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This triple-CD set may seem like overkill to all but the most dedicated fan. But across its 54 songs, cut over a 20-year period from 1960 through 1980, as Matt Monro's stunning intonation weaves its spell, it quickly becomes apparent that there's not a wasted moment on any of these songs. Oh, to be sure, there were singers far better suited to "Unchained Melody" than Monro, but he doesn't do any violence to the song, even if he ends up giving a pretty prosaic approach to its soaring lyricism; he more than makes up for it with practically everything else in this package. And improbable as it may seem, his florid pop-style rendition of the Beatles' "All My Loving" does get into some valid permutations of the song that prove worth exploring -- indeed, listening to it, one could easily wish that Monro could have done an album of Beatles songs alongside Alma Cogan. Most of the material here, from the early-'60s releases "Softly, As I Leave You" and "Portrait of My Love," up through "You Light Up My Life," will be familiar as compositions, which only enhances the allure of the set. Moreover, some of Monro's interpretations have virtues that aren't always in evidence on the hit or "classic" versions: with all due respect to Frank Sinatra, for instance, it is refreshing to hear a rendition of "Strangers in the Night" that plays it wholly "straight," without the vamping that, as we now know, hid a certain sarcasm about the song (to judge from Sinatra's parodying of the lyrics on other occasions). The most familiar song here to most listeners under the age of 60 will be "From Russia with Love," but there's a lot else to discover and immerse oneself in, and it's easy to understand why no less a figure than Jimmy Roselli named Monro first among singers that he admired. The digital transfers are first-rate on all of it. The makers have used the stereo masters on all of the relevant material, these vary from fairly subtle and sophisticated mixes to distinctly binaural masters; Monro's voice is always center-stage on all of it, however. Sad to say, for all of the care taken with the selection and the sonics, the makers fell short on the packaging. There is no recording data to speak of, and only the most threadbare of information, and the three discs, each in its separate jewel case, are so tight in the slipcase that houses them that some purchasers may find themselves having to tear the latter (which is no great loss, but still) to get them out.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Antonio DeVita, Composer - Antonio De Vita, Composer - Hal Shaper, Composer - Giorgio Calabrese, Composer - George Martin, Producer, Produced by - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger, Director - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Limited
David West, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Cyril Ornadel, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Limited
John Barry, Arranger - George Martin, Producer - Lionel Bart, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Director - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1963 Parlophone Records Limited
Quincy Jones, Writer - Don Black, Writer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Originally released 1969 by Capitol Records, LLC. All rights reserved.
John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1973 Parlophone Records Limited
Larry Kusik, Composer - Nino Rota, Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1973 Parlophone Records Limited
George Martin, Producer - Milton Carson, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Limited
Abrahams, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Fisher, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Limited
George Martin, Producer - Herbert Kretzmer, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist - Graham Fisher, Composer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Limited
George Martin, Producer - Galt Macdermot, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Director - Matt Monro, MainArtist - Alexander Ryan, Composer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Limited
Norman Gimbel, Composer - Michel Legrand, Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Originally released 1967 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Jule Styne, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Originally released 1968 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Matt Monro, MainArtist - Tommy Watt, Conductor, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Limited
Leslie Bricusse, Composer - Jerry Goldsmith, Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Originally released 1967 by Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved.
JOHNNY MANDEL, Composer - Paul Francis Webster, Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Originally released 1967 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
George Martin, Arranger - Hodges, Composer - Canning, Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1973 Parlophone Records Limited
BENNY DAVIS, Composer - ABNER SILVER, Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited
DISQUE 2
Irving Berlin, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Limited
George Martin, Producer - Victor Young, Composer - E. HEYMAN, Writer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Originally released 1968 by Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved.
Johnny Mercer, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Jacques Prevert, Composer - Joseph Kosma, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Originally released 1968 by Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved.
Sid Feller, Conductor - Cliff Burwell, Composer - Mitchell Parish, Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Sid Orchestra Feller, Conductor
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Originally released 1966 by Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved.
George Martin, Producer - Mitchell Parish, Composer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Director - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Limited
Jimmy Webb, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Matt Monro, MainArtist - Colin Keyes, Conductor, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1973 Parlophone Records Limited
Leslie Bricusse, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Johnnie Spence, Director - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Limited
Matt Monro, MainArtist - John Burgess, Producer - Fred Trombey, Composer - David Taggart, Composer - Zack Lawrence, Conductor, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1973 Parlophone Records Limited
Irving Berlin, Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Limited
Paul Francis Webster, Composer - Sammy Fain, Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Limited
Johnny Mercer, Composer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Limited
Johnny Mercer, Composer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Limited
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Limited
George Martin, Producer - CHARLES TOBIAS, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1963 Parlophone Records Limited
Paul Madeira, Composer - Sid Feller, Conductor - Jimmy Dorsey, Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Sid Orchestra Feller, Conductor - Alec Dorsey, Composer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Originally released 1966 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Sid Feller, Conductor - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer - Ben Oakland, Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Sid Orchestra Feller, Conductor
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Originally released 1966 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Sid Feller, Conductor, Arranger - Bert Kaempfert, Composer - Charles Singleton, Composer - EDDIE SNYDER, Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Sid Orchestra Feller, Conductor, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Originally released 1967 by Capitol Records, LLC. All rights reserved.
