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“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 |
