Artist: Hugo MontenegroLP: Magnificent Hugo Montenegro!
Song: "Heartaches"
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These have got to be the happiest heartaches I've ever heard. Read all about magnificent composer-conductor Hugo Montenegro here, see a picture of him as the cutest sailor in all maritime history here (on the right, obviously) and read the liner notes from the backside of this 1968 LP right here:
It's said that Hugo Montenegro tried 200 combinations of
instruments before coming up with the right orchestration
for one of his prize-winning film scores. The story tells
a lot about composer-conductor Montenegro—a man who
isn't afraid of a lot of hard work to get just the right sound
combination to achieve a particular effect; a musician
who knows as much about sound reproduction and high
fidelity as he does about composing and performing; a man
who's equally skillful at turning out a highly-regarded score,
conducting a best-selling recording or TV orchestra;
and arranging hit tunes for other musicians to play.
It seems like such a simple way to make a living—taking
somebody else's tune, arranging it for plenty of brass,
lots of violins and violas, and conducting the finished
score while the engineers get it down on tape. As
fellow musicians who marvel over Hugo Montenegro's
finished scores well know, it's not as easy as it sounds.
"Part of his success is coming up with a finished score that
sounds so natural, so right that you're not even aware of it."
Some arrangers want to tell the public, 'look at me, look
how clever I am and how complicated I've made this
arrangement,' says a violinist who's sat in on Montenegro
dates, "Hugo would never do that." What Hugo does is
to search for combinations which are different—yet
completely natural to the listener.
Selected to receive the Montenegro magic touch on this
record are nine all-time favorites like "The Song of India,"
"Dardanella," "Chanson d'Amour" and "Heartaches." Each
receives the full orchestra treatment in arrangements
you'll have to hear to appreciate and full-throated stereo
sound that really shows off your stereo sound system.
It's really music that surrounds you—for adults.
— Liner notes by Robert Angus
Editor, Modern Hi-Fi
instruments before coming up with the right orchestration
for one of his prize-winning film scores. The story tells
a lot about composer-conductor Montenegro—a man who
isn't afraid of a lot of hard work to get just the right sound
combination to achieve a particular effect; a musician
who knows as much about sound reproduction and high
fidelity as he does about composing and performing; a man
who's equally skillful at turning out a highly-regarded score,
conducting a best-selling recording or TV orchestra;
and arranging hit tunes for other musicians to play.
It seems like such a simple way to make a living—taking
somebody else's tune, arranging it for plenty of brass,
lots of violins and violas, and conducting the finished
score while the engineers get it down on tape. As
fellow musicians who marvel over Hugo Montenegro's
finished scores well know, it's not as easy as it sounds.
"Part of his success is coming up with a finished score that
sounds so natural, so right that you're not even aware of it."
Some arrangers want to tell the public, 'look at me, look
how clever I am and how complicated I've made this
arrangement,' says a violinist who's sat in on Montenegro
dates, "Hugo would never do that." What Hugo does is
to search for combinations which are different—yet
completely natural to the listener.
Selected to receive the Montenegro magic touch on this
record are nine all-time favorites like "The Song of India,"
"Dardanella," "Chanson d'Amour" and "Heartaches." Each
receives the full orchestra treatment in arrangements
you'll have to hear to appreciate and full-throated stereo
sound that really shows off your stereo sound system.
It's really music that surrounds you—for adults.
— Liner notes by Robert Angus
Editor, Modern Hi-Fi
[ Hugo Montenegro: September 2, 1925 — February 6, 1981 ]
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