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The Film Music of Richard Addinsell

RICHARD ADDINSELL

(1904-1977)

premiere recordings (Except tracks 4, 9, 10, 14, 15 & 18)

Suite from 'Goodbye, Mr Chips'

10:24

(reconstructed by Philip Lane)

Main Titles and School Song*

3:22

In the Mountains

5:34

Finale*

1:28

Choral: Chethams Chamber Choir

Choral: Manchester Cathedral Choir

Warsaw Concerto from 'Dangerous Moonlight'†

8:25

(arr. Ray Douglas)

Suite from 'Love on the Dole'

12:43

(reconstructed by Philip Lane)

Main Titles/Sally Awakes

4:20

Courting Couples

4:42

Blackpool Outing

1:53

End Titles

1:47

From 'Blithe Spirit'

9:54

(reconstructed by Philip Lane)

Prelude

5:01

10.

Waltz

4:53

Suite from 'The Black Rose'

7:43

(reconstructed by Philip Lane)

11.

Main Titles and Opening Scene

2:07

12.

In the Empress's Palace

2:50

13.

The Black Rose Theme

2:45

14.

Suite from 'Scrooge'*

13:59

(arr. Steve Bernstein)

Choral: Chethams Chamber Choir

Choral: Manchester Cathedral Choir

15.

Overture: 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'

7:40

(reconstructed by Philip Lane)

From 'The Admirable Crichton'

5:40

(reconstructed by Philip Lane)

16.

Polka and Galop

4:41

17.

Waltz Sequence

1:03

From 'Out of the Clouds'

(arr. Robert Sharples)

18.

The Flame Tango

2:30

79:50

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Rumon Gamba

Performance ***** Recording *****

"...His [Addinsell] ability not merely to reflect but create atmosphere rose to brilliance in Goodbye Mr Chips, whose reconstructed score receives its premiere recording. The BBC Philharmonic plays throughout with touching grace and Martin Roscoe plays the concerto with the same care that he might afford to Rachmaninov, who surely provided its inspiration."

Yorkshire Post - April 2003

"Its good to hear more of Richard Addinsell than the Warsaw Concerto ... the stunning introduction to Goodbye Mr Chips, with its rousing school song, has a John Williams-like sweep. Particularly evocative is the ephemeral Blithe Spirit, touched with humor and orchestrated (by collaborator Roy Douglas) with mastery. The suite from Scrooge is a charming pastiche of familiar carols and dramatic scoring ... Rumon Gamba's work is ideal, performances are first-rate, and sonics could hardly be bettered."

Koldys - American Record Guide - July/August 2003

Performance **** Sound *****

"... this is a fine, beautifully played and recorded celebration of Addinsell's underrated contribution to British Film."

Jeremy Nichols - BBC Music Magazine - June 2003

"... At least six of the tracks on this album are premiere recordings, which, like most of this music has been painstakingly and obviously lovingly reconstructed by ear from the 'celluloid' by Philip Lane. Fascinating sleeve notes complete the usual high standard and give a brilliant taster of Richard Addinsell's outstanding music. A must for all fans of the film music of the 1940s and 1950s."

AK - Music from the Movies No. 40 - 2003

"... It's by no means just nostalgia, of course, that makes Addinsell's film music well worth exploring and this generously-filled CD is undoubtedly the best single-CD selection now available."

Andrew Lamb - Gramophone magazine - May 2003

'"... the BBC Philharmonic outplays Alwyn's Royal Ballet Sinfonia, and Chandos' recording and presentation (multiple choirs, a booklet with stills and excellent booklet notes by Philip Lane, glorious engineering) create a more sumptuous (that is to say, cinematic) effect..."

Raymond S Tuttle - International Record Review - May 2003

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The Film Music of Richard Addinsell

RICHARD ADDINSELL

Suite from 'Goodbye, Mr Chips'

Warsaw Concerto from 'Dangerous Moonlight'†

Suite from 'Love on the Dole'

From 'Blithe Spirit'

Suite from 'The Black Rose'

Suite from 'Scrooge'*

Overture: 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'

From 'The Admirable Crichton'

From 'Out of the Clouds'

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The Film Music of Richard Addinsell

RICHARD ADDINSELL

Suite from 'Goodbye, Mr Chips'

Warsaw Concerto from 'Dangerous Moonlight'†

Suite from 'Love on the Dole'

From 'Blithe Spirit'

Suite from 'The Black Rose'

Suite from 'Scrooge'*

Overture: 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'

From 'The Admirable Crichton'

From 'Out of the Clouds'

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