Quiet Music for Quiet Listening, Volume One

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Tracklist

CD 1: Soft Lights, Soothing Sounds
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1Moonlight Serenade
orchestra:
Romantic Strings Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Vaughan (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1968)
cover recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
The Romantic Strings Orchestra with 2 Harps conducted by Richard Vaughan2:39
2Candlelight and Wine
orchestra:
Romantic Strings Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Percival (composer, conductor and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1984)
instrumental cover recording of:
Candlelight and Wine (1940s song)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
The Romantic Strings Orchestra conducted by Norman Percival2:39
3When Day Is Done
orchestra:
Hill Bowen and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1963)
cover recording of:
When Day Is Done
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva (in 1926)
composer:
Robert Katscher (in 1926)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
is based on:
Madonna, du bist schöner als der Sonnenschein
Hill Bowen and His Orchestra3:03
4How High the Moon
orchestra:
Romantic Strings Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Vaughan (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1968)
instrumental cover recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
The Romantic Strings Orchestra conducted by Richard Vaughan2:33
5Mood Indigo
orchestra:
Ken Thorne and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1966)
instrumental cover recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated) (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Ken Thorne and His Orchestra3:33
6Magic Is the Moonlight
orchestra:
Romantic Strings Orchestra
conductor:
Norman Percival (composer, conductor and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1963)
instrumental cover recording of:
Magic Is the Moonlight (English version of 'Te quiero dijiste')
composer:
María Grever
translator:
Charles Pasquale (Songwriter)
publisher:
Latin-American Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
version of:
Te quiero dijiste (aka "Muñequita Linda", "Mucho, mucho, mucho")
The Romantic Strings Orchestra conducted by Norman Percival2:27
7A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
orchestra:
Gary Hughes and his Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1963)
instrumental cover recording of:
A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Gary Hughes and his Orchestra3:50
8When I Grow Too Old to Dream
piano:
Richard Alden
orchestra:
Richard Alden and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1968)
instrumental cover recording of:
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1934)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music
Richard Alden, His Piano and Orchestra3:29
9Drifting and Dreaming
orchestra:
John Gardner and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1966)
instrumental cover recording of:
Drifting and Dreaming (Sweet Paradise)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie
composer:
Egbert Van Alstyne, Loyal B. Curtis and Erwin Schmidt (Erwin Roeder Schmidt)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
John Gardner and His Orchestra2:54
10Red Sails in the Sunset
choir vocals:
The Mike Sammes Singers
orchestra:
Johnny Gibbs & His Orchestra (possibly a pseudonym used by American conductor Robert Mandell)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1972)
cover recording of:
Red Sails in the Sunset
lyricist:
James B. Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Hugh Williams (aka Hugh Williams)
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
The Mike Sammes Singers with Johnny Gibbs and His Orchestra3:30
11Twilight Time
orchestra:
Norman Percival & His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1966)
instrumental cover recording of:
Twilight Time
lyricist:
Buck Ram
composer:
Artie Dunn, Al Nevins and Morty Nevins
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Devon Music Inc., Porgie Music, Songs of Universal, Inc. and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
translated version of:
Al caer la noche
Norman Percival and His Orchestra2:58
12Stairway to the Stars
piano:
Roger Williams (US pop standards pianist)
orchestra:
Romantic Strings Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1966)
instrumental cover recording of:
Stairway to the Stars
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Roger Williams, Piano, with The Romantic Strings Orchestra2:24
13Dream, Dream, Dream
orchestra:
Hill Bowen and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1966)
instrumental cover recording of:
Dream, Dream, Dream (from the film 'Ocean's Eleven')
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Hill Bowen and His Orchestra3:00
14You and the Night and the Music
orchestra:
Hill Bowen and His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1963)
instrumental cover recording of:
You and the Night and the Music
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated), Carlin Music Corporation, Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
The Band Wagon (1953 film)
Hill Bowen and His Orchestra2:43
15You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
orchestra:
Norman Percival & His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1967)
instrumental cover recording of:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
Norman Percival and His Orchestra2:54
16Moonlight in Vermont
orchestra:
Romantic Strings Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Vaughan (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1965)
instrumental cover recording of:
Moonlight in Vermont
lyricist:
John Blackburn (songwriter)
composer:
Karl Suessdorf
publisher:
Johnny R. Music, Michael H. Goldsen Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
The Romantic Strings Orchestra, with 2 Harps, conducted by Richard Vaughan3:07
17Yours
orchestra:
Romantic Strings Orchestra
conductor:
Robert Bentley (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1964)
instrumental cover recording of:
Yours (1931 version of "Quiéreme mucho")
lyricist and translator:
Albert Gamse and Jack Sherr
composer:
Gonzalo Roig
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
is based on:
Quiéreme mucho
The Romantic Strings Orchestra conducted by Robert Bentley2:36
18You Are Too Beautiful
harp:
Marie Goossens (UK harpist) and David Snell (British harpist and conductor, library music)
orchestra:
Wally Stott & His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1966)
instrumental cover recording of:
You Are Too Beautiful
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Williamson Music Company, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
Marie Goossens and David Snell, Harps, with Wally Stott and His Orchestra3:19
19I Only Have Eyes for You
orchestra:
Peter Knight & His Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1971)
instrumental cover recording of:
I Only Have Eyes for You
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), B. Feldman Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros. Inc. (not for release label use!), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
42nd Street (full musical)
part of:
Dames (film)
part of:
Twins (1988)
Peter Knight and His Orchestra2:51
20Hit the Road to Dreamland
orchestra:
Romantic Strings Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1984)
instrumental cover recording of:
Hit the Road to Dreamland
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
The Romantic Strings Orchestra3:01
CD 2: Golden Romantic Favourites
CD 3: Warm, Relaxing Sounds From Stage and Screen

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copyrighted (©) by:The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1999)