Скачать или смотреть BEYOND THE SEA (La Mer) - Charles Trenet - The Percy Faith Strings - CS 8124

“The orchestra for this album consists of thirty-two violins, eight cellos, six violas, two basses, and harp, piano, guitar and vibraphone. The forty-eight string players, led by George Ockner, Percy Faith's concertmaster, are some of the finest performers in music, men whose skill has made them the highest paid, most respected instrumentalists in America. Even their instruments would cost a king's treasure to buy, for in this orchestra are seven Stradivarius, eight Guarnerius, four Ruggieri and a dozen Gagliano instruments, as well as a sprinkling of such other famous makers' names as Montagnana, Guadanini, Gaspar di Salo, Beronzi, and Goffriller. Faith conducted with a Scripto pencil costing twenty-nine cents.”
I thought music buffs might enjoy this quote from the liner notes by Irving Townsend on The Percy Faith Strings 1959 Columbia vinyl LP 'Bouquet'.
Never mind a Scripto pencil, Percy Faith could have conducted with a stick of celery and the result would have been just as perfect.
There are 12 tracks of well-known standards beginning with the title song.
'La Mer' the famous Charles Trenet classic is track 5 on side 1, credited under its English name 'Beyond The Sea'. (CS 8124).
This LP was also issued in mono format (CL 1322).