Cinema Serenade
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Composer or Director: Ennio Morricone, John Barry, André (George) Previn, Michel Legrand, John (Towner) Williams, Luiz Floriano Bonfa, Quincey Jones, Elmer Bernstein, Luis Bacalov, Carlos Gardel
Label: Classical
Magazine Review Date: 1/1998
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 54
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: SK63005
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (The) Color Purple |
Quincey Jones, Composer
Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Towner Williams, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Quincey Jones, Composer |
| Por una cabeza |
Carlos Gardel, Composer
Carlos Gardel, Composer Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Towner Williams, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| Yentl, Movement: Papa Can You Hear Me? |
Michel Legrand, Composer
Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Towner Williams, Conductor Michel Legrand, Composer Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| (Il) Postino, Movement: Il Postino Titoli |
Luis Bacalov, Composer
Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Towner Williams, Conductor Luis Bacalov, Composer Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| (The) Age of Innocence, Movement: Age of Innocence |
Elmer Bernstein, Composer
Elmer Bernstein, Composer Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Towner Williams, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| Far and Away, Movement: Theme (concert arr) |
John (Towner) Williams, Composer
Itzhak Perlman, Violin John (Towner) Williams, Composer John Towner Williams, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| (Les) Parapluies de Cherbourg, Movement: I Will Wait For You |
Michel Legrand, Composer
Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Towner Williams, Conductor Michel Legrand, Composer Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| (The) Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
André (George) Previn, Composer
André (George) Previn, Composer Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Towner Williams, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| Sabrina |
John (Towner) Williams, Composer
Itzhak Perlman, Violin John (Towner) Williams, Composer John Towner Williams, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| Out of Africa, Movement: Main Theme |
John Barry, Composer
Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Barry, Composer John Towner Williams, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| Black Orpheus, Movement: Manhã de Carnaval (A day in the life of a fool) |
Luiz Floriano Bonfa, Composer
Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Towner Williams, Conductor Luiz Floriano Bonfa, Composer Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| Schindler's List, Movement: Theme from Schindler's List |
John (Towner) Williams, Composer
Itzhak Perlman, Violin John (Towner) Williams, Composer John Towner Williams, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| Cinema Paradiso, Movement: Love Theme (comp Andrea Morricone) |
Ennio Morricone, Composer
Ennio Morricone, Composer Itzhak Perlman, Violin John Towner Williams, Conductor Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
Author: Marwalker
Perlman, whose dignified contribution to Schindler’s List (1993) added immeasurably to the emotive impact of that score, has joined forces with the composer once again, this time in a well-chosen selection of easy-listening film themes. The polished arrangements, most of them by Williams, allow plenty of scope for the violin to shine (it is worth remembering that Williams received his first Academy Award in 1971 for his work on the film version of Fiddler on the Roof – featuring violin solos from Isaac Stern). Typical is a lavish version of Quincy Jones’s The Color Purple (1985) – the only Spielberg film not scored by his regular collaborator – which here sounds uncannily like a Williams original.
Perlman’s contribution is characteristically full-bodied and the Pittsburgh orchestra respond warmly, helped by a suitably radiant recording from veteran film music engineer Shawn Murphy. But for all its undeniable beauties, the impression left by this disc is that of a throwback to the days when film music enthusiasts had to content themselves with collections of “Great film themes” performed by Stanley Black or the ubiquitous Geoff Love. In the year that a reconstruction of a complete film score (Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo) won aGramophone Award, “Cinema Serenade” seems an oddly old-fashioned album. '
Perlman’s contribution is characteristically full-bodied and the Pittsburgh orchestra respond warmly, helped by a suitably radiant recording from veteran film music engineer Shawn Murphy. But for all its undeniable beauties, the impression left by this disc is that of a throwback to the days when film music enthusiasts had to content themselves with collections of “Great film themes” performed by Stanley Black or the ubiquitous Geoff Love. In the year that a reconstruction of a complete film score (Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo) won a
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