Composer: Arthur Benjamin, Danny Elfman, Bernard Herrmann, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman
Performer: Klaudia Kidon, Danish National Concert Choir
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: John Mauceri
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0241
Release: 2014
Size: 373 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Herrmann: Overture (From “The Man Who Knew Too Much”) [Arr. J, Mauceri]
02. Waxman: Rebecca Suite [Arr. J, Mauceri]
Waxman: Rear Window Suite
03. I. Prelude
04. II. Lisa – Intermezzo
05. III. Ballet
06. IV. Lisa – Finale
07. Tiomkin: Strangers on a Train Suite (Arr. J, Mauceri)
08. Tiomkin: Dial M for Murder Suite (Arr. J, Mauceri)
Herrmann: Vertigo: Suite
09. I. Prelude
10. II. Scene d’amour
11. Herrmann: Overture (From “North by Northwest”)
12. Herrmann: A Narrative for String Orchestra (From “Psycho”) [Arr. J. Mauceri]
13. Benjamin: Storm Clouds Cantata (From “The Man Who Knew Too Much”) [Arr. B. Herrman]
14. Elfman: End Credits (From “Hitchcock”)
Alfred Hitchcock commissioned his film scores from composers who were Hollywood’s master-craftsmen.
The concert items prepared from those scores feature a dazzling variety of styles, from Baroque and jazz to dark Romanticism and angular angst, all using the orchestra with breathtaking virtuosity. The conductor John Mauceri, as at home with this repertoire as any other musician, has prepared a number of concert suites from the film scores and some of them receive their first recordings here. This recording was made live in concert in Danish Radio’s new concert hall in Copenhagen. The booklet contains an introductory text by John Mauceri and an extensive, illustrated essay on Hitchcock and his use of film music and work with composers by British film-music historian John Riley.