Compilations

Chris Walden: Chris Walden Big Band - ‘Home of My Heart’ ;   Various Artists   Promo CD; Running Time: 78:05 ; ****(*) IL

Felix Mendelssohn: Drifting and Dreaming with Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders ;   Hawaiian Serenaders   Living Era CD AJA 5568; Running Time: 76:23 ; Not rated. IL

Chris Parker: The Film Music of Clifton Parker (1905-1989) ;   BBC Concert Orchestra/Rumon Gamba   CHANDOS CHAN 10279; Running Time: 79:39 ; Not rated. RB

Ron Goodwin: The Film Music of Ron Goodwin ;   BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba   Chandos CHAN 10262; Running Time: 76.25 ; ****(*) GD

Other

Howard Shore: The Aviator ;   Flemish Radio Orchestra   Decca 210 3579; Running Time: 47:23 ; Not rated. MB

Bruno Coulais: The Chorus (Les Choristes) ;   Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc Choir & Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra   Nonesuch 61741-2; Running Time: 38:38 ; ****(*) JW

Christophe Beck: Elektra ;   N/A   Varèse Sarabande Records (302 066 633 2); Running Time: 45:12 ; ** MH

Frank Loesser: Guys and Dolls – Original 1950 Broadway Cast ;   Starring Starring Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine, Stubby Kaye and Isabel Bigley   Available on Naxos 8.120786; Running Time: 69:34 ; **** IL

Shigeru Umebayashi: House of Flying Daggers ;   featuring Zhang Ziyi and Kathleen Battle   Sony Classical SK 93561; Running Time: 49:48 ; **** GD

Various Artists: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Volume 3 (featuring The Girl from U.N.C.L.E) ;   N/A   FSMCD Vol. 7, No. 14; Running Time: 154:34 (total); Disc One (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.): 77:21; Disc Two (The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.): 77:03 ; ***(*) TH

Arthur Honegger: Les Misérables: Complete Film Score (1934) ;   Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Adriano   NAXOS 8.557486; Running Time: 59:00 ; Not rated. PG

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phantom of the Opera – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Special ;   N/A   Sony Music Soundtrax (S2K 93522); Running Time: 179:24 (total); CD1: 65:50 ; CD2: 54:34 ; Not rated. CH

Rolfe Kent: Sideways ;   N/A   SILVA SCREEN SILCD 1174; Running Time: 37:24 ; **** IL

Don Davis: The Unsaid ;   Utah Studio Symphony Orchestra   Prometheus PCD 156; Running Time: 76:23 ; *** GD

DVD Reviews

Gabriel Yared: Clavigo ;   Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris & Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris   TDK DVD Video DV-BLCAV; Running Time: 87 min. ; Not rated. I&GL

Andrés Goldstein & Daniel Tarrab: La Puta y la Bellena (The Whore and the Whale) ;   N/A   N/A; Running Time: 122 min. ; *****/****/** GD