The Best of the Popular Piano Concertos

~ Release by George Greeley (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

This compilation album peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200 in 1961

Annotation last modified on 2014-03-02 21:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
arranger:
George Greeley
instrumental recording of:
Love Is a Many‐Splendored Thing
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Miller Music (publisher) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), 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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 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 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1955 winner)
2:45
A2Laura
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
conductor:
Ted Dale (Orchestra leader)
arranger:
George Greeley
recording of:
Laura (original 1944 film theme)
composer:
David Raksin (in 1944)
3:05
A3Main theme (On the Trail) Grand Canyon Suite
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
arranger:
George Greeley
recording of:
Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail
composer:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer) (from 1929 until 1931)
part of:
Grand Canyon Suite
3:14
A4An Affair to Remember
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
arranger:
George Greeley
instrumental recording of:
An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson and Leo McCarey
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
part of:
The 30th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
3:57
A5Aloha Oe
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
additional performer:
The Outriggers (Hawaiian)
arranger:
George Greeley
instrumental recording of:
Aloha ʻOe
composer:
Liliʻuokalani (Hawaiian Queen)
publisher:
Elvis Presley Music
3:09
A6Three Coins in the Fountain
additional mandolin:
Mandolin Choir (Warner Bros. Orchestra special section)
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
arranger:
George Greeley
instrumental recording of:
Three Coins in the Fountain
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Robbins Music Corp. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 27th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1954 winner)
3:00
B1Street Scene
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
conductor:
Ted Dale (Orchestra leader)
arranger:
George Greeley
recording of:
Street Scene
composer:
Alfred Newman
2:43
B2Hawaiian War Chant
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
additional performer:
The Outriggers (Hawaiian)
arranger:
George Greeley
instrumental recording of:
Hawaiian War Chant (Ta‐Hu‐Wa‐Hu‐Wai)
composer:
Ralph Freed, Prince Leleiohoku and Johnny Noble
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.
2:20
B3Moonlight Sonata
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
arranger:
George Greeley
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
arrangement of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” (catch-all for arrangements)
4:10
B4Come Back to Sorrento
additional mandolin:
Mandolin Choir (Warner Bros. Orchestra special section)
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
arranger:
George Greeley
instrumental recording of:
Come Back to Sorrento
lyricist:
Giambattista De Curtis
composer:
Ernesto De Curtis (composer) (in 1902)
translator:
Claude Aveling
translated version of:
Torna a Surriento
3:54
B5Love Music from "Tristan and Isolde"
solo piano:
George Greeley
orchestra:
The Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
arranger:
George Greeley
recording of:
Tristan und Isolde: Adaptation of music from Acts II and III, "Love Music from Tristan und Isolde" (arr. Stokowski)
orchestrator:
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
additional arranger:
George Greeley
is based on:
Tristan und Isolde: Symphonic Synthesis: II. Liebesnacht (Stokowski orchestration)
is based on:
Tristan und Isolde: Symphonic Synthesis: III. Liebestod (Stokowski orchestration)
5:17