Everlasting Love - 101 Strings Orchestra

Advantages: great big band music
Disadvantages: none

...series Come Dancing, winning him 12 Car Allen Awards. Glenn Miller? Glenn Miller was born in the USA in 1904. He started to learn how to play the trombone and had such a love for music, he joined the Ben Pollack Orchestra, where he started to write his own music. Glenn also played with people like Benny Goodman and Ray Nobel. In 1937, he formed his own band, playing at some hotels, on the radio and did some recordings. He formed his own Orchestra in 1938, this Orchestra became the core to what we know now as the Glenn Miller Orchestra. This is when he won his first Gold Disc for "Chattanooga Choo Choo". During the was Glenn helped the war effort. His last public proformance was in 1942, when he joined the army and was assigned to the Army Specialist Corps, he then transferred to the Army Air Corps. It was here that he organized... Read review

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Advantages: Great performances of popular favourites and some rare gems
Disadvantages: Barely none, with perhaps slight issues with sound.

...", the recording of the Gothenburg Symphony under Neeme Järvi is one of the best I have heard (as are the other rhapsodies in the set from which this has been taken from), being rich, sonorous, and jubilant. This is followed by Leroy Anderson's comical "The Typewriter," one of the numerous light pieces that Anderson wrote in his life, and features the tapping of a typewriter to great effect. It's a perfect "pops" lollipop and provides endless hours of fun after drinking a bit of… ummm… happy beveriges. Johann Sebastian Bach is represented by two pieces. "Jesu bleibet meine Freude" is not exactly that exilarating; it is not far removed from the usual string orchestra arrangement it is often heard in, this performance only adding what sounds like 2-4 trumpets for providing some accents. Of more interest is the legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski... Read review

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Advantages: Old songs with a new twist
Disadvantages: not everones cup of Tea

...Werewolves as the subject matter. The vocals and strings meld together superbly, adding a level of menace that is missing off the album . 5. The Thing That Should Not Be (7:26) (Originally from Master of Puppets, 1986) Another monster song, about sea monsters this time, , The haunting compliment by the orchestra to Metacllica's full on style just blows you away 6. Fuel (4:35) (Originally from Re-Load, 1997) Not my favourite song. Maybe its me but hot rods and classical music just don't gel here. Sounds a bit rushed - as if they realized they had made a mistake and just wanted to get it over and done with. 7. The Memory Remains (4:42) (Originally from Re-Load, 1997) Perfect song to mix with the symphony. It's about a has been celebrity who can not accept his decline . This version lacks Marianne Faithfulls vocals from... Read review

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