Hollywood Soundstage | Chandos CHSA5294

Hollywood Soundstage

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHSA5294

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 9th September 2022

Contents

About

Sinfonia of London and John Wilson present an album that celebrates the golden age of Hollywood.

Sinfonia of London rose to fame in the 1950s as the leading recording orchestra of the day, appearing in the musical credits of more than 300 films, including the 1958 soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann for Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Reformed by John Wilson in 2018 as a recording orchestra, and made-up of some of London’s finest orchestral musicians, their first recording of Korngold’s Symphony in F sharp won the orchestral award from BBC Music magazine, and drew critical acclaim worldwide. Korngold’s Overture from The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex which opens the programme is an excellent demonstration of his rich, chromatic sound-world that set a blue-print for the Hollywood sound and so many composers that followed.

Although the songs were written by Harold Arlen, it was Herbert Stothart’s score for The Wizard of Oz that won the Oscar, and it is his suite from the movie that features here. There are also suites from Max Steiner’s Now, Voyager and Franz Waxman’s Rebecca (receiving here its premiere recording). Shorter pieces from David Raksin, Frederick Loewe, Johnny Mandel and Alfred Newman complete this rewarding programme.

Reviews

There’s no way that one can describe the Sinfonia of London string sound here without using the word ‘saturating’. It’s partly in the sound but it’s mostly in the phrasing and the style that Wilson’s very particular kind of ‘authenticity’ is born. ... You can see at once why those classic movie screenings with live orchestra are so popular.  Edward Seckerson
Gramophone Awards 2022
Gramophone Editor's Choice

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