Super Audio CD

Sinfonia of London and John Wilson present an album that celebrates the golden age of Hollywood. Sinfonia of London rose to fame in the 1950s as the leading recording orchestra of the day, appearing in the musical credits of more than 300 films, including the 1958 soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann for Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Reformed by John Wilson in 2018 as a recording orchestra, and made-up of some of London’s finest orchestral musicians, their first recording of Korngold’s Symphony in F# won the orchestral award from BBC music magazine, and drew critical acclaim worldwide. Korngold’s Overture from the private lives of Elizabeth and Essex which opens the program is an excellent demonstration of his rich, chromatic sound-world that set a blue- print for the Hollywood sound and so many composers that followed. Although the songs were written by Harold Arlen, it was Herbert Stothart’s score for The Wizard of Oz that won the Oscar, and it is his suite from the movie that features here. There are also suites from Max Steiner’s Now, Voyager and Franz Waxman’s Rebecca (receiving here it’s premiere recording). Shorter pieces from David Raksin, Frederick Lowe, Johnny Mandel and Alfred Newman complete this rewarding program. -CHANDOS

ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
1. Overture from 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex' (1939) 7:19
Orchestrated by Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer and Milan Roder

DAVID RAKSIN 2. Theme from 'Laura' (1944) 5:37
Orchestrated by David Raksin
Andy Wood trombone

HERBERT STOTHART / HAROLD ARLEN
3. Suite from 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) 11:08
Orchestrated by George Bassman, Murray Cutter and Leo Arnaud

FREDERICK LOEWE
4. Transylvanian March and Embassy Waltz from 'My Fair Lady' (1956) 3:18
Orchestrated by Alexander Courage

MAX STEINER
5. Suite from 'Now, Voyager' (1942) 14:34
Orchestrated by Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer

JOHNNY MANDEL
6. Main Title from 'The Sandpiper' (1965) 4:41
Orchestrated by Johnny Mandel
Michael Lovatt trumpet

FRANZ WAXMAN
Premiere recording
7. Suite from 'Rebecca' (1940) 7:34
Orchestrated by Leonid V. Raab

ALFRED NEWMAN
8. Street Scene from 'How to Mary a Millionaire' (1953) 6:04
Orchestrated by Edward B. Powell

Total time: 60:15