Dominic Frontiere & His Orchestra - Pagan Festival: An Exotic Love Ritual For Orchestra (1959)

"Pagan Festival: An Exotic Love Ritual For Orchestra" (1959) is a concept studio album by American composer, arranger, and accordionist Dominic Frontiere, released on Columbia Records. The album is considered a recognized classic and a gem of the Exotica genre, which flourished during the Space Age Pop era of the late 1950s.
The music combines a large-scale symphonic sound with traditional Exotica instruments: dense percussion (bongos, congas, and guiros), harp, vibraphone, and mysterious wordless vocals. The concept of the release is inspired by Incan and Mayan mythology, exploring themes of ancient rituals, deities, and romantic mysteries.