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Discography 1950-1959 |
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Key for album #'s: LK/SKL: Decca (UK); LL/PS London (USA); MS/SS: London (Samples); LXT Decca, Julius Katchen LP; PM/SP: London Kismet; SPA: Decca (Samples); XPS/APS: London; SLK: German Decca; R: London/RCA Music Club; FOS: Decca Compilation; BP: London. More information to follow. |
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| Year |
Title(s), Issue # and Notes |
Selections |
| 1952 |
An Album of Favourite Waltzes LK 4051 A Selection of Favorite Waltzes (album cover) LL 570 An Album of Favorite Waltzes (album label) LL 570 Subsequently titled "Greensleeves"; LL 570 Love Makes The World Go 'Round (an alternative title for "Love's Roundabout"; LO 570 label: Poeme (Moonlight Madonna); LL 570 album cover: My Moonlight Madonna (Poeme) |
Dear Love, My Love; Greensleeves; Mexicali Rose; It Happened in Monterey; Poeme; I Love You Truly; Lovely Lady; Love, Here Is My Heart; At Dawning; Was It a Dream; Love's Roundabout; Dancing With Tears In My Eyes.
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| 1952 |
An Album of Strauss Waltzes (LK 4054) Strauss Waltzes (LL 685) |
Blue Danube; Voices of Spring; Roses Of The South; Village Swallows; Thousand And One Nights; Treasure Waltz; Wine, Women, And Song; Accelerations; Tales From The Vienna Woods; Morgenblätter; Fledermaus Waltz (Du and Du) |
| 1953 |
Victor Herbert Suite (LK 4060) To The Land of Own Romance (album label) Mantovani and his Orchestra play the music of Victor Herbert (album cover) (LL 746) Victor Herbert suite (album label) |
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life; When You're Away; Neapolitan Love Song; March Of The Toys; I'm Falling In Love With Someone; Gipsy Love Song; Kiss Me Again; Indian Summer; To The Land Of My Own Romance; Italian Street Song; A Kiss In The Dark; Habanera; Sweethearts; The Irish Have a Great Day Tonight. |
| 1953 |
An album of Favourite Tangos (LK 4061) Mantovani and his Orchestra Play Tangos (album cover) (LL 768) An Album of Favorite Tangos (label)
LL 768: Blauer Himmel |
Jealousy; A Media Luz; Arana De La Noche; Besame Mucho; Tango De La Luna; Red Petticoats; Adios Muchachos; Blaue Himmel; El Choclo (Kiss of Fire); La Cumparsita; Chiquita Mia; Tango Delle Rose |
| 1953 |
An Album of Favourite Melodies (LK 4065) Some Enchanted Evening (album cover) (LL 766) An album of favourite melodies (album label)
LL 766 "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" (an alternative title for "Love's Last Word is Spoken") |
Some Enchanted Evening; Love's Last Word Is Spoken; When The Lilac Blooms Again; Love's Dream After The Ball; Symphony; Amoureuse; The Agnes Waltz; Belle Of The Ball; Speakeasy; Gipsy Love Waltz; The Whistling Boy; Faith; Die Schonbrunner Waltz; Czardas |
| 1953 |
Mantovani Plays the Immortal Classics (LK 4072) Mantovani Plays the Immortal Classics (LL 877)
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Prelude in C Sharp Minor; Minuet; Romance; Simple Aveu; On Wings of Song; Largo; Barcarolle; Ave Maria; Cradle Song; Air on the G String; Etude In E Major; Waltz From Serenade For Strings |
| 1957/1953 |
An Album of Christmas Music (LK 4235) Christmas Carols (LL 913)
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The First Nowell; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; White Christmas; Good King Wenceslas; O Holy Night; Adeste Fideles; Joy To The World; Silent Night, HolyNight; O Tannenbaum; Midnight Waltz; Nazareth; O Little Town of Bethlehem; The Skaters Waltz. |
| 1954 |
An Album of Favourite Melodies Volume 2 (LK 4079) Romantic Melodies (LL 979) An Album of Favorite Melodies, Vol. 2 Album Label |
Swedish Rhapsody; Music Box Tango; Ramona; Moonlight Serenade; Beautiful Dreamer; Luxembourg Polka; Shadow Waltz; The Moulin Rouge Theme; We'll Gather Lilacs; Royal Blue Waltz; Jamaica Rumba; Vola Colomba; Gipsy Legend; Suddenly |
