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A panoramic view of some of the major influences that informed the Scott Walker aesthetic; going some way perhaps to explaining this most enigmatic and influential of artists. 3CD Box Set with a 36-page booklet. The mahogany voice of Scott Walker dignified pop in the 1960s and exemplified what Johnny Marr described as "that gothic and beautiful gloom that was as much about England in the 60s as was 'Day Tripper'. " Both as lead singer in the Walker Brothers, and then as a solo artist, Scott created a succession of unforgettable recordings - including 'Make It Easy On Yourself', 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More', 'Montague Terrace', 'Copenhagen', 'Boy Child' - that gave the 60s a deeper, more poetic dimension; but, allergic to fame, he turned his back on it all to devote himself to composition for film and his personal ventures to the outer limits of pop. In the America of his youth, Scott encountered Mozart and Haydn, West Coast jazz, the cinema of Ingmar Bergman and the "Beats"; while later in Europe, he was captivated by the troubadour style of Jacques Brel and the guile of the French singer-songwriters Charles Aznavour and Léo Ferré. At one point, he even entered a Benedictine monastery to study Gregorian chant. The dark, brooding soundscapes of 20th century classical composers; Sibelius, Delius and Mahler encouraged the melancholic arrangements that adorn the eternal Scott's '1' to '4' of 1967-69, while the critically celebrated, fertile, but uncompromising late works evidence the abstractions of Webern, the tone clusters of Ligeti, the sharp contours of Berg, the grave beauty of Schubert lieder.
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- Disc 1 -
1 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
2 Adagio
3 Un Pochettino Meno Adagio - Vivacissimo - Adagio
4 Allegro Molto Moderato
5 Vivace - Presto - Adagio
6 Dmitri Shostakovich - New
7 York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein
8 Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 5 Largo
9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham. Jack Brymer: Clarinet
10 Clarinet Concerto in a, K. 622 6 Allegro
11 Igor Stravinsky Orpheus
12 (Ballet) - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Igor Stravinsky
13 Orpheus Weeps for Eurydice - Lento Sostenuto
14 Air de Dansejohannes Brahms -
15 Philharmonia Orchestra / Guido Cantelli
16 Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 9 Poco Allegretto
17 Alexander Scriabin - Houston
18 Symphony Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski
19 The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54 Choir of the Monks of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes
20 Christmas Day Mass - Chorus Master: Dom Joseph Gajard
21 Communion: Viderunt Omnes
- Disc 2 -
1 Alban Berg Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein- Issac Stern: Violin a. Andante (Prelude) B. Allegretto (Scherzo)
2 Béla Bartók - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay - Piano: Géza Anda
3 Piano Concerto No. 2, SZ. 95
4 BB. 101 2 Allegro
5 Anton Webern Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10 - Orchestra Conducted By Robert Craft
6 Urbild (Archetype)
7 Verwandlung (Transformation)
8 Rückkehr (Return)
9 Erinnerung (Memory)
10 Seele (Soul)
11 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 in a Minor - New York Philharmonic / Dimitri Mitropoulos
12 Andante Moderato György Ligeti - Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hans Rosbaud
13 Atmosphères for Large Orchestra from 2001: A Space Odyssey - a Film By Stanley Kubrick
14 Franz Schubert - Hans Hotter: Baritone; Gerald Moore: Piano Die Winterreise (Winter Journey) D911 Op. 89 - Der Leiermann (The Hurdy-Gurdy Man)
15 Frederick Delius the Song of
16 The High Hills - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham
17 With Quiet Easy Movement - Tranquillo
18 Very Slow - the Wide, Far Distance / the Great Solitude in Tempo
19 Very Quietly - Tempo I
20 Maurice Ravel - Samson
21 François: Piano
22 Gaspard de la Nuit
23 Le Gibet 5.07
- Disc 3 -
1 The Flamingos - Time Was
2 Edgard Varèse - Orchestre Du Domaine Musical / Pierre Boulez - Hyperprism, for Small Orchestra and Percussion
3 Joseph Haydn - Glenn Gould: Piano - Piano Sonata No.3 in E-Flat Major, Hob. Xvi/49 3 Allegro
4 Miles Davis - Blue in Green
5 Jacques Brel - la Mort
6 Charles Aznavour - Ne Me
7 Quitte Pas
8 Léo Ferré - L'amour C'est Comme Un Jour
9 Léo Ferré - Elsa
10 Jack Kerouac Reading a Passage from His Novel, "On the Road"
11 Jack Kerouac with Steve Allen: Piano
12 Barney Kessel - Vicky's Dream
13 Bob Cooper - Jazz Theme and Four Variations: Main Theme: Sunday Mood
14 Shelly Manne & His Men -
15 Blue Daniel
16 Frank Sinatra - Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
17 Johann Sebastian Bach -
18 Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Conductor: George Szell - Zino Francescatti: Violin - Adagio from Concerto No.2 in E Major for Violin, Strings and Continuo - from Persona- a Film By Ingmar Bergman
19 Johann Sebastian Bach -
20 Chorale Prelude BWV 639 'Ich Ruf Zu Dir Herr Jesu Christ' from Solaris - a Film By Andrei Tarkovsky - Dinu Lipatti: Piano
21 Giuseppe Verdi Valzer Brillante from Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) - a Film By Luciano Visconti
22 Trevor Duncan the Girl
23 (Theme) from la Jetée - a Film By Chris Marker
24 Blossom Dearie the Surrey
25 With the Fringe on Top
26 Ludwig Van Beethoven -Piano Sonata No.8 Op.13 "Pathétique"
27 Adagio Cantabile - Annie Fischer: Piano
