The Story Behind The Lovers' Waltz

When we began putting this album together, we knew it would include 'The Lovers' Waltz,' our most requested new tune. The idea was to focus on our own compositions, as well as some longtime favorite melodies by other artists. As we gathered material, it became obvious that this was going to be a romantic album, as well as an eclectic one. Our list included an Irish air ('Give Me Your Hand'), a Fats Waller Song ('Honey on the Moon"), a Klezmer classic ('Chosen Challe Mazeltov'), plus some gorgeous waltzes and fiddle tunes. Also, the album was mostly dance music from a wide variety of different traditions, such as a Finnish Waltz ('Metsakukkia'), a '40s swing tune ('It's All In Your Mind') and a Cajun two-step ('Louisiana Wedding Bells').

 

 

How would we tie this all together?

Steve Murphy, President of Angel Records, was familiar with many of our recent film scores, and he suggested that we think of the album as a soundtrack to a story. We looked at our list of songs, and every one of them seemed to suggest dance or romance. So we imagined a love story in which two people meet at a dance, fall in love, have misgivings, then finally follow their hearts and get married. With this in mind, things began to fall into place. The album became even more personal when we added 'The Montague Processional' a Swedish-styled piece that had been played at our own wedding.

Photo by Ken Gabrielsen

Full size photo here (46k)

 

Some of the tracks include audio samples from the CD. To hear them, click the icon after the track title.

Note: These are fairly large files that will take some time to download. For a 56K modem under optimum conditions each will take about 1 - 3 minutes. They are in "Wave" format. The file size is listed after the icon.

Tracks:

  1. The Lovers' Waltz (duet) - Ungar & Mason (3:27) 336K
  2. The Misty Dawn (Misty Molly/Foxy Mary/My Darling Asleep) - Ungar (7:57)
  3. The Mountain House - Ungar (4:10)
  4. The Contradance (The Road We Traveled/The Wizard's Walk) - Ungar (3:38) 495K
  5. Legends Of The Fall - Horner (4:11)
  6. The Lover's Lament - trad. arr. Ungar & Mason (3:10)
  7. Prairie Love Song - Ungar & Mason (3:01) 473K
  8. Louisiana Wedding Bells - Mason (3:10) 368K
  9. The Montague Processional - Kaynor (4:10)
  10. Give Me Your Hand - O'Cathain arr. Ungar & Mason (3:05)
  11. There's Honey On The Moon Tonight - Gillespie, Davis & Coots (2:46)
  12. Metsakukkia - trad. arr. Ungar & Mason (4:30)
  13. Chosen Challe Mazeltov - trad. arr. Ungar & Mason (2:51)
  14. Tip-Toe Alley - Ungar (3:42)
  15. It's All In Your Mind - LaVere (3:09) 512K
  16. The Lovers' Waltz - Ungar & Mason (4:29)

 
This CD is available for purchase in our shopping section.

Home | Bookings | Calendar | Contact | Promo Page | Radio | Shopping
Ashokan.org | Ashokan Farewell | Fiddle & Dance Camps | Links | Search | Sitemap


Last modified: August 10, 2008

Please contact the webmaster if you have any comments, suggestions or problems concerning the web site.