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Band With That Sound/Designs for Dancing [Us Import]

by: Les Elgart

Release Date May 27, 2002
Thank goodness Collectables/Sony have finally got round to re-issuing these two fine albums. The late Alan Dell introduced me to this fine band in 1985. Since then I have collected many of Les's original vinyl albums from second-hand shops in the States.

The selection on this double album are some of the best "standards" around. All the tunes are easily recognised but are given arangements which are different to say the least. They all swing in a sweet way. There are very few instrumental solos but the band's sections blend and complement each other superbly.

If you are looking for music of the 20's to the 50's played in in a light fresh manner, in stereo then look no further. Very few twiddelly bits a la Goodman ... Read More:

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Elgart Touch/for Dancers Also

by: Les Elgart

Release Date April 02, 2001
Thank goodness Collectables/Sony have finally got round to re-issuing these two fine albums. The late Alan Dell introduced me to this fine band in 1985. Since then I have collected many of Les's original vinyl albums from second-hand shops in the States.

The selection on this double album are some of the best "standards" around. All the tunes are easily recognised but are given arangements which are different to say the least. They all swing in a sweet way. There are very few instrumental solos but the band's sections blend and complement each other superbly.

If you are looking for music of the 20's to the 50's played in in a light fresh manner, in stereo then look no further. Very few twiddelly bits a la Goodman ... Read More:

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Sophisticated Swing/Just One More Dance

by: Les Elgart

Release Date August 15, 2000
Thank goodness Collectables/Sony have finally got round to re-issuing these two fine albums. The late Alan Dell introduced me to this fine band in 1985. Since then I have collected many of Les's original vinyl albums from second-hand shops in the States.

The selection on this double album are some of the best "standards" around. All the tunes are easily recognised but are given arangements which are different to say the least. They all swing in a sweet way. There are very few instrumental solos but the band's sections blend and complement each other superbly.

If you are looking for music of the 20's to the 50's played in in a light fresh manner, in stereo then look no further. Very few twiddelly bits a la Goodman ... Read More:

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Miaskovsky Symphony 6

by: Les Elgart

Release Date July 08, 2002
By all accounts, a superb disc. It would seem that Miaskovsky is undergoing a late rehabilitation but given the evidence before us, it has been well worth the wait. This is a dense late-romantic masterpiece full of Franckian/Wagnerian chromaticism encouched in lush orchestration; like a fine claret, what more could you ask for? Admittedly the melodic invention is not in the same class as the likes of Tchaikovsky or even Shostakovich but it is still of premium quality. This performance does full justice to the epic scale and breadth of this great symphony.

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The Great Sound of Les Elgart/It's De-Lovely

by: Les Elgart

Release Date October 17, 2000
By all accounts, a superb disc. It would seem that Miaskovsky is undergoing a late rehabilitation but given the evidence before us, it has been well worth the wait. This is a dense late-romantic masterpiece full of Franckian/Wagnerian chromaticism encouched in lush orchestration; like a fine claret, what more could you ask for? Admittedly the melodic invention is not in the same class as the likes of Tchaikovsky or even Shostakovich but it is still of premium quality. This performance does full justice to the epic scale and breadth of this great symphony.

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The Elgart Touch/For Dancers Also [CASSETTE]

by: Les Elgart

Release Date April 21, 1998
By all accounts, a superb disc. It would seem that Miaskovsky is undergoing a late rehabilitation but given the evidence before us, it has been well worth the wait. This is a dense late-romantic masterpiece full of Franckian/Wagnerian chromaticism encouched in lush orchestration; like a fine claret, what more could you ask for? Admittedly the melodic invention is not in the same class as the likes of Tchaikovsky or even Shostakovich but it is still of premium quality. This performance does full justice to the epic scale and breadth of this great symphony.

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Sophisticated Swing

by: Les Elgart

Release Date October 21, 2003
By all accounts, a superb disc. It would seem that Miaskovsky is undergoing a late rehabilitation but given the evidence before us, it has been well worth the wait. This is a dense late-romantic masterpiece full of Franckian/Wagnerian chromaticism encouched in lush orchestration; like a fine claret, what more could you ask for? Admittedly the melodic invention is not in the same class as the likes of Tchaikovsky or even Shostakovich but it is still of premium quality. This performance does full justice to the epic scale and breadth of this great symphony.

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Greatest Dance Band in the Land

by: Les & Larry Elgart

Release Date May 04, 1995
By all accounts, a superb disc. It would seem that Miaskovsky is undergoing a late rehabilitation but given the evidence before us, it has been well worth the wait. This is a dense late-romantic masterpiece full of Franckian/Wagnerian chromaticism encouched in lush orchestration; like a fine claret, what more could you ask for? Admittedly the melodic invention is not in the same class as the likes of Tchaikovsky or even Shostakovich but it is still of premium quality. This performance does full justice to the epic scale and breadth of this great symphony.

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Sophisticated Swing: Best of the Big Bands, Vol. 2

by: Les & Larry Elgart

Release Date May 19, 1992
By all accounts, a superb disc. It would seem that Miaskovsky is undergoing a late rehabilitation but given the evidence before us, it has been well worth the wait. This is a dense late-romantic masterpiece full of Franckian/Wagnerian chromaticism encouched in lush orchestration; like a fine claret, what more could you ask for? Admittedly the melodic invention is not in the same class as the likes of Tchaikovsky or even Shostakovich but it is still of premium quality. This performance does full justice to the epic scale and breadth of this great symphony.

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Sound Ideas/Half Satin & Half Latin

by: Les Elgart

Release Date September 16, 2003
By all accounts, a superb disc. It would seem that Miaskovsky is undergoing a late rehabilitation but given the evidence before us, it has been well worth the wait. This is a dense late-romantic masterpiece full of Franckian/Wagnerian chromaticism encouched in lush orchestration; like a fine claret, what more could you ask for? Admittedly the melodic invention is not in the same class as the likes of Tchaikovsky or even Shostakovich but it is still of premium quality. This performance does full justice to the epic scale and breadth of this great symphony.