Film Music [SOUNDTRACK]

Richard Addinsell

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 22, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: ASV
• ASIN: B00000J8R1
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #257,742 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blithe Spirit (1945): Prelude

2. Blithe Spirit (1945): Waltz

3. Encore: Miniature Overture (1951)

4. Gaslight: Prelude (1939)

5. Passionate Friends: Suite (1948)

6. Parisienne -1885: (1943)

7. Scrooge- Suite (1951)

8. Southern Rhapsody (1958)

9. Waltz of the Toreadors (1962): March: The General on Parade

10. Waltz of the Toreadors (1962): Waltz

11. South Riding- Prelude (1937)

12. WRNS March (1942)

13. Fire over England- Suite (1937)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Additional Addinsell Gems, January 19, 2001

By	Daniel G. Berk (West Bloomfield, Michigan) - See all my reviews

If you're looking for another recording of the Warsaw Concerto, this is not the place. But if you're looking more quality film compositions by the composer of that popular film piece, then you certainly have come to the right place. It is a shame that Richard Addinsell is thought of only in terms of that one work, when, in fact, he composed much other high quality film music. This CD presents an excellent cross section of what you may have been missing.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delight from beginning to end, April 17, 2000

By	J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

It's a shame that the only music by Addinsell most of us know is 'The Warsaw Concerto'. He wrote plenty of other music, much of it also for the movies. He had the craft and the melodic gift to write first class light music. And that's what we have here. The 'Blithe Spirit' prelude particularly has stuck with me, popping up in my mind's ear at the oddest times. The performances and recording are top drawer.