The Egyptian
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Composer: Bernard HerrmannComposer: Alfred Newman
Conductor: William T. Stromberg
Orchestra: Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2005-02-22
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Prelude
- The Ruins
- The Red Sea & Childhood
- The Nile & Temple
- Her Name Was Merit
- The Chariot Ride
- Pursuit
- Akhnaton - One Deity
- Taia
- Party's End
- Nefer-Nefer-Nefer
- The Rebuke
- The Deed
- The Harp & Couch
- The Perfection of Love
- Violence
- Valley of the Kings
- The Homecoming
- Hymn to Aton
- Sights, Sounds & Smells
- Live for Our Son
- Am I Mad?
- The True Pharaoh
- The Tomb
- The Holy War
- Dance Macabre
- Death of Merit
- Death of Akhnaton
- The New Pharaoh
- Exile & Death
Free Music Notes for The Egyptian
Free Music Review: Worthy...but not superior
Hit: 4 Stars
I already own the original-issue MCA/Decca studio recording CD as well as the Film Score Monthly soundtrack CD for this rousing good score, so for the completist in me, I bought the NAXOS/Marco Polo digital re-recording.
It's a worthy effort, but the performance lacks the "enthusiasm" of the originals. I just didn't "feel it," even with the always-excellent recording standards of the Stromberg/Morgan team. This is most evident during the spiritual passages and particularly during the two Hymn to Aton sequences, where neither the glory nor the tragedy comes across.
No slam at the Soviet chorus (they've proved themselves well enough in other projects), but their accents on the English text really became distracting on this disc.
Also, the balance between the orchestra and the chorus is variable at best and at times the brass lines drown out the parts where the chorus is supposed to be prominant.
On the plus side, the liner notes for this CD were excellent and very informative. At 71 minutes, the addition of so much extra music not found on the original studio recording was welcome; and to have it presented in a "cleaner" digital version than on the FSM soundtrack CD was nice (though I hasten to add that the FSM disc is still THE recording to get).
Overall, a useful addition for completists or those who can't afford the higher-priced studio or soundtrack recordings, but just be aware that some of the "heart" is missing from this one.
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