Editor's Choice

Gabriel YARED : Possession ;   OST   RCA VICTOR 09026 63882 2  [67:02] ; **** IL  

Editor's Choice (Historical)

Compilation: The Film Music of Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ;   Merryn Gamba (soprano) * Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus * Rumon Gamba conducting the BBC Philharmonic    CHANDOS CHAN 10007 [78:30] ; ****(*) IL   

Editor's Recommendation

DVD Film : The First of the Few with music by Sir William WALTON ;   Starring Leslie Howard as R.J. Mitchell the designer of the Spitfire with David Niven and Rosamund John   ODYSSEY ODX 20150 [123 mins] ; [not rated] IL

Recommended

Hugo FRIEDHOFER : Above and Beyond ;   OST   FILM SCORE MONTHLY Vol. 5 No. 11 [55:44] ; **** PT

Paul GIOVANNI : The Wicker Man ;   Silva Screen FILMCD 330 [39:30] ; **** PT

John CARPENTER/Ennio MORRICONE/ Jack NITZSCHE/Alan HOWARTH/Dave DAVIES/George THOROGOOD : The Essential John Carpenter ;   Film Music Collection SILVA SCREEN RECORDS FILMCD 363 (72:15) ; **** MH

Other

Jerry GOLDSMITH: The Sum of All Fears ;   Elektra 7559-62786-2 [49:30] ; ** PT

Danny ELFMAN: Red Dragon ;   Conducted by Pete Anthony; Enhanced OST   DECCA 289 473 248-2 [57:08] ; **(*) JW

Thomas NEWMAN : The Road to Perdition ;   OST  DECCA RECORDS 017 167-2 [70:11] ; ***(*) MH

Hans ZIMMER/Bryan ADAMS: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron ;   OST  A&M RECORDS 493 362-2 [63:01] ; ***(*) MH

Various: Tears of the Black Tiger    Music from the Motion Picture;   MILAN 74321 91780 2   [38:18] ; ** IL

Earle HAGEN : I Spy ;   Original Television Soundtrack  FILM SCORE MONTHLY  Vol. 5 No. 10 ; ***(*) MH

Geoffrey BURGON : The Forsyte Saga ;   Music from the Television Series Bryn Terfel, (baritone) Sissel (soprano) Ian Brown (piano) Unidentified Orchestra led by Janice Graham Conducted by Geoffrey Burgon   ABC CLASSICS 472 275-2 [56.55] ; *** JWf

Ron GRAINER, Robert FARNON, Wilfred JOSEPHS and Albert ELMS: The Prisoner  ;   Original Television Soundtrack  Vol. 1: SILVA SCREEN FILMCD 601 [55:45]; Vol. 2 SILVA SCREEN FILMCD 602 [57:39]; Vol.3 SILVA SCREEN  FILMCD 603 [51:59] ; *** PLS

  

Curio Corner

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD : Die tote Stadt Opera in three Acts;   Philharmonic Orchestra of Strasbourg conducted by Jan Latham Koenig Chorus of the Opéra National du Rhin (Recorded from the Opéra National du Rhin, 2001)   ARTHAUS DVD Video 100 342  Surround Sound  [145 mins] ; [not rated] IL

Jerome MOROSS  (1913 – 1983): Frankie and Johnny (1938)^a; Those Everlasting Blues (1932)^b; Willie the Weeper (1948)^c;   Melisa Barrick, Denise Edds (soprano)^a; Diane Kesling (mezzo-soprano)^ab; John DeHaan (tenor)^c; Hot Springs Music Festival Chorus^c and Symphony Orchestra; Richard Rosenberg Recorded: Horner Hall, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, June 2000   NAXOS 8.559086 [63:29] ; [not rated] HC

Ernest FANELLI (1860-1917): Symphonic Pictures: 'The Romance of the Mummy' ; Louis-Albert BOURGAULT-DUCOUDRAY (1840-1910): Cambodian Rhapsody   Adriano conducts the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Recorded at the Slovak Radio Concert Hall, Bratislava in May 2000 and January 2001)    MARCO POLO 8.225234 [69:09] ; **** IL

Compilation: Ian Bostridge sings:- Noël COWARD (1899-1973);   Ian Bostridge (tenor) with Sophie Daneman (soprano) and Jeffrey Tate (piano) Recorded at EMI Studio No. 1 Abbey Road, October and November 2001   EMI 557374 2 [64:19] ; *** IL

Collection: Lakatos  -- 'As Time goes By' ;   Roby LAKATOS and his Ensemble  DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 471 562-2 [67:58] ; *** MH