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This page lists upcoming recordings of Herrmann's music, and recordings released during the last year. Future release dates are approximate. Unless otherwise noted all entries are for CDs.
Recent Recordings
2011
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Conductor:William Stromberg
Orchestra:Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Recorded:2010
Producer:John Morgan, Anna Bonn, William Stromberg
Label:Tribute Film Classics
Format:CD
Source:William Stromberg
Scheduled to be recorded in October 2010 in Moscow.

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2010
The Planets (Holst)
Conductor:Bernard Herrmann
Orchestra:London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
Recorded:1970
Label:Decca Eloquence (Australia)
Format:CD
Source:Classical division, Universal Music Australia
"Upon several requests" Universal Music Australia is releasing this recording sometime in 2010.
25 June 2010
A Concert of American Music
Conductor:Bernard Herrmann
Orchestra:London Symphony Orchestra, CBS Symphony
Artists:Louis Kaufman, violin
Label:Pristine Classical
Format:CD
CHARLES IVES Symphony No. 2 (1897-1901) (UK Premiere)
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Bernard Herrmann
BBC Studio Broadcast of 25 April, 1956

ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT Violin Concerto in A (in the Popular Style) (1941)
(UK Broadcast Premiere)
Louis Kaufman, violin
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Bernard Herrmann
BBC Studio Recording of 20 May, 1956


BERNARD HERRMANN Welles Raises Kane (1943)
(Orchestral suite from his music for 'Citizen Kane' & 'The Magnificent Ambersons')
Columbia Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Bernard Herrmann
CBS Radio Broadcast of 3 July, 1949

www.pristineclassical.com /LargeWorks /Orchestral /PASC232.php
21 June 2010
Hitchcock Masterpieces
Music:North by Northwest, Vertigo
Conductor:Bernard Herrmann
Label:El Records
Format:CD
Source:Randy Aitken
Excerpts from the OST's
06 April 2010
5 Browns in Hollywood
Music:Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest
Artists:The 5 Browns
Producer:David Frost, Joel Diamond
Label:Koch
Format:CD
Source:Jim Doherty
1. John Williams: Star Wars: Suite for Five Pianos - arr. Greg Anderson 9.39
2. Elmer Bernstein: To Kill a Mockingbird: "Main Title" - arr. Patrick Russ 3.03
3. Greg Anderson/Harold Arlen: "Over the Rainbow" 8.20
4. Scott Joplin: "Solace" (A Mexican Serenade) from The Sting 7.09
5. Greg Anderson: "Three Waltzes for 5 Browns" (Disney Movie Medley) 7.26
6. Philip Glass: The Hours: "Morning Passages" 5.45
7. Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music: "My Favorite Things" - arr. Stephen Hough 2.49
8. Dario Marianelli: Atonement - arr. Greg Anderson 4.45
9. John Williams: Catch Me If You Can: "Opening Credits" - arr. Jeffrey Shumway 2.41
10. Nino Rota: Romeo and Juliet: "A Renaissance Timepiece" - arr. Patrick Russ 3.29
11. Bernard Herrmann: Psycho: "Prelude" - arr. Patrick Russ 2.00
12. Bernard Herrmann: Vertigo: "Scene d'amour" - arr. Patrick Russ 3.24
13. Bernard Herrmann: North by Northwest: - arr. Patrick Russ "The Wild Ride" 2.25

Liner Notes by Royal S. Brown

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01 February 2010
The Film Music of Bernard Herrmann
Music:Hangover Square, Citizen Kane
Conductor:Rumon Gamba
Orchestra:BBC Philharmonic
Artists:Orla Boylan, soprano and Martin Roscoe, piano
Recorded:2009
Producer:Brian Pidgeon and Mike George
Label:Chandos
Format:CD
Source:Chandos
The Film Music of Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975)

Music from 'Hangover Square' 28:06
Arranged from the original manuscripts by Stephen Hogger
1 Opening Titles; The Dealer; Murder and Fire; Confession 6:21
2 Netta; The Spell; The Murder; Fame 4:29
3 The Cat; Netta's Death; The Bonfire; Recovery 6:05
4 Concerto macabre for Piano and Orchestra 11:01 (arr Herrmann)

Music from 'Citizen Kane' 49:07
Arranged from the original manuscripts by Stephen Hogger
5 Prelude; Rain (Susan in Nightclub); Thatcher Library; Manuscript Reading and Snow Picture; Mother's Sacrifice; Charles Meets Thatcher 8:10
6 Galop; Dissolve to Thatcher Reading Document; Second Manuscript; Thanks; Bernstein's Narration; Kane's New Office; New Hornpipe Polka; Carter's Exit; Chronicle Scherzo; Bernstein's Presto 7:15
7 Kane's Return; Collecting Statues; Valse Presentation; Sunset Narrative; Theme and Variations 7:38
8 Kane Meets Susan; Susan's Room; Mother Memory; The Trip; Geddes's Departure; Kane Marries 5:40
9 Salammbo's Aria 4:12
10 Leland's Dismissal; New Dawn Music; Xanadu; Jigsaws; Second Xanadu 7:10
11 Kane's Picnic; Susan Leaves; El Rancho; The Glass Ballo; Finale 8:28

