Emile Pandolfi's rendition of these songs are extraordinary and brilliant. His music brings you to greater heights and invites his listener to explore and enjoy every fragment of each piece. He is a marvel! God Bless Emile and thanks for sharing your heart and music to the world. 
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Most music lovers would agree that the best ever ballads come from the 1920s-50s songbooks. Music of the great song writers like George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and others of their period. Their love songs have become \"The Standards\".
Why then, is it so rare to find a concert pianist willing to apply classical arrangement to these wonderful melodies?
Emile pandolfi is such a rarity.

If you have one ounce of sentimentality or romance or appreciation of good music, you must explore Pandolfi\'s CDs.
\"My Foolish Heart\" CD is a good place to start. It has a generous sprinkling of those old standards. But whichever CD you choose, you will not be disappointed. Every track is even better than the samples suggest.

Try some track samples. Nice, gentle, but they don\'t tell the full story of his arrangements. They are only introductions.
Pandolfi follows a constant formula. First he establishes the theme in a simple, gentle style, as relaxing as a Beethoven sonata. Then, like a Rachmananov or Rubenstein, he raises emotions with his own concert platform arrangements of the ballad. Remarkably, his technique expands the concert variations without bruising a single note.
The result is pure romantic emotion. The composers would be very satisfied their songs have been treated with a proper level of respect.

A particular track you must find is \"An Affair to Remember\", from his CD with the same name. (I don\'t see it listed here)
You must buy, beg, borrow or steal that track. And have a box of tissues handy.
If you hear music like this, and you don\'t cry, you haven\'t got a soul.
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Love all of Pandolfi's music..relaxing, wonderful arrangements and the grouping of the albums spectacular..my absolute favorite!  Especially love his 3 Xmas albums, which I will start playing very shortly.  BM
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