Seated One Day At The Organ - Ethel Smith

 

Warsaw Concerto

Seated One Day At The Organ

Ethel Smith

Decca Records DL 78902

1959

From the back cover: ANYTHING that's well done, long-practiced and impeccably professional, always looks easy... Sammy Snead swinging a golf club, Esther Williams effortlessly cutting through the water, Picasso applying paint to a canvas, or Ethel Smith Seated One Day At The Organ.

In this album, the remarkably versatile Miss Smith – whose virtuosity at the Hammond organ encompasses every conceivable type of music plays a collection of light classics, some of which have never before been attempted on the electric organ... creating for the listener a private recital to be enjoyed at home.

Far from a newcomer to the concert field, Ethel Smith has appeared, and left audiences completely captivated, in "pop" concerts with the Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis and Paris symphonies.

An entertainer of countless varied talents, Miss Smith plays many instruments besides the organ (she has often been acclaimed for her outstanding work on the Spanish guitar). This vivacious performer sings, dances, is an accomplished comedienne, and has played various important roles in stock companies and motion pictures.

Listen now, as Ethei Smith presents her sparkling, radiantly melodic interpretations of compositions by the masters: Bach, Brahms, Rimsky - Korsakov, Lecuona, Debussy, Dvorak, Addinsell and De Falla.

The Lost Chord

Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desire

Cradle Song

Mazurka

Warsaw Concerto

Flight Of The Bumble Bee

Ritual Fire Dance (from "El Amor Brujo")

Clair De Lune

Liebestraum

Largo (from "New World Symphony)

Brahm's Cradle Song

Fugue In G Minor

Malagueña (from Suite "Andalucia")