Mantovani discography

The discography of Italian British conductor Mantovani comprises over a hundred albums and many singles.

Studio albums

  • A Mantovani Program, London LPB-127, 1949
  • Musical Moments, London LPB-218, 1950
  • Waltzing with Mantovani, London LPB-381, 1951
  • An Album of Favourite Waltzes, London LL-570, 1952
  • Strauss Waltzes, London LL 685, 1953, later re-recorded in stereo as London 118, 1958
  • The Music of Victor Herbert, London LL 746, 1953
  • An Album of Favorite Melodies, reissued as An Enchanted Evening with Mantovani, London LL 766, 1953
  • Plays Tangos, London LL 768, 1953
  • An Album of Romantic Melodies, London LL 979, 1954
  • Plays the Music of Sigmund Romberg, London LL 1031, 1954
  • Song Hits from Theatreland, London LL 1219, 1955, later re-recorded in stereo as London 125, 1959
  • Plays the Music of Rudolf Friml, London LL 1150, 1955
  • Plays the Immortal Classics, London LL 877, 1956
  • Music from the Films, London 112
  • Waltz Encores, London 119
  • Film Encores, London 124, 1957
  • Gems Forever, London 106, 1958
  • Continental Encores, London 147, 1959
  • Film Encores, Vol. 2, London 164, 1959
  • The Music of Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg, London 165, 1960
  • The Music of Irving Berlin and Rudolf Friml, London 166, 1956
  • American Scene, London 182, 1959
  • All-American Showcase, London LL 3122/3, 1959
  • Songs to Remember, London 193, 1960
  • Mantovani Plays Music from Exodus and Other Great Themes, LL 3231, 1960
  • Great Theme Music (Music from "Exodus"), London 224, 1961
  • Theme from "Carnival", London 3250, 1961
  • Themes from Broadway, London 242
  • American Waltzes, London 248, 1962
  • Moon River, London 249, 1962
  • Selections from "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off" and "Oliver", London 270
  • Latin Rendezvous, London 295, 1963
  • Manhattan, London 328, 1963
  • Folk Songs Around the World, London 360
  • The Incomparable Mantovani, London 392
  • The Mantovani Sound, London 419, 1965
  • Mantovani Olé, London 422
  • Mantovani Magic, London 448, 1966
  • Mantovani's Golden Hits, London 483, 1967
  • Mr. Music, London 474, 1966
  • Mantovani/Hollywood, London 516
  • The Mantovani Touch, London 526, 1968
  • Mantovani/Tango, London 532
  • Mantovani ... Memories, London 542
  • The Mantovani Scene, London 548, 1969
External audio
audio icon You may hear Annunzio Montovani's recording The World of Mantovani Vol. 2 with the Montovani Orchestra in 1971 Here on archive.org
  • The World of Mantovani, London 565, 1969
  • Mantovani Today, London 572, 1970
  • From Monty with Love, London 585–586, 1971
  • To Lovers Everywhere, London PS 598, 1971
  • Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, London XPS 610, 1972
  • An Evening with Mantovani, London 902, 1973
  • The Greatest Gift Is Love, London 913, 1975
  • Mantovani Magic, K-tel, NA603
  • Mantovani's Hit Parade , London 1966

Light classical music

  • Strauss Waltzes, London LL 685, 1953
External audio
audio icon You may hear Annunzio Montovani's recording Strauss Waltzes with the Montovani Orchestra in 1958 Here on archive.org
  • Strauss Waltzes, London PS 118, 1958
  • Concert Encores, London 133
  • Operetta Memories, London 202
  • Italia Mia, London 232, 1961
  • Classical Encores, London 269
  • The World's Great Love Songs, London 280
  • Mantovani in Concert, London 578

Christmas music

  • Christmas Carols (mono), London LL 913, 1953
  • Christmas Carols (stereo), London PS 142, 1958
  • Christmas Greetings from Mantovani and His Orchestra, London LL 3338 (mono) / PS 338 (stereo), 1963

Compilation albums

Singles

Year Single (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated		 Country
(UK and/or US)		 Chart positions Album
US
[1]		 US
AC
[1]		 UK
[2]
1951 "Bees in the Bonnet"
b/w "Carriage and Pair"		 UK — — — Non-album tracks
"Wyoming (Go to Sleep My Baby)"
b/w "Under the Roofs of Paris"		 US — — — Waltz Time
"For You"
b/w "Kisses in the Dark"		 UK & US — — —
"Diane"
b/w "Babette"		 — — —
"Charmaine"
b/w "Just for a While"		 10 — —
"At Dawning"
b/w "I Love You Truly"		 — — — A Collection Of Favorite Waltzes
1952 "Lovely Lady"
b/w "Mexicali Rose"		 UK — — —
"Dancing With Tears in My Eyes"
b/w "Dear Love, My Love"		 UK & US 26 — —
"Love, Here Is My Heart"
b/w "Moonlight Madonna"		 — — —
"It Happened in Monterey"
b/w "Was It a Dream"		 US — — —
"Faith"
b/w "Symphony"		 UK & US — — — An Enchanted Evening With Mantovani
& His Orchestra
"The Agnes Waltz"
b/w "Die Schonbrunner"		 UK — — —
"Some Enchanted Evening"
b/w "Gypsy Love Waltz" (from The Music Of Victor Herbert)		 US & UK — — —
"La Cumparsita"
b/w "Tango De La Luna"		 UK — — — Mantovani Plays Tangos
"Tales from the Vienna Woods"
b/w "Morning Papers" 		US — — — Strauss Waltzes
"Blue Danube"
b/w "Roses From the South" 		UK — — —
"White Christmas"
b/w "Adeste Fideles"		 UK & US — — 6 Christmas Carols
1953 "Gypsy Legend"
b/w "Czardas" (from An Enchanted Evening with Mantovani)		 UK — — — Non-album track
"Vienna Blood"
b/w "You and You" (from Strauss Waltzes)		 US — — —
"Voices of Spring"
b/w "Artist's Life" (Non-album track)		 US — — — Strauss Waltzes
"Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life"
b/w "A Kiss In The Dark"		 UK & US — — — The Music of Victor Herbert
"Love's Dream After the Ball"
b/w "Red Petticoats" (from Mantovani Plays Tangos)		 US — — — An Enchanted Evening With Mantovani
& His Orchestra
"Sweethearts"
b/w "I'm Falling in Love With Someone"		 — — — The Music Of Victor Herbert
"Theme From 'The Last Rhapsody'"
b/w "Nalia Waltz (Pas Des Fleurs)"
Both tracks with Stanley Black		 — — — Non-album tracks
"Moulin Rouge Theme"
b/w "Vola Colomba"		 UK & US 8 — 1 Romantic Melodies
"Royal Blue Waltz"
b/w "Queen Elizabeth Waltz" (from Waltz Time)		 — — —
"Ramona"
b/w "Chiquita Mia" (from Mantovani Plays Tangos)		 — — —
"Prelude in C Sharp Minor"
b/w "Simple Aveu"		 US — — — Mantovani Plays the Immortal Classics
1954 "Cara Mia"
UK B: "Love, Tears and Kisses" (Non-album track)
US B: "How, When Or Where"
All sides with David Whitfield		 UK & US — — 1 Cara Mia
"Swedish Rhapsody"
b/w "Jamaican Rhumba"		 UK & US — — 2 Romantic Melodies
"Luxembourg Polka"
b/w "Music Box Tango"		 UK — — —
"Shadow Waltz"
b/w "Moonlight Serenade"		 — — —
"Bewitched"
b/w "Dream Dream Dream" (from Musical Modes)		 UK & US — — — Song Hits From Theatreland
"Lonely Ballerina"
UK B:"Lazy Gondolier"
US B: "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (from Candlelight)		 — — 16 Musical Modes
1955 "We'll Gather Lilacs"
b/w "Come Back to Me" (Non-album track)		 UK — — — Romantic Melodies
"Softly, Softly"
b/w "Longing" (from Candlelight)		 — — — Non-album track
"Lazy Gondolier"
b/w "Longing" (from Candlelight)		 US — — — Musical Modes
"Our Dream Waltz"
UK B: "Ma Chere Amie" (from Musical Modes
US B: "Begin The Beguine" (from Musical Modes)		 UK & US — — — Waltz Time
"Beyond the Stars"
b/w "Open Your Heart"
Both sides with David Whitfield		 — — 8 Cara Mia
"Stranger in Paradise"
b/w "The Deserted Ballroom" (from Musical Modes)		 UK — — — Song Hits From Theatreland
"Intermezzo"
b/w "Edelma" 		— — — Musical Modes
"When You Lose the One You Love"
b/w "Angelus"
Both sides with David Whitfield		 UK & US — — 7 Cara Mia
1956 "Spring in Montmarte"
UK B: "Heart of Paris"
US B: "Candlelight"		 — — — Candlelight
"Candlelight"
b/w "Begin the Beguine" (from Musical Modes)		 UK — — —
"Song of Sorrento"
UK B: "Blue Fantasy"
US B: "Valse Campestre" (Non-album track)		 UK & US — — —
"Toy Shop Ballet"
b/w "Temple of Dreams"		 UK — — — Non-album tracks
1957 "Around the World"
UK B: "The Heart of Budapest" (from Gypsy Soul)
