- The King's Thief
- Main Title
- Vanished Merchant
- The Tomb, Andr¿¿ and Aline
- Why?
- Pavane
- Andr¿¿ Escapes
- The Big Apple
- The Magic Box/Roses and Napoleon
- End Cast
- Main Title
- Slaves -- Arabella and Blood
- Tortuga
- Port Royal/Island of Magra/English and Pirates Ship
- Pirates' Flag
- Finale
- To Paris/Fencing Demonstration
- Love Theme
- Fight Behind Palace
- Night Time/Pigeons
- Carriage Ride
- Finale
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Richard Kaufman Primary Artist,Conductor
Joern Potratz Director
Manfred Rosenberg Conductor
Victor Young Composer
William T. Stromberg Score Reconstruction,Reconstruction
Max Steiner Composer
Miklos Rozsa Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Composer
Tony Thomas Liner Notes
Klaus Bischke Digital Editing,Producer
John Morgan Liner Notes,Score Reconstruction,Arranger
John Russell Morgan Reconstruction,Arranger
Anne Klasen Digital Editing
Klaus P. Hanusa Executive Producer
Geert Puhlmann Engineer
Ron Hoares Design
Hermann Leppich Sound Assistant
Captain Blood and Other Swashbucklers
by Kaufman / Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Kaufman / Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Captain Blood and Other Swashbucklers
by Kaufman / Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Kaufman / Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra
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Overview
Although officially titled Captain Blood on its spine, this CD offers a lot more than just that Erich Wolfgang Korngold score (which takes up just under 20 minutes here). Indeed, one of the unexpected delights comes during the opening with the presentation of Miklos Rozsa's mostly overlooked and unknown score for The King's Thief (1955), an adventure film set during the reign of Charles II, which is one of the most unabashedly rousing pieces of music ever to come from the composer, with rich horn and brass parts ornamenting the entire seven-and-a-half-minute suite. Victor Young's music from Scaramouche, which follows, is a bit more romantic in character, with long, lush violin parts to carry much of its length. Then comes Korngold's score, a breakthrough work for the composer that, in one fell swoop, established him at Warner Bros. and in Hollywood after a lifetime spent in the opera houses and concert halls of Vienna -- opening with a bold drum roll and a fanfare on the brass, horns, and strings which, once heard, is never forgotten, the music distilled down the essence of the heroic plot line in seemingly effortless fashion, and makes for 19 delightful minutes of listening here. And Max Steiner's music for The Three Musketeers (1935) closes this CD with a nearly 19-minute suite, which contains some of the finer adventure scoring of its era by the man who practically invented the technique of scoring the sound film -- if Steiner lacks Korngold's refinement and inventiveness, he makes up for it with a panache born of the opera house and the operetta stage, and a boldness in orchestration that surprised and delighted filmgoers in 1935 and still pleases the ear today. The Brandenburg Philharmonic, based in Potsdam, plays beautifully throughout, and conductor Richard Kaufman captures the essential nuances of the diverse composers represented here, and the annotation is reasonably thorough as well. ~ Bruce Eder
Product Details
Release Date: | 05/23/1995 |
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Label: | Marco Polo |
UPC: | 0730099360722 |
Rank: | 250473 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Brandenburg Philharmonic Primary Artist,OrchestraRichard Kaufman Primary Artist,Conductor
Joern Potratz Director
Manfred Rosenberg Conductor
Technical Credits
Christopher Palmer Reconstruction,Score ReconstructionVictor Young Composer
William T. Stromberg Score Reconstruction,Reconstruction
Max Steiner Composer
Miklos Rozsa Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Composer
Tony Thomas Liner Notes
Klaus Bischke Digital Editing,Producer
John Morgan Liner Notes,Score Reconstruction,Arranger
John Russell Morgan Reconstruction,Arranger
Anne Klasen Digital Editing
Klaus P. Hanusa Executive Producer
Geert Puhlmann Engineer
Ron Hoares Design
Hermann Leppich Sound Assistant
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