HiRez Poll Gerhardt, Charles - LOST HORIZON: THE CLASSIC FILM SCORES OF DIMITRI TIOMKIN [SACD]

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Please post your thoughts and comments on this 2017 Multichannel SACD release from Dutton Vocalion.



1. Lost Horizon (1937) – Symphonic Suite (Tiomkin) JAC
Prelude – Foreword Card – Riot in Baskul – Mob Scene at the Refuelling Station – Morning After the Plane Crash – Arrival of the Caravan – The Journey Over the Mountains – Entrance into Shangri-La – Nocturne – Riding Sequence – The Waterfall – Chinese Children’s Scherzo – Bell Sequence – Funeral Cortège of the High Lama – Escape from Shangri-La – Return to Shangri-La
2. The Guns of Navarone – Prelude (Tiomkin; Webster)
3. The Big Sky – Suite (Tiomkin)
Prelude – The Forest at Night (Nocturne) –
The Wide Missouri (Epilogue)
4. The Fourposter – Overture (Tiomkin)
5. Friendly Persuasion – Love Scene in the Barn (Tiomkin; Webster)
6. Search for Paradise – Choral Finale (Tiomkin; Washington; Thomas) JAC
BONUS TRACK
7. The Thing from Another World – Suite (Tiomkin)*
Prelude – The Flying Saucer under the Ice – Melting Sequence – The Hand – Plasma I – Plasma II – The Growing Plants – The Thing on the Walkway – Electrocution

National Philharmonic Orchestra
JAC The John Alldis Choir
Charles Gerhardt (conductor)
Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London, December 1975
*Previously unreleased in quadraphonic sound

Multi-ch Stereo
All tracks available in stereo and multi-channel

SA-CD
This hybrid CD can be played on any standard CD players

CDLK4608

 

[skherbeck]

Excellent, discrete surround sound, full range fidelity, and really wonderful music. For anyone who enjoys soundtrack-type classical music, this is a must-have. Especially cool are the chorale elements in the rears. Loved it so much, I actually bought 2 copies! (Actually, that was an accident). 9.

 

[H.A.L.]

Actually got this for the 50s B movie SF suite THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (based on a John Campbell short story, "Who Goes There" and of course the basis for perhaps John Carpenter's best movie ever, THE THING). Holy Space Carrot! More SF themes from D-V, please! A 9 to encourage more!

 

[skherbeck]

By the way, Ryan, thanks for providing such excellent artwork scans with your posts (it's tough to find decent artwork for these D-V covers!)

 

[blue.monk]

This is one of the best orchestral surround mixes I've heard. Fidelity is excellent and the material highlights Tiomkin's brilliant and varied career as a film composer. Another first-rate release by DV!