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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting and romantic,
This review is from: The Sea Hawk (1987 Studio Recording) (Audio CD)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold was one of the great composers of 20th century film music, and his score to the 1940 adventure film "The Sea Hawk" was one of Korngold's best compositions. Filled with excitement and romance, this is orchestral music in a grand tradition. This disc is a beautiful 1987 re-recording of the score. Conductor Varujan Kojian and concert master Ralph Matson lead the Utah Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a passionate performance. The disc is also graced by the presence of soloist Carol Wetzel, who delivers a beautiful performance on track 12, "Condemned to the Galley / Dona Maria's Song."Korngold's thrilling music captures the grandeur of the Elizabethan era and the thrill of adventure at sea. Furthermore, when I listen to "The Sea Hawk" I get the sense that I am listening to one of the venerable musical "ancestors" of the great science fiction, fantasy, and adventure film scores of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. If you love big, bold, emotionally rich film music, you will love this superb revisitation of Korngold's masterpiece.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Korngold set the standard,
By Johannes Leonard Rusten (Trondheim, Norway) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sea Hawk (1987 Studio Recording) (Audio CD)
This soundtrack is a real historical one. Korngold is one of the greatest names in my opinion, buy this cd - you won't regret! OUTSTANDING!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding, But Much Too Abridged!,
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This review is from: The Sea Hawk (1987 Studio Recording) (Audio CD)
Sadly, ALL of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's film symphonies areincomplete, some more than others. None of these symphonies is completely presented on any disc released to date (with the possible exception of Tsunami TSU 0141) for many reasons including: post-scoring film re-editing (and, often, re- scoring); loss, deterioration, and destruction of original nitrate-production masters; partial publishing of orchestral sheet music; ownership conflicts and disputes; and disc producer and recording label choice/number of selections recorded or released. All discs, therefore, really only contain symphonic excerpts. But some are much more extensive than others; a few are one of a kind. Finally, there is the naming "process" used for selections/tracks (also known as "cues"). Often the surviving sheet music of original cues is nameless! Naming of selections then becomes pretty much arbitrary, since titles are usually derived from what occurs on screen (in the eye of the beholder like the disc producer or music historian). Of course, different folks see things differently, and name them accordingly. But enough expository, already. Buy this CD for what it is--a film-score thrill of a life time!
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