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Dinko
Romulan
At the 2003 Cannes Classical Music Awards, Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra got the award for best film music album of the year for their Deutsche Grammophon album titled Previn Conducts Korngold. http://www.moviemusic.com/CD/previnconductskorngold.htmlThe other nominees were:
The Film Music of Arthur Bliss - Rumon Gamba / BBC Philharmonic (Chandos) http://www.chandos.co.uk/details.asp?Listing=SUMMARY&visit=12&CatalogueNumber=CHAN 9896Music for the Movies: Benjamin Frankel, composer - Albert / Queensland Symphony Orchestra (CPO) http://www.moviemusic.com/CD/benjaminfrankel.html
And on a side note, the magnificent set of Barshai-conducted Shostakovich symphonies got two awards:
- Critics choice for best 20th Century album.
- Editor's Choice for Record of the Year.The Barshai recording: http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=4581
The winners: http://www.classicstoday.com/features/cannes2003.asp
posted 01-22-2003 06:23 AM PT (US) Erik Woods
Romulan
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dinko:
[B]At the 2003 Cannes Classical Music Awards, Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra got the award for best film music album of the year for their Deutsche Grammophon album titled Previn Conducts Korngold. http://www.moviemusic.com/CD/previnconductskorngold.htmlThis is a fantasic album for beginners who have never heard Korngold's music and for the biggest soundtrack fans in the world. The recording is excellent!!!
-Erik-
posted 01-22-2003 09:44 AM PT (US) jonathan_little
Romulan
That's great to see Korngold winning awards. I'm not familiar with this particular album, but I own a half dozen other re-recordings of his work that are fantastic.
posted 01-22-2003 11:09 AM PT (US) Guenther Koegebehn
Romulan
Well...I'd rather had seen they would have gone for the Frankel or the Bliss. Much better CDs actually. (But I had expected that the Korngold/Previn wins.)
The Barshai Shostakovich is indeed a revalation.
posted 01-22-2003 11:19 AM PT (US) Dinko
Romulan
I didn't like the Frankel.
His music just sounded outdated, the sound was transparent, but thin, and the Queensland Symphony on this particular recording sounded somewhat uninterested and understaffed.But I loved the Bliss.
For the opposite reasons: full and mighty sound, excited and exciting reading of Bliss' music, with the BBC Philharmonic in best of forms.As for the Korngold, I went nuts for it when I first got it, and while I still like it, I'm not as excited now as I was then. It's... well... too slow.
posted 01-22-2003 03:39 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB