Morris Stoloff SONG WITHOUT END Film Score OST LP 1960 LISZT Dirk Bogarde UK NM

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Jorge Bolet With The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra ?– Song Without End - Original Soundtrack Recording

Label: Marble Arch Records ?– MALS 656
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 1960
Genre: Classical, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack

Vinyl: MINT. Looks clean on visual inspection. Plays superbly.
Cover and sleeve: NEAR MINT. Colours remain vibrant and unfaded. Some edge wear damage. Wonderful condition considering the item's age.


Film soundtrack from "Song Without End" - "The Fabulous Life, Loves and Music of Franz Liszt."

The film won the Best Music score Academy Award for Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Musical).

Track listing:
A1. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra – Racoczy March     
A2. Jorge Bolet – Consolation In D Flat     
A3. Jorge Bolet – La Campanella     
A4. Jorge Bolet – Fantasy On Verdi's Rigoletto     
A5. The "Song Without End" Chorus – Largo

B1. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra – Les Preludes (Excerpt)     
B2. Jorge Bolet – Rondo Capriccioso (Part II)     
B3. The "Song Without End" Chorus And Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra – Pilgrim's Chorus     
B4. Jorge Bolet – Liebestraum No. 3     
B5. Jorge Bolet And Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra – Concerto No. 1 In E Flat And Hungarian Fantasy (Medley)     
B6. The "Song Without End" Chorus – Un Sospiro (Excerpt)     


Composed By – Franz Liszt
Music Consultant, Liner Notes – Abram Chasins
Piano – Jorge Bolet

About the film and score:
Song Without End, subtitled The Story of Franz Liszt (1960) is a biographical film romance made by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Charles Vidor, who died during the shooting of the picture and was replaced by George Cukor.

It was produced by William Goetz from a screenplay by Oscar Millard, revised (uncredited) by Walter Bernstein and based on screenwriter Oscar Saul's original 1952 script (uncredited). The music score was by Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman with music by Franz Liszt, and the cinematography by James Wong Howe and Charles Lang (uncredited).[2] The film also featured music of those contemporaries of Liszt whom he unselfishly championed by featuring them in his numerous performances (e.g. Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, among others).

The film starred Dirk Bogarde as Franz Liszt, Capucine (in her acting debut) as Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, and Geneviève Page as Marie d'Agoult, with Patricia Morison as George Sand, Alexander Davion as Frédéric Chopin, Lyndon Brook as Richard Wagner, Albert Rueprecht as Prince Felix Lichnowsky, Erland Erlandsen as Sigismond Thalberg, Ivan Desny, Martita Hunt, Lou Jacobi, and Marcel Dalio.

Two notable soundtracks were recorded in 1960, one by each of the composers of the Oscar-winning score. Colpix Records, a division of Columbia Pictures released Song Without End: Original Soundtrack Recording featuring the pianist Jorge Bolet playing seven of Franz Liszt's compositions. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by Morris Stoloff.

Orchestral selections included four selections from the film's repertoire, and two selections reminded listeners of Liszt's organ virtuosity (uncredited performer..accompanied by "The Song Without End" chorus). CP-506 (LP). The Franz Liszt Story featured the piano and orchestra of Harry Sukman. Liberty Records, LST-7151 (LP). Harry Sukman recorded ten of the Liszt compositions featured in the film. Eight of those selections were adaptations by Harry Sukman composed especially for the album.



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