Under Paris Skies
Lester Lanin
Epic LN 3578
1960
From the back cover: In this newest collection of delightful music, Lester Lanin takes his dancers -and listeners-to the Continent, for a splendid, embracing survey of some of the loveliest and liveliest of European melodies. Aficionados of Lanin music, who number in the millions both in America and abroad, will perhaps note that there are perhaps three or four selections which are duplicated in his other collections; this is because those songs are among his most-requested numbers, and Mr. Lanin has long been a man to give his listeners what they want.
There is French music here, and Italian as well as German melodies, lively polkas, tingling music from Spain and indeed from all over the Continent. There are vocals in this collection, too, presented in French, German and Italian. In all, it is an inviting evening that Mr. Lanin spreads before his listeners, and one that shows why his music is as popular abroad as it is at home in the United States. Indeed, agreeable friends have been known to smuggle copies of Lanin albums to their friends in Europe, and certainly many more have crossed the ocean in more legal fashion.
In this collection, Lester Lanin is heard with his "cosmopolitan group," with instrumentation designed to implement the mood and melody of the songs. (In other collections he has been heard with a domestic ballroom orches- tra, and with a small cocktail-type group; the Lanin policy is to supply whatever dancers want-whether trio, quartet or full orchestra.) There is continuous music, in the well-known Lanin fashion, such as might be heard at a costume party in Princeton, a charity ball in New York, a debutante party in Atlanta, a cocktail dansant in Los Angeles, or almost any social function. And the continuous music is delightful as always, in the inimitable style that has made the Lanin name so famous. And so here is Lester Lanin, in Volume Eight of his danceable music, continental in mood this time, and as sprightly as ever.
There is French music here, and Italian as well as German melodies, lively polkas, tingling music from Spain and indeed from all over the Continent. There are vocals in this collection, too, presented in French, German and Italian. In all, it is an inviting evening that Mr. Lanin spreads before his listeners, and one that shows why his music is as popular abroad as it is at home in the United States. Indeed, agreeable friends have been known to smuggle copies of Lanin albums to their friends in Europe, and certainly many more have crossed the ocean in more legal fashion.
In this collection, Lester Lanin is heard with his "cosmopolitan group," with instrumentation designed to implement the mood and melody of the songs. (In other collections he has been heard with a domestic ballroom orches- tra, and with a small cocktail-type group; the Lanin policy is to supply whatever dancers want-whether trio, quartet or full orchestra.) There is continuous music, in the well-known Lanin fashion, such as might be heard at a costume party in Princeton, a charity ball in New York, a debutante party in Atlanta, a cocktail dansant in Los Angeles, or almost any social function. And the continuous music is delightful as always, in the inimitable style that has made the Lanin name so famous. And so here is Lester Lanin, in Volume Eight of his danceable music, continental in mood this time, and as sprightly as ever.
C'est magnifique Fascination
Lili Marlene
Arriverderci, Roma
Ciribiribin
Vienna, City of My Dreams
Ich muss weider einmal in Grinzing sein
Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time
At Last, at Last
C'est si bon
Vieni sul mar
Torna a Surriento
Third Man Theme
Oh Marie (Cha-cha-cha)
Non Dimenticar
Love Theme from "La Strada"
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Habanera
A media luz
Yirese (Tango)
Clarinet Polka
Side 2:
Volare
La Mer
Melodie d'amour
Mademoiselle de Paris
Ciao, ciao bambino Petite Waltz
Mattinata
Santa Lucia
Pigalle
Darling, je vous aime beaucoup
Alouette
Domino
La Golondrina
I Love Paris
Under Paris Skies
La Paloma (Samba)
Comme ci, comme ça
If You Love Me
Come prima S
Come prima S
ymphonie
Chella lla
April in Portugal
Chella lla
April in Portugal
I like Lester Lanin alot! Fun cover!
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