Bouquet/Bouquet of Love

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(5 stars) - Beautiful Music
Beautiful music played by a master. Unless you are a head-banger, you will probably enjoy this CD,

(1 stars) - Cut And Disappointed
I bought this CD particuarly for the tune, "Music Until Midnight" only to find that it and two other songs had been left off. It should have been noted in the product's ad description that the CD was an edited version with the three song titles mentioned not included on the CD. I wouldn't have bought the CD at all. It's too bad that something like this leaves a bad taste in my mouth making me feel ripped off about a CD that probably is pretty good but won't get a good recommendation from me.

(5 stars) - This is real art - not hack arrangements!
As someone devoted to classical music, I may not be the typical buyer of this type of music. But long before I became hooked on classics, I listened to Percy Faith albums, especially these early vinyl releases. Bouquet is a Faith classic. These are not arrangements, but true compositions. Faith was not a slave to any rhythmic formula - he considered each work individually, and created effective and totally enjoyable works. Listen to any of these tracks, and you will be hard pressed to find fault in the sublime craftsmanship, the sensitive and musical phrasing, and the utter beauty of the result. I know I sound over the top, but these are stand alone classics of an era gone by. My favorite track is Intermezzo, that melodramatic tune from the film of the same name. It is simply beautiful - not a rubber stamp interpretation of a great tune.

If you end up enjoying this cd, don't miss Broadway Bouquet - another Percy Faith triumph.

(5 stars) - The "Mother of all CD's of Romantic Music"
I have never studied music but during my childhood and adolescence I was grown listening the now old vinyl LP which belonged to my parents who were fans of Lehar, Herbert, Berlin, Porter, Kern, Romberg, Friml, etc. as well as Lecuona, Lara, Barroso, etc., as we are latins. Never before until now, I had found a CD with so many of the best instrumental romantic compositions, as this one by Percy Faith, named "Bouquet/Bouquet of Love". I think that Faith is the best arranger of easy listening music because of the charming harmony of his musical arrangements for his string orchestra. Indeed I was feeling as covered by dreams when listening to such succession of rhythmical melodies:"Speak Low" by Kurt Weill,"Easy to Love" by Porter, and "Soft Lights & Sweet Music" by Berlin, then I was imaginatively moved to a ballroom where I was dancing with Leslie Caron or Cyd Charisse, as in those old movies of the 40's and 50's. Those Faith's arrangements, where it is audible a dialogue between strings, the harp, the piano, the celesta, or carillon which embellish the main theme of the song, are insuperable. The "Intermezzo" by Provost with the lyric romanticism of the violin solo, tugged at my heartstrings. The melodies "Ebb Tide" and "Beyond the Sea" which are counted among the most beautiful romantic compositions and that actually convey the sensation that the listener is in a calm sea surrounded by angels. The same happens with the velvety songs "Tenderly" by Gross, "Blue Moon" by Rodgers and "Bouquet" by Faith, which invites to dance accompained by a lady. Nowadays the celesta or carillon is not frequently played in easy listening compositions and in addition to Faith, I only remember that Otto Cesana (and occasionally Mantovani) used it to play their romantic songs.
Such soft and inspiring musical composition "Invitation" by Webster & Kaper (that I have always think that it is an ethereal prelude almost spectral) where the strings seems to imitate a female choir dialoguing with the piano and the celesta, make my heart tremble; and in the sweet and rhythmical "How High the Moon", the strings also seem to imitate a choir that incites me to be out of this world. All the songs of this CD have perfect and beautiful musical arrangements as only Percy Faith knew how to do, and that get the top with the "Mother of all romantic songs", the inmortal "Stella by Starlight" by Victor Young, where a beautiful profusion of harmony can be noted between the piano, the strings, violin solo, celesta and carillon, that makes me to remember the attractive Gail Russell at the edge of a cliff in a starry night, of the old movie The Uninvited of the 40's. I would like to learn music so I may be able to achieve better understanding of the works of those great composers and arrangers of easy listening instrumentals.
According to many international musicians it is recognized that Stella by Starlight, Ebb Tide,and Intermezzo are among the 20 best romantic songs of the 20th Century and Stella by Starlight among the three on the top. Congratulations for having edited this excellent CD that invited me to dream.
Carlos A. Perez E.,"Arkangel", from Panama.

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