Misty/Red Roses For A Blue Lady/Chim-Chim-Cheree/Love Me With All Of Your Heart/Goodnight Sweetheart/ Cara Mia/I Wish You Love/Lover/Stardust/Mona Lisa/The Most Beautiful Girl In The World/Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart
Mantovani Magic achieved the highest UK album placing by this maestro of popular orchestral arrangements. Mantovani was hugely popular with adult audiences during the sixties, but dismissed as unremittingly uncool by teenagers of the time. However, most of today's youth now consider the beat groups of that era to be just as unfashionable. The reputation of good popular music has undoubtedly suffered from the pressures placed upon young people to conform to whatever the current orthodoxies in musical taste happen to be. As we have seen in recent years, this allows media charlatans to manipulate youthful ignorance to the detriment of sound musical appreciation. Fortunately young people eventually grow up and are then able to recognise how they were conned. (US:23 UK:3)
"The very mention of his name brings to mind the beautiful orchestral sounds that he created over a fabulous career spanning many years."
"Mantovani Magic is a marvellous album of the 1960s bringing together themes from stage and screen as well as other lovely songs all played of course orchestrally. The arrangements are typical fare for Mantovani and my favourite track is Chim Chim Cheree from Mary Poppins. Listen out particularly for the fabulous trombones in the chorus - deep, rich and rasping, the crisp sound is amazing."
"The sound of Mantovani fits perfectly for that moment when you relax, why not with a dry martini, and just enjoy life. Perfect for background music when having friends over for dinner."
"This is a great collection when light music was real music and not so much of the electronic stuff."
"I grew up listening to Mantovani, Misty being my favourite piece by him."
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