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Stewart Robertson, Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra - Richard Rodney Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur (2005)

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Stewart Robertson, Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra - Richard Rodney Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur (2005)

Stewart Robertson, Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra - Richard Rodney Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 425 Mb | Total time: 56:42+50:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHSA 5036(2) | Recorded: 2004

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s Gothic opera The Mines of Sulphur is reminiscent of suspense thrillers from Edgar Allan Poe to Alfred Hitchcock. Love, longing, and dark as well as light comedy abound in this macabre tale of greed and retribution set in a haunted manor house in the West of England. The title of the tale, taken from Shakespeare’s Othello, refers to the theme of gradual corruption.

John Barry - The Whisperers; Richard Rodney Bennett - Equus: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtracks (2010)

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John Barry - The Whisperers; Richard Rodney Bennett - Equus: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtracks (2010)

John Barry - The Whisperers (1967) + Richard Rodney Bennett - Equus (1977)
Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtracks, 2 LP in 1 CD, 2010

EAC | FLAC (Image) + cue.+log ~ 432 Mb | Mp3, CBR320 kbps ~ 213 Mb | Scans included
Soundtrack, Score | Label: Kritzerland | # KR 20017-2 | 01:10:24

Kritzerland is proud to present a limited edition soundtrack release – two great scores on one great CD. The Whisperers was originally issued on a United Artists LP and had a prior CD release on Ryko. That release, as was the case with several Ryko issues, had dialogue tracks added between the score tracks, which, for most people, completely interrupted the wonderful flow of Barry's original LP sequence. For this release, we have removed the added dialogue tracks and remastered the sound. The original United Artists LP of Equus, along with its prior CD release (also on Ryko - now long out of print), interspersed five of Burton's monologues (and a scene with Firth) among the score cues. Some of the monologues retained their own track and had no underscore, and some were bookended with musical cues. The result was a very nice listen for the first couple of times - after that, one wished that the score could simply be listened to as a score, on its own. So, for this release, we've done exactly that for the first time.

NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell - Richard Rodney Bennett: Letters to Lindbergh (2012)

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NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell - Richard Rodney Bennett: Letters to Lindbergh (2012)

Richard Rodney Bennett - Letters to Lindbergh, The Ballad of Sweet William etc (2012)
NYCoS National Girls Choir, conducted by Christopher Bell; Phillip Moore & Andrew West, piano

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 235 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Choral | Label: Signum | # SIGCD325 | Time: 01:00:54

One of the most versatile musicians of his generation, Richard Rodney Bennett was at the forefront of British musical life for nearly half a century. This new recording from the National Youth Choir of Scotland's National Girls Choir compiles a programme of Bennett's choral works from across his compositional life, as well as a collection of charming folk-tunes and nursery rhymes for piano duet (Over the Hills and Far Away). This is Signum's second release with NYCoS, who in 2011 became the first youth arts organisation to receive a Royal Philharmonic Society Award. It follows their 2010 debut release of Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' and Elizabeth Poston's 'An English Day-Book' (SIGCD228).