THE SOUND OF Gypsy Music : DICK KESNER

STEREO

CORAL
RECORDS

THE
SOUND
OF
Gypsy
Music

DICK KESNER
his Magic Stradivarius
and Orchestra

INCLUDING

TWO GUITARS

GOLDEN EARRINGS

GYPSY

PLAY, FIDDLE, PLAY

ZIGEUNER


CRL 757376
CORAL STEREO


SIDE ONE

1. HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY #2
Franz Liszt

2. TWO GUITARS

3. WHEN A GYPSY MAKES HIS VIOLIN CRY
E. Deutsch-D. Smith-F. Winegar-J. Rogan

4. THE GYPSY WITH FIRE IN HIS SHOES
Laurindo Almeida-Peggy Lee

5. GOLDEN EARRINGS
Jay Livingston-Ray Evans-Victor Young

6. HUNGARIAN DANCE #5
Brahms


SIDE TWO

1. GYPSY
Dick Kesner-Charles Dant

2. PLAY FIDDLE PLAY
Emery Deutsch-Arthur Altman-Jack Lawrence

3. DOLORES
Waldteufel

4. SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE
S. Romberg-O. Hammerstein II

5. ZIGEUNER
Noel Coward

6. GYPSY LOVE SONG
Victor Herbert

Two things-one over two centuries old, the other less than a few decades-have contributed most to the astounding success and wide recognition of violinist Dick Kesner. The first item is his magnificent Stradivarius violin, made, according to reliable records, early in the eighteenth century. The second factor is television, through which, as First Violinist for the famous Lawrence Welk group, he was seen and heard by perhaps more people than any other violinist in the history of music.

In this album, Mr. Kesner plays a collection of Gypsy melodies-music more ideally suited to the silken magic of the violin than any other.

The album opens with Franz Liszt's immortal Hungarian Rhapsody #2, and includes a delightful variety of melodies ranging in its tremendous scope from the plaintive When A Gypsy Makes His Violin Cry to Brahm's fiery Hungarian Dance #5, the poignant Softly As In A Morning Sunrise, Noel Coward's beautiful Zigeuner, Victor Herbert's Gypsy Love Song, a Dick Kesner original, Gypsy, and many more.

The Sound Of Gypsy Music represents the music of Dick Kesner and his Magic Stradivarius at its most enchanting-offering the listener a richly rendered treasury of some of the most beautiful melodies ever written.