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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Decca
Salesrank: 334976
Released: January 13, 2004 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Classical Confections Track Listing:
1. Unchained Melody - Boston Pops Orchestra, Andy Williams
2. Chitarra Romana - Henry Mancini, Luciano Pavarotti
3. Somewhere Out There [From An American Tail] - Boston Pops Orchestra, Andy Williams
4. Non Dimenticar - Walter Malgoni, Walter Malgoni
5. O Mio Babbino Caro [Gianni Schicchi] - BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
6. Mucho, Mucho (Muoequita Linda) - Plácido Domingo, Karl-Heinz Loges, London Symphony Orchestra
7. Evergreen - Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
8. Love Story Theme - Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
9. Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme - Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
10. Non Ti Scordar Di Me - Plácido Domingo, Karl-Heinz Loges, London Symphony Orchestra
11. Core 'Ngrato - José Carreras, English Chamber Orchestra, Edoardo Müller
12. Meditation [Thaïs] - Patrick Gallois, London Festival Orchestra, Fabrice Pierre, Ross Pople
13. Love Theme (A Summer Place) - Boston Pops Orchestra,
14. And I Love Her
15. You Belong to My Heart - Enrique García Asensio, José Carreras, English Chamber Orchestra
16. Moonlight Serenade - Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams
17. Siboney - Plácido Domingo, Karl-Heinz Loges, London Symphony Orchestra
18. Speak Softly Love [From The Godfather] - Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
19. Te Amo - Stanley Black Orchestra, Dickie Valentine
20. Candy Man [Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory][*]
Editorial Review:
It's hard to knock the hopelessly romantic--especially when, like your parents, they have their own national holiday. Designed as the musical equivalent of a Valentine's Day chocolates sampler (right down to its candy-box design and enclosed gift card containing a romantic poem by Robert Burns), the score of tracks here touch on romantic musical confections that journey from the opera stage (Puccini's Gianni Schicci, Massenet's Thais) to a wealth of Neopolitan love songs highlighted by the effusive Pavarotti/Mancini reading of "Chitarra Romana" and Placido Domingo's dramatic interpretations of "Siboney" and the bittersweet "Core 'Ngrato." The contemporary songbook is represented by Goran Sollscher's bossa nova guitar take on the Beatles' "And I Love Her," while Hollywood gets more than its due via lush Boston Pops renditions of "Unchained Melody," "Evergreen," "Love Story," "Romeo & Juliet," "A Summer Place" and "The Godfather." And just when it all seems ready to threaten one's dental health and/or sober nature, along comes Aubrey Woods' sprightly, bonus-track "Candy Man" from Willy Wonka to put it all in perspective; a guilty, lighthearted pleasure for the hopeless romantic in all of us. --Jerry McCulley