US B: "The Road To Ballingarry" (Non-album track)		 UK & US 12 — 20 Film Encores, Vol. 2
"Mandolin Serenade"
b/w "The Spring Song"		 UK Non-album tracks
"Let Me Be Loved"
UK B: "The Road to Ballingarry"
US B: "Call Of The West"		 UK & US — — —
"Souvenir D'italie"
b/w "Dream Dust"		 UK — — —
1958 "Story of Three Loves"
b/w "To My Love" (Non-album track)		 US — — — Music From The Films
"Cry My Heart" (with David Whitfield)
b/w "Dream Dust"		 — — — Non-album tracks
"Love Song from 'Houseboat""
UK B: "A Certain Smile" (from Film Encores, Vol. 2)
US B: "Almost In Your Arms" (with Vera Lynn)		 UK & US — — —
"To My Love"
b/w "The Canary"		 UK — — —
"Tulips from Amsterdam"
b/w "Only Yesterday" (Non-album track)		 US — — — Strictly Mantovani
"Come Prima"
b/w "The Canary" (Non-album track)		 — — — Continental Encores
"I Could Have Danced All Night"
b/w "This Nearly Was Mine"		 UK — — — Gems Forever
1959 "Under Paris Skies"
UK B: "Only Yesterday" (Non-album track)
US B: "Separate Tables" (from Film Encores, Vol. 2)		 UK & US — — — Continental Encores
"Fascination"
b/w "Separate Tables"		 UK — — — Film Encores, Vol. 2
"Summertime"
b/w "This Nearly Was Mine"		 US — — — Gems Forever
"Camptown Races"
b/w "Ring De Banjo"		 — — — The American Scene
1960 "The Orange Vendor"
b/w "In The Spring" (Non-album track)		 UK — — — Mantovani Tango
"Song Without End"
UK B: "Tania" (Non-album track)
US B: "In The Spring" (Non-album track)		 UK & US — — — Great Theme Music
"The Green Leaves of Summer"
b/w "The Party's Over" (from Strictly Mantovani)		 UK — — —
"Theme from 'The Sundowners'"
b/w "Mine Alone" (Non-album track)		 US 93 — —
"Irma La Douce"
b/w "The Count of Luxembourg Waltz" (from Operetta Memories)		 — — —
"Main Theme from 'Exodus'"
b/w "Karen"		 UK & US 31 — —
1961 "Theme from 'The Valiant Years'"
UK B: '"The Sound of Music" (from Great Theme Music)
US B: "Non Dimenticar" 		UK & US — — — Non-album tracks
"Theme from 'Rocco and His Brothers'"
b/w "Greengage Summer" (Non-album track)		 US — — — Moon River and Other Great Film Themes
"Moon River"
b/w "Sail Away" (Non-album track)		 US — — —
1962 "Fanny"
b/w "Nadya's Theme from 'Rocco and His Brothers'"		 UK — — —
"Theme from 'Barabbas'"
b/w "Far Away" (Non-album track)		 — — —
"Theme from 'Advise and Consent""
b/w "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (from American Waltzes)		 US — — —
"What Kind of Fool Am I?"
b/w "Someone Nice Like You"		 — — — Stop the World I Want to Get Off / Oliver
"Summer Night"
b/w "Rickshaw"		 UK — — — Non-album tracks
"Love Song From 'Mutiny on the Bounty'"
b/w "Theme from 'Mutiny on the Bounty'"		 — — —
1963 "A Girl Named Tamiko"
b/w "Taras Bulba"		 — — —
"Take the 'A' Train"
b/w "The Bowery"		 US Manhattan
1964 "Charade"
b/w "The Fall of Love" (Non-album track)		 UK — — — The Mantovani Sound-Big Hits From
Broadway and Hollywood
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
b/w "Return to Peyton Place" (from Moon River and Other Great Film Themes)		 UK — — — The Incomparable Mantovani
1966 "Yesterday"
b/w "Paris Lullaby" (Non-album track)		 US — — — Mr. Music
"Games That Lovers Play"
UK B: "Somewhere My Love" (Non-album track)
US B: "Ebb Tide" (from Mr. Music)		 UK & US 122 — — Mantovani's Golden Hits
1967 "You Only Live Twice"
b/w "Puppet on a String" (from The Mantovani Touch)		 UK — — — Hollywood
1968 "Theme from 'Villa Rides'"
b/w "Willow Tree" (Non-album track)		 UK & US — 36 — Gypsy Soul
1969 "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
b/w "Come September"		 US — — — The Mantovani Scene
1971 "Theme from Love Story"
UK B: "Gwendolyne"
US B: "Loss Of Love"		 UK & US — — — From Monty, With Love
"All Of a Sudden"
b/w "Winter World Of Love"		 US — — — To Lovers Everywhere
1973 "Upstairs Downstairs"
b/w "Theme for a Western" (from Annunzio Paolo Mantovani)		 UK — — — An Evening With Mantovani
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released to that territory

References

  1. 1 2 "Mantovani and His Orchestra Top Songs". Music VF.com.
  2. ↑ "Mantovani". The Official Charts Company.
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