Frank Sinatra Conducts Music of Alec Wilder

by Frank Sinatra

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 November 1946
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 2.92/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

In an incredibly rare departure from his vocal career, the superstar crooner steps to the podium to conduct a series of complex, highly unorthodox woodwind compositions. The pieces fuse classical chamber music structures with subtle jazz sensibilities and Baroque counterpoint, reflecting the composer's idiosyncratic genius. The project was a massive critical risk that highlighted the singer's deep, serious commitment to progressive American composition.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Air For Oboe
  2. Air For Bassoon
  3. Air For Flute
  4. Air For English Horn
  5. Slow Dance
  6. Theme And Variations
  7. Such A Tender Night
  8. She'll Be Seven In May
  9. It's Silk, Feel It!
  10. Seldom The Sun
  11. Her Old Man Was Suspicious
  12. His First Long Pants
  13. Pieces Of Eight

Credits

  • Frank Sinatra - primary artist, conductor
  • The Alec Wilder Octet - primary artist
  • Harold Goltzer - bassoon, musician [including], bassoon, soloist
  • Julius Baker - flute, flute, soloist
  • Ed Powell - musician [including]
  • Frank Carroll - musician [including]
  • Gary Gillis - musician [including]
  • Jimmy Carroll - musician [including]

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