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George GERSHWIN Porgy & Bess    Lawrence Winters (Porgy); Camilla Williams (Bess); Inez Matthews (Serena); Warren Coleman (Crown); Avon Long (Sportin’ Life); J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus; Orchestra Conducted by Lehman Engel  SONY Classical (Masterworks Heritage) 2CDs MH2K 63322 [129:45]


George GERSHWIN Porgy & Bess (Highlights) Blue Monday (original version)  Gregg Baker, Harolyn Blackwell, Angela Brown, William Henry Caldwell, Cab Calloway, Lawrence Craig, Marquita Lister, Kirk Walker, Thomas Young, Central State University Chorus, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel    TELARC CD-80434 [71:23]

Blue Monday

Porgy


Philip GLASS   Symphony No 2* ; Interlude from Orphée 1992 **; Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra *** *  Vienna Radio S.O. ** Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra *** Rasher Saxophone Quartet/Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra all conducted by Dennis Russell Davies    NONESUCH-WARNER 7559 79496-2 [69:27]


Michael J. LEWIS - Film Music 1969-1994 Rundfunkorchester Berlin and Los Angeles Ensemble conducted by Michael J. Lewis  PEN DINAS PD-951 2CDs [117:00] Music from: Julius Caesar; The MedusaTouch; The Naked Face; Theatre of Blood; The Madwoman of Chaillot; The Passage; Hound of the Baskervilles; 92 in the Shade; Sphinx; The Stick-Up; Rose and the Jackal; The Unseen; North Sea Hijack; Upon this Rock

EDITORS CHOICE


LIBERTY TREE - American Music 1776 -1861  The Boston Camerata Joel Cohen ERATO 3984-21668-2 [58:32]


Burt BACHARACH Songs Broadway Singers VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD-5889 [60:03]


Max STEINER The Treasure of The Sierra Madre Suite; The Charge of the Light Brigade Suite   Barry Kolman conducts the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra CENTAUR CRC 2367 [66:01]

Treasure

Light Brigade


David A HUGHES & John MURPHY Stiff Upper Lips OST EMI Premier Soundtracks 495529 2 [49:55]


Bruce BROUGHTON Lost in Space OST   EPIC/TVT Soundtrax 491303 2 [68:01]


Basil POLEDOURIS Conan The Destroyer (1984) OST - Orchestra Unione Musicisti Di Roma conducted by the composer VARÈSE SARABANDE VSD5392 33:12

EDITOR'S RECOMMENDATION


Jerry GOLDSMITH Legend (1985) OST Jerry Goldsmith conducts the National Philharmonic Orchestra SILVA SCREEN FILMCD045

EDITOR'S RECOMMENDATION


Karl JENKINS - Imagined Oceans Pamela Thorby (recorder); Sarah Eyden (soprano); Micaela Haslam (mezzo-soprano); Heather Cairncross (alto); Karl Jenkins Ensemble SONY CLASSICAL SK 60668 [67:37]


Mark SNOW The X Files (Fight the Future) - The Movie OST   ELECTRA 7559-62217 [67:20]


Nicholas PIKE Star Kid OST SONIC IMAGES SID-8800 [70:22]


Jay GRUSKA Lois and Clark: The New Adventure of Superman (TV Series) OST SONIC IMAGES SI 8703-2 [57:58]


THE BEST OF THE GODZILLA MOVIES (1954-1995) - OST excerpts - MASARU SATOH ** KUNIO MIYAUCHI *** RICHIIRO MANABE **** Vol. 1 (1954-1975)  'THEN' SILVA SCREEN FILMCD201 [73:20] Vol.2 (1984-1995) 'NOW'  SILVA SCREEN FILMCD202 [74:32]


Michael GIACCHINO The Lost World - Jurassic Park OST         Music for the Playstation and Saturn Games Northwest Sinfonia/TimSimonec Universal/DreamWorks Interactive/Sonic Images SID8803 [56:16]


Christopher FRANKE Babylon 5 TV series Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra/composer SONIC IMAGES Vol 1 [58:03] SID6502; Vol 2 [57:38] SID6602


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