https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:41:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://altocd.com/product/alc1491/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:48:56 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52780 Catalogue Number: ALC 1491 Number of Discs: 1 CD Date/Runtime: DDD, 1992-5 Time 74:17 Barcode: 5055354414916]]> “Like Korngold, Herrmann was a consummate movie composer: his only Symphony -inventive, soundly constructed, always eventful and excitingly scored – successfully taps a harmonically tangy, neoromantic vein reminiscent of Barber at his best … The Devil & Daniel Webster (Suite) was assembled shortly after the film’s score won its Oscar … Herrmann treats several New England folk-tunes to his own special brand of orchestral wizardry. The score is both a gentle, sepia-tinted portrait of rustic Americana and a wickedly endearing account of Mr Scratch’s devilish interventions … the 1943 berceuse For the Fallen, is a brief, but poignant lament for the soldiers killed in action … James Sedares and the NZSO are on top form throughout this valuable addition to Koch’s concert works by acclaimed film composers” (Gramophone)

Symphony No.1 [36:00]

[1]   Maestoso – Allegro 13.52

[2]   Scherzo 5.56

[3]   Andante sostenuto 8.42

[4]   Rondo – Finale 7.29

[5] Concerto Macabre for piano & orchestra 10:55

from the film “Hangover Square”

Sara Davis Buechner (piano)

[6] For the Fallen – a Berceuse 6.51

Suite: The Devil and Daniel Webster [20:04]

[7]  Mr Scratch 5.29

[8]  Ballad of Springfield Mountain 4.36

[9]   Sleighride 1.58

[10] The Miser’s Waltz 5.22

[11] Swing Your Partners 2.37

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