Barry Lyndon [Soundtrack, Import]

Original Soundtrack (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1998)
• Original Release Date: December 18, 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack, Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B000006SR1
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,880 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sarabande Main Title - National Philharmonic Orchestra

2. Women Of Ireland The Cheiftains - Paddy Moloney/Sean Potts

3. Piper's Maggot Jig - Paddy Moloney/Sean Potts

4. The Sea-Maiden The Chieftains - Paddy Moloney/Sean Potts

5. Tin Whistles - Paddy Moloney/Sean Potts

6. British Grenadiers - Fifes And Drums

7. Hohenfriedberger March - Fifes And Drums

8. Lilliburlero - Fifes And Drums

9. Women Of Ireland - Derek Bell

10. March From Indomeneo - National Philharmonic Orchestra

11. Sarabande-Duel - National Philharmonic Orchestra

12. Lilliburlero - Leslie Pearson

13. German Dance No.1 In C-Major - National Philharmonic Orchestra

14. Sarabande-Duel - National Philharmonic Orchestra

15. Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Film Adaptation Of The Cavatina - National Philharmonic Orchestra

16. Cello Concerto E-Minor (Third Movement) - Pierre Fournier/Festival Strings Lucerne/Rudolf Baumgartner

17. Concerto For Two Harpsichords And Orchestra In C-Minor: Adagio - Karl Richter/Hedwig Bilgram/The Munich Bach-Orchestra

18. Piano Trio In E-Flat, Op.100 (Second Movement): Film Adaptation - Ralph Holmes/Moray Welsh/Anthony Goldstone

19. Sarabande End-Title - National Philharmonic Orchestra

Customer Reviews

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three cheers! It's back in the catalog!, August 13, 1999

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This review is from: Barry Lyndon (Audio CD)

Kubrick's magnificent Barry Lyndon was up against The French Connection for Best Picture, and noise won out over subtlety. The movie was said to be "slow paced" -- but the pacing was not so much slow as unhurried-- and Kubrick's gorgeous visuals (often he would frame shots that repeated famous paintings of the period) were given soul and depth by his choice of music. From the brilliant traditional Irish music of the Chieftains, long before "Celtic Music" became trendy, to his wonderfully chosen Classical pieces, the music is magnificent. Handel's brooding, even violent, Sarabande (who said Classical music was wimpy??)-- the luscious and deep sonorities of the cello, first in the exquisite Andante of Schubert's E-flat Piano Trio, underlined by the insistent march-like rhythm of the piano, with its cadential trills that hit you deep in your nervous system, -- to the subtle melancholy and moving line of the Siciliano of Vivaldi's E Minor Cello Sonata, here in a wonderful concerto format-- this is music that settles deep in your consciousness. It was unavailable for years-- now it's here again! Emphatically recommended!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars stunning movie, exquisite soundtrack, May 1, 2005

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tuberacer (Honolulu, Hi.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Barry Lyndon (Audio CD)

An absolutely superb selection of music. Again and again Kubrick revealed his genius in moviemaking with every detail, including his choice of musical accompaniment. The Handel is bold and poignant in all its variations. The rivetting Schubert Trio in E-flat IS the scene in the movie, and remains the scene on the soundtrack and is played eloquently and flawlessly with that odd droll depth which was sometimes characteristic of the Baroque. A truly amazing listen. It will transport you out of the bussle of the 21st Century with such profound delicacy. This one work alone would be worth the price of the CD, but there's so much more. There's also a Mozart march, a wonderful Bach Adagio for duel harpsichords, a gorgeous cello concerto by Vivaldi, and the hypnotically exquisite Cavatina by Pasiello. There are a couple of rare modern sublimes as well, Sean O'Riada's amazingly ethereal "Tin Whistles" and his "Women of Ireland." And then there's a few works of period traditional music which add filigree to the whole ensemble. It's a complete soundtrack, so like most soundtracks, there's a couple of pieces you probably won't want to listen to over and over again, but you can program those out with your CD or mp3 player (the two marches, while well-performed, distract from the otherwise delicate minuet pace of the whole ensemble, so I edit them out). Most of this music places you right in the period, but at the same time, much of it is so rare and wonderfully performed that it also transcends time and place with moments of the highest aesthetic pleasure. I converted it into my mp3 collection and pick and choose from its flavors for aesthetic sustenance according to my appetite. It's a small banquet. You can't help loving this collection. The Schubert trio in E-flat, especially, will stay close to your heart the rest of your life. It has to be one of the most beautiful recordings of all time--an amazing mixture of pathos and deliberation--so much like Barry and Lady Lyndon.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great soundtrack--rich, dark, eclectic and ironic., September 26, 1999

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K. K. Woofter "karwinwalpole" (Montreal, QC Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Barry Lyndon (Audio CD)

I've been searching for this soundtrack of Rosenman's rich and dark arrangments of the Handel source ("Sarabande") for about seven years now. The music on the soundtrack is varied and eclectic and, as always with Kubrick's film music, ironic. It's a great soundtrack.