The Sea Hawk [SOUNDTRACK]

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Composer), Charles Gerhardt (Conductor), National Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra), Sidney Sax (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Sidney Sax
• Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: RCA Victor
• ASIN: B00000E6G0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #112,417 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sea Hawk : Main Title; the Albatross; the Throne [New Extended Version]

2. Of Human Bondage : Main Title; Christmas; Sally; [New Extended Version]

3. Between Two Worlds : Main Title; Mother and Son; [New Extended Version]

4. Sea Wolf : Main Title; Escape in the Fog; Love Scene; Finale

5. Contant Nymph: Tomorrow-Tone Poem - Ambrosian Singers, Charles Gerhardt, National Philharmonic Orchestra

6. Kings Row: Main Title

7. Anthony Adverse: No Father, No Mother, No Name; in the Forest

8. Deception: Main Title

9. Devotion: The Death of Emily Brontë

10. Escape Me Never: Main Title; Venice; March; Love Scene; Finale

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GET IT!, January 7, 2008

By	Giovanna Visconti - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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All Gerhardt's film music recordings are worth finding. Once you've heard them, you'll treasure them and only wish he were alive and recording NOW when so many scores are being "reconstructed" and recorded complete.

It's just amazing how wonderful this particular recording of Korngold's music sounds today, 36 years after it's original release on LP. All the CD transfers of Gerhardt's film music recordings still hold up against anything recorded today, but only "The Sea Hawk" was actually re-mastered--and extended with music that had been recorded but left off the LP because of space/time constraints. (See my review of the William Stromberg "Sea Hawk" on Marco Polo/Naxos for a full explanation.) And only THIS edition of "The Sea Hawk" CD (RCA Victor 7890-2-RG) was NOT issued on CD using Dolby Surround! (NOTE: ONE of the two issues of "Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman" was also issued without Dolby Surround. It's RCD1-7017. It too was expanded to include music not on the LP.) The others in the series WERE issued that way, but even that mistake doesn't destroy the vitality, searing lyricism, exquisite orchestral playing and overall superiority of the Gerhardt series.

He was the first to give film music the respect and reverence it deserves; the first to bring this music front and center with that splendid series on RCA.

And he's still non pareil.