| 1954 |
Sigmund Romberg suite (LK 4082) Mantovani Plays the Music of Sigmund Romberg (LL 1031) (album cover) Sigmund Rombert suite (album label) LK 4082 album cover: "Will You Remember" |
I Bring A Love Song; Wanting You; Stouthearted Men; The Desert Song; One Alone; Just We Two; When I Grow Too Old to Dream; Lover, Come Back To Me; Deep In My Heart; You Will Remember Vienna; Serenade From The Student Prince; Drinking Song From The Student Prince; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; Will You Remember (Sweetheart) |
| 1955 |
Rudolf Friml suite (LK 4096) The Music of Rudolf Friml (LL 1150) (album cover) Rudolf Friml suite (album label) |
Love Everlasting (L'Amour, Toujours L'Amour); Rose Marie; Dear Love, My Love; Only A Rose; Song Of The Vagabonds; Love Is Like a Firefly; Giannina Mia; Indian Love Call; He Who Loves And Runs Away; The Donkey Serenade; The Door Of Her Dreams; Totem Tom Tom; Sympathy; Someday |
| 1955 |
An Album in Waltz Time (LK 4105) An Album In Waltz Time (LL 1094) LL 1094 subsequently retitled "Charmaine" |
I Live For You; Diane; Queen Elizabeth Waltz; For You; Kisses In The Dark; Babette; Little Swiss Waltz; Will You Remember; Our Dream Waltz; Under The Roofs of Paris; The Melba Waltz; Just For a While; Wyoming; Charmaine |
| 1955 |
Song Hits From Theatreland (LK 4112) Song Hits From Theatreland (LL 1219) |
If I Loved You; Wunderbar; I've Never Been In Love Before; Bewitched; I Talk To The Trees; Some Enchanted Evening; Out Of My Dreams; Strangers In Paradise; C'est Magnifique; Almost Like Being In Love; Hello Young Lovers; They Say It's Wonderful |
| 1955 |
An Album Of Favourite Melodies Vol 3 (LK 4122) Mantovani Musical Modes (Album Cover) (LL 1259) Naila - Waltz (Pas Des Fleurs) featured Stanley Black on piano LL 1259 subsequently retitled "Lonely Ballerina" LL 1259 Reviens (Come Back to Me) |
The Lonely Ballerina; Dusk; Ma Chere Amie; June Night; The Deserted Ballroom; Naila - Waltz (Pas Des Fleurs); Lazy Gondolier; Begin The Beguine; Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana; Dream, Dream Dream; Edelma; Come Back To Me (Reviens) |
| 1955 |
Mantovani and his Orchestra with Julius Katchen (LXT 5069) Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra (LL 1262) with Julius Katchen (piano) |
Concerto in F (For Piano and Orchestra) 1st Mov. Allegro; 2nd Mov. Adagio - Andante Con Moto; 3rd Mov. Allegro Agitato; Rhapsody In Blue |
| 1956 |
An Album of Favourite Melodies From The Operas (LK 4127) Mantovani Plays Great Opera Arias (LL 1331) LK 4127 label: Celeste AIDI; LL 1331 Label: My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice (an alternative title for "Softly Awakes My Heart"); LL 1331 album cover: "Oh My Beloved Daddy" |
Celeste Aida; One Fine Day; Caro Nome; Softly Awakes My Heart; M'Appari; Musetta's Waltz Song; O My Beloved Father; Habanera; O Star Of Eve; E Lucevan Le Stelle; Intermezzo From Cavalleria Rusticana; Brindisi |
| 1956 |
Mantovani Plays the Music of Irving Berlin (LL 1452) No Decca 12" equivalent |
Always; Russian Lullaby; For The Very First Time; (You Forgot To) Remember; The Girl That I Marry; All Alone; Marie; Reaching For The Moon; What'll I Do?; Because I Love You; I Can't Remember; The Song Is Ended |
| 1956 |
Monty (MS 1) No Decca 12" Equivalent |
Charmaine; Waltz from Serenade for Strings; Moulin Rouge Theme; Wanting You; One Fine Day; The Lonely Ballerina; Greensleeves; Tales From The Vienna Woods; Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life; C'Est Magnifique; Donkey Serenade; Some Enchanted Evening; |
| 1956 |
Candelight (LK 4150) (LL 1502) |
Candelight; You Stepped Out of a Dream; Blue Fantasy; Merry-Go-Round; Stradivarius; Gold and Silver Waltz; Brass Buttons; Longing; Heart of Paris; Take My Love; Spring in Montmartre; Song of Sorrento |
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| 1956/1958 |
