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A panoramic view of some of the major influences that informed the Scott Walker aesthetic; going some way perhaps to explaining this most enigmatic and influential of artists.
3CD Box Set with a 36-page booklet.
Tracklist
DISC ONE
JEAN SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
1 Adagio
2 Un pochettino meno adagio - Vivacissimo - Adagio
3 Allegro molto moderato
4 Vivace - Presto - Adagio
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH - New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein
5 Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 5 Largo
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham. Jack Brymer: clarinet
6 Clarinet Concerto In A, K. 622 6 Allegro
IGOR STRAVINSKY Orpheus (ballet) - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Igor Stravinsky
7 Orpheus Weeps for Eurydice - Lento sostenuto
8 Air de danse
JOHANNES BRAHMS - Philharmonia Orchestra / Guido Cantelli
9 Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 9 Poco allegretto
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN - Houston Symphony Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski
10 The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
CHOIR OF THE MONKS OF THE ABBEY OF SAINT-PIERRE DE SOLESMES
Christmas Day Mass - Chorus Master: Dom Joseph Gajard
11 Communion: Viderunt Omnes
DISC TWO
ALBAN BERG Concerto for violin and Orchestra - New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein - Issac Stern: violin
1 a. Andante (Prelude) b. Allegretto (Scherzo)
BÉLA BARTÓK - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay - Piano: Géza Anda
2 Piano Concerto No. 2, Sz. 95, BB. 101 2 Allegro
ANTON WEBERN Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10 - Orchestra conducted by Robert Craft
3 Urbild (Archetype)
4 Verwandlung (Transformation)
5 Rückkehr (Return)
6 Erinnerung (Memory)
7 Seele (Soul)
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A minor - New York Philharmonic / Dimitri Mitropoulos
8 Andante moderato GYÖRGY LIGETI - Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hans Rosbaud
9 Atmosphères for Large Orchestra from 2001: A Space Odyssey - A Film by Stanley Kubrick
FRANZ SCHUBERT - Hans Hotter: baritone; Gerald Moore: piano 10 Die Winterreise (Winter Journey) D911 Op. 89 - Der Leiermann (The Hurdy-Gurdy Man)
FREDERICK DELIUS The Song of the High Hills - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
11 With Quiet Easy Movement - Tranquillo
12 Very Slow - The Wide, Far Distance / The Great Solitude
13 In Tempo 14 Very Quietly - Tempo I
MAURICE RAVEL - Samson François: piano
14 Gaspard De La Nuit
15 Le Gibet 5.07
DISC THREE
1 THE FLAMINGOS - Time Was
2 EDGARD VARÈSE - Orchestre du Domaine Musical / Pierre Boulez - Hyperprism, for Small Orchestra and Percussion
3 JOSEPH HAYDN - Glenn Gould: piano - Piano Sonata No.3 in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI/49 3 Allegro
4 MILES DAVIS - Blue In Green
5 JACQUES BREL - La mort
6 CHARLES AZNAVOUR - Ne me quitte pas
7 LÉO FERRÉ - L'amour c'est comme un jour
8 LÉO FERRÉ - Elsa
9 JACK KEROUAC Reading a passage from his novel, "On the Road" Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen: piano
10 BARNEY KESSEL - Vicky's Dream
11 BOB COOPER - Jazz Theme And Four Variations: Main Theme: Sunday Mood
12 SHELLY MANNE & HIS MEN - Blue Daniel
13 FRANK SINATRA - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
14 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Conductor: George Szell - Zino Francescatti: violin - Adagio from Concerto No.2 in E major for Violin, Strings and Continuo - from Persona
- A Film by Ingmar Bergman
15 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - Chorale Prelude BWV 639 'Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ' from Solaris - A film by Andrei Tarkovsky - Dinu Lipatti: piano
16 GIUSEPPE VERDI Valzer Brillante from Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) - A Film by Luciano Visconti
17 TREVOR DUNCAN The Girl
(Theme) from La Jetée - A Film by Chris Marker
18 BLOSSOM DEARIE The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
19 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN -
Piano Sonata No.8 Op.13 "Pathétique"
Adagio Cantabile - Annie Fischer: piano