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Paul LEWIS (born
1943) The Prisoner of Zenda (1984) Autumn Love (1974) Brandon Chase (1980)a Arthur of the Britons: Suite (1972) The Big Knife: Romance (1989)b King’s Royal (1981) The Dark Angel (1990)c The Benny Hill Waltz (1960s) The Island (1976)d Woof! (1988)e Wreckers at Deadeye: Overture (1970) Lynn Peters (piccolo)a; Jonathan Higgins (piano)b; Nick Bucknall (soprano saxophone)c; Sarah Eyden (soprano)d; James Hughes (harmonica)e; The Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Paul Lewis Recorded: Whitfield Street Studio, London, 1999 ![]() |
Paul Lewis is a versatile, prolific composer whose music has already appeared, albeit in small quantity, on records (his English Overture on ASV WHL 2126 and his English Suite for strings on NAXOS 8.550070). This is – I think – the first disc entirely devoted to his music, and particularly to his many TV scores. He has also composed a good deal of so-called library music, such as the LP History Book of Music featuring what is now apparently best referred to as the Benny Hill Waltz. This delightfully ironic waltz, originally titled Ballroom, is here recorded at its proper speed, so that some may not recognise it (I did not!). |
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