Mantovani and His Orchestra with Rawicz and Landauer Play Music From the Films (LK 4154/SKL 4014, 1958 ) Music From The Films (LL 1513/PS 112, 1958)
with Maryan Rawicz and Walther Landauer (Piano) |
Warsaw Concerto; Serenata D'Amore; The Dream of Olwen; The Legend of the Glass Mountain; Story of Three Loves (Rhapsody on a Theme Of Paganini); Cornish Rhapsody |
| 1956 |
An Album of Ballet Melodies (LK 4161) An Album of Ballet Melodies (LL 1525) LK 4161 album cover; Waltz From The Sleeping Beauty, Waltz From Swan Lake; Waltz From Faust; Waltz From Eugene Onegin |
Valse De Fleurs; Spectre De La Rose (Invitation To The Waltz); Pas De Deux; Waltz - Sleeping Beauty; Dance of the Hours - Finale; Waltz - Swan Lake; Le Cygne (The Swan); Waltz - Faust; Dance of the Comedians; Waltz - Eugene Onegin
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| 1957 |
Mantovani Film Encores (LK 4200) Film Encores, volume 1 (LL 1700) |
My Foolish Heart; Unchained Melody; Over The Rainbow; Summertime In Venice; Intermezzo; Three Coins in the Fountain; Love is a Many-Splendored Thing; Laura; High Noon; Hi-Lili Hi-Lo; September Song; Theme From Limelight |
| 1957 |
Mantovani Plays The World's Favourite Love Songs (LK 4215); The World's Favourite Love Songs (LL 1748) LL 1748: Yours is My Heart Alone, an alternative title for "You Are My Heart's Delight," |
And This Is My Beloved; At Dawning; Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes; I give My Heart; Night and Day; Ich Liebe Dich (I Love Thee); Parlez-Moi D'Amour (Speak To Me Of Love); Hear My Song, Violetta; My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose; My Old Dutch; Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man; The Story of Tina; For You Alone; You Are My Heart's Delight |
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Decca (UK) 12" LK Mono and SKL Stereo, and London (USA) 12" LL Mono and PS Stereo Album Series, and Miscellaneous Decca/London Mono and Stereo Albums |
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| 1958 |
Mantovani Concert Encores (LK 4241/SKL 4021) Concert Encores (LL 3004/PS 133) LL 4241/SKL 4021 album cover: Spanish Dance No 5 |
Claire De Lune; Spanish Dance; La Boutique Fantasque - Can-Can; Chanson De Matin; Gipsy Airs (Zigeunerweizen); Autumn; Song of India; Schon Rosmarin; Meditation from Thais; Perpetuum Mobile |
| 1958-1959 |
Mantovani and Music By... (LK 4253) 1958 Gems Forever (SKL 4035) 1959 Gems Forever (LL 3032, PS 106) 1958 |
All the Things You Are; True Love; I Could Have Danced All Night; You Keep Coming Back Like A Song; A Woman In Love; This Nearly Was Mine; Summertime; Something To Remember You By; Love Letters; The Nearness Of You; An Affair To Remember; Hey There! |
| 1958 |
Strauss Waltzes (SKL 4010) Strauss Waltzes (PS 118) a stereo re-recording of LK 4054/LL 685; SKL 4010 album cover: "Accelerations Waltz: |
Blue Danube; Voices of Spring, OP 410; Roses Of The South; Emperor Waltz, OP 437; A Thousand And One Nights; Treasure Waltz (from The Gipsy Baron); Village Swallows; Wine, Women, and Song, OP 333; Acceleration Waltz; Tales From The Vienna Woods; Morgenblatter; Du Und Du (from Die Fledermaus) |
| 1958 |
Mantovani Waltz Encores (PS 119) No Decca equivalent; PS 119 album cover: Love Makes the World Go Round (La Ronde) (an alternative title for La Ronde De L'Amour); Lonely Ballerina |
Charmaine; Wyoming; La Ronde De L'Amour; Love, Here Is My Heart; Lovely Lady; The Moulin Rouge Theme; Greensleeves; The Lonely Ballerina; The Kiss In Your Eyes; Dear Love, My Love; I Live For You; Dream, Dream, Dream |
| 1958 |
Mantovani Film Encores (SKL 4002) Mantovani Film Encores Volume 1 (PS 124) A stereo re-recording of LK 4200/LL 1700; SKL 4002 album cover: Love is a Many-Splendoured Thing |
My Foolish Heart; Unchained Melody; Over The Rainbow; Summertime In Venice; Intermezzo; Three Coins in the Fountain; Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing; Laura; High Noon; Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo; September Song; Theme from Limelight |
