arranger for that album. In doing my research (for a writing project), I located Dennis -- still composing and arranging, and living in the Netherlands, at age 87!! It has been amazing to talk to him about that era of music and recording. Besides being an orchestra leader and RCA artist at the time, he was also the west coast pop album A&R director for the label. The bulk of Dennis's composition work is not mainstream pop -- his most notable work was soundtracks for cartoons. He did all the soundtracks for the Mr Magoo film and tv series, and a lot of the incidental sound fx (orchestral sounds) for Rocky & Bullwinkle. He also scored for movies. He's an amazing guy.
Among My Souvenirs
Moonglow
Cecelia
Right As The Rain
Fools Rush In
The Lady Is A Tramp
You Are Too Beautiful
Snowfall
Winter Wonderland
If You Are But A Dream
I Hear A Rhapsody
Day By Day
Very nice! Exotica/New Age...Music for relaxation. Very pretty! I like this alot.
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