The Concert Sinatra is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra that was released in 1963. It consists of showtunes performed in a 'semi-classical' concert style.[1] Marking a reunion between Sinatra and his frequent collaborator, arranger Nelson Riddle, it was the first full-album Riddle arranged on Sinatra's Reprise Records label.[6] Riddle's orchestra consisted of 76 musicians, then the largest assembled for a Sinatra album, and was recorded at four soundstages on the Goldwyn Studios lot using eight tracks of Westrex 35mm film (see sound follower) and twenty-four RCA 44-BX ribbon microphones.
| The Concert Sinatra | ||||
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| Released | June 2, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | February 18–February 21, 1963 | |||
| Studio | Goldwyn Studios Scoring Stage (Stage 7) Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz, traditional pop | |||
| Length | 31:26 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Billboard | positive ("Spotlight" pick)[2] |
| Mojo | [3] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| New Record Mirror | [5] |
| The Concert Sinatra | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | January 17, 2012 |
| Recorded | February 18–February 21, 1963 |
| Studio | Goldwyn Studios Scoring Stage (Stage 7), Hollywood |
| Genre | Vocal jazz, traditional pop |
| Length | 37:30 |
| Label | Concord |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Mojo | [3] |
Track listing edit
- "I Have Dreamed" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:01
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:06
- "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 4:11
- "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 4:29
- "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 3:11
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:02
- "This Nearly Was Mine" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 2:49
- "Soliloquy" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 8:05
- Bonus tracks included on the 2012 reissue:
- "California" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:36
- "America the Beautiful" (Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward) - 2:21
Personnel edit
- Frank Sinatra – vocals
- Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
- Russ Hanson - engineer
- Vinton Vernon - mixer
References edit
- ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Concert Sinatra". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 22 June 1963. p. 10.
- ^ a b Male, Andrew (January 2010). "The Concert Sinatra". Mojo (194).
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (13 July 1963). "Frank Sinatra: The Concert Sinatra" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 122. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Loudon, Christopher (22 May 2012). "Frank Sinatra: The Concert Sinatra - JazzTimes". JazzTimes. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
Sinatra, Frank (1963). The Concert Sinatra (booklet). Frank Sinatra. Los Angeles, California: Reprise Records. R9 1009.