Pictures of The 20th Century (part 46 50)

In 1990, Varèse Sarabande released a CD of the only score album that had ever represented this historic collaboration, but this was a studio recording done concurrently with the film's theatrical release. In 1998, conductor William T. Stromberg recorded a 71:00 album of music from The Egyptian with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. In 2001, Film Score Monthly released a 72:00 CD of the music that had survived from the original film sessions. Now, finally, and for the very first time, we are thrilled to present the complete score from The Egyptian, adding more than 30:00 of previously-believed-lost music plus a selection of never -before-heard alternate cue variations. Taking advantage of both new mixing technologies and also a newly discovered source for the original music masters, we now have an Egyptian for the ages.

Debussy: Jeux (Transcription for two pianos by Jean-Efflam Bavouzet); Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps (Transcription for piano four hands by Igor Stravinsky); Bartók: Two Pictures (Transcription for two pianos by Zoltán Kocsis