COMPOSERS: Henry Mancini
LABELS: Koch Schwann
WORKS: Henry Mancini’s Film Hits: music from the Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Thorn Birds,
PERFORMER: Modern Life Quartet
CATALOGUE NO: 3-1512-2
In Pink Panther Meets Speedy Gonzales Henry Mancini’s immortal tunes resurface in some nifty chamber re-orchestrations by the Modern Life Quartet. Even the smart set are getting in on the act: in Cinema Serenade Itzhak Perlman and John Williams, supported by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, serve up musical highlights from Yentl to Il postino, Black Orpheus to Schindler’s List.