Frank Sinatra - Romance: Songs From the Heart
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Artist: Frank SinatraBrand: SINATRA,FRANK
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-16
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- Time After Time
- Day By Day
- All The Way
- Too Marvelous For Words
- My Funny Valentine
- Love Is Here To Stay
- I've Got A Crush On You
- Cheek To Cheek
- Try A Little Tenderness
- I Wish I Were In Love Again
- Angel Eyes
- In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
- As Time Goes By
- At Long Last Love
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Almost Like Being In Love
- Embraceable You
- Nice 'N' Easy (alternate take, previously unreleased)
- Where Or When
- If You Are But A Dream (never before available on CD)
Free Music Notes for Romance: Songs From the Heart
Free Music Review: "If You Are But A Dream . . . I Hope I Never Waken"
Hit: 5 Stars
"Here is a rejuvenated Sinatra - using his superb interpretative skills augmented by nearly forty years of life experience to convey his sorrow, his joy, his heartbreak in a manner at once uplifting and chilling. If there ever was such a thing as method singing, this was it." ~ James Ritz ~
Here's another treasure for Sinatra buffs - the latest compilation CD just recently released by Capitol Records consisting of twenty-one remarkable Sinatra staples, one of which is a previously unreleased alternate take of a gem of a song "Nice 'N' Easy." I would say that the alternate take is equally marvelous as the original recording. According to James Ritz on Liner Notes: "Fortuitously, the first line of that marvelous song's bridge also neatly sums up the objective of this collection: 'We're on the road to romance' . . . and for sixty years, no one navigated that road better than Frank Sinatra." That's very well said. Amen to that! Sinatra and his music epitomize romance in the real sense of the word. His music is not only songs from the heart, but also songs to the heart. Simply put, his music is from one's heart to another's heart. Heart to heart.
As a huge Sinatra buff, of course I have already listened and enjoyed all the songs here from various CDs from my collection, but it's always very nice to hear a new set of songs from the Entertainer of the Century compiled in one CD. The songs are taken from eleven different albums recorded between 1953 and 1961 and orchestrated by three gifted Sinatra arrangers/conductors namely Nelson Riddle, Billy May and Axel Stordahl.
If I have to single out any favorites from this collection, I would enumerate the complete track listing since all the songs are very impressive and my all-time favorites from the first track "I've Got You Under My Skin" to the last "If You Are But A Dream." This is such a beautiful song and very melodic. I just love this song - it is an adaptation from a classical piece by Anton Rubinstein, "Romance." This version was arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle and recorded in 1957. The 1944 original recording was arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl and was available on a CD format in 1995 on a 4-CD-set entitled "The Best of Columbia Years 1943-1952." I love both recordings for their arrangements and orchestrations are equally done in sheer beauty and perfection.
"If You Are But A Dream"
Music by: Anton Rubinstein
Lyrics by: Moe Jaffe / Jack Fulton / Nat Bonx
If you are but a dream
I hope I never waken
It's more than I could bear
To find that I'm forsaken
If you're a fantasy
Then I'm content to be
In love with lovely you
And pray my dream comes true . . .
I long to kiss you
But I would not dare
I'm so afraid that you may vanish in the air
So darling, if our romance would break up
I hope I never wake up
If you are but a dream.
This is a superb collection that you do not have to skip any track but would certainly do a second or third round in one sitting. This is one of the nicest sets ever compiled. Added delights on Liner Notes are some black and white vintage photos of the Entertainer of the Century - I especially like the full-page photo circa 1950s with his hat on.
A pleasurable listening experience.
Romance: Songs From the Heart Poster
Romance: Songs From the Heart contains 21 of Sinatra's classic Capitol-era (1953-61) love songs digitally re-mastered (24-bit) from the original studio tapes and together for the first time on one CD. An unreleased version of "Nice 'N' Easy" and "If You Are But A Dream" (never-before commercially available on CD) complement the collection. Also included is "Try A Little Tenderness" made famous by Otis Redding and covered by Michael Buble.Franks Sinatra Photos
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