Russian-born Andre Kostelanetz was one of the pioneers of easy listening music. He started his career with American radiostations in the 1920's and '30's and from 1940 on, he started issueing albums which at first contained "classical music" arranged in a "popular way" but soon Andre also "tackled" the popsongs of his era. He re-arranged them for orchestra and during the 1940's, 50's,60's and 70's (up to his death in 1980 at 78) his music duly found a large audience, not in the least because many radiostations worldwide aired his tunes quite regularly. His arrangement of the David Gates song "Sweet Surrender" inspired us to create this presentation titled "Reach for the Skies". Hope you enjoy !
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