Lionel Newman's Film Music of Korngold
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:18 am
I have just acquired this CD used from amazon.com on the Stanyan Records label. Recorded way back in 1961 by Lionel Newman & the Warner Bros Studio Orchestra.
At the bottom of the front of the booklet it states:
"*Editor's Note: This is the first authorized recording by the Korngold Estate. Recordings have not been previously authorized until such time that the Korngold Estate could be satisfied that Mr. Korngold's music could be faithfully reproduced as they are by Warner Bros. Records' advanced engineering techniques."
Of course being recorded in the 60's, you'd think the sound might not be the greatest, but I couldn't really tell. This sounds nearly as good as the Gerhardt recordings, which were recorded a decade later. Also 13 pages of notes by Bill Collins. Of course the orchestra sounds smaller than some of those newer recordings.
I'm sure most here already have this, but I thought it was a neat find.
At the bottom of the front of the booklet it states:
"*Editor's Note: This is the first authorized recording by the Korngold Estate. Recordings have not been previously authorized until such time that the Korngold Estate could be satisfied that Mr. Korngold's music could be faithfully reproduced as they are by Warner Bros. Records' advanced engineering techniques."
Of course being recorded in the 60's, you'd think the sound might not be the greatest, but I couldn't really tell. This sounds nearly as good as the Gerhardt recordings, which were recorded a decade later. Also 13 pages of notes by Bill Collins. Of course the orchestra sounds smaller than some of those newer recordings.
I'm sure most here already have this, but I thought it was a neat find.