André Kostelanetz (December 22, 1901, St. Petersburg, Russia - January 13, … Read Full Bio ↴André Kostelanetz (December 22, 1901, St. Petersburg, Russia - January 13, 1980) was a popular orchestral music conductor and arranger, one of the pioneers of easy listening music.
Kostelanetz was known for arranging and recording light classical music pieces for mass audiences, as well as orchestral versions of songs and Broadway show tunes. He made numerous recordings over the course of his career, which had sales of over 50 million and became staples of Beautiful Music radio stations.[citation needed] For many years, Kostelanetz also conducted the New York Philharmonic in pops concerts and recordings, in which they were billed as "Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra".
Kostelanetz is best known to modern audiences for a series of easy listening instrumental albums on Columbia Records from the 1940s until 1980. Kostelanetz actually started making this music before there was a genre called "easy listening", and he continued until after some of his contemporaries, including Mantovani, had stopped recording.
Toward the end of his recording career, his name was more of a brand than a true representation of who actually made the music, because nearly all of his output in the 1970s was arranged by others.[citation needed] Some of the arrangers credited on 1970s Kostelanetz albums include Teo Macero, Torrie Zito, Hank Levy, Luther Henderson, Jack Cortner, Eddie Sauter, Claus Ogerman, Jack Pleis, Tommy Newsom, Harold Wheeler, Bobby Scott, Homer Dennison, James Tyler, Jr., Byron Olson, Dale Oehler, Ben Lanzarone, LaMont Johnson, Wade Marcus, Patrick Williams, Sammy Nestico, Warren Vincent, Dick Hyman, Jorge Calandrelli, James J. Wisner, Al Capps and Don Sebesky.
Kostelanetz's last concert was "A Night in Old Vienna" concert with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in the War Memorial Opera House on December 31, 1979.
Kostelanetz was known for arranging and recording light classical music pieces for mass audiences, as well as orchestral versions of songs and Broadway show tunes. He made numerous recordings over the course of his career, which had sales of over 50 million and became staples of Beautiful Music radio stations.[citation needed] For many years, Kostelanetz also conducted the New York Philharmonic in pops concerts and recordings, in which they were billed as "Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra".
Kostelanetz is best known to modern audiences for a series of easy listening instrumental albums on Columbia Records from the 1940s until 1980. Kostelanetz actually started making this music before there was a genre called "easy listening", and he continued until after some of his contemporaries, including Mantovani, had stopped recording.
Toward the end of his recording career, his name was more of a brand than a true representation of who actually made the music, because nearly all of his output in the 1970s was arranged by others.[citation needed] Some of the arrangers credited on 1970s Kostelanetz albums include Teo Macero, Torrie Zito, Hank Levy, Luther Henderson, Jack Cortner, Eddie Sauter, Claus Ogerman, Jack Pleis, Tommy Newsom, Harold Wheeler, Bobby Scott, Homer Dennison, James Tyler, Jr., Byron Olson, Dale Oehler, Ben Lanzarone, LaMont Johnson, Wade Marcus, Patrick Williams, Sammy Nestico, Warren Vincent, Dick Hyman, Jorge Calandrelli, James J. Wisner, Al Capps and Don Sebesky.
Kostelanetz's last concert was "A Night in Old Vienna" concert with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in the War Memorial Opera House on December 31, 1979.
Habanera from Carmen
Andre Kostelanetz Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Habanera from Carmen' by these artists:
Andre Rieu Billy rapped all night about his suicide How he'd kick it…
George Sebastian;Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra Captain Walker Didn't come home. His unborn child Will ne…
Georges Bizet L′amour est un oiseau rebelle Que nul ne peut apprivoiser Et…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Andre Kostelanetz:
Begin The Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound of…
Blues in the Night Strangers in the night, Exchanging glances Wandering the ni…
Bugle Call Rag You're bound to fall for the bugle call; You're gonna brag…
Early in the Morning The other day I chanced to meet A soldier friend of…
Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…
Fools Rush "Romance is a game for fools" I used to say A game…
I Concentrate On You I'll get by As long as I have you Though there be…
I Love Paris I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I…
I Will Wait for You All in a day, See it for yourself, I'll make no change, When…
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows I'm always chasing rainbows Watching clouds drifting by My s…
If If it's magic Then why can't it be everlasting Like the su…
In the Arms of Love If I could hold you in the arms of love…
In The Still Of The Night In the still of the night As I gaze out of…
It The girl that I marry will have to be As soft…
Lady Madonna Lady Madonna, children at your feet Wonder how you manage t…
Mood Indigo You ain't never been blue; no, no, no, You ain't…
More Than You Know Whether you are here or yonder, Whether you are false…
Nearness of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills…
O Little Town Of Bethlehem Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee…
Shadow of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
Sleigh Ride Just hear those sleigh bells jingle-ing, ring-ting tingle-in…
Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
Someone To Watch Over Me There's a saying old says that love is blind Still were…
Song of the Islands Islands of Hawaii Where skies of blue are calling me Where b…
Sound of Silence Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Strangers in the Night Strangers in the night, Exchanging glances Wandering the ni…
The Nearness Of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills…
The Shadow Of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
The sounds of silence Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you…
The Stranger Strangers in the night, Exchanging glances Wandering the ni…
The Way We Were Memories light the corners of my mind Misty water-colored me…
Tiger Rag Where's that tiger! Where's that tiger! Where's that tiger! …
To Life One day in your life You'll remember a place Someone touchin…
You Are Beautiful You are the sunshine of my life That's why I'll always…
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home You'd be so nice to come home to You'd be so…
Youd Be So Nice To Come Home You'd be so nice to come home to You'd be so…
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Francisco José Araújo Costa
on Solitude
André Kostelanetz e sua música é uma raridade inesquecível no universo da música.