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Perry - Music for Great Films of the Silent Era | Naxos - Film Music Classics 8572567

Perry - Music for Great Films of the Silent Era

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Label: Naxos - Film Music Classics

Cat No: 8572567

Barcode: 0747313256778

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 30th August 2011

Contents

Artists

Albek Duo
Michael Chertock (piano)
Helen Kearns (soprano)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra

Works

Perry, William

Gemini Concerto
The Silent Years
Title Themes (6) in search of a Movie

Artists

Albek Duo
Michael Chertock (piano)
Helen Kearns (soprano)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra

About

American composer and pianist William Perry is credited with playing a significant role in the revival of interest in films of the silent era. As Music Director of the Museum of Modern Art Film Department in New York City, he composed more than a hundred film scores, many of which received international recognition through the Emmy Award-winning television series, The Silent Years, hosted by Orson Welles and Lillian Gish.

In this recording, music from Perry’s silent film scores has been given full symphonic concert treatment so that a whole new generation can experience the unending flow of melody, the exuberant dance rhythms, the rich orchestral palette and the keen sense of period and style that are characteristic of his writing.

William Perry has achieved prominence as a theatre and concert composer in addition to his film work, and has also enjoyed an important career as a producer. His television productions have won Emmy and Peabody Awards.

World Première Recordings.

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