Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: Henri René & His Orchestra Title: Music for Bachelors Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Rev-Ola Release Date: 10/30/2007 Album Type: Import Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Easy Listening, Oldies, Traditional Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
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 | Henri René & His Orchestra Music for Bachelors Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
This first collection of some of Rene's finest 1950s work uses one of his most famous covers, which features the lovely Jayne Mansfield posed seductively in a negligee, busy on the telephone (presumably calling her favorit... more » |
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Album Description This first collection of some of Rene's finest 1950s work uses one of his most famous covers, which features the lovely Jayne Mansfield posed seductively in a negligee, busy on the telephone (presumably calling her favorite bachelor to come over check out her hi-fi).Super collection of romantic sounds for your rendevous! Henri Rene...as a backrooom music exec in the early modern period, he's big news in the history of the biz. In our world he is more acclaimed as one of the originators of innovations like what is today known as Space Age Bachelor pad music. He was also as a producer, arranger, and exec instrumental (see what I did there?) in creating RCA's legendary LIVING STEREO and STEREO ACTION series! Rene was born in New York City, but his parents moved back to Germany, and Rene grew up in Berlin, studying at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin. Eventually he became Musical Director for RCA's German affiliate Electrola, as well as for the famed German movie studio, UFA. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsMusic that scores Robin Benson | 01/13/2010 (5 out of 5 stars) "Rene was a long time arranger and conductor for RCA Records in the forties and fifties. This thirty-two minutes CD is from an LP issued in 1956 and it obviously has a dated sound but don't let that put you off because the Rene Orchestra delivers some lovely dreamy melodies.
The twelve tracks are just the sort of thing you might hear on beautiful music stations from decades ago and though the Orchestra hasn't a distinctive sound like Mantovani or Paul Weston the nearest I would place it is Jackie Gleason. I thought the arrangements and choice of melodies perfect, nothing too strident or novel (like the Donkey Serenade for instance) but flowing strings in the best easy tradition. The CD was originally issued in the UK so its worth searching the net for the best price. Rather annoyingly the six page inlay uses tiny type for any background detail on Rene but it's the usual cliché stuff anyway. The back of the box repeats the tiny type but this time in brown ink overprinted on the cover photo so you can forget reading it, too. It's also a shame that perhaps another Rene LP wasn't included on the disc to really give value for money. " |
