| Erich Wolfgang Korngold THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX Composed in 1939 Related Work : FÜNF LIEDER Op.38 No4 |
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| Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Aeneas MacKenzie and Norman Reilly Raine Performed by Bette Davis, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland Orchestrated by Hugo Friedhofer and Milan Roder (Nominated Oscar 1939) World Premiere: Hollywood - 27-09-1939 |
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Warner Bros Orchestra
Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
[Main Title / Essex March / Shadow and Parade / Throne Room / Essex Slapped / The Portrait - The Courier / Chess Game / The Young Girl / Loneliness / Messenger / Poor Child - The Hunt / Silver Armor / Lady Penelope / Darling / Card Game / Love Scene / The Council - Council Dismissed / Love and the Ring / Ireland / You Lie / Shadow of Penelope / Delegation and Truce / The Guards / Reunion Love Scene / The Promise / Essex Arrest - The Tower / Confession / Cecil / Penelope Sent Away / Refusal / Execution / Finale / End Cast] | 1939 CD: PRIVATE EDITION 57' 27" |
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Warner Bros Orchestra
Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
[Main Title - Essex Fanfares - Essex March - Elizabeth - End Titles] | 1939 CD: RHINO MOVIE MUSIC R272243 5' 58" |
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Warner Bros Orchestra
Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
[Main Title - Essex Fanfares - Essex March - Elizabeth - End Titles] | CD: Sound Track Factory 33512 |
| Victor Young Singing Strings
Victor Young |
[Love Theme] | 1954 LP: DECCA 8060 LP: BRUNSWICK LAT8041 |
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Great Warner Bros.
Love Themes Warner Bros Studio Orchestra Lionel Newman |
[Love Theme] |
LP: Warner Bros. Records K26122
(UK) |
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Warner Bros Studio Orchestra
Lionel Newman |
[Main Title and Essex's Victory March - Love Scene and Finale] | 1961 LP: CHEVAL-STANYAN LP: DCC 2017 LP: Warner Bros. Records K26121 (UK) CD: Warner W 1438 CD: Warner WS 1438 CD: DCC GZS-1094 CD: STANYAN STN-117 4' 06" |
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National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt Producer: George Korngold |
[Overture]
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1972LP: RCA GL4-3438 LP: RCA 52792 LP: RCA ARL1-0185 7' 18" |
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CD: RCA 0185-2 RG CD: RCA GD80185 CD: RCA 2792-2-RG |
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National Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt Producer: George Korngold |
[Elizabeth] |
1973 LP: RCA ARL1-0183LP RCA AGL1-3706 LP: RCA GL4-3436 LP: RCA GL4-3438 LP: RCA ARL4-2005 1' 47" |
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CD: RCA 2792-2-RGCD: RCA GD80183 CD: RCA 0183-2-RG CD: RCA NL 42925 |
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Polly Jo Baker (Sopran)
George Calusdian (Piano) |
[Come Live With Me] | 1975 LP: ENTR'ACTE ERS6502 CD: ENTR'ACTE ESCD6502 2' 44" |
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![]() Münchener Symphoniker
Carl Davis |
[Elizabeth and Essex (Main Title / Narrative / March / Shadow and Parade / The Throne Room - After Elizabeth Slaps Essex / Elizabeth and Essex) - The Queen (The Courier / The Chess Game / Mirror Scene / The Queen / Messenger / Poor Child) - Reconciliation (The Hunting / Raleigh and Essex / Silver Armor / Lady Penelope / Darling / Card Game / Love Scene) - Ireland (Council Dismissed / Love and the Ring / Ireland / Shadow of Penelope / Elizabeth Weeps / The Battle / The Truce) - Essex Returns (The Palace / Queen Elizabeth / Essex Returns / Love Scene / Arrest) - The Tower of London (The Tower / Cecil / Essex / Love Scene / Executioner / End Cast)] |
1991CD: BAY CITIES BCD3026 CD: VARESE SARABANDE VCD-5696 CD: Tsunami CD: Membran 221842 65' 35" |
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City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Bateman |
[Overture] |
1997 CD: SILVA SCREEN SSD3010 CD: Silva Screen SILCD1170 7' 17" |
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NEW ZEALAND SYM ORCHESTRA
James SEDARES |
[Main Title / March / End title] | CD: KOCH 3-7302-2H1 |
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Orchestre Symphonique de LondresAndré Previn |
[Main title / Essex' victory march / The chess game / Lady Penelope / Elizabeth the Queen / Defeat in Ireland / Darling (Love scene) / Finale] | CD: Deutsche Grammophon 471347-2 CD: Decca Eloquence ELQ4823438 (Australia, 2015) |
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Steven Kimbrough - baritone Courtenay Budd - soprano Dalton Baldwin - piano |
[Old English Song] | CD: Musical Treasures VMS 159 |
| CD: Milan Records 873122 | |||
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Orchestra Sinfonia of London Conductor : John Wilson |
Overture from 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex' (1939) Orchestrated by Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer and Milan Roder (Warner Bros) 7:19 |
CD Chandos CHAN 5294 Hollywood Soundstage Recorded:6-8 September 2021 Church of St Augustine, Kilburn, London Release Date:September 2022 |