What fascinates arranger Stefan Schwalgin most about the musical personality of Frank Sinatra is the fact that he was a true fan of orchestras. He always chose big ensembles of top-class musicians as accompaniment – not only big bands but also symphonic ensembles. He sang most of his roughly 1.300 recordings with these ensembles “live” in the studio rather than using the common method of recording vocals and instruments separately and combining them later. On top of that, Sinatra could afford to...