Frank Sinatra Conducts Alec Wilder, 3 disc 78 rpm album, 1946, Columbia M-637
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Frank Sinatra Conducts the Music of Alec Wilder is an album of compositions by Alec Wilder, conducted by Frank Sinatra, released in 1946.
From AllMusic.com: Having heard some Alec Wilder's instrumental compositions backstage at New York's Paramount Theatre on a portable record player, Frank Sinatra decided that he wanted to conduct and record them himself. When Sinatra got a passion for something, nothing would stand in his way -- not even the inconvenient facts that he had never conducted before and couldn't read music. Yet apparently he was a natural; indeed, musicians have testified that his baton technique was no worse than those of most of the great arrangers he employed. Either that or this New York pickup group did a Herculean job of carrying the young singer, for the ensemble is alert, cohesive, and phrases with terrific musicality. In any case, these are lovely, wistful pieces that fall in between the cracks of classical music, what was once called semi-classical (Kostelanetz, Mantovani, etc.) and pop, often with a featured spot for a wind soloist. That's Sinatra's future bête noire at Columbia, Mitch Miller, expertly sounding forth on "Air for Oboe" and "Air for English Horn," and the future New York Philharmonic principal flutist Julius Bakertakes a gorgeous turn on "Air for Flute." You can hear some overtones of Delius now and then, even touches of '40s swing on "Slow Dance" and "Theme and Variations," but Wilder was defiantly his own man, conjuring playful, relaxed, piquant, mixed idioms at will.
Recording Dates[edit]
- Track 1, 2 & 3 were recorded December 5, 1945.
- Track 4, 5 & 6 were recorded December 10, 1945.
- Track 7 was recorded March 31, 1939.
- Track 8 & 9 were recorded June 13, 1939.
- Track 10, 11 & 13 were recorded July 17, 1940.
- Track 12 was recorded August 7, 1940.
Personnel[edit]
- Frank Sinatra - conductor (tracks 1-6) / With Woodwind Octet, The Columbia String Orchestra & Harpsichord
- The Alec Wilder Octet (tracks 7-13)
- Alec Wilder Octet includes : Jimmy Carroll, Eddie Powell, Mitch Miller, Harold Goltzer, Reggie Merrill, Walter Gross, Gerry Gillis, Frank Carroll & Toots Mondello
The three 12-inch 78s are in E condition. Album is EX with tight binding, no tears or splits, only slight soiling on cover and dinged corners. Gold spine lettering is crisp and undamaged.
Domestic shipping is $8.00 via USPS Media Mail (Ignore eBay's $4.00 maximum charge; They have no clue how much it costs to properly pack and ship an oversized 78 album with 3 heavy discs). No International shipping.
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