You have to listen hard to find the pianos!
06/22/1999
(2 out of 5 stars)
"This is not their best. Maybe the addage "you get what you pay for" applies. This CD LEAVES me disappointed. Then again, as background music at work, I hardly notice it. I doubt I will play it often."
This is NOT "The F & T Orchestra"
Scott W. Smith, F & T Personal Mana | California | 04/23/2002
(3 out of 5 stars)
"After their 1960 launch to fame with two back-to-back million selling movie themes....ABC Records and Columbia (Sony) scrambled to their vaults to ride F & T's high flying success via F & T's less successful 1950's recordings. These 1950's recordings DID NOT HAVE AN ORCHESTRA. These were "piano solos."The record companies hired some really no-name arangers to "fill in" orchestral backdrops--their new trademark. The entire orchestra is strictly "dubbed" in behind the pianos...creating one of the most horrifc sounds ever known. So horrified were Mr. Ferrante & Mr. Teicher that they legally imposed a ban on future releases of this material. Every once in a while one slips through the cracks....this really bad Autumn Leaves is a perfect example. Try to find F & T's original piano tracks and you'll find shear heaven!"