Offer,The Film Music of William Alwyn, Volume 2
Susan Bullock (soprano)
Canzonetta, BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
With vintage British films of the 1940s and '50s you expected a major orchestral film score. William Alwyn, alongside Malcolm Arnold, supplied some of the finest examples. His orchestral flair... — More…
Contents
Alwyn: The Crimson Pirate
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
Alwyn: Green Girdle
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
Alwyn: Take My Life
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic, Susan Bullock
Alwyn: A Night to Remember: Main Title
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
Alwyn: The Card Suite
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
I. Main Titles and Opening Scene
II. The Countess's Ball
IIa. Polka
III. Denry and Nellie
IV. Coachride to Bursley
V. Finale
Alwyn: Desert Victory Suite
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
I. Prologue
IV. Map of Routes to Middle East
V. Reinforcements Arrive
VI. Training Sequence
VIII. March
Alwyn: Svengali: Libera me
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic, Canzonetta
Alwyn: Winslow Boy Suite
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
I. Prelude
II. Home in Wimbledon
III. Closing Scene and End Titles
Alwyn: In Search of the Castaways
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
I. Ship's Waltz
II. Rumba
Alwyn: State Secret Suite
- Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
I. Main Titles and Escape
II. Grand Ball
III. Theatre Music
IV. On the Barge
VI. Finale