The Film Connection
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For 10 years, beginning in 1938, six prominent composers moved from the confines of the concert hall to write for the screen—embracing the challenges of the medium and a wide range of subject matter.
It was, in many ways, a golden age of film music that would never be repeated.
In this hour, works by Thomson, Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev, Alfven, Walton, and Copland.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
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Recording Title
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Group/Artist
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Catalog #
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UPC
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Thompson: Plow That Broke the Plains/The River
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Symphony of the Air
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Vanguard VBD-385
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015707038522
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
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St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
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RCA Victor 09026-61926-2
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090266192625
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Film Music of Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2 [for 49th Parallel]
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BBC Philharmonic
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Chandos
CHAN 10244
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095115124420
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The Service of Venus and Mars [for “The Agincourt Carol”]
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Gothic Voices
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CDA66238
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034571162386
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Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast, etc. [for Henry V]
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Carlton Classics 6701862
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72372308362
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Discover Film Music [for Alfven’s A Country Tale]
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Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
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Naxos 8.558210-11
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636943821022
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Music for Stage & Screen [for Copland's The Red Pony]
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Boston Pops
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Sony SK 64 147
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0074646414729
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