Elegance: Vintage Songs, Remastered From the 1930s & 40s, Yesterday’s Sound And Today’s Clarity, Restored By Past…

Description

The very word ‘elegance’ may conjure up images of powdered wigs and courtiers parading about in eighteenth century garb with perhaps a harpsichord tinkling away somewhere in the background. But it has always been around if you look for it, in the Thirties, Forties – even today, in dress, design or – what concerns us here – music.

This album features polished performances from the most elegant artists of the 1930s and 40s, including Noel Coward, Nat King Cole, Fred Astaire and a wonderful Cole Porter medley from Hutch.

Track List:

Freddy Gardner – I’m In The Mood For Love
Gertrude Lawrence – My Ship
Noel Coward – I Travel Alone
Ruth Etting – I Wished On The Moon
Nat King Cole – Nature Boy
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli – Belleville
Turner Layton – Someday I’ll Meet You Again
Christine Norden – I’m Not In Love
Jack Hylton’s Swingtette – Rockin’ Chair
Jessie Matthews – Look For The Silver Lining
Hutch: Cole Porter Medley – Let’s Do It; I’ve Got You Under My Skin; In The Still Of The Night; I Get A Kick Out Of You; It’s De-Lovely; Anything Goes; Rosalie; You Do Something To Me; You’ve Got That Thing; All Through The Night; Night And Day; It’s Bad For Me
Elisabeth Welch – And So Do I
Les Paul Trio – Dreamdust
Noel Coward – I’m Old Fashioned
Christine Norden – When You Smile
Nat King Cole Trio – It’s Only A Paper Moon
Freddy Gardner – I Only Have Eyes For You
Billy Ternent & Sam Browne – If This Is Only The Beginning
Billy Mayerl – Sweet William
Major Glenn Miller’s AAF Overseas Orchestra – Symphony
Carroll Gibbons & His Boy Friends – Says My Heart/You Leave Me Breathless
Jack Buchanan – Everything Happens To Me
Ruth Etting – Life Is A Song (Let’s Sing It Together)
Fred Astaire – Dearly Beloved