Echoes of Italy
ORIGINAL LP SLK 16863 (1970) STEREO

Quando, Quando, Quando (Testa; Renis; Boone)
Mattinata (Leoncavallo arr Muller)
Funiculi, Funicul (Denza; Turco arr Muller)
Italian Festival I (medley): Serenade No.1, Op.6 (Toselli arr Muller); O Sole Mio (Di Capua arr Muller); Catari, Catari (Cardillo; Cordiferro; Fields); Finale from William Tell' (Rossini arr Muller; Jouy; Bis)
Arrivederci Roma (Rascel; Giovannini; Sigman; Garinei; Glando)
La Danza (Rossini arr Muller; Pepoli)
Quando, M'innamoro (A Man without Love) (Pace; Livraghi; Mason; Panzeri)
Alla Fine Della Strada (Love Me Tonight) (Pace; Pilat; Mason; Panzeri)
Al Di La (Donida; Mogol; Drake)
Ti Guarder Nel Cuore (More) (Oliviero; Ortolani; Newell)
Italian Festival II (medley): Capriccio Italien, Op.45 (Tchaikovsky arr Muller); Marechiare (Tosti; Di Giacomo); Vieni Sul Mar (Trad arr Muller); Carnival of Venice (Trad arr Muller)
Il Silenzio (Celeste; Brezza)

Great Strauss Waltzes
ORIGINAL LP SLK 16269 (1964) STEREO

Roses from the South (J Strauss arr Muller)
Accelerations Waltz (J Strauss arr Muller)
Tales from the Vienna Woods (J Strauss arr Muller)
You and You (J Strauss arr Muller)
Kiss Waltz (J Strauss arr Muller)
Vienna Blood (J Strauss arr Frster)
Lagoon Waltz (J Strauss arr Frster)
Emperor Waltz (J Strauss arr Muller)
Wine, Women and Song (J Strauss arr Frster)
Blue Danube Waltz (J Strauss arr Frster)

CDLK 4373

German orchestral maestro Werner Mueller makes his ninth appearance on Vocalion with two further albums drawn from his extensive Teldec catalogue, both of which demonstrate that he was a master of light classical music repertoire in addition to the Latin and big band idioms for which he was best known. Echoes of Italy presents several timeless melodies from the land of song, including numbers that found international fame once English lyrics had been written for them: Quando, M'innamoro (A Man without Love), Ti Guarder Nel Cuore (More), Alla Fine Della Strada (Love Me Tonight). Muller also turns his attention to works by composers such as Toselli (Serenade No.1, Op.6), Rossini (Finale from William Tell') and Tchaikovsky (Capriccio Italien, Op.45), and these and every selection in the album are treated to typically exquisite Muller orchestrations. Great Strauss Waltzes is, as the title suggests, dedicated to the undisputed master of the waltz, Johan Strauss. Classics including the Accelerations Waltz, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Roses from the South, Blue Danube Waltz and many more are given new leases of life under Muller's expert direction.

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