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[André]

I was watching the old 1956 film version of Moby Dick. I have always been impressed with the film score.

I was not familiar with the music of Phillip Sainton. I had always assumed the Sainton was a minor English film composer. I did some research and found out that I was wrong. He was a successful classical composer and Moby Dick was his only film score. I then discovered the following Naxos recording of the complete film score.

A superb score, one of the most evocative I've heard.

[Papy Oli]

More Bylsma. (I seem to say that a lot lately    )

[Wanderer]

[André]

Rave reviews convinced me to give this a ty.



Not listed on the back cover: Bruckner's Te Deum on disc 11




The Raphael symphony is intriguing. A 75 minute work, it was premiered in 1926 by Furtwängler but it seems to have fallen into oblivion. The CPO set of the symphonies contains 2-5 only (they are terrific).

[André]

Sonatas, various small pieces and the violin and piano concerto




A strange, disparate program, but I tend to like these seemingly random assortments of pieces. And I love the sound of a Fazioli.

Both of these 2-disc sets sold for under 2€, new.