The Film Music of William Alwyn, Vol. 4 / Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
January 20, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ALWYN, WILLIAM
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bbc Philharmonic
    • PERFORMER
      Trepress, Gamba
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 20, 2017
    • UPC
      095115193020
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10930
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Main Titles and Opening Scene: Moderato

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    2. II. Arab Scene: Moderato

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    3. III. In the Camp: Moderato

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    4. IV. Nocturne and Finale: Moderato - Poco meno mosso - Moderato

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    5. I. Title Music: Moderato - Vivace - A tempo di valse -

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    6. II. Polka: Tempo di polka

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    7. III. Proposal Waltz: Moderato - Tempo di valse

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    8. IV. The Lancers: Vivace - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    9. I. Main Titles: Moderato

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    10. II. Jamie and Alison: Adagio - A tempo I

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    11. III. Spanish Dance: Vivace - A tempo giusto ma meno

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    12. Fortune Is a Woman: Prelude (arr. P. Lane for orchestra)

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    13. Mermaid's Song (arr. P. Lane for voice and orchestra)

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Charlotte Trepass

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    14. Saturday Island: Prelude (reconstructed and arranged by P. Lane)

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    15. I. Dublin 1921: Moderato

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    16. II. People of Erin

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    17. III. The Black and Tans: Moderato - Molto meno mosso - Più mosso e molto accelerando

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    18. IV. Professor Sean Lenihan

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    19. V. Trouble

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    20. VI. Rebel to the End: Andante

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    21. The Ship That Died of Shame: Main Title Theme

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    22. I. Prelude: Molto maestoso - A tempo, ma più mosso - A tempo, ma stringendo -

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    23. II. Nocturne: Moderato (à la Chopin) - Alla marcia -

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Paul Janes

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    24. III. March: Alla marcia - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    25. I. Prelude: Maestoso

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    26. II. March: Alla marcia - Coda

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    27. III. Interlude: Allegro ritmico - Molto meno mosso - A tempo moderato

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    28. IV. Scherzo: Vivace - Coda

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba

    29. V. Finale: Moderato - Tempo pesante - L'istesso tempo - L'istesso tempo - Broader - Meno - Maestoso

      Composer: William Alwyn

      Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Rumon Gamba


This new release, the fourth volume of the Alwyn film music series, has been long anticipated. This series began seventeen years ago with the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Richard Hickox, and continued with Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic, who released volumes 2 and 3 in 2001 and 2005. Rumon Gamba also got involved in other series, exploring the music of d’Indy, Rozsa, and British composers of the twentieth century, as in two volumes of Overtures from the British Isles. This latest album brings new recordings of music from the prolific decades of the 40s and 50s, during which Alwyn scored a number of famous films. These scores show to perfection Alwyn’s supreme skill in providing music totally attuned to the subject matter, which ranges from the dramatic to the exotic, from comedy to the factual. Much of the music recorded here had to be reconstructed by Philip Lane from the soundtracks, as written scores had not survived.