Release Date: 09 January 2007
Label: Naxos / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313018475
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Steiner
Description
Max Steiner's career with Warner Bros. spanned almost thirty years and included the scores for more than 150 films. Bette Davis later said of the composer: \He often improved our acting. He knew more about drama than any of us. Steiner had already collaborated on Bette Davis productions for the best part of 10 years when he was assigned to 'All This, and Heaven Too' in 1940. This story concerned unfulfilled love between the two leads and therefore called for music that would not overwhelm but reinforce the suppressed yearnings of the Davis and Boyer characters. The Warner executives originally intended extensive use of Debussy's 'La Mer' to underscore 'A Stolen Life'. however this was eventually dropped and Max Steiner was free to compose an original score. The music used within the film demonstrates Steiner's more restrained and less complex scoring, looking ahead to the style he would adopt for most of his scores composed during the fifties and beyond.""
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
The Brahms Trio
Roman Fediurko
London Symphony Orchestra; Rafael Sanz-Espert
Moscow So&C:Stromberg
Moscow So&C:Stromberg
