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Quartz Music

The Golden Age of Hollywood

Modern Dramatic Dark Romantic Melancholic
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Details

Composer
Robert Russell Bennett, Bernard Herrmann, Erich Korngold, Jerome Moross, Heinz Roemheld, Miklos Rozs
Artist
Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
Format
CD
Label
Quartz Music
Released
Apr 05, 2024
Catalog #
QTZ2156
UPC
880040215622

About

A remarkable album of concert works by legendary composers of Hollywood’s Golden Age will be released on the Quartz label on 5 April, 2024. The recording features music for violin and piano by Erich Korngold, Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rózsa, Robert Russell Bennett, Jerome Moross and Heinz Roemheld. Much of the music is rarely heard and the album features three world premiere recordings.

Australian-born violinist Patrick Savage researched and compiled the program during COVID lockdowns and performs the works alongside pianist Martin Cousin.
Formerly Principal First Violin for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and first violin in the Tippett Quartet, Patrick is now a free-lance concertmaster, soloist, studio session player and West End musician. He is also a composer for feature film, theatre and video games, and his film scores include the cult horror THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE and the forthcoming puppet horror, ABRUPTIO.

Each of the composers represented on this album were Academy Award-winners or nominees and made an extraordinary contribution to the art of film scoring during Hollywood’s Golden Age - the heady years of frenetic film production from the 1920s to the 1960s. Between them they composed scores for some of the most famous cinema of the era.

Extraordinary music-makers were drawn to Los Angeles from across the United States and around the world, including those forced to flee the rise of Nazism in Europe. But even the most gifted of composers that made their name in cinema often faced an uphill battle for acceptance in the classical world. Professional jealousy may have been a factor, as well as snobbery: how could a composer for popular entertainment be taken seriously as an artist?

This prejudice led to music of great value remaining in obscurity, but despite a resurgence of interest in film composers of those years, the works by Herrmann, Roemheld and Moross are recorded here for the first time.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 I. Mädchen im Brautgemach 03:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Mädchen im Brautgemach
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  2. 2 II. Holzapfel und Schlehwein 02:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Holzapfel und Schlehwein
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  3. 3 III. Gartenszene 04:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Gartenszene
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  4. 4 IV. Mummenschanz 02:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Mummenschanz
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  5. 5 I. Good Morning 02:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Good Morning
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Franz Waxman
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  6. 6 II. Promenade 01:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Promenade
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Franz Waxman
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  7. 7 III. Playtime 00:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Playtime
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Franz Waxman
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  8. 8 IV. Bedtime Story: The Fairy Princess 03:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Bedtime Story: The Fairy Princess
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Franz Waxman
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  9. 9 No. 1. Gut Bucket Gus 02:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. Gut Bucket Gus
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Robert Russell Bennett
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  10. 10 No. 2. Jane Shakes Her Hair 01:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. Jane Shakes Her Hair
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Robert Russell Bennett
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  11. 11 No. 3. Betty and Harold Close Their Eyes 01:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. Betty and Harold Close Their Eyes
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Robert Russell Bennett
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  12. 12 No. 4. Jim Jives 00:59
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 4. Jim Jives
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Robert Russell Bennett
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  13. 13 No. 5. Till Dawn Sunday 02:06
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 5. Till Dawn Sunday
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Robert Russell Bennett
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  14. 14 I. Fast and Deliberate 03:38
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Fast and Deliberate
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Heinz Eric Roemheld
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  15. 15 II. Sempre senza vibrato 03:52
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Sempre senza vibrato
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Heinz Eric Roemheld
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  16. 16 III. Very Fast 03:07
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Very Fast
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Heinz Eric Roemheld
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  17. 17 Recitative and Aria 06:02
    Track
    17
    Title
    Recitative and Aria
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Jerome Moross
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  18. 18 Twilight 06:55
    Track
    18
    Title
    Twilight
    Duration
    06:55
    Composer
    Bernard Herrmann
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin
  19. 19 Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song, Op. 4 (version for violin and piano) 09:15
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song, Op. 4 (version for violin and piano)
    Duration
    09:15
    Composer
    Miklós Rózsa
    Performer
    Patrick Savage, Martin Cousin