Music from the movies – march (Levy) (1937) Gaumont British Symphony Louis Levy
Spitfire fugue (Walton) from film “The First of the Few” (1942) with Laurance Turner (violin solo) Hallé Orchestra William Walton
Seascape (Parker) “Western Approaches” (1944) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Calypso music (Alwyn) “The Rake’s Progress” (1945) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
The last walk (Williamson) “The Edge of the World” (1937) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Waltz into jig (Greenwood) “Hungry Hill” (1946) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Incidental music from “The Overlanders” (1946) (Ireland) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Prelude from “49th Parallel” (1941) (Vaughan Williams) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Theme music from “Cure for Love” (1949) (Alwyn) with Sidney Crook (piano solo) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Romance (Green) “The Magic Bow” (1946) with Reginald Leopold (violin solo) Music from the Movies Orchestra Louis Levy
Theme from “Esther Waters” (1947) (Jacob) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Derby Day 1886 (Jacob) “Esther Waters” (1947) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Muir Mathieson
London scene (Wilkinson) “The Weaker Sex” (1948) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Sleeping car train (Frankel) “Sleeping Car to Trieste” (1948) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Waltz from film “Sleeping Car to Trieste” (1948) (Frankel) London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson
Dinner at Lady Datchett’s (Williamson) “Woman Hater” (1949) John Hollingsworth Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Joanna’s theme (Veale) “High Tide at Noon” (1957)
Alec’s theme (Veale) “High Tide at Noon” (1957)
Title music from “High Tide at Noon” (1957) (Veale)
Title music from “The Spanish Gardener” (1956) (Veale)
Theme and incidental music from “Yangtse Incident” (1957) (Lucas) Leighton Lucas
Incidental music from “The Loves of Joanna Godden” (1947) (Vaughan Williams) Philharmonia Orchestra Ernest Irving

Recorded between 1937-57

This release celebrates the wonderful music written for British films during the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s by composers better-known for their works in the classical realm and for the concert hall. Vaughan Williams’s rousing music from the films ‘The Loves of Joanna Godden’ and ‘49th Parallel’ is heard, as is William Walton’s famous Spitfire Fugue from ‘The First of the Few’. Gordon Jacob is represented with his theme and an underscore from ‘Esther Waters’, while John Ireland’s incidental music from ‘The Overlanders’ is on offer, as is some of William Alwyn’s music from ‘The Rake’s Progress’ and ‘Cure for Love’. In some cases these composers’ music was better than the films it was written for, and much of the material heard here is making its first appearance on CD. Orchestras/conductors heard performing these scores include the London Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras conducted by Muir Mathieson, and the Hallé conducted by William Walton.

CDEA 6146