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Suites from Pyscho & North by Northwest (CD, Dec-1996, Unicorn-Kanchana) 
Suites from Pyscho & North by Northwest (CD, Dec-1996, Unicorn-Kanchana)

 
Suites from Pyscho & North by Northwest (CD, Dec-1996, Unicorn-Kanchana)

Release Date: Dec 1996
Format: CD
Record Label: Unicorn-Kanchana
Genre: Film Composers, Rock & Pop
UPC: 053068208024
Product ID: EPID71519473
Description: Composed by Bernard Herrmann, conducted by Laurie Johnson and performed by The London Studio Symphony Orchestra. This latter-day Unicorn label release is a treat, both for the serious soundtrack buff or the neophyte collector. The highli...
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Track Listing
1. Psycho: Excerpt(s)
2. North by Northwest: Excerpt(s)

Details
Distributor:Harmonia Mundi (Distribut
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Composed by Bernard Herrmann, conducted by Laurie Johnson and performed by The London Studio Symphony Orchestra.
This latter-day Unicorn label release is a treat, both for the serious soundtrack buff or the neophyte collector. The highlight is the "Suite from Psycho," recorded by composer Bernard Herrmann in 1975 and still one of the finest accounts of film soundtrack music ever given a "concert" style treatment -- 29 minutes and change of pure gold. Paired with it is the "Suite from North by Northwest" conducted by Laurie Johnson, recorded in the late '70s. Herrmann himself recorded an abbreviated suite of highlights from this score for Decca Records in the late '60s, which may explain, in part, why he never got around to doing a fuller account for Unicorn -- the account here contains far more music than Herrmann's short set of excerpts, and is a good compromise between that recording and the more complete accounts of the score that have surfaced in the decades since. Johnson's conducting isn't quite as lively as one would wish, and he doesn't push the tempos of certain passages quite as hard as he might have; but the textures brought out by the state of the art sound compensate for this shortcoming, and it is an enjoyable presentation of the main body of the score. The only caveat for veteran soundtrack buffs is that they're certain to have both of these scores already well-represented in their collections, but the pairing is still a welcome and handy one. ~ Bruce Eder

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