Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Susan Bullock, Canzonetta - The Film Music of William Alwyn, Vol. 2 (2001) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Susan Bullock, Canzonetta
- Title: The Film Music of William Alwyn, Vol. 2
- Year Of Release: 2001
- Label: Chandos
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:17:27
- Total Size: 371 mb / 1.32 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. The Crimson Pirate
02. Green Girdle
03. Take My Life
04. A Night to Remember: Main Title
05. The Card Suite: I. Main Titles and Opening Scene
06. The Card Suite: II. The Countess's Ball
07. The Card Suite: IIa. Polka
08. The Card Suite: III. Denry and Nellie
09. The Card Suite: IV. Coachride to Bursley
10. The Card Suite: V. Finale
11. Desert Victory Suite: I. Prologue
12. Desert Victory Suite: IV. Map of Routes to Middle East
13. Desert Victory Suite: V. Reinforcements Arrive
14. Desert Victory Suite: VI. Training Sequence
15. Desert Victory Suite: VIII. March
16. Svengali: Libera me
17. Winslow Boy Suite: I. Prelude
18. Winslow Boy Suite: II. Home in Wimbledon
19. Winslow Boy Suite: III. Closing Scene and End Titles
20. In Search of the Castaways: I. Ship's Waltz
21. In Search of the Castaways: II. Rumba
22. State Secret Suite: I. Main Titles and Escape
23. State Secret Suite: II. Grand Ball
24. State Secret Suite: III. Theatre Music
25. State Secret Suite: IV. On the Barge
26. State Secret Suite: VI. Finale
With vintage British films of the 1940s and '50s you expected a major orchestral film score. William Alwyn, alongside Malcolm Arnold, supplied some of the finest examples. His orchestral flair and the ready lyrical flow of his themes brought much that was memorable, and Philip Lane's reconstructions from the original soundtracks continually remind us of his melodic gifts, never more effectively than in the opening pot-pourri from The Crimson Pirate, which is teeming with lively ideas and nautical colour. In Take my Life Alwyn composed a pastiche aria for the operatic heroine, and wrote yet another for Svengali, both powerfully sung here by Susan Bullock.
The delectably light-hearted score for TheCard is a quite perfect, whimsical portrayal of the engagingly resourceful hero (played by Alec Guinness) of one of Arnold Bennett's most endearing lighter novels. It opens, appropriately, with a (human) whistle, but includes both a lively ball sequence and a nice touch of sentimental romantic nostalgia, exquisitely scored; the 'Coachride to Bursley' is a delightful motoperpetuo scherzando, and the finale is equally charming and capricious. There's a fine 'Ship's Waltz' and a rumbustious 'Rumba' for In Searchof the Castaways, while the wartime epic DesertVictory opens nobilmente, and closes in similarly patriotic mood with a grandiloquent march. As shown by the main title for A Night to Remember Alwyn wasn't a purveyor of flamboyant Hollywoodian theme tunes, but his music always added much to the background atmosphere, and for the most part stands up very well on its own, especially when it's as superbly played and recorded as it is here.
01. The Crimson Pirate
02. Green Girdle
03. Take My Life
04. A Night to Remember: Main Title
05. The Card Suite: I. Main Titles and Opening Scene
06. The Card Suite: II. The Countess's Ball
07. The Card Suite: IIa. Polka
08. The Card Suite: III. Denry and Nellie
09. The Card Suite: IV. Coachride to Bursley
10. The Card Suite: V. Finale
11. Desert Victory Suite: I. Prologue
12. Desert Victory Suite: IV. Map of Routes to Middle East
13. Desert Victory Suite: V. Reinforcements Arrive
14. Desert Victory Suite: VI. Training Sequence
15. Desert Victory Suite: VIII. March
16. Svengali: Libera me
17. Winslow Boy Suite: I. Prelude
18. Winslow Boy Suite: II. Home in Wimbledon
19. Winslow Boy Suite: III. Closing Scene and End Titles
20. In Search of the Castaways: I. Ship's Waltz
21. In Search of the Castaways: II. Rumba
22. State Secret Suite: I. Main Titles and Escape
23. State Secret Suite: II. Grand Ball
24. State Secret Suite: III. Theatre Music
25. State Secret Suite: IV. On the Barge
26. State Secret Suite: VI. Finale
With vintage British films of the 1940s and '50s you expected a major orchestral film score. William Alwyn, alongside Malcolm Arnold, supplied some of the finest examples. His orchestral flair and the ready lyrical flow of his themes brought much that was memorable, and Philip Lane's reconstructions from the original soundtracks continually remind us of his melodic gifts, never more effectively than in the opening pot-pourri from The Crimson Pirate, which is teeming with lively ideas and nautical colour. In Take my Life Alwyn composed a pastiche aria for the operatic heroine, and wrote yet another for Svengali, both powerfully sung here by Susan Bullock.
The delectably light-hearted score for TheCard is a quite perfect, whimsical portrayal of the engagingly resourceful hero (played by Alec Guinness) of one of Arnold Bennett's most endearing lighter novels. It opens, appropriately, with a (human) whistle, but includes both a lively ball sequence and a nice touch of sentimental romantic nostalgia, exquisitely scored; the 'Coachride to Bursley' is a delightful motoperpetuo scherzando, and the finale is equally charming and capricious. There's a fine 'Ship's Waltz' and a rumbustious 'Rumba' for In Searchof the Castaways, while the wartime epic DesertVictory opens nobilmente, and closes in similarly patriotic mood with a grandiloquent march. As shown by the main title for A Night to Remember Alwyn wasn't a purveyor of flamboyant Hollywoodian theme tunes, but his music always added much to the background atmosphere, and for the most part stands up very well on its own, especially when it's as superbly played and recorded as it is here.
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