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      CommentAuthorfommes
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2009
    I see Christopher Gunning has updated his site:

    http://www.christopher-gunning.co.uk/index.html

    In the latest news section I couldn't help noticing this:

    Anja Bukovec, the Slovenian virtuoso violinist, will play CG's new "Poirot Fantasy," and music from CG's "Firelight" in Lubljana with the Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra on May 14th and 15th 2009. In the same concerts, the orchestra will also play CG's "La Vie en Rose."

    I don't suppose anybody is from Lubljana around here?

    I've also noticed that there's a concert suite of Poirot music called "Poirot Variants". It's only been played at concerts. Is somebody familiar with this?

    Apparently he also adapted it for winds, and it's been recorded by the Royal Air Force on the CD Let There Be Music.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2009
    I ordered a new classical release of some of his work from Chandos.
    Thomas
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorfommes
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2009
    I've never heard any of his classical work I'm afraid. It must be very good.
  1. he is the documentary composer right?
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2009
    His work is excellent
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2009
    sdtom wrote
    I ordered a new classical release of some of his work from Chandos.
    Thomas


    I'd like to know more Tom. I really love Gunning's work....at least what little of it there is on CD.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorBhelPuri
    • CommentTimeMay 10th 2009 edited
    Thomas Glorieux wrote
    he is the documentary composer right?


    Nopes! That would be Alan Williams!

    Gunning is the awesome Brit composer who has scored a ton of movies plus TV work including the ultra-popular Poirot theme.
    He did do the documentary Wild Africa (awesome uplifting score) though.
    Check out his scores to Firelight (romance meltissimo), Cold Lazarus (intelligent sci-fi score), La Mome (gorgeousness a la Yared) among many others.
  2. BhelPuri wrote
    Thomas Glorieux wrote
    he is the documentary composer right?


    Nopes! That would be Alan Williams!

    Gunning is the awesome Brit composer who has scored a ton of movies plus TV work including the ultra-popular Poirot theme.
    He did do the documentary Wild Africa (awesome uplifting score) though.
    Check out his scores to Firelight (romance meltissimo), Cold Lazarus (intelligent sci-fi score), La Mome (gorgeousness a la Yared) among many others.


    I know Alan Williams, but I remember I heard a couple of animal documentaries from Gunning in the past, assumed he did more of them, but perhaps not
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh
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      CommentAuthorLSH
    • CommentTimeMay 10th 2009
    BhelPuri wrote
    He did do the documentary Wild Africa (awesome uplifting score) though.


    Fantastic score, that one.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 10th 2009
    I'll give more info to you Tim when I get the CD.
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 11th 2009
    sdtom wrote
    I'll give more info to you Tim when I get the CD.


    Thanks Tom, there's too little Gunning on CD.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 11th 2009
    I'm looking forward to more. I want more.
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 11th 2009
    FIRELIGHT is gorgeous.

    And the KARAOKE / COLD LAZARUS CD is a must-have - great segue from moody jazz through appropriate source cues to Wagnerian, bold sci fi music!
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 12th 2009
    Sorry sad not familiar
    listen to more classical music!
  3. BhelPuri wrote

    He did do the documentary Wild Africa (awesome uplifting score) though.



    Just to be cruel for a second: I remember seeing that on TV and having fun picking which GLADIATOR album track would be the basis for the next cue. wink
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeMay 12th 2009
    franz_conrad wrote
    BhelPuri wrote

    He did do the documentary Wild Africa (awesome uplifting score) though.



    Just to be cruel for a second: I remember seeing that on TV and having fun picking which GLADIATOR album track would be the basis for the next cue. wink


    Just to be fair, the whole score is not a Gladiator rip-off. Quite a lot of it rips off other things instead.
  4. lol
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 12th 2009
    Southall wrote
    franz_conrad wrote
    BhelPuri wrote

    He did do the documentary Wild Africa (awesome uplifting score) though.



