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02-01-2013, 09:03 AM

David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com, March 2005:
Now that Marco Polo's film score series has moved to Naxos, listeners have a chance to hear many wonderful titles at reduced price, including this new one that's never previously appeared. There's something fitting in hearing this wonderful, pre-Elmer Bernstein Western score by a Russian composer played by Russian forces, and it sounds like they're having a ball. Yes, you can't understand a word the chorus is singing, and probably wouldn't want to, but the music that Dimitri Tiomkin penned for this cattle roundup celluloid spectacular fits like a glove, from the famous Stampede sequence (with three sets of timpani making a very satisfying noise), to atmospheric tracks such as The Spectre Takes Form, Suspense at Dawn, and Vigil in the Night. Tiomkin's sonic palette, as befits a "Golden Age" (1948) Hollywood production, is more lush than we later came to expect in this particular genre, with plenty of harps and warm tunes for the strings; but the "American" sound is all there, and it's irresistibly conveyed by William Stromberg and his Moscow forces. Vividly bright sonics add the finishing touch. A winner on all counts.
Tracklist
01. Main Title (01:30)
02. Dunson Heads South (04:47)
03. Red River Camp (01:29)
04. The Red Menace Strikes (01:34)
05. The Lone Survivor (02:15)
06. Birth of Red River D (03:15)
07. Mexican Burial (00:58)
08. Growth of the Dunson Empire (01:46)
09. Roundup (00:27)
10. Suspense at Dawn (01:07)
11. On to Missouri (01:36)
12. The Drive Moves North (03:04)
13. The Brazos trail (00:31)
14. Stampede (02:46)
15. The Missing Cowboy (02:36)
16. Latimer Burial (01:01)
17. Thunder on the Trail (00:45)
18. Red River Ahead (01:26)
19. Red River Crossing (02:01)
20. Cottonwood Justice (00:59)
21. Dunson Swears Vengeance (01:24)
22. Comanche Arrows (00:40)
23. In Wait (01:35)
24. Fight for Life (02:20)
25. Vigil in the Night (01:01)
26. Foggy Night Surrender (01:54)
27. The Spectre Takes Form (00:43)
28. Interlude (00:22)
29. Out of the Past (01:47)
30. Memory of Love (01:31)
31. A Joyous Meeting (01:53)
32. Approach to Abilene (01:50)
33. A Big Day of Abilene (01:40)
34. The Spectre Closes In (01:02)
35. A Message for Matt (02:50)
36. The Challenge (03:22)
37. The New Brand (02:22)
Performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Choir conducted by William Stromberg.
FLAC
http://www.adrive.com/public/y3ta4s/DT-RR2005Nxs.rar
Booklet (wimpel69)
https://mega.co.nz/#!h1110BIJ!dZQG7mVavx9FwgvJwBFUbTEr22EvpdlEZCaXbIL N2fU