Basil Mitchell Plato

Paul Juon was born in Moscow, of Swiss parents, in 1872, studying there with Arensky and Taneyev; Rachmaninov, a fellow student at the Moscow Conservatoire, dubbed him ‘the Russian Brahms’. Woldemar Bargiel, Clara Schumann’s half-brother, was his main teacher at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin before Juon himself became a member of the staff. There are indeed echoes of Brahms in Juon’s early music but there is also a fondness for Russian folksong and a mastery of counterpoint, which all feed into his urgent, late-Romantic lyricism.

"Mutations" (also known as "Mutation," "Freaks," and "Weirdo") is a 1974 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Cardiff. The film's music was composed by Basil Kirchin (1927-2005), a British drummer and composer. His career spanned playing in his father's big band from the age of 13, working on films, and experimenting with manipulating recorded sounds, earning him the nickname "the father of ambient music."

"Mutations" (also known as "Mutation," "Freaks," and "Weirdo") is a 1974 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Cardiff. The film's music was composed by Basil Kirchin (1927-2005), a British drummer and composer. His career spanned playing in his father's big band from the age of 13, working on films, and experimenting with manipulating recorded sounds, earning him the nickname "the father of ambient music."

From an eminent historian and classicist, an incisive portrait of the philosopher Plato, showing how the ideas in his masterwork, Republic, were tested by violent events in the most powerful Greek city of the era.

2 CD set with 24 page full colour booklet. Featuring the complete 100-Minute Film Score. Newly recorded and performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and 100-voice CPPO Chorus conducted by Nic Raine. Bonus Material including alternate cues and music from Conan The Destroyer. This Recording is Dedicated to the Memory of Basil Poledouris (1945–2006).