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Film music.
When incidental music was written by composers such as Grieg, Mendelssohn, Sibelius and Beethoven, it performed essentially the same role as the film music of Georges Auric, for example. This highly successful series restores many of these scores to their original version and even records music that, in the end, never made it to the big screen.
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Rumon Gamba's 77-minute suite in six parts from Korngold's towering score for The SeaHawk (1940) sensibly follows the action and will leave no listener in any doubt as to the giddy fecundity... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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For Michael Curtiz's 1941 big-screen adaptation of Jack London's The Sea Wolf (starring Edward G Robinson as Wolf Larsen, the sadistic captain of the sealer Ghost), Korngold produced one of... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The name may not be so familiar and neither are some of the film titles, but the music speaks volumes for the talent of composer Gerard Schurmann…The orchestral flavours here – wild, romantic,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Screen Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Bernard Herrmann - Hangover Square & Citizen Kane
Orla Boylan (soprano) & Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
the Concerto Macabre, Herrmann's concert version of the lethal concerto from Hangover Square, [is] thrillingly done with the electrifying soloist Martin Roscoe. — More…
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Richard Rodney Bennett possesses a natural flair for composing for both big screen or small. The concept of presenting the music in suites (no credit here for the arrangers) makes the best possible... — More…
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The Film Music of Richard Addinsell
Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Chethams Chamber Choir, Manchester Cathedral Choir, Rumon Gamba
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... — More…CD
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The Film Music of Brian Easdale
Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot)
BBC National Chorus of Wales & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba
this excellent CD puts [Easdale] back where he belongs, in the top rank of film composers...The young voices of the BBC National Chorus of Wales add a vivid and dynamic dimension to both of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2011, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice
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