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I’m not sure there’s another musician working today who truly ‘gets’ what the ‘Hollywood Sound’ was, or indeed so successfully champions its place in music culture...Music from the likes of Laura,... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 9th Sep 2022
Catalogue No: CHSA5294
Label: Chandos
Length: 60 minutes

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9th September 2022
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Awards Issue 2022

Editor's Choice
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December 2022

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Korngold: The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex: Overture

Work length7:24

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Sinfonia of London
John Wilson

Raksin: Laura: Theme

Work length5:42

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Andy Wood
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson

Arlen: The Wizard of Oz: Suite

Work length11:13

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Sinfonia of London
John Wilson

Loewe, F: Transylvanian March and Embassy Waltz (from 'My Fair Lady')

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Sinfonia of London
John Wilson

Steiner: Now, Voyager: Suite

Work length14:39

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Sinfonia of London
John Wilson

Mandel, J: The Sandpiper: Main Title

Work length4:46

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Michael Lovatt
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson

Waxman, F: Rebecca: Suite

Work length7:37

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Sinfonia of London
John Wilson

Newman, A: Street Scene (from 'How to Marry a Millionaire')

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Sinfonia of London
John Wilson

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Presto Music Classical Podcast, Episode 30: Music from the Golden Age of Hollywood with John Wilson

15th September 2022

James is joined by conductor John Wilson for a look back at some of his recordings with Sinfonia of London, followed by an in-depth chat about their latest album of Golden Age film music, Hollywood Soundstage.

Recording of the Week, John Wilson conducts music from Hollywood's Golden Age

9th September 2022

Sinfonia of London and conductor John Wilson present a dazzling selection of music from classic movies including Rebecca, The Wizard of Oz, Laura, How to Marry a Millionaire, My Fair Lady, and Now, Voyager.

Sinfonia of London and John Wilson present an album that celebrates the golden age of Hollywood. Sinfonia of London rose to fame in the 1950s as the leading recording orchestra of the day, appearing in the musical credits of more than 300 films, including the 1958 soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann for Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Reformed by John Wilson in 2018 as a recording orchestra, and made-up of some of London’s finest orchestral musicians, their first recording of Korngold’s Symphony in F# won the orchestral award from BBC music magazine, and drew critical acclaim worldwide. Korngold’s Overture from the private lives of Elizabeth and Essex which opens the programme is an excellent demonstration of his rich, chromatic sound-world that set a blue-print for the Hollywood sound and so many composers that followed. Although the songs were written by Harold Arlen, it was Herbert Stothart’s score for The Wizard of Oz that won the Oscar, and it is his suite from the movie that features here. There are also suites from Max Steiner’s Now, Voyager and Franz Waxman’s Rebecca (receiving here it’s premiere recording). Shorter pieces from David Raksin, Frederick Loewe, Johnny Mandel and Alfred Newman complete this rewarding programme.

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December 2022

I’m not sure there’s another musician working today who truly ‘gets’ what the ‘Hollywood Sound’ was, or indeed so successfully champions its place in music culture...Music from the likes of Laura, Rebecca, The Wizard of Oz and Now, Voyager might be familiar, but it has never sounded so good thanks to Chandos’s super high quality recording. A dazzlingly rich and ravishing treat.

2nd September 2022

Top of the list is Wilson’s own suite from Max Steiner’s Now, Voyager, the much-loved Bette Davis film. Steiner’s passionate, Wagner-influenced music gets inside the head and will not let go...
All blaze into life in these performances from Wilson and the Sinfonia of London, silver-screen heroes for a new generation of film music lovers.

Awards Issue 2022

He has listened long and hard to the way the Hollywood studio orchestras played this music and has recreated it to the manner born for our technologically advanced times.

9th September 2022

Every single piece is given the respect it deserves, and Wilson is never content just to go along with any performing traditions that might have accrued over the years...I can't really recall any other album recently that has been so full of such joyous, exuberant, and infectiously emotional playing.

2nd October 2022

An exercise in unapologetic nostalgia, this lovely celebration of classic Hollywood film scores is delivered with deep care and affection by Wilson and his dependably excellent players.

Limelight Magazine October 2022

Chandos ensures the music hits you right between the eyes in a recording that has both depth and immediacy... Wilson, an expert in film music of this period, gets everything right – pace, emotional impact, and good old-fashioned Hollywood chutzpah – and his orchestra is superb.

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Presto Music Classical Podcast, Episode 30: Music from the Golden Age of Hollywood with John Wilson

Recording of the Week, John Wilson conducts music from Hollywood's Golden Age

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