Credits:

NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA; THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS; JOHN ALLDIS CHOIR

Description:

Charles Gerhardt's greatest legacy as a conductor, record producer, and arranger. The legendary engineer Kenneth Wilkinson's masterful analog recordings from the Kingsway Hall sessions are finally available in a box set.SONY CLASSICAL MASTERS BOX The 20th release of the highly popular budget box "MASTERS BOX" by Sony Classical. The SONY CLASSICAL and RCA RED SEAL labels, both long-established classical labels with over 100 years of history in the U.S., boast an extensive catalog of classical music masterpieces that every music fan should hear at least once, and they offer a wide selection of the best performances by established artists. This is a popular series of releases at affordable budget prices, featuring a wide selection of classic masterpieces from the extensive catalogs of both the SONY CLASSICAL and RCA RED SEAL labels. The artwork design is white and eye-catching, and the booklet is not included in this set. This set does not include a booklet. The track listing is on the paper jacket of each disc. Charles Gerhardt grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he studied piano at age 5 and composition at age 9.He studied music and engineering at several universities, including the University of Illinois, and piano privately at the Juilliard School. Formal education for him was interrupted by World War II, during which he served in the Aleutian Navy as a minister's assistant. After the war, he was a clerk at Record Hunter on Lexington Avenue in New York City, but from 1951 to 1955 he worked for RCA Victor as a recording technician transferring Caruso and Schnabel's 78 rpm recordings to tape, including removing scratches in preparation for LP re-releases. In 1954, he made experimental stereo recordings of Menotti's "Sebastian" and Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" ballet suites with Stokowski and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. He then went on to make his last major recording as a conductor. He was later encouraged by Toscanini to study conducting while working as RCA's liaison with Toscanini in his final years as a conductor, and later studied conducting with Horenstein.(1/2) Sony Music

Tracklisting:

1.Main Title/Reunion/Finale [From The Sea Hawk]
2.Nora's Theme [From Of Human Bondage]
3.March of the Merry Men/Battle [From The Adventures of Robin Hood]
4.Love Theme [From Juarez]
5.Main Title [From Kings Row]
6.Tomorrow [From The Constant Nymph]
7.Overture [From Captain Blood]
8.No Father, No Mother, No Name [From Anthony Adverse]
9.Main Title/Mother and Son [From Between Two Worlds]
10.Main Title [From Deception]
11.The Death of Emily Bronte [From Devotion]
12.Main Title/Venice/March/Love Scene/Finale [From Escape Me Never]
13.Abduction of the Bakuba Boy/The Skulls [From White Witch Doctor]
14.Lonni Bound by Ropes/Departure [From White Witch Doctor]
15.Overture [From Ivanhoe]