{"product_id":"sir-thomas-beecham-sir-adrian-boult-sir-william-walton-music-for-stage-and-screen-cd","title":"Sir Thomas Beecham \u0026 Sir Adrian Boult \u0026 Sir William Walton - Music For Stage And Screen (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease Date: 09\/25\/20\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; padding: 6px 0 6px 0; margin: 0; color: #000000; background-color:#f2f2f2;\"\u003eAt the heart of this release is Sir Thomas Beecham's performance of Falla's 'El Amor Brujo' taken from the soundtrack to the film Honeymoon (1962).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"font-size: 10px; padding: 3px 0 0 0; margin: 0; color: #333333;\"\u003eThe remastered recordings on this album are taken from early recordings and film soundtracks. The music ranges from ballets (Holst's The Perfect Fool and Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo), through incidental music for a play (Delius's Hassan), to films, with music by Vaughan Williams, Walton, Alwyn, Parker, Boughton and Bliss.\u003cbr\u003eRalph Vaughan Williams's great theme for the wartime film 49th Parallel has reappeared in many guises, but is still popular in its original form; Muir Mathieson, who recorded the soundtrack made this early recording in 1948. A composer himself, Mathieson conducted music for many films and commissioned film scores from others, including several on this recording.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGustav Holst's ballet The Perfect Fool was first performed in 1923, but the recording presented here is Sir Adrian Boult's first recording, from 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe theatre producer Basil Dean commissioned music for James Elroy Flecker's play Hassan, first performed in 1923. Excerpts from the recording made in that year include the 'Serenade', sung as a wordless tenor solo, and the evocative final chorus – 'The Golden Road to Samarkand'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManuel de Falla's ballet El Amor Brujo was written in 1914 and was an important feature of the 1958 film 'Honeymoon'. This recording, with Beecham conducting, was taken from the soundtrack. Beecham did not make a commercial recording of the work, so this recording is especially valuable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRutland Boughton's Lorna's Song from the film Lorna Doone brings back to circulation a delightful recording not heard since the days of 78s, and sung by the star of the film, Victoria Hopper, who is featured on the cover image.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Albion Records\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Classical\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRun Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40 mins\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e ","brand":"PROPER MUS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43847469793529,"sku":"ALBCD041","price":14.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/4889\/products\/ALBCD041.jpg?v=1684840541","url":"https:\/\/mvdshop.com\/products\/sir-thomas-beecham-sir-adrian-boult-sir-william-walton-music-for-stage-and-screen-cd","provider":"MVD Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}