British Film Classics [2 CD set]

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British Film Classics [2 CD set]
BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox; Earl Wild piano / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein

[ Chandos 241 / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 1 July 2003

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'British Film Classics' represents some of the greatest film music ever written in some of the finest recorded performances.
The repertoire juxtaposes some much-loved film scores with unexpected and original items, to form a highly satisfying and enjoyable collection.

Tracks:

Ron Goodwin:
Main Titles from The Trap (The London Marathon Theme) 3:31

Arthur Bliss:
March from Things to Come 3:35

Alan Rawsthorne:
Valse caprice from Uncle Silas 3:16

William Walton:
Prelude from Hamlet 3:10

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett:
Suite from Murder on the Orient Express 11:13

Eric Coates:
March from The Dam Busters 3:59

William Alwyn:
Ship's Waltz from In Search of the Castaways 2:49

William Alwyn:
Rumba from In Search of the Castaways 2:43

Malcolm Arnold:
Main Titles from The Belles of St Trinian's 1:30

Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Dawn Patrol from Coastal Command 4:01

Richard Addinsell:
Warsaw Concerto from Dangerous Moonlight 8:23

John Ireland:
Scorched Earth from The Overlanders 5:24

Georges Auric:
Waltz from Moulin Rouge 3:12

Malcolm Arnold:
Main Titles from David Copperfield 4:25

William Walton:
Suite from Battle of Britain 11.25
No 1: Spitfire Music and Battle in the Air 5:57
No 2: March and Siegfried Music 5:28

Malcolm Arnold:
Colonel Bogey from The Bridge on the River Kwai 4:06

Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Main Titles from Scott of the Antarctic 2:02

Ron Goodwin:
Luftwaffe March from Battle of Britain 3:55

William Walton:
Prologue from Henry V 6:59

William Alwyn:
Prelude from Odd Man Out 3:53

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett:
Elegy for Viola and Orchestra, (2nd Movement) from Lady Caroline Lamb 2:58

Sergey Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1st Movement) from Brief Encounter 9:16

Malcolm Arnold:
London Prelude from The Inn of the Sixth Happiness 3:40

William Walton:
Touch her soft lips and part from Henry V 1:28

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett:
Love Scene from Four Weddings and a Funeral 3:22

Ron Goodwin:
Main Titles from 633 Squadron 2:44

Alan Rawsthorne:
Main Titles and Nocturne from The Cruel Sea 4:43

William Walton:
Prelude from Richard III 3:08

Ron Goodwin:
Main Titles from Those Magnificent Men in those Flying Machines

Arnold Bax:
Finale from Oliver Twist 3:05

William Walton:
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue from The First of the Few 8:40