In 1971, Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, the founder of Germany's MPS Records, had an idea. Two questions surely crossed his mind: Why would a prominent American arranger like Nelson Riddle be reduced to composing, arranging and conducting an album for The 101 Strings released a year earlier? And why would he be asked to record originals that strained to be …
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