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We are quite familiar with the music composed for Alfred Hitchcock's films of the late 1950s and 1960s (The Wrong Man, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, and even Torn Curtain, between 1957 and 1966) and are surprised by its strong expressive power. They are due to the genius of Bernard Herrmann and are still vastly underrated because of...
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National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bernard Herrmann, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Arthur Lilley, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Raymond Few, Producer
℗ 1974 Decca Music Group Limited
Bernard Herrmann, Composer - Charles Gerhardt, Conductor - George Korngold, Producer - Grover Helsley, Re-Mastering Engineer - Joaquín Achúcarro, Piano - K.E. Wilkinson, Recording Engineer - Larry Franke, Re-Mastering Engineer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer
(P) 1974 Sony Music Entertainment
Bernard Herrmann & The National Symphony Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2012 Screenland Records (P) 2012 Screenland Records
John Mauceri, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Gore, Producer - John Newton, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernard Herrmann, Composer - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Costa Pilavachi, Producer - Stef Collignon, Producer - Dick van Schuppen, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mitchell Hanlon, Producer
℗ 1993 Universal International Music B.V.
New York Philharmonic, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leopold Stokowski, Conductor - Bernard Herrmann, Composer - Bourne Company, MusicPublisher
(C) 1999 New York Philharmonic (P) 1999 New York Philharmonic
Bernard Herrmann, Composer - Fine Arts Quartet, Ensemble - Michel Lethiec, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2016 Naxos (P) 2016 Naxos
English National Opera Orchestra, Choir - John Fraser, Producer - Kate Royal, Soprano Vocals, MainArtist - Bernard Herrmann, Composer - Edward Gardner, Conductor
© 2009 EMI Records Ltd. ℗ 2009 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Joel McNeely, Conductor, Artist - Bernard Herrmann, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist - Edwin Paling, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Varese Sarabande Records, Inc.
Walter Piston, Composer - Bernard Herrmann, Conductor - Louis Kaufman, MainArtist - The London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2014 Santa Fe Music Group, LLC. (P) 2014 Soundmark Records
George Gershwin, Composer - Bernard Herrmann, Conductor, MainArtist - David Parkhouse, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - London Festival Recording Ensemble, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arthur Bannister, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Raymond Few, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1971 Decca Music Group Limited
Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir - Michael Schønwandt, conductor
(C) 2011 Chandos (P) 2011 Chandos
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Performer - Los Angeles Philharmonic, Performer - David Mottley, Producer - Bernard Herrmann, Composer
(P) 1996 Sony Music Entertainment
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bernard Herrmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Arthur Bliss, Composer - Arthur Bannister, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Raymond Few, Producer
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
DR SymfoniOrkestret, Orchestra - John Mauceri, Conductor - Bernard Herrmann, Composer
(C) 2014 Toccata Classics (P) 2014 Toccata Classics
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bernard Herrmann, Composer - Adriano, Conductor
(C) 1994 Marco-Polo (P) 1994 Marco-Polo
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bernard Herrmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Arthur Bannister, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Raymond Few, Producer
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Bernard Herrmann, Composer - Tippett Quartet, MainArtist
(C) 2011 Signum Records (P) 2011 Signum Records
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bernard Herrmann, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Arthur Lilley, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony D'Amato, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1969 Decca Music Group Limited
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Bernard Herrmann, Conductor, Artist - Mitch Miller, Artist, Soloist - The Columbia Broadcasting Symphony, Bernard Herrmann, Mitch Miller, MainArtist - The Columbia Broadcasting Symphony, Orchestra, Artist
2019 Infinity 2019 Infinity
Louis Kaufman, violin - Bernard Herrmann, Conductor - Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bernard Herrmann, Conductor, MainArtist - Arnold Bax, Composer - Arthur Bannister, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Raymond Few, Producer
℗ 1976 Decca Music Group Limited
Joel McNeely, Conductor, Artist - Bernard Herrmann, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Orchestra, Artist
℗ 1995 Varese Sarabande Records
Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir - Michael Schønwandt, conductor
(C) 2011 Chandos (P) 2011 Chandos
John Ogdon, Artist, MainArtist - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Bernard Herrmann, Conductor - Cyril Scott, Composer
(C) 2007 Lyrita (P) 2007 Lyrita
About Playlist
We are quite familiar with the music composed for Alfred Hitchcock's films of the late 1950s and 1960s (The Wrong Man, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, and even Torn Curtain, between 1957 and 1966) and are surprised by its strong expressive power. They are due to the genius of Bernard Herrmann and are still vastly underrated because of his work in Hollywood, hindering the recognition of truly unique work in the American landscape of the 1940s-60s. Bernard Herrmann composed for the cinema, as he did for the concert, to such an extent that the borders between the two "genres" are hardly noticeable. His music for "Jane Eyre" is an extension or perhaps a "draft" of his beautiful opera "Wuthering Heights". When he composed for Psychosis in 1960, he looked back to his 1941 Sinfonietta, picking out certain motifs and developing them in a different way, but in reality the atmosphere of the 1960 work is already palpable in 1941. This 1941 Sinfonietta, which is a very personal score, recalls both Bartók's Divertimento (only created in 1940) and Vaughan Williams' 6th (completed in 1946).
This playlist offers a real immersion into the composer's universe, which allows us to (re)discover arguably three of his important works, the Symphony, the Quintet with clarinet, and the Sinfonietta, and to place his music for cinema alongside these scores that are still largely unknown. For the film music, we have chosen reinterpretations here (McNeely, Salonen, Herrmann himself), rather than the original, sometimes frustrating soundtracks.
In addition, a few testimonials from Herrmann as a conductor, which say a lot about his musical affinities; he was a great admirer of English composers, starting with Holst and Vaughan Williams.
Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
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