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Richard ADDINSELL (1904-1977)

Goodbye Mr Chips, Dangerous Moonlight, Scrooge Love on the Dole, Blithe Spirit, The Black Rose Tom Browns Schooldays, The Admirable Crichton Out of the Clouds CHAN10046 Review by Ian Lace

John ADDISON (1920-1998)

I was Montys Double (1958), Centennial (1979) Swashbuckler (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977) The Maggie (1953), Reach for the Sky (1956) Strange Invaders (1983), Tom Jones (1963) The Man Between Berlin Story (1953) The Charge of the Light Brigade Suite (1968) Brandy for the Parson (1951), Torn Curtain Touch and Go Mirror Waltz (1955), Sleuth (1972) Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1958), Murder, She Wrote CHAN10418 Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

	Volume 1 Odd Man Out, Fallen Idol History of Mr Polly, The Rakes Progress CHAN9243 Review by Hubert Culot
	Volume 2 The Crimson Pirate, A Night to Remember, Green Girdle Take My Life, The Card, Desert Victory, Svengali The Winslow Boy, In Search of the Castaways CHAN9959 Review by Ian Lace
	Volume 3 The Magic Box (1951), The Million Pound Note (1953) The Way Ahead (1944), Swiss Family Robinson (1960) The Rocking Horse Winner (1949), Geordie (1955) The Cure for Love (1949), Penn of Pennsylvania (1941) The True Glory (1944-45), The Running Man CHAN10349 Reviews by Christopher Thomas and Ian Lace

Malcolm ARNOLD (b. 1921)

	Volume 1 The Bridge on the River Kwai, Whistle Down the Wind Hobsons Choice, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness The Sound Barrier CHAN9100 Review by Colin Clarke
	Volume 2 Trapeze, The Roots of Heaven, Machines No Love for Johnny, David Copperfield You Know What Sailors Are, Stolen Face The Belles of St Trinians, The Holly and the Ivy The Captains Paradise CHAN9851 Reviews by Ian Lace and Adrian Smith

Georges AURIC (1899-1983)

Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), Dead of Night (1945) The Titfield Thunderbolt (1952), The Innocents (1961) Passport to Pimlico (1949), Moulin Rouge (1952) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Father Brown (1954) It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), Hue and Cry (1946) CHAN9774 Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett

Sir Arnold BAX (1883-1953)

Oliver Twist Malta GC CHAN10126 Review by Ian Lace

Sir Richard Rodney BENNETT (b. 1936)

Murder on the Orient Express, Tender is the Night Far from the Madding Crowd, Enchanted April Four Weddings and a Funeral, Lady Caroline Lamb CHAN9867 Review by Ian Lace

Lord BERNERS (1883-1950)

Champagne Charlie (1944), Nicholas Nickleby (1947) The Halfway House (1944) CHAN10459 Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett

Stanley BLACK (1913-2002)

Battle of the Sexes (1960), Sands of the Desert (1960) Stormy Crossing (1957), Blood of the Vampire (1958) Jack the Ripper (1959), The Young Ones (1961) Three Steps to the Gallows (1954) CHAN10306 Review by Ian Lace

Sir Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

Welcome the Queen, Things to Come The Royal Palaces, Caesar and Cleopatra War in the Air CHAN9896 Reviews by Stephen Lloyd and Gary Dalkin

Francis CHAGRIN (1905-1972)

Helter Skelter (1949), An Inspector Calls (1954) The Colditz Story (1954), Greyfriars Bobby (1961) The Four Just Men (1959), The Intruder (1953) The Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra (1965) Easy Money (1947), Last Holiday (1950) The Bridge (1946) CHAN10323 Reviews by Hubert Culot and Ian Lace

Ron GOODWIN (1925-2003)

633 Squadron, Frenzy, Lancelot and Guinevere Deadly Strangers, The Battle of Britain, Whirlpool The Trap, Of Human Bondage, Where Eagles Dare Monte Carlo or Bust, Submarine X-1, Miss Marple Operation Crossbow, Clash of Loyalties, 633 Squadron Beauty and the Beast, Force Ten from Navarone Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines CHAN10262 Review by Gary Dalkin

Adrian JOHNSTON (b. 1961)

Brideshead Revisited (2008) CHAN10499 Review by Ian Lace

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD (1897-1957)

	The Sea Wolf (1941) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) CHAN10336 Review by Ian Lace
	The Sea Hawk (1940) CHAN10438 Review by Rob Barnett

Constant LAMBERT (1905-1951)

Merchant Seamen (1940) Suite from Anna Karenina (1948) CHAN10459 Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett

Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971)

The Captive Heart, West of Zanzibar The Cruel Sea, Where No Vultures Fly Uncle Silas, Lease of Life The Dancing Fleece, Burma Victory Saraband for Dead Lovers CHAN9479 Reviews by Paul Conway and Hubert Culot

Nino ROTA (1911-1979)

The Godfather, The Glass Mountain Fanciulle di lusso (Luxury Girls), Death on the Nile Romeo and Juliet, Fantasmi a Roma (Ghosts in Rome) Obsession, 8½, Il gattopardo (The Leopard) Giulietta degli spiriti (Juliet of the Spirits) The Taming of the Shrew Quel bandito sono io (Her Favourite Husband) CHAN9771 Review by Ian Lace

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

	Volume 1 The Youth Of Maxim (1935), King Lear (1970) The Return of Maxim (1937), The Vyborg Side (1939) The Man With A Gun (1938), A Girl Alone (1931) CHAN10023 Review by David Wishart
	Volume 2 The Golden Mountains The Gadfly, Volochayev Days CHAN10183 Review by Ian Lace
	Volume 3 Hamlet (1964), The Unforgettable Year 1919 (1951) Five Days and Five Nights (1960) The Young Guard (1947-8) CHAN10361 Review by Ian Lace

Mischa SPOLIANSKY (1898-1985)

North West Frontier (1959) Sanders of the River (1935) The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) Wanted for Murder (1946) The Ghost Goes West (1935) Idol of Paris (1948) King Solomon’s Mines (1937) The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) Saint Joan (1957) CHAN10543 Review by Rob Barnett

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

	Volume 1 Scott of the Antarctic (1948) The People’s Land (1942) Coastal Command (1943) CHAN10007 Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett
	Volume 2 49th Parallel (1940) The Dim Little Island (1949) The England of Elizabeth (1955) CHAN10244 Review by Christopher Thomas
	Volume 3 The Story of a Flemish Farm (1942) The Loves of Joanna Godden (1946) Bitter Springs (1950) CHAN10368 Reveiws by Christopher Thomas and Ian Lace
	Collection (Vols 1-3) CHAN10529-31 Review by Rob Barnett

 

 

 

 

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