16 Biggest Hits
Download links and information about 16 Biggest Hits by Liberace. This album was released in 2000 and it belongs to genres. It contains 16 tracks with total duration of 52:22 minutes.
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| Artist: | Liberace |
| Release date: | 2000 |
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| Tracks: | 16 |
| Duration: | 52:22 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | El Cumbanchero | 3:08 |
| 2. | Warsaw Concerto | 3:55 |
| 3. | Liebesträum (Love's Dream) [78 rpm Version] | 3:35 |
| 4. | Easter Parade | 2:59 |
| 5. | Alexander's Ragtime Band/Old Folks At Home (Live Version) (featuring The Los Angeles Philharmonic Conducted By George Liberace) | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Moonlight" Sonata (Sonata No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor, Opus 27, No. 2) [78 rpm Version] | 3:19 |
| 7. | The Story of Three Loves (18th Variation: Rhapsody On a Theme of Paganini) | 2:54 |
| 8. | September Song | 3:03 |
| 9. | Beer Barrel Polka (featuring The Los Angeles Philharmonic Conducted By George Liberace) | 2:29 |
| 10. | Liberace Boogie (Live) | 4:39 |
| 11. | Cement Mixer (Put-ti, Put-ti) | 3:01 |
| 12. | Chopsticks | 3:20 |
| 13. | Nocturne No. 2 In E-flat Major, Op. 9 | 4:41 |
| 14. | Sincerely Yours | 3:05 |
| 15. | Twelfth Street Rag | 2:05 |
| 16. | I'll Be Seeing You | 2:56 |
Details
[Edit]Liberace blended high culture, flamboyant showmanship, and virtuoso musicianship, and in so doing brought the classics to the masses with his florid, romantic, and often humorous style. 16 Biggest Hits has a selection of Liberace's Columbia recordings from 1952-56, the period during which he charted his half-dozen hits. Only four of his six hits are included — a Christmas medley and a collaboration with Jo Stafford are omitted — but the program is very strong, mixing Liberace's diverse instrumentals ("Beer Barrel Polka," "Warsaw Concerto," "Twelfth Street Rag") with serious vocal numbers ("September Song") and overtly humorous pieces like his highfalutin' interpretation of "Chopsticks." The live recording of "Liberace's Boogie," in particular, is still hilarious 50 years on, and goes a long way toward showing latter-day skeptics what Liberace's popularity was all about. Liner notes would have been nice, but 16 Biggest Hits is nonetheless an immensely entertaining document of an immensely popular entertainer.