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07-22-2012, 02:27 PM
Bax’s score for David Lean’s celebrated film Oliver Twist was a notable success. With its solo piano part, written as a vehicle for his lover, Harriet Cohen, and 78rpm records available almost immediately, it became one of Bax’s most frequently heard works. We know the score from two sources: the soundtrack of the film and the suite which was extracted for concert performance. After the composer’s death an incomplete manuscript in his hand appeared at Sotheby’s. More recently a copyist’s score of selected movements was found thrown out in a skip in Brighton; it turned out to be another suite which had been extracted from Bax’s score and includes music that would otherwise have been lost. Both scores were placed in the British Library. When Chandos announced its intention to make this recording, and it was known that it was now possible to assemble all the music for Oliver Twist, the Bax Trust commissioned Graham Parlett to investigate all the sources and assemble a complete score.
In the summer of 1952 Sir Arnold Bax was persuaded to write the music for the Crown Film Unit’s short film Malta, GC, about the heroic way in which the islanders resisted fierce and repeated war-time air attacks from Italy and Sardinia. Film music was a medium in which Bax had no experience and no inclination, and yet he produced a notable success. The Malta, GC Suite was widely played at the time. This recording features the music written for the second reel.
Tracklist
Oliver Twist - Complete original score for the film, prepared by Graham Parlett
1 Prelude. Lento moderato 1:54
2 The Storm. Con vivo 3:20
3 Oliver's birth. Molto moderato 2:48
4 Picking oakum. Poco lento 2:21
5 Oliver asks for more. Allegro moderato e feroce - 1:22
6 Mr Bumble's March. Pomposo - Vivace 0:31
7 Oliver sent to bed among the coffins. Moderato 2:11
8 Oliver as funeral mute. Molto energico - 2:34
9 Death of Mrs Thingummy. Lento 2:03
10 The Fight. Allegro 1:25
11 Oliver's sleepless night. Andante - 2:28
12 Oliver's flight to London. Poco allegretto 0:31
13 Oliver meets the Artful Dodger. Allegro moderato 1:58
14 Fagin's romp. Allegro con vivacit� 2:05
15 Oliver's pickpocketing lesson - 0:41
16 Pickpocketing. Allegretto semplice - 0:57
17 The Chase. Allegro vivace 1:59
18 Oliver faints in court. Tempo rubato - 0:46
19 Comic panic. Allegro 0:55
20 Oliver at Mr Brownlow's house. Poco lento 6:04
21 Oliver at play. Poco lento - Allegretto semplice 1:24
22 The Portrait - 1:03
23 Oliver's abduction. Lento 1:09
24 Mr Brownlow's grief. Lento - 1:46
25 Nancy's hysterical outburst. Allegro moderato - Andante 1:23
26 Nancy's flight in the rain to meet Mr Brownlow. Moderato 3:17
27 Dawn after the Murder. Moderato sereno - 3:25
28 Wanted for Murder. Moderato - Lento 1:25
29 Finale [original]. Moderato brillante 3:09
30 Finale [alternative]. Moderato brillante 3:23
Malta, GC Part 2
31 Gay March. Quick march tempo 1:24
32 Quiet Interlude. Allegretto 1:46
33 Work and Play. Moderato molto energico - 3:52
34 March. Lento ma non troppo - 5:30
Rumon Gamba,BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
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