# The Concert Sinatra

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The Concert Sinatra is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra that was released in 1963. It consists of showtunes performed in a 'semi-classical' concert style. Marking a reunion between Sinatra and his frequent collaborator, arranger Nelson Riddle, it was the first full album Riddle arranged on Sinatra's Reprise Records label. Riddle's orchestra consisted of 76 musicians, then the largest assembled for a Sinatra album, and was recorded at four soundstages on the Goldwyn Studios lot using eight tracks of Westrex 35mm film (see sound follower) and twenty-four RCA 44-BX ribbon microphones.

## Track listing

* "I Have Dreamed" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:01
* "My Heart Stood Still" (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:06
* "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 4:11
* "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 4:29
* "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 3:11
* "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:02
* "This Nearly Was Mine" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 2:49
* "Soliloquy" (Rodgers, Hammerstein) – 8:05
    Bonus tracks included on the 2012 reissue:
* "California" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:36
* "America the Beautiful" (Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward) - 2:21

## Complete personnel

* Frank Sinatra – vocals
* Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
* Russ Hanson – engineer
* Vinton Vernon – mixer
Tracks 1, 5, 7:
19-February-1963 (Tuesday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 4 to 7 P.M.).
Cappy Lewis, Irving Bush, Mannie Klein (tpt); Dick Nash, Tom Shepard, Barrett O'Hara (tbn); Vincent DeRosa, Richard Perissi, John Cave, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Eddie Gilbert (tuba); Harry Klee, Ethmer Roten (fl); Champ Webb, Gordon Schoneberg (sax/oboe); George Smith, Hugo Raimondi (sax/cit); Charles Butler, Chuck Gentry (sax/clt/b-clt); Jack Marsh, Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); Anatol Kaminsky, Jacques Gasselin, Nathan Ross, Joe Stepansky, Alex Murray, Darrel Terwilliger, George Kast, Lou Klass, Harold Dicterow, David Frisina, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Albert Steinberg, Davida Jackson, Bonnie Douglas, Joachim Chassman (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Virginia Majewski, Robert Ostrowsky, Alex Neiman, Louis Kievman (via); Kurt Reher, Edgar Lustgarten, Harold Schneier, Justin DiTullio, Nino Rosso, David Pratt (vlc); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Mike Rubin (b); Peter Mercurio (b/tymp); Mel Lewis (d); Dale Anderson (tymp); Frank Flynn (perc).
Tracks 2, 3, 4:
18-February-1963 (Monday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 8:00 to 11:15 P.M.).
Cappy Lewis, Irving Bush, Mannie Klein (tpt); Dick Nash, Tom Shepard (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, John Cave, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Harry Klee, Arthur Gleghorn (fl); Champ Webb, Gordon Schoneberg (oboe); Buddy Defranco, Hugo Raimondi (cit); Charles Butler, Chuck Gentry (b-clt); Jack Marsh, Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); Emo Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, Lennie Malarsky, Nathan Ross, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Joachim Chassman, Arnold Belnick, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Victor Amo, James Getzoff, Davida Jackson, David Frisina (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Allan Harshman, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman (via); Ray Kramer, Justin DiTullio, David Pratt, Nino Rosso, Kurt Reher, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Mike Rubin, Peter Mercurio (b); Eddie Gilbert (tuba/b); Mel Lewis (d); Dale Anderson (tymp); Frank Flynn (vib). (No guitar.)
Tracks 6, 9, 10:
20-February-1963 (Wednesday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 8 to 11 P.M.).
Cappy Lewis, Uan Rasey, Mannie Klein (tpt); Dick Nash, Tom Shepard (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, John Cave, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Champ Webb, Gordon Schoneberg (sax/oboe); Buddy Defranco, Mitchell Lurie (ten/cit); Charles Butler, Chuck Gentry (sax/b-clt); Ray Nowlin, Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); Harry Klee, Arthur Gleghorn (alt/fl); Emo Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Jacques Gasselin, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Victor Amo, James Getzoff, Davida Jackson, Lennie Malarsky (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Allan Harshman, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman (via); Ray Kramer, Justin DiTullio, David Pratt, Armand Kaproff, Margaret Aue, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Eddie Gilbert (tuba); Mike Rubin, Peter Mercurio (b); Mel Lewis (d); Frank Flynn (perc); Emil Richards (perc/bells); a vocal chorus.
Track 8:
21-February-1963 (Thursday) - Hollywood. Goldwyn Studios (from 9 P.M. to 12 M.).
Cappy Lewis, Uan Rasey, Mannie Klein, Shorty Sherock (tpt); Dick Noel, Tom Shepard, Vernon Friley (tbn); George Roberts (b-tbn); Vincent DeRosa, John Cave, Richard Perissi, William Hinshaw (fr-h); Harry Klee (sax/fl); Arthur Gleghorn (fl); William Kosinski, Gordon Schoneberg (oboe); Hugo Raimondi (sax/cit); Mitchell Lurie (cit); Charles Butler (b-clt); Chuck Gentry (sax/b-clt); Donald Christlieb, Lloyd Hildebrand (bsn); Justin Gordon, Plas Johnson (sax); Erno Neufeld, Marshall Sosson, Israel Baker, Joachim Chassman, Gerald Vinci, Nathan Ross, Alex Beller, Victor Bay, Anatol Kaminsky, Arnold Belnick, Paul Shure, Joe Stepansky, Victor Arno, James Getzoff, Davida Jackson, Lennie Malarsky (vln); Paul Robyn, Stanley Harris, Allan Harshman, Alvin Dinkin, Virginia Majewski, Alex Neiman (via); Ray Kramer, Justin DiTullio, David Pratt, Armand Kaproff, Margareth Aue, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vie); Kathryn Julye (harp); Bill Miller (p); Al Viola (g); Eddie Gilbert (tuba/b); Mike Rubin, Peter Mercurio (b); Mel Lewis (d); Frank Flynn (cym/mallets); Emil Richards (tymp).