Total 77:31

CHAN 10577
recorded 24th/25th March 2009 and 14th July 2009

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27 November 2009
A Concert of English Music
Conductor:Bernard Herrmann
Orchestra:CBS Symphony Orchestra
Recorded:1945
Label:Pristine Classical
Format:CD
Handel: Water Music Suite (arr. Harty)
Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A minor
Elgar: Falstaff, Op. 68

Bernard Herrmann
CBS Symphony Orchestra
Mitch Miller, Oboe

CBS Broadcast, Sunday 9th September 1945
Introducted by Sidney Berry
Brief extract from the news read by Bern Bennett

A CBS live radio broadcast, 9th September 1945, introduced by Sidney Berry, from the archive of Edward Johnson
Transfers and XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, November 2009

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02 July 2009
You Must Remember This Too
Music:Psycho
Artists:William Kanengiser & Gregg Nestor, guitars
Recorded:2009
Producer:Gregg Nestor
Label:BSX Records
Format:CD
Source:Henk Verrijt, Gregg Nestor
Gold: It's A Mad, Mad ,Mad, Mad World
Newman: All About Eve
Newman: Wuthering Heights
Newman: Down To The Sea In Ships
Korngold: My Love And I
Rozsa: Suite in the Olden Style ('M.Bovary', 'Moonfleet', 'The V.I.P's', 'Diane', 'Young Bess')
Herrmann: Psycho Suite (4:51)
Morley: Watership Down Suite
Tiomkin: Music Of the Night ('I Confess')
Tiomkin: Friendly Persuasion
Tiomkin: A President's Country Suite

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01 June 2009
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Conductor:(no credit)
Orchestra:Kurt Graunke Orchestra (credited to)
Recorded:1958
Label:Prometheus
Format:CD
2CD issue

CD1 (70.58 min) contains the complete original score in mono mixed with the album stereo cues
CD2 (36.07 min) contains the original soundtrack album in stereo

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Credited to be the Kurt Graunke Orchestra in Munich. (No conductor credited)
According to some reports it was conducted by Bernard Herrmann with a pickup orchestra in Shepperton (unconfirmed)
29 May 2009
CRIME MUSIC - Bernard Herrmann Revisited
Music:Crime Classics, Psycho
Artists:Antoine Bustros & Ensemble Ulysse
Recorded:2008
Format:CD
Source:Talking Herrmann
Montreal composer Antoine Bustros has arranged the music from Psycho into a suite for an octet of strings and winds from his Ensemble Ulysse.

Included on this CD are six scores for the 1953-54 CBS series Crime Classics

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04 May 2009
Kate Royal: Midsummer Night
Music:I have dreamt from Wuthering Heights
Conductor:Edward Gardner
Orchestra:English National Opera Orchestra
Artists:Kate Royal, Thomas Allen, Andrew Staples
Label:EMI Classics
Format:CD
Miss Julie : Midsummer night (Alwyn).
The Nightingale : Nightingale aria (Stravinsky)
Troilus and Cressida : At the haunted end of the day (Walton)
Susannah : The trees on the mountains (Floyd)
Rusalka : Song to the moon (Dvorak)
Peter Grimes : Embroidery aria (Britten)
Merry Widow : Vilja (Lehar)
Vanessa : Do not utter a word (Barber)
Paul Bunyan : Tiny's song (Britten)
Monsieur Beaucaire : Philomel (Messager)
Turn of the Screw : The Tower scene (Britten)
Wuthering Heights : I have dreamt (Herrmann)
Die Tote Stadt : Marietta's Lied (Korngold)

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05 January 2009
Twisted Nerve / The Bride Wore Black
Conductor:Bernard Herrmann
Recorded:1968
Label:Kritzerland
Format:CD
Source:Bruce Kimmel
Release of the Twisted Nerve LP and The Bride Wore Black 45 rpm on CD. The CD runs 28 minutes is limited to 1200 copies.

TWISTED NERVE (Mastered from British stereo LP)

1. Main Title
2. The Detective
3. The Twisted Nerve - Jazz
4. Second Meeting
5. Martin's Anger
6. Swimming
7. Finale
8. The Twisted Nerve

THE BRIDE WORE BLACK (Mastered from French mono EP)

9. Julie et l'echarpe
10. Cookie
11. Mariage de Julie
12. Arrestation de Delvaux et fuite de Julie

Orders taken from 24th December from
www.kritzerland.com

also available from
www.screenarchives.com /title_detail.cfm ?ID=10983

See archive for past releases.

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