George Melachrino and His Orchestra - Under Western Skies
Жанр: Easy Listening
Носитель: LP
Год выпуска: 1958
Лейбл: RCA Victor (LSP-1676)
Страна-производитель: США
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks
Формат раздачи: 16/44
Продолжительность: 35:12
Треклист:
01. Home on the Range (3:18)
02. Wagon Wheels (2:39)
03. Riders in the Sky (3:26)
04. The Last Round-Up (2:49)
05. Colorado River (4:35)
06. Cool Water (1:55)
07. Red River Valley (3:21)
08. Empty Saddles (2:40)
09. San Francisco (1:57)
10. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (2:30)
11. The One-Armed Bandit (Nevada) (2:38)
12. Northwest Trail (3:24)
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AllMusic Review by Lindsay Planer
Conductor and orchestra leader George Melachrino charted his only non-seasonal Top 40 long-player with 1958's Old West-themed Under Western Skies. According to the original album jacket notes, one primary inspiration for this dozen-song collection was the proliferation of cowboy programs -- or as they were concurrently referred to, "horse operas" -- that had all but taken over the then-burgeoning medium of television. Melachrino's sonic animation is stunning throughout, as he brings to life traditional folk and country & western numbers, along with some of his own pieces. Unlike the popular "space-age bachelor pad" and the aural exotica of Enoch Light and Martin Denny, Melachrino's interpretations are prudently and comparatively conservative. Rather than forcing familiar tunes into an ill-conceived or otherwise kitschy mold, he scores with simplicity, using the inherent mood of the music to guide the instrumentation and arrangements. For instance, the practically three-dimensional "Colorado River" is a mini-symphony with the beauty of the natural surroundings, as well as the appropriate bombast of an unexpected ambush. By contrast, that almost cinematic scope would be unnecessary in the even-tempered tranquillity of "Home on the Range" or the particularly quaint reading of "Cool Water." There is a definite feeling of grandeur as the listener is transported into the unexplored wide-open horizons of Melachrino's "Northwest Trail." The melody embodies the sensation of discovery, mixing elements of ever-present danger with the placidity of solitude. "The One-Armed Bandit (Nevada)" is suitably the most showy selection, launching into an early 20th century barroom rag occasionally punctuated by the sound of a roulette wheel and coins being dropped into a tin cup. In 1998 Collectors' Choice Music coupled Under Western Skies with Melachrino's 1954 holiday best-seller Christmas in High Fidelity onto a single CD, restoring their availability for the first time in several decades.
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