Bernard Herrmann: The Snows Of Kilimanjaro, 5 Fingers

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 25, 2008
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HERRMANN, BERNARD
    • PERFORMER
      Moscow So, Stromberg
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 25, 2008
    • UPC
      747313018673
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8570186
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    2. Nocturne

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    3. Memory Waltz

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    4. Adagietto

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    5. The Silence

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    6. The Fall

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    7. Sorrow

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    8. The Awakening

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    9. Barcarolle

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    10. Interlude I

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    11. Interlude II

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    12. The Letter

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    13. The Farewell

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    14. The River

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    15. The Hyena

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    16. Helen

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    17. Witch Doctor

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    18. The Death-watch

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    19. Panic

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    20. Finale

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    21. Prelude

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    22. Cicero

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    23. The Embassy

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    24. The Film

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    25. The Old Street

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    26. The Safe

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    27. Dreams

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    28. Five Weeks

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    29. Romance

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    30. Departure

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    31. Alone

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    32. The Charwoman

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    33. Escape

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    34. The Pursuit

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    35. The Boat

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    36. Rio

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg

    37. Finale

      Composer: Bernard Herrmann

      Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: William Stromberg


[The Naxos Film Music Classics] series continues with two of Bernard Herrmann's finer pre-Hitchcock efforts. Both scores are from 1952 and are among the first projects Herrmann completed after moving from New York to Los Angeles and signing with 20th Century Fox. The films were box-office as well as artistic triumphs for Fox--and for Herrmann. As usual with Herrmann scores, the music is so intricately bound up with the visual images that it sometimes sounds less than distinctive when divorced from the film. Herrmann wisely compiled suites of a number of his scores (he recorded the Snows of Kilimanjaro Suite for Decca), making for a more cohesive and dramatically satisfying presentation of the music for the concert hall.

Of the two featured here, 5 Fingers is the more consistently interesting, highlighted by exotic scene painting (with its suggestions of Turkish folk music) and powerfully dramatic passages in the final episodes. Kilimanjaro has its own colorful moments as well, opening with a swirling, snow-swept overture in the style of Mussorgsky. Other highlights include the lovely and poignant Memory Waltz and the intense sequence for The River. William Stromberg and the Moscow Symphony Orchestra uncannily evoke classic Hollywood with their stylistically true, brilliantly played renditions of Herrmann's inimitable music. The recording quality is far superior to what any original soundtrack could offer, even if it is somewhat shallow in perspective. Film music fans, and especially Herrmann fans, will be thrilled.

--Victor Carr Jr., ClassicsToday.com Reviewing Marco Polo 8225168