George Martin, Producer - Don Black, Composer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist - Udo Juergens, Composer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Limited
DISQUE 3
George Martin, Producer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist - George Mulcahy, Composer - Emrys Bryson, Composer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1963 Parlophone Records Limited
Alex North, Writer - HY ZARET, Writer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Parlophone Records Limited
Jay Livingston, Composer - Henry Mancini, Composer - Raymond Evans, Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Originally released 1967 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
FRANCIS LAI, Composer - Jerry Keller, Composer - Pierre Barouh, Composer - Billy May, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Originally released 1967 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
George Martin, Producer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - David Whittaker, Conductor, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Originally released 1968 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Joe Brooks, Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1979 Parlophone Records Limited
Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor, Arranger - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Originally released 1968 by Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved.
Frederick Loewe, Composer - Alan Jay Lerner, Composer - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Originally released 1968 by Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved.
Leslie Bricusse, Composer - Richard Addinsell, Composer - Matt Monro, MainArtist - Roy Budd, Conductor, Producer, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1980 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lionel Rand, Composer - Ian Grant, Composer - Matt Monro, Vocals, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Limited
Sid Feller, Director - CY COLEMAN, Composer - CAROLYN LEIGH, Composer - Bob Bain, Conductor - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Sid Orchestra Feller, Director
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Originally released 1966 by Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Kurt Weill, Writer - George Martin, Producer - Maxwell Anderson, Writer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor - Matt Monro, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Originally released 1968 by Capitol Records, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cole Porter, Composer - George Martin, Producer - Matt Monro, MainArtist - Colin Keyes, Conductor, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - George Martin, Producer - Johnnie Spence, Conductor - Matt Monro, MainArtist
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Parlophone Records Limited
Chronique
This triple-CD set may seem like overkill to all but the most dedicated fan. But across its 54 songs, cut over a 20-year period from 1960 through 1980, as Matt Monro's stunning intonation weaves its spell, it quickly becomes apparent that there's not a wasted moment on any of these songs. Oh, to be sure, there were singers far better suited to "Unchained Melody" than Monro, but he doesn't do any violence to the song, even if he ends up giving a pretty prosaic approach to its soaring lyricism; he more than makes up for it with practically everything else in this package. And improbable as it may seem, his florid pop-style rendition of the Beatles' "All My Loving" does get into some valid permutations of the song that prove worth exploring -- indeed, listening to it, one could easily wish that Monro could have done an album of Beatles songs alongside Alma Cogan. Most of the material here, from the early-'60s releases "Softly, As I Leave You" and "Portrait of My Love," up through "You Light Up My Life," will be familiar as compositions, which only enhances the allure of the set. Moreover, some of Monro's interpretations have virtues that aren't always in evidence on the hit or "classic" versions: with all due respect to Frank Sinatra, for instance, it is refreshing to hear a rendition of "Strangers in the Night" that plays it wholly "straight," without the vamping that, as we now know, hid a certain sarcasm about the song (to judge from Sinatra's parodying of the lyrics on other occasions). The most familiar song here to most listeners under the age of 60 will be "From Russia with Love," but there's a lot else to discover and immerse oneself in, and it's easy to understand why no less a figure than Jimmy Roselli named Monro first among singers that he admired. The digital transfers are first-rate on all of it. The makers have used the stereo masters on all of the relevant material, these vary from fairly subtle and sophisticated mixes to distinctly binaural masters; Monro's voice is always center-stage on all of it, however. Sad to say, for all of the care taken with the selection and the sonics, the makers fell short on the packaging. There is no recording data to speak of, and only the most threadbare of information, and the three discs, each in its separate jewel case, are so tight in the slipcase that houses them that some purchasers may find themselves having to tear the latter (which is no great loss, but still) to get them out.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
À propos
- 3 disque(s) - 54 piste(s)
- Durée totale : 02:42:46
- Artistes principaux : Matt Monro
- Compositeur : Various Composers
- Maison de disque : Parlophone UK
- Genre : Pop/Rock Pop
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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