The Film Music of Arthur Benjamin & Leighton Lucas

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here's British film music for every occasion, with seven samples of Lucas (usually refined, sometimes limp) and a meatier trio by Benjamin. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: CHAN10713
Label: Chandos
Series: Movies
Length: 67 minutes

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Benjamin, A: The Conquest of Everest Suite

Work length9:37

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

I. Title Music

Track length1:50

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II. Walls that Surpass the Imagination

Track length0:46

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III. The Great Lift

Track length2:27

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IV. Top of the World and Final Bars

Track length4:34

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Benjamin, A: The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Storm Clouds Cantata

Work length7:51

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Abigail Sara, Rob Court, Côr Caerdydd, Adrian Partington, Gwawr Owen

Benjamin, A: An Ideal Husband

Work length7:18

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

I. Waltz

Track length5:30

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II. Hyde Park Galop

Track length1:48

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Guido Lucas: Yangtse Incident, Portrait of the Amethyst

Work length6:54

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Sarah-Jayne Porsmoguer

I. Theme

Track length1:12

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II. Hornpipe

Track length1:51

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III. The Amethyst March

Track length3:51

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Guido Lucas: Portrait of Clare (after R. Schumann's Myrthen, Op. 25): Dedication

Work length3:43

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Guido Lucas: The Dam Busters: Prelude and Dam Blast

Work length5:21

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Guido Lucas: Stage Fright: Stage Fright Rhapsody

Work length5:01

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Catherine Roe-Williams

Guido Lucas: Ice Cold in Alex Suite

Work length9:25

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

I. Prelude

Track length2:09

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II. Love Scene

Track length4:21

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III. March

Track length2:55

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Guido Lucas: This Is York

Work length9:30

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

I. Opening Titles

Track length1:47

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II. Setting the Path - Diagram Lights

Track length1:51

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III. Thornton-le-Dale

Track length1:29

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IV. Smoking Engine - Pan across York

Track length4:23

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Guido Lucas: Target for Tonight: March-Prelude

Work length3:03

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Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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Arthur Benjamin composed the Storm Clouds Cantata in 1934 for Hitchcock’s first version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. In the 1956 colour remake of the film, the incidental music was composed by Bernard Herrmann, who was offered the opportunity to write his own music for the film’s climax. In an unusual outbreak of modesty, however, he said that he could not improve upon Benjamin’s cantata, so it stayed. In the film, Herrmann can be seen conducting the work a in a 12-minute-long, tension-filled scene at the Royal Albert Hall, during which the heroine must stop an assassin from shooting a visiting prime minister. The assassin has memorised the music by listening to a recording of the work, and waits patiently for the thunderous climax of cymbals which will muffle the sound of his gun…

Also on this disc is Benjamin’s Waltz and Hyde Park Gallop from An Ideal Husband, and the music from The Conquest of Everest, one of his most successful film scores.

Leighton Lucas is particularly noted for his film music, including the scores for Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright, for Ice Cold in Alex, and for The Dam Busters – all represented on this disc. In Portrait of the Amethyst from Yangtse Incident, the music supports scenes of everyday duties aboard the British frigate HMS Amethyst, and culminates in the famous March, with its hint of Heart of Oak, the official march of the Royal Navy. In contrast, the score to the Victorian curiosity Portrait of Clare, represented here with the Dedication, is inspired by piano and other works by romantic composers such as Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt.

All are performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Rumon Gamba who records exclusively for Chandos. The disc features exquisite performances by a number of soloists – the mezzo-soprano Abigail Sara, pianist Catherine Roe-Williams, and organist Rob Court – as well as the voices of Côr Caerdydd.

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May 2012

here's British film music for every occasion, with seven samples of Lucas (usually refined, sometimes limp) and a meatier trio by Benjamin.

May 2012

The strengths of the recording are immediately apparent - richly heraldic brass and secure warm strings

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