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1958 |
Song Hits From Theatreland (SKL 4037) Song Hits From Theatreland (PS 125) A stereo re-recording of LK 4112/LL 1219
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If I Loved You; Wunderbar; I've Never Been In Love Before; Bewitched; I Talk To The Trees; Some Enchanted Evening; Out Of My Dreams; Strangers In Paradise; C'est Magnifique; Almost Like Being In Love; Hello Young Lovers; They Say It's Wonderful |
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1958 |
Mantovani Christmas Album (SKL 4022) Mantovani Christmas Carols (PS 142) stereo re-recording of LK 4235/LL 913; PS 142: The First Nowell as track 1 side 1 and Adeste Fideles as track 7 side 1; SKL 4022 album cover: The First Nowel |
Adeste Fideles; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; White Christmas; Good King Wenceslas; O Holy Night; The First Nowell; Joy To The World; Silent Night, HolyNight; O Tannenbaum; Midnight Waltz; Nazareth; O Little Town of Bethlehem; The Skaters Waltz. |
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1959 |
Mantovani Continental Encores (LK 4297/SKL 4044) Mantovani Continental Encores |
More Than Ever (Come Prima); La Vie En Rose; Under Paris Skies (Sous Le Ciel De Paris); O Mein Papa; April In Portugal (Avril Au Portugal; Arrivederci Roma; Anema e Core (To Be Or Not To Be); La Mer; I Only I Love You (Na Voce, Na Chitarra, E'O Poco E' Luna); Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes); Answer Me (Mutterlein) Poppa Piccolino (Papaveri E Papera) |
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1959 |
More Mantovan Film Encores (LK 4316/SKL 4067) Mantovani Fillm Encores Vol 2 (LL 3117/PS 164) |
The High and Mighty; A Certain Smile; Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love); Whatever Will Be, Will Be; Tammy; Be My Love; April Love. When You Wish Upon a Star; Separate Tables; Around The World; Fascination; Secret Love |
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1959 |
Mantovani Showcase (MS 5/ SS 1) No Decca Equivalent |
Theme From Limelight; Village Swallows;Tammy; Come Prima (For The First Time); Greensleeves; Shon Rosmarin; I could Have Danced All Night; Some Enchanted Evening |
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1959 |
All American Showcase (Album 1: Best of Sigmund Romberg and Best of Victor Herbert; Album 2: Best of Rudolf Friml and Best of Irving Berlin) (LL 3122/PS 165)(LL 3123/PS 166) No Decca equivalent of this double album issue; the stereo double album cover was numbered PSA 3202. the labels PS 165 and PS 166; The double album format was eventually replaced by two single albums entitled "The Music of Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg" and " The Music of Irving Berlin and Rudolf Friml. |
Lover, Come Back To Me; When I Grow Too Old To Dream; Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise; The Desert Song; Will You Remember; Serenade From The Student Prince; Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life; A Kiss In The Dark; Sweethearts; I'm Falling In Love With Someone; Indian Summer; Kiss Me Again; The Girl That I Marry; Marie; (You Forgot To) Remember; Always; For The Very First Time; What'll I Do; Love Everlasting; Rose Marie; Only A Rose; The Donkey Serenade; Sympathy; Indian Love Call |
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1959/1960 |
American Scene (LK 4323/SKL 4073)(1959) The American Scene (LL 3136/PS 182)(1960) LL 3136/PS 182 subsequently re-titled "The Music of Stephen Foster and other songs of The American Scene"
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My Old Kentucky Home; Camptown Races; I Dream Of Jeanie; Old Folks At Home; Ring De Banjo; Beautiful Dreamer; Home On The Range; Grandfather's Clock; Yellow Rose of Texas; Just a Wearyin' for You; Turkey In The Straw; Goodnight Irene |