Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Emily Gray, Martin Hindmarsh, Chethams Chamber Choir - The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2 (2004) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Emily Gray, Martin Hindmarsh, Chethams Chamber Choir
- Title: The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2
- Year Of Release: 2022
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:10:44
- Total Size: 313 mb / 1.17 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. 49th Parallel: I. Prelude. Opening Titles
02. 49th Parallel: II. Prologue
03. 49th Parallel: III. Control Room Alert
04. 49th Parallel: IV. Hudson Bay Post
05. 49th Parallel: V. Looting the Store
06. 49th Parallel: VI. Death of Kühnecke
07. 49th Parallel: VIIa. Hutterite Settlement. Anna's Volkslied
08. 49th Parallel: VIIb. Hutterite Settlement. The Wheat Harvest
09. 49th Parallel: VIII. Winnipeg I
10. 49th Parallel: IX. Winnipeg II
11. 49th Parallel: X. Nazi March
12. 49th Parallel: XI. Indian Music I
13. 49th Parallel: XII. Indian Music II
14. 49th Parallel: XIII. Indian Music III
15. 49th Parallel: XIV. Nazis on the run and the Lake in the Mountains
16. 49th Parallel: XV. Prelude. Closing Titles
17. The Dim Little Island
18. The England of Elizabeth Suite: I. Titles - Street Scene - Countryside
19. The England of Elizabeth Suite: II. Books - Seamen - Dance
20. The England of Elizabeth Suite: III. Stratford - Maps - Red Indians
21. The England of Elizabeth Suite: IV. Treasures - New Houses
22. The England of Elizabeth Suite: V. King's College - River Avon - Final Scenes
Directed by Michael Powell and written by Emeric Pressburger and Rodney Ackland, 49thParallel (1941) was the Ministry of Information's only feature film, its plot of five stranded Nazi U-boat crewmen journeying through Canada to the haven of the then neutral United States – designed, in Powell's words, 'to scare the pants off the Americans and bring them into the war'.
Vaughan Williams's film score was the first of 11 he wrote between 1941 and 1958.
It was a challenge that evidently stoked his imagination, for inspiration runs high throughout this 39-minute sequence fashioned by Stephen Hogger. The unforgettable, nobly flowing 'Prelude' accompanies both the opening and closing titles, and enthusiasts will enjoy spotting thematic and stylistic links with masterworks to come (including Symphonies Nos 5-7 and Second String Quartet).
The present suite from The England ofElizabeth (written in the autumn of 1955 for a British Transport Commission documentary) adds eight minutes to Mathieson's three-movement adaptation (familiar to many from Previn's 1968 LSO account). It is, as annotator Michael Kennedy observes, a splendidly vital and inventive achievement. In the section depicting Tintern Vaughan Williams quotes a theme from his unpublished tone-poem of 1906, The Solent (the tune also crops up in his first and last symphonies), and it's soon followed by a haunting passage for choir alone.
Sandwiched between these two is a partial reconstruction of VW's amiable 1949 score for The Dim Little Island, a 10-minute short commissioned by the Central Office of Information (which also featured the composer in the role of narrator). It borrows heavily from VW's own Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus and even incorporates a verse of that self-same melody sung by a solo tenor.
Rumon Gamba draws a polished and wholehearted response from all involved. The Chandos recording has striking body and lustre; exemplary presentation, too. Very strongly recommended.
01. 49th Parallel: I. Prelude. Opening Titles
02. 49th Parallel: II. Prologue
03. 49th Parallel: III. Control Room Alert
04. 49th Parallel: IV. Hudson Bay Post
05. 49th Parallel: V. Looting the Store
06. 49th Parallel: VI. Death of Kühnecke
07. 49th Parallel: VIIa. Hutterite Settlement. Anna's Volkslied
08. 49th Parallel: VIIb. Hutterite Settlement. The Wheat Harvest
09. 49th Parallel: VIII. Winnipeg I
10. 49th Parallel: IX. Winnipeg II
11. 49th Parallel: X. Nazi March
12. 49th Parallel: XI. Indian Music I
13. 49th Parallel: XII. Indian Music II
14. 49th Parallel: XIII. Indian Music III
15. 49th Parallel: XIV. Nazis on the run and the Lake in the Mountains
16. 49th Parallel: XV. Prelude. Closing Titles
17. The Dim Little Island
18. The England of Elizabeth Suite: I. Titles - Street Scene - Countryside
19. The England of Elizabeth Suite: II. Books - Seamen - Dance
20. The England of Elizabeth Suite: III. Stratford - Maps - Red Indians
21. The England of Elizabeth Suite: IV. Treasures - New Houses
22. The England of Elizabeth Suite: V. King's College - River Avon - Final Scenes
Directed by Michael Powell and written by Emeric Pressburger and Rodney Ackland, 49thParallel (1941) was the Ministry of Information's only feature film, its plot of five stranded Nazi U-boat crewmen journeying through Canada to the haven of the then neutral United States – designed, in Powell's words, 'to scare the pants off the Americans and bring them into the war'.
Vaughan Williams's film score was the first of 11 he wrote between 1941 and 1958.
It was a challenge that evidently stoked his imagination, for inspiration runs high throughout this 39-minute sequence fashioned by Stephen Hogger. The unforgettable, nobly flowing 'Prelude' accompanies both the opening and closing titles, and enthusiasts will enjoy spotting thematic and stylistic links with masterworks to come (including Symphonies Nos 5-7 and Second String Quartet).
The present suite from The England ofElizabeth (written in the autumn of 1955 for a British Transport Commission documentary) adds eight minutes to Mathieson's three-movement adaptation (familiar to many from Previn's 1968 LSO account). It is, as annotator Michael Kennedy observes, a splendidly vital and inventive achievement. In the section depicting Tintern Vaughan Williams quotes a theme from his unpublished tone-poem of 1906, The Solent (the tune also crops up in his first and last symphonies), and it's soon followed by a haunting passage for choir alone.
Sandwiched between these two is a partial reconstruction of VW's amiable 1949 score for The Dim Little Island, a 10-minute short commissioned by the Central Office of Information (which also featured the composer in the role of narrator). It borrows heavily from VW's own Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus and even incorporates a verse of that self-same melody sung by a solo tenor.
Rumon Gamba draws a polished and wholehearted response from all involved. The Chandos recording has striking body and lustre; exemplary presentation, too. Very strongly recommended.
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