The Film Music of Alan Rawsthorne

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Incapable of shoddy craftsmanship, and truly a 'composer's composer', Rawsthorne brought a professional integrity, great clarity of expression and unerring economy of thought to every field of... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 1st Mar 2000
Catalogue No: CHAN9749
Label: Chandos
Series: Movies
Length: 73 minutes

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Rawsthorne, A: The Captive Heart Suite

Work length16:29

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

I. Introduction

Track length1:37

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II. Poignant Memories

Track length3:12

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III. Escape Attempt

Track length2:04

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IV. Letters from Home

Track length2:04

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V. Repatriation

Track length1:54

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VI. Emotional Meeting

Track length3:39

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VII. VE Day

Track length1:59

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Rawsthorne, A: West of Zanzibar: Main Titles

Work length3:26

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

Rawsthorne, A: The Cruel Sea: Main Titles - Nocturne

Work length4:56

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

Rawsthorne, A: Where No Vultures Fly

Work length10:21

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

I. Introduction

Track length1:31

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II. Main Titles and Opening Scene

Track length4:27

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III. Surveying the Game

Track length4:23

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Rawsthorne, A: Uncle Silas

Work length6:45

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

I. Main Titles and Opening Scene

Track length2:41

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II. Valse caprice

Track length3:18

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III. End Titles

Track length0:46

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Rawsthorne, A: Lease of Life: Main Titles - Emergency

Work length2:48

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

Rawsthorne, A: The Dancing Fleece

Work length11:52

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

I. Allegro

Track length3:17

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II. Vivace

Track length4:50

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III. Poco vivace

Track length3:45

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Rawsthorne, A: Burma Victory Suite

Work length12:16

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

I. Dropping Supplies

Track length3:03

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II. Dawn and Jungle Advance

Track length3:43

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III. Building Boats

Track length2:08

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IV. Mandalay

Track length3:22

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Rawsthorne, A: Saraband for Dead Lovers: Saraband - Carnival

Work length4:11

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Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic

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2010

Incapable of shoddy craftsmanship, and truly a 'composer's composer', Rawsthorne brought a professional integrity, great clarity of expression and unerring economy of thought to every field of music in which he worked, not least the 27 film scores he penned between 1937 and 1964.
Here are selections from nine scores in all, the arranging and orchestrating duties being shared by the indefatigable Philip Lane and Gerard Schurmann. The Cruel Sea (1953) is the bestknown offering, its evocative, slumbering power and noble defiance as eloquent as ever. Bernard Herrmann, who knew a thing or two about the genre, rated Uncle Silas (1947) one of the greatest film scores he'd ever encountered: try the delightfully flirtatious 'Valse caprice'. The charming 'Three Dances' from The DancingFleece (a Crown Film Unit production promoting British wool) can almost be viewed as a 'trial run' for Madame Chrysanthème, the one-act ballet Rawsthorne wrote in 1955for Sadlers Wells.
The first track is an extended (18-minute) suite from the 1946 POW drama, The Captive Heart, and there are also generous excerpts from WhereNo Vultures Fly and the documentary Burma Victory (full of decidedly superior, stirring invention).
Keller was especially complimentary about Lease of Life (1954), a Robert Donat vehicle for which Rawsthorne supplied a 'rich miniature score' lasting about 13 and a half minutes, and the collection concludes with a flourish in the shape of the superbly swaggering 'Prelude and Carnival' from Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948). Gamba draws playing of panache and infectious enthusiasm from the BBC Philharmonic, with spectacularly wide-ranging Chandos sound. Not to be missed!

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