Red Shoes: Music From the Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1941-1951
by Various Artists

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CD Details

  • Released: March 20, 2007
  • Originally Released: 2007
  • Label: Cd41 (Uk)

Tracks:

  • 1.Archers Ident (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
  • 2.49th Parallel, film score (The Invaders): Prelude
  • 3.49th Parallel, film score (The Invaders): Epilogue
  • 4.Matter of Life and Death, film score, A (American title: Stairway to Heaven): Prelude / This Is the Universe
  • 5.Matter of Life and Death, film score, A (American title: Stairway to Heaven): The Waiting Room / Washed Ashore
  • 6.Matter of Life and Death, film score, A (American title: Stairway to Heaven): Prelude / Stairway to Heaven
  • 7.Airman's Letter To His Mother, film short: Narration by Sir John Gielgud, An
  • 8.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, film score: Prelude
  • 9.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, film score: War Starts at Midnight
  • 10.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, film score: Commando Patrol
  • 11.Canterbury Tale, film score: Prelude, A (after J.S. Bach)
  • 12.Canterbury Tale, film score: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, A (after J.S. Bach)
  • 13.The Red Shoes, film score: Prelude
  • 14.The Red Shoes, film score: Ballet Music
  • 15.Black Narcissus, film score: Prologue
  • 16.Black Narcissus, film score: Composed Sequence
  • 17.Wild Heart, The (aka Gone To Earth; Gypsy Blood), film score: Prelude
  • 18.Wild Heart, The (aka Gone To Earth; Gypsy Blood), film score: The Tryst
  • 19.Wild Heart, The (aka Gone To Earth; Gypsy Blood), film score: The Hunt
  • 20.The Small Back Room, film score: Composed Sequence
  • 21.The Small Back Room, film score: Epilogue
  • 22.contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Orchestral Tuning, Les

Product Description:

22 tracks. THE RED SHOES is a 74 minute collection of rare original soundtrack recordings from the classic films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (The Archers), made between 1941 and 1951. Those featured include: 49th Parallel (1941) Ralph Vaughn Williams (aka the Invaders) Stairway to Heaven (1946) Allan Gray (aka a Matter of Life & Death) the Life & Death of Col Blimp (1943) Allan Gray a Canterbury Tale (1944) Allan Gray / JS Bach Black Narcissus (1947) Brian Easdale the Red Shoes (1948) Brian Easdale Gone to Earth (1950) Brian Easdale (aka the Wild Heart) the Small Back Room (1949) Brian Easdale Tales of Hoffman (1951) Jacques Offenbach. As well as digitally restored original soundtrack music by the undervalued Gray and Easdale, this carefully researched CD also features a number of rare associated recordings, including John Gielgud's reading of An Airman's Letter to his Mother (1941), the lively quickstep Commando Patrol from Col. Blimp and a Canterbury Tale, and a superlative rendering of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, recorded by Albert Schweitzer in London in 1935, also featured in a Canterbury Tale. The booklet features detailed notes on the films and their accompanying scores, and well as biographies of Allan Gray and Brian Easdale. The CD is a must for all with an interest in vintage film soundtracks and British light/orchestral music, as well as the dazzling vision of Michael Powell and his musical collaborators.

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  • UPC: 5019148632931
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