    Just to be cruel for a second: I remember seeing that on TV and having fun picking which GLADIATOR album track would be the basis for the next cue. wink


    Just to be fair, the whole score is not a Gladiator rip-off. Quite a lot of it rips off other things instead.


    John Barry in particular. Regardless it's a damn fine score.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 12th 2009
    NP: POIROT.... This wasn't an easy one to get ahold of. Didn't realize it was released in 1989.
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorColSharpe
    • CommentTimeMay 12th 2009
    Chandos - CHAN10525


    Symphony No. 3

    Symphony No. 4

    Oboe Concerto

    Verity Gunning (oboe)

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Gunning

    Christopher Gunning is best known for his film and television work, for which he has won four BAFTA awards (for La Vie en rose, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Middlemarch, and Porterhouse Blue) and three Ivor Novello awards (for Rebecca, Under Suspicion, and Firelight).

    Born in 1944 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Gunning attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where his tutors included Brian Trowell, James Gibb, Edmund Rubbra and Richard Rodney Bennett. His compositions for the concert hall include four symphonies and a number of concertos.

    Here the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs the premiere recording of Symphonies No. 3 and No. 4, coupled with Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra. Symphony No. 3 was composed in the aftermath of a turbulent 2005. The work is an expression of this anxiety and the result is a chaotic, colourful musical landscape inspired by the Welsh countryside to which he escaped. While Symphony No. 3 is predominantly turbulent, Symphony No. 4 offers a different view of Gunning’s world. Here the listener is treated to a sense of triumph over adversity, and herein the work is more direct and tonal. Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra was composed as a Christmas present for his daughter Verity, who here performs her Concerto. Middle Eastern influences are evident in the central movement for it was composed on the day which Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died and reflects Gunning’s sense of sorrow for the region.

    The works are conducted by the composer, and thus can be considered definitive performances.

    This is the first disc in an on-going series of music by Christopher Gunning.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 12th 2009
    I really look forward to hearing it.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 12th 2009
    I should be getting it in another week or so.
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
    Here is another recording from Gunning that is available.


    http://www.albanyrecords.com/Merchant2/ … egin_Only=
    thomas
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeOct 23rd 2010
    NOW AVAILABLE
    The Film and TV Music of Christopher Gunning


    1 Poirot Variants 8:53
    for alto saxophone and orchestra
    Martin Robertson saxophone


    2 La Mome Piaf 6:17
    (La vie en rose)
    Matthew Compton accordion
    Nicole Tibbels soprano


    3 Under Suspicion 7:00

    4 Cold Lazarus 10:15

    5 The Rosemary and Thyme Caprice 3:59
    Craig Ogden guitar

    6 Rebecca 6:38
    Julia Bradshaw cello

    7 Pollyanna 6:17

    8 Firelight 7:14

    9 When the Whales Came 7:12
    Nicole Tibbels soprano

    10 The Hollow 3:14

    11 Five Little Pigs 3:33
    Yuri Torchinsky violin

    12 Lighthouse Hill 4:27
    75:50

    BBC Philharmonic
    Rumon Gamba
    Recorded in:
    Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester
    14 July 2009, 4 January, 15 & 17 June 2010
    Producer(s)
    Brian Pidgeon
    Mike George

    Sound Engineer(s)
    Stephen Rinker
    Denise Else (Assistant: 14 July 2009)
    Vanessa Nuttall (Assistant: 4 January, 15 & 17 June 2010)

    Format: DDD
    Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K

    http://www.chandos.net/details06.asp?CNumber=CHAN+10625
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 23rd 2010 edited
    Excellent news, this is a must buy for me.

    I can only hope that future releases from CHANDOS might include film scores devoted to the likes of Brian Easdale and Humphrey Searle.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  5. I will be getting that one too. smile
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2010
    Excellent CD! I want it, but it has to go on my "to buy" list.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeOct 26th 2010
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      CommentAuthorBhelPuri
    • CommentTimeOct 26th 2010
    I have exactly half of the scores from that compilation but I'll still be getting this one. Awesome!
    Go Gunning! Go Gamba!
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 26th 2010
    another winner
    listen to more classical music!