Bert Kaempfert
The Magic Music Of Far Away Places

Description

Bert Kaempfert was one of the most gifted and commercially successful orchestral arrangers of the 20th century — a German bandleader whose smooth, sophisticated sound defined an era of luxurious easy listening and whose influence stretched from Sinatra recordings to the early sessions he produced for The Beatles in Hamburg. The Magic Music Of Far Away Places is a characteristically polished armchair travelogue, with Kaempfert’s rich brass voicings and swaying rhythms carrying the listener from the romance of ‘Moon Over Naples’ to the wistful swing of ‘Autumn Leaves’ and the brooding drama of ‘Midnight in Moscow’. Alongside those standouts, the CD offers a diverse and cleverly sequenced programme — taking in the Latin fire of ‘La Cumparsita’, the exuberance of ‘Hava Nagila’, and the delicate charm of ‘The Japanese Farewell Song’. A wonderfully escapist listen showcasing Kaempfert’s unmatched gift for melody and mood…

1. Moon Over Naples
2. On a Little Street in Singapore
3. La Cumparsita
4. Mambossa
5. The Japanese Farewell Song
6. Monte Carlo
7. Hava Nagila
8. Stardust
9. Autumn Leaves
10. Balkan Melody
11. Midnight in Moscow
12. Swissy Missy