A Look at Monaco (album)

{{Infobox album|

| name = A Look at Monaco

| type = studio

| artist = Percy Faith

| cover = PercyFaithMonaco.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1963

| recorded = 1963

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Easy listening

| length =

| label = Columbia

| producer =

| chronology = Percy Faith

| prev_title = American Serenade

| prev_year = 1963

| next_title = Shangri-La!

| next_year = 1963

}}

A Look at Monaco is a 1963 soundtrack album by Percy Faith and performed by the Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo for the CBS television special and documentary A Look at Monaco.{{cite web|last=|first=|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=swing-low-in-hi-fi-a-look-at-monaco-mw0000328178|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Swing Low in Hi Fi/A Look at Monaco|accessdate=9 March 2015}} The film featured a tour of the principal sites of Monaco conducted by the former American actress Grace Kelly, who had become the Princess Consort of Monaco following her 1956 marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.

Grace's narration from the film is featured on the album.{{cite book|author=Thilo Wydra|title=Grace|url=https://archive.org/details/gracebiography0000wydr|url-access=registration|date=20 October 2014|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing}}{{cite web|title=Television|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51970407|work=The Australian Women's Weekly|date=3 April 1963 |publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=12 March 2015}}

Track listing

  1. "Prelude (Fireworks and the Faces of Monaco)" - 1:46
  2. "Monaco" - 2:12
  3. "The Old Palace" - 3:04
  4. "The Children" - 1:26
  5. "The Courtyard" - 0:53
  6. "In the Palace (The Clock, The Painting, The Mirror, The Throne)" - 1:53
  7. "Outdoors" - 2:45
  8. "The Zoo (Elephant, Lions, Leopard, Chimp)" - 4:02
  9. "The Museum" - 1:18
  10. "Water Sports (The Boat Ride)" - 4:03
  11. "National Holiday, March and the Opera House" - 4:06
  12. "National Anthem" - 1:15
  13. "Farewell" - 2:27

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