The Great Waltz
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Composer or Director: Miklós Rózsa, Franz Waxman, Maurice Ravel, Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Richard Strauss, Max Steiner, Richard Rodney Bennett, Sergey Prokofiev, Dimitri Tiomkin, Leonard Bernstein, Frederick Loewe, Bernard Herrmann
Label: Philips
Magazine Review Date: 6/1994
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 438 685-4PH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(The) Great Waltz, Movement: ~ |
Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Murder on the Orient Express, Movement: Waltz |
Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer |
(Der) Rosenkavalier, Movement: ~ |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Richard Strauss, Composer |
(The) Snows of Kilimanjaro, Movement: Memory Waltz |
Bernard Herrmann, Composer
Bernard Herrmann, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Gigi, Movement: Overture |
Frederick Loewe, Composer
Frederick Loewe, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Gigi, Movement: Waltz at Maxim's: She Is Not Thinking of Me |
Frederick Loewe, Composer
Frederick Loewe, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Gigi, Movement: Gaston's Soliloquy: Gigi (Fountain Scene) |
Frederick Loewe, Composer
Frederick Loewe, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Cinderella, Movement: Waltz-Coda |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(A) Little Night Music, Movement: Night Waltz II (Liebeslieders) |
Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Composer |
(A) Little Night Music, Movement: Night Waltz I (The sun won't set) |
Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Composer |
Candide, Movement: Paris Waltz |
Leonard Bernstein, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Leonard Bernstein, Composer |
Madame Bovary |
Miklós Rózsa, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Miklós Rózsa, Composer |
Hotel Berlin |
Franz Waxman, Composer
Franz Waxman, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Jezebel, Movement: Waltz |
Max Steiner, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Max Steiner, Composer |
(The) Prince and the Pauper, Movement: Flirtation |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
(La) Valse |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Maurice Ravel, Composer |
Composer or Director: Miklós Rózsa, Franz Waxman, Maurice Ravel, Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Richard Strauss, Max Steiner, Richard Rodney Bennett, Sergey Prokofiev, Dimitri Tiomkin, Leonard Bernstein, Frederick Loewe, Bernard Herrmann
Label: Philips
Magazine Review Date: 6/1994
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 74
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 438 685-2PH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(The) Great Waltz, Movement: ~ |
Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Murder on the Orient Express, Movement: Waltz |
Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Richard Rodney Bennett, Composer |
(Der) Rosenkavalier, Movement: ~ |
Richard Strauss, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Richard Strauss, Composer |
(The) Snows of Kilimanjaro, Movement: Memory Waltz |
Bernard Herrmann, Composer
Bernard Herrmann, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Gigi, Movement: Overture |
Frederick Loewe, Composer
Frederick Loewe, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Gigi, Movement: Waltz at Maxim's: She Is Not Thinking of Me |
Frederick Loewe, Composer
Frederick Loewe, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Gigi, Movement: Gaston's Soliloquy: Gigi (Fountain Scene) |
Frederick Loewe, Composer
Frederick Loewe, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Cinderella, Movement: Waltz-Coda |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
(A) Little Night Music, Movement: Night Waltz II (Liebeslieders) |
Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Composer |
(A) Little Night Music, Movement: Night Waltz I (The sun won't set) |
Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Stephen (Joshua) Sondheim, Composer |
Candide, Movement: Paris Waltz |
Leonard Bernstein, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Leonard Bernstein, Composer |
Madame Bovary |
Miklós Rózsa, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Miklós Rózsa, Composer |
Hotel Berlin |
Franz Waxman, Composer
Franz Waxman, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
Jezebel, Movement: Waltz |
Max Steiner, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Max Steiner, Composer |
(The) Prince and the Pauper, Movement: Flirtation |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor |
(La) Valse |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra John Mauceri, Conductor Maurice Ravel, Composer |
Author: rseeley
The other waltzes are more familiar, with those from Der Rosenkavalier, Candide and Cinderella rubbing shoulders with their movie counterparts quite comfortably. Inevitably, however, over an hour's worth of music with the same basic tempo becomes rather wearing eventually and as a result this album does not quite possess the satisfying variety of Mauceri's earlier exploration of the film capital's past, ''Hollywood Dreams'' (9/91). Nevertheless, the performances are generally very agreeable and brightly polished, with the old MGM sound stage providing a suitably warm and solid acoustic.'
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