Gems Forever / Mantovani Me

I have been waiting for "Gems Forever" to be issued on a cd for a long time. When my family bought our first stereo back in '59, the was the first album my mother purchased. I was not impressed at first but graduall ccame to love it. I would spend many an afternoon curled up on a chair in the living room just listening to the lush melodies. The cd transfer is wonderful. Sound is clear and crisp and the stereo separation is amazing.I haven't yet listened to much of the "Memorie" part of the disc-just keep going back to the "Gems Forever". This walbum was a gem and the cd promises to become one as well.Thank you Vocalion for bringing back a happy part of my childhood.

Some of the best of Mantovani. Delightful and exquisite renditions of wonderful songs, in the gorgeous Mantovansound. One of a kind.

If you like Montovani, it's fabulous. This disk contains his 1959 collection called, "Gems Forever." My mother bought the "Gems Forever" record and I grew up listening to Montovani. This is a "must have" disk if you are a Montovani fan. It's his best!

Have always loved Mantovani's music since I was a girl. His music is very relaxing and has many great songs that I love. Glad to have found several of his dvds..

Enchanting music by the master as always. Own many of his recordings. His music never disappoints.Adding this one to my collection of instrumentals

More than please with this CD - the music is pure magic - the Maestro is beyond compare there is only one "Monty!"

Beth good. Thank you. Ademar

These latest offerings from Vocalion invoke the finest musical memories created by Mantovani's original 46-piece orchestra, spanning the period beginning in 1959 with the million seller stereo album "Gems Forever" followed by one of Mantovani's best recordings of the late 1960's, "Memories". They feature the composers whose music continues to be sung, heard, and interpreted for all ages: Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, George Gershwin, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Lerner and Lowe. Mantovani's stunning arrangements of the music of these iconic composers showcase his 34 string players at their very finest. The lush and sumptuous sounds heard on such tracks as "All the Things You Are" (a Mantovani concert favorite), the melodic Cecil Milner arrangement of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?, the sizzling Stan Newsome trumpet solo in "Summertime", and the rapturous "This Nearly Was Mine" from South Pacific, immortalize these popular classics for light orchestra. They indeed all have become Gems Forever, and the golden luster of the Mantovani sound given prominence on each of the 24 tracks on this CD provides proof that Mantovani and his arrangements for light orchestra will always be without equal.