Film Music on the Web (UK): Recordings Reviews - September 1999 INDEX Part 2 Len Mullenger

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FILM MUSIC RECORDINGS REVIEWS

September 1999 Part 2

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Reviewers: Ian Lace, Rob Barnett, Paul Tonks, Jeffrey Wheeler, Don Mather, Katherine Fear, Two-Names
Los Angeles correspondent: Anthony E. Anderson

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	Leonard BERNSTEIN *Wonderful Town* Kim Criswell; Audra McDonald and Thomas Hampson. The London Voices and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Simon Rattle. EMI CDC5 56753 2 [66:46]	EDITOR'S RECOMMENDATION
	Ennio MORRICONE A Fistful of Sounds: *A Fistful of Dollars. For A Few Dollars More. Once Upon a Time in the West.* The complete soundtracks BMG Camden 74321 660402 2CDs [87:27] BARGAIN 2CDs listed by Crotchet at only £8.99 the pair
	Ennio MORRICONE *La Musica, Il Cinema* Roberto Fabbriciani (flutes); Massimiliano (piano) KOCH SCHWANN 3-1478-2 [56:42]
	John BARRY *Raise the Titanic* The complete Film Score Nic Raine conducting The City of Prague Philharmonic SILVA SCREEN FILMCD 319 [50:21]
	Collection: Prelude to a Kiss Plácido Domingo (tenor) and Renée Fleming (soprano) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim DECCA 460 793-2 [60:32]
	Collection: A Tenor at the Movies: *Tito Beltrán* with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus conducted by Paul Bateman SILVA CLASSICS SILKD 6019 [70:31]
NOSTALGIA and CURIO CORNER:
	Burt BACHARACH *Promises, Promises* [Book: Neil Simon; Lyrics Hal David] Jerry Orbach; Jill O’Hara, Edward Winter and the Original Broadway Cast. RYKO/MGM RCD 10750 [44:44]
	Jule STYNE *Sugar* [Book: Peter Stone; Lyrics: Bob Merrill] Robert Morse; Tony Roberts, Cyril Ritchard and Original Broadway Cast. RYKO/MGM RCD 10760 [48:01]
	Percy GRAINGER Short pieces for piano Janine Sowden (piano). ASV CD WHL 2117 [78:00]
	Collection: TREASURES OF OPERETTA Marilyn Hill Smith (sop); Peter Morrison (bar); Ambrosian Singers; The Chandos Singers; The Chandos Concert Orchestra condcuted by Barry Knight 2CDs CHANDOS CHAN 7131(2) [139:13]
	Collection: Ca c’est Paris! A celebration in 24 Vintage tracks 1927-1948 Marilyn Hill Smith (sop); Peter Morrison (bar); Ambrosian Singers; The Chandos Singers; The Chandos Concert Orchestra condcuted by Barry Knight ASV CD AJA 5285 [73:20] £7.99
	Collection: Forces’ Sweethearts - 23 Songs from the Heart-Throbs of World War II ASV CD AJA 5620 [71:33]
	Sarah O’Brien (cello) - dans mes rêves je reviens (with Claudine Lapointe, piano) Self Promotional CD001 http://www.sarah-obrien.com
Book Review
	Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies Harper Collins Entertainment

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