The idea of Norman Candler Magic Strings was born in 1970, when the record company Polydor Tokyo commissioned a string production on behalf of composer Gerhard Narholz overshadowing the last string productions: bigger than Mantovani and more modern than Paul Mauriat.
So Gerhard Narholz did exactly that under his pseudonym NORMAN CANDLER: He simply brought two string groups of 40 musicians into the studio at the same time.
"Stereo" was still relatively young at the time and the temptation lure was huge:
Strings cascades from one string group across the panorama to the other side, big cello tunes meet in the middle and the tuttisound of 80 strings is overwhelming.
In addition there were synthetic timbres, which did not exist in orchestral arrangements, and modern rhythms of the 70s, later 80s and 90s.
The first LP "MAGIC STRINGS", released in Europe by Telefunken / Decca, was a great success. Not only in Europe, but especially in Japan and Australia.
So the LP received the 1971 BBC Award for Best Album of the Year.
Norman Candler released another 17 LPs for Telefunken / Decca, also with soloists like Harald Winkler
(guitar) and Mr. Acker Bilk (clarinet).
For decades these recordings have been standard repertoire in EASY LISTENING programs of the German ARD and worldwide radio stations.
A great sound that has conquered the world ...
