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George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra
How Beautiful Is Night
Album US 1993 on Telarc label
Jazz and Soundtrack (Easy Listening, Score, Cool Jazz)
Recorded at CTS Studios, Wembley, England, September 17-19, 1992. During the recording of the digital masters and the subsequent transfer to disc, the signal was not passed through compression, limiting, or equalization at any step during production. Track 1 is from "The Bandwagon". Track 2 is from "Brigadoon". Track 3 is from "Lady, Be Good!". Track 4 is from "Great Day". Track 7 is from "Lyric Pieces For Piano, Op. 71" by Edvard Grieg. Track 9 is from "Bye Bye Birdy". Track 10 is from the ballet "The Haunted Ballroom". Track 11 is from "Good News". Track 12 is from "Oklahoma!".
Musicians
 | George Shearing p, 1919-2011 GB piano, album by |
 | Robert Farnon And His Orchestra , GB album by |
 | Robert Farnon tr, 1917-2005 CA arranged by, conductor, written by |
 | Bill Geldard tb, *1929 GB bass trombone |
 | Anthony Pleeth vc, *1948 GB cello |
 | Keith Harvey vc, 1938-2017 GB cello |
 | Raymond Cohen vn, 1919-2011 GB concertmaster, violin |
 | Frank Lloyd alp, *1952 GB french horn |
 | John Pigneguy alp, *1945 GB french horn |
 | John Rooke frh, alp, french horn |
 | Hugh Webb hrp, harp |
 | Skaila Kanga hrp, *1946 IN harp |
 | Barbara Pease technician, piano preparation |
 | Chris Dean tb, CA trombone |
 | Colin Sheen tb, ts, trombone |
 | Don Lusher tb, 1923-2006 GB trombone |
 | Graeme Scott vl, viola |
 | Ruşen Güneş vl, *1940 TR viola |
| Carolyn Franks violin |
 | Celia Sheen vn, *1940 GB violin |
 | Galina Solodchin vn, violin |
 | Gillian Cohen vn, violin |
 | John Georgiadis vn, GB violin |
 | Jonathan Strange vn, violin |
 | Levine Andrade vl, 1954-2018 GB violin |
 | Mark Berrow vn, GB violin |
 | Pauline Lowbury vn, violin |
 | Peter Benson vn, violin |
 | Raymond Keenlyside vn, violin |
 | Trevor Williams eb, b, violin |
 | Ray Swinfield fl, sax, *1939 GB woodwind |
 | Roy Willox as, sax, fl, *1929 GB woodwind |
 | Tommy Whittle ts, sax, 1926-2013 GB woodwind, tenor saxophone |
 | Neil Swainson b, *1955 CA bass |
 | Allan Ganley dr, 1931-2008 GB drums |
 | The George Shearing Quintet , *1949 US featuring |
 | Louis Stewart g, *1944 IE guitar |
 | Frank Ricotti perc, *1949 GB vibraphone, percussion |
Producers
| Dennis Ferrante edited by |
| Rosalind Ilett edited by |
| Jack Renner engineer, recording |
| Robert Woods executive-producer |
| Neil Tesser liner notes |
| Joan Shulman management, george shearing is managed by |
| Derek Boulton management, robert farnon is managed by |
| John Snyder producer, recording |
| Elaine Martone supervised by, production supervisor |
| Andrew Taylor technician, technical assistance |
| Martin Atkinson technician, technical assistance |
| Tony Faulkner technician, technical assistance |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dancing In The Dark | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | Schwartz & Dietz | 4:59 |
| 2 | Heather On The Hill | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | Al Lerner, Frederick Loewe | 5:04 |
| 3 | Oh, Lady Be Good! | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | George & Ira Gershwin | 3:16 |
| 4 | More Than You Know | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, John Wells, Vincent Youmans, William Cary Duncan | 6:46 |
| 5 | Our Waltz | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | David Rose | 4:28 |
| 6 | How Beautiful Is Night | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | Robert Farnon | 4:44 |
| 7 | Once Upon A Time (Es War Einmal) | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | Edvard Grieg | 3:24 |
| 8 | Days Gone By | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | Don Thompson, Moore Deragon | 5:07 |
| 9 | Put On A Happy Face | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | Charles Strouse, Lee Adams | 5:02 |
| 10 | Haunted Ballroom | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | Geoffrey Toye | 3:20 |
| 11 | Just Imagine | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | DeSylva, Brown And Henderson | 4:34 |
| 12 | The Surrey With The Fringe On Top | George Shearing / Robert Farnon And His Orchestra | Rodgers & Hammerstein | 6:10 |
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