Sinatra and Strings [Remaster] (CD - 1962)

Recorded from November 20-22, 1961.

All tracks have been digitally remastered using 20-bit technology.

Personnel: Frank Sinatra (vocals).

Recording information: Hollywood, CA (11/20/1961-11/22/1961).

Arranger: Don Costa.

While the title seems something of an afterthought, since Sinatra had already spent a generous portion of his career recording with string orchestras, the arrangements here do mark a change in the Sinatra canon. This album was the first to feature Don Costa, who would become Sinatra's irreplaceable right hand man for years to come. The songs he interprets here are mostly standards of the first order, Cole Porter's "Night and Day," Hoagy Carmichael's "Misty," etc. It's a testament to the power and invention of Sinatra's singing that SINATRA & STRINGS is not a walk through some old chestnuts, but a reinvestigation and revitalization of some of the sacred texts of popular music. minimize