Film Music Of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Vol 2 / Gamba, BBC PO

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
October 1, 2007
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      KORNGOLD GAMBA
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Male Voices Of Manchester Chamber Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Rumon, Gamba
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2007
    • UPC
      095115143827
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10438
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Film And TV Music
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Main Title -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    2. I. Spain -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    3. I. Slaves -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    4. I. Big Drum -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    5. I. The Albatross -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    6. I. Battle -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    7. I. Duel -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    8. I. Slaves' Release

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    9. II. Night Banquet -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    10. II. Love Scene on the Boat -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    11. II. Throne Room -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    12. II. Exit -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    13. II. Elizabeth and Thorpe

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    14. III. Rose Garden

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    15. IV. Jungle Orchid - Thorpe's Men Hiding -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    16. IV. Gold Caravan -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    17. IV. Attack -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    18. IV. Fight -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    19. IV. In the Jungle -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    20. IV. Ocean - The Hanging Man

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    21. V. The Galley -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    22. V. Spanish Boat -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    23. V. Rebellion - Along the Coast of Cadiz -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    24. V. The Slaves Liberate Themselves - The Murder -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    25. V. The Fight with the Guard -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    26. V. Knife Fight -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    27. V. Happy Sailing

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: Male Voices of Manchester Chamber Choir, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    28. VI. Thorpe Enters into Castle -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    29. VI. Duel - Thorpe Fights - Elizabeth Intervenes -

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    30. VI. Finale - End Title

      Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba


Released in July 1940, 'The Sea Hawk' was Korngold's last swashbuckler, and is arguably the finest film ever made in the genre. Certainly it is one of Errol Flynn's greatest films, and had a lavish budget for its time of 1.7m. One of the most difficult assignments of Korngold's career, it required a score of extraordinary length and complexity. The music was superbly multi-layered and thematically complex, literally sweeping the film along and matching its extraordinary visuals. Composition began just two days after the filming had been completed: in a special projection room equipped with a piano, Korngold had the reels of film run for him repeatedly while he improvised his music on the piano to the running footage. Later, he would then complete a full, annotated piano score. His training in the late symphonic traditions served him well. This recording has been very much a personal project for Rumon Gamba who comments, 'as with the rest of the Chandos Film series I very much wanted to keep the music limited to a single disc, instead of being dogged reconstruction of the complete score, including every single cue - some being just a quick trumpet figure or drum roll. I felt it was more important to represent the symphonic sweep of the score which is one of this film's greatest strengths'. Gamba has created a comprehensive 'suite' of six 'movements' that follows the action chronologically and only leaves out some insignificant cues and general repetitions. He continues, 'I believe that hearing Korngold's score in this manner will make for a wonderful listening experience representative of the narrative and in keeping with the spirit of this marvellous picture'. The BBC Philharmonic performs these scores with a symphonic precision and energy familiar with the first volume of Korngold's film music, released in 2005. Reviewing Volume 1, 'Music from the Movies' observed that 'Chandos has been doing great things in the film score re-recording world over recent years...With this release, however, they break new ground...this Chandos CD is for me the crowning achievement so far of what was already an impressive addition to the Golden Age film music'.