The Film Music of Richard Addinsell

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None of the modern versions of the WarsawConcerto seems to have the freshness, urgency and lack of self-indulgence of this very fine version.
That's a pointer to the high level of playing and... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 21st Feb 2003
Catalogue No: CHAN10046
Label: Chandos
Series: Movies
Length: 79 minutes

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Addinsell: Goodbye, Mr Chips

Work length10:31

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic, Chethams Chamber Choir, Manchester Cathedral Choir

Main Titles and School Song

Track length3:22

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In the Mountains

Track length5:34

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Finale

Track length1:35

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Addinsell: Dangerous Moonlight: Warsaw Concerto

Work length8:30

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic, Martin Roscoe

Addinsell: Love on the Dole

Work length12:46

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

Main Titles - Sally Awakes

Track length4:20

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Courting Couples

Track length4:41

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Blackpool Outing

Track length1:52

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End Titles

Track length1:53

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Addinsell: Blithe Spirit

Work length9:59

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

Prelude

Track length5:00

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Waltz

Track length4:59

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Addinsell: The Black Rose

Work length7:48

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

Main Titles and Opening Scene

Track length2:07

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In the Empress's Palace

Track length2:50

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The Black Rose Theme

Track length2:51

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Addinsell: Scrooge

Work length14:05

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic, Chethams Chamber Choir, Manchester Cathedral Choir

Addinsell: Tom Brown's Schooldays: Overture

Work length7:47

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

Addinsell: The Admirable Crichton

Work length5:43

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

Polka and Galop

Track length4:41

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Waltz Sequence

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Addinsell: Out of the Clouds: The Flame Tango

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

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2010

None of the modern versions of the WarsawConcerto seems to have the freshness, urgency and lack of self-indulgence of this very fine version.
That's a pointer to the high level of playing and interpretation to be found throughout this ever fascinating and altogether quite delightful selection of Addinsell's film music.
Though Rachmaninov comes so immediately and vividly to mind in the most celebrated of Addinsell's creations, that was strictly for the purposes of its film context. Elsewhere you're more likely to be reminded of Vaughan Williams, Ravel or Eric Coates. Pastiche was an inevitable part of a film composer's armoury, but the very real inventive gifts displayed in the Warsaw Concerto are also evident throughout this collection. About half the music has already been recorded in other Addinsell collections, but not with the chorus that's especially effective here in the 'School Song' from Goodbye MrChips. Of the new items the sumptuously lyrical finale to the music for The Black Rose is particularly fine (expertly reconstructed, like much else here, by Philip Lane), as are the dances from the 1957 film The Admirable Crichton.
It's by no means just nostalgia that makes Addinsell's film music well worth exploring, and this generously filled CD is undoubtedly the best single-CD selection available.

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