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Arthur Benjamin and Leighton Lucas: Film Music / Rumon Gamba

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Arthur Benjamin: The Conquest of Everest; Storm Clouds, cantata from The Man Who Knew Too Much, film score; An Ideal Husband; Leighton Lucas: Yangtse Incident; Portrait of Clare; The Dam Busters; Sta...
Performers: Court, Robert; Roe-Williams, Catherine; Sara, Abigail
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Arthur Benjamin composed the Storm Clouds Cantata in 1934 for Hitchcock's first version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. In the 1956 color remake...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (10/03/2011-10/05/2011).

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) is by far the better known of the two composers represented on this CD, a beautifully rec...continue...

The Film Music of Brian Easdale

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-02-22

Works: Brian Easdale: The Red Shoes, ballet; Kew Gardens, suite; Black Narcissus, suite; The Battle of the River Plate, prelude and march; The Battle of the River Plate; Adventure On!, suite; Gone to Earth,...
Performers: Easdale, Brian; Gamba, Rumon; Lane, Philip; Millar, Cynthia
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

Brian Easdale was a prolific composer whose extensive output covered many genres; from instrumental pieces to choral works, including a mass for the new Coventry...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall (03/08/2010-03/10/2010)....continue...

Film & TV Music of Christopher Gunning

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Christopher Gunning: Poirot Variants, for alto saxophone & orchestra; La Môme; Under Suspicion; Cold Lazarus; Rosemary and Thyme; Rebecca; Pollyanna; Firelight; When the Whales Came; Poirot; Lig...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bradshaw, Julia; Compton, Matthew; Gamba, Rumon; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Robertson, Martin; Tibbels, Nicole; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

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Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (2009-07-14&2010-01-04&2010-)....continue...

Bernard Herrmann: Film Music - Citizen Kane

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-02-23

Works: Bernard Herrmann: Hangover Square, film score; Citizen Kane; Norma Shepherd: Concerto macabre, for piano and orchestra (after Bernard Herrmann's concert version of music from Ha
Performers: Roscoe, Martin [Piano]
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

Brilliant as both a conductor and composer, Bernard Herrmann was arguably the most innovative film composer of his generation. He provided background music for 47...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester.

Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra continue their survey of seemingly every piece of film music worthy of a full...continue...

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams [Collectors Edition]

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic, film score; Coastal Command, suite from the film score for orchestra (arranged by Mathieson); The People's Land, film score (based on traditional melod...
Performers: Gamba, Merryn; Gray, Emily; Hindmarsh, Martin; Scott, Jonathan
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: ; Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

Chandos is pleased to offer this collector's edition of the 'Film Music of Vaughan Williams', packaged and sold at three discs for the price of...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England....continue...

The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Vol 2 / Gamba

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk, film score
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Released in July 1940, 'The Sea Hawk' was Korngold's last swash-buckler, and is arguably the finest film ever made in the genre. One of the...continue...

The Film Music of John Addison / Gamba, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-06-26

Works: John Mervin Addison: I was Monty's Double; Centennial; Swashbuckler; A Bridge Too Far; The Maggie; Reach for the Sky; Strange Invaders; The Man Between; Tom Jones; The Charge of the Light Brigade; Br...
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

"Addison stepped in at the last minute to composer 'Torn Curtain' for Hitchcock, writing a turbulent main theme, scored in dark colours, stamping a less...continue...

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan WIlliams Vol 3

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-06-27

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Story of a Flemish Farm; The Loves of Joanna Gooden; Bitter Springs
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Ladies of Manchester Chamber Choir

"...As on previous installments these are handsomely groomed performances from the BBC Philharmonic under Rumon Gamba in superbly natural and vivid sound. Michael Kennedy's notes...continue...

The Film Music of William Alwyn Vol 3 / Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-01-24

Works: William Alwyn: The Music Box; The Million Pound Note; The Way Ahead; Swiss Family Robinson; The Rocking Horse Winner; Geordie; The Cure for Love; Penn of Pennsylvania; The True Glory; The Running Man
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Rumon Gambas recordings with the BBC Philharmonic in Chandos popular Film Music series are regarded as top choices in the repertoire, as much for the...continue...

Bear Essentials - Great British Orchestral Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Façade, Suite no 2, for orchestra; Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Gustav H...
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Latham-Koenig, Jan; Gamba, Rumon; Handley, Vernon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Willcocks, David; Turovsky, Yuli; Garforth, David...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici de Montr&eacut...

The Film Music of Clifton Parker / Rumon Gamba, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Clifton Parker: Western Approaches; Film Score(s)
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

The BBC Concert Orchestra is particularly at home in lighter repertoire - it is the official orchestra of Britain's longest-running live music program on radio,...continue...

The Film Music of Ron Goodwin / Rumon Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-01-25

Works: Ron Goodwin: 633 Squadron; Frenzy, film score for orchestra; Lancelot and Guinevere, film score for orchestra; Deadly Strangers, film score; Battle of Britain, Suite from the film score; Whirlpool, f...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gamba, Rumon
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Rumon Gamba's spirited, enthusiastic conducting and the spectacular playing of the BBC Ensemble are beyond cavil." - Koldys, American Record Guide...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (03/10/2004/03/11/2004)....continue...

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan WIlliams Vol 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Forty-Ninth Parallel; Dim Little Island, film score; The England of Elizabeth, film score
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gamba, Rumon; Gray, Emily; Hindmarsh, Martin
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

This is the second release of Vaughan Williams's film music as part of Chandos' highly successful Film Music Series. "Rumon Gamba secures exemplary results from...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (09/30/2003/10/01/2003)....continue...

Bear Essentials - British Film Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: Ron Goodwin: The Trap; Battle of Britain; 633 Squadron; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Sir Arthur Bliss: Things to Come, F 131; Alan Rawsthorne: Uncle Silas; The Cruel Sea; William W...
Performers: Carewe, Mary [soprano]; Dukes, Philip; Roscoe, Martin; Wild, Earl
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Gamba, Rumon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hickox, Richard; Stephens, D. S.; Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Air Force Regiment Band; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Film Music of Georges Auric / Rumon Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-10-19

Works: Georges Auric: Caesar and Cleopatra, film score; The Titfield Thunderbolt, film score; Dead of Night, film score; Passport to Pimlico, film score; The Innocents, film score; The Lavender Hill Mob, fi...
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"The music proves to be as British as steak and kidney pie, even if a slight French accent does trickle in now and then. For...continue...