The Music Of Richard Addinsell

Richard Addinsell (Composer), Kenneth Alwyn (Conductor), Royal Ballet Sinfonia (Performer), Martin Jones (Performer), Peter Lawson (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Martin Jones, Peter Lawson
• Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn
• Composer: Richard Addinsell
• Audio CD (August 19, 1997)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: White Line
• ASIN: B0000030Z6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #227,551 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Warsaw Concerto for piano & orchestra (for the film 'Dangerous Moonlight'/'Suicide Squadron'): Orchestrated and Arranged by Roy Dougl

2. Sea Devils, film score: Prologue

3. The Day Will Dawn, film score: Tea-Time Music, Orchestrated and arranged by Roy Douglas

4. Blithe Spirit, film score: Waltz Theme, Orchestrated and Arranged by Leonard Isaacs

5. Highly Dangerous, film score: Theme

6. Greengage Summer, film score: Suite (arranged by Philip Lane): Main Title

7. Greengage Summer, film score: Suite (arranged by Philip Lane): In the French Countryside

8. Greengage Summer, film score: Suite (arranged by Philip Lane): Carpet Dance

9. Greengage Summer, film score: Suite (arranged by Philip Lane): Slow Waltz

10. Greengage Summer, film score: Suite (arranged by Philip Lane): Eliot's Escape

11. Greengage Summer, film score: Suite (arranged by Philip Lane): End Titles

12. Invocation, for piano & orchestra

13. The Lion Has Wings, film score: Cavalry of the Clouds: March, Orchestrated by Roy Douglas

14. The Passionate Friends, film score: Lover's Moon, Orchestrated by Leonard Isaacs

15. Under Capricorn, film score: Theme, Orchestrated by George Zalva

16. Out of the Clouds, film score: Theme

17. March of the United Nations, for orchestra: Orchestrated by Roy Douglas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just wonderful music, April 25, 2000

By	J. Buxton "cantabile" (Waltham, MA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Addinsell was unknown to me until I heard the Warsaw Concerto on the radio. I was hooked. There are hints of Rachmaninov in the Concerto, and the lyricism is quite moving. I bought the cd for the Concerto, but I was absolutely stunned by the beauty of the rest of the music on this disc. All of it is melodic, sometimes wistful, sometimes melancholy, sometimes joyful. "Blithe Spirit" is wonderful, as is "The day will dawn" and "The Passionate Friends". The Royal Ballet Sinfonia play as if they truly love this music, and they are captured well by the ASV engineers. It is a delight from beginning to end.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars British movie music at its best, April 17, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Salt aLake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

I have been listening to classical and movie music for more years than I'll ever admit to, and I must say that Addinesll's music on this particular CD is all the usual adjectives and more...romantic, moving, at times even spiritual. It will probably appeal most to Anglophiles who also happen to love wonderful music. Grab a top notch gin, an easy chair, dream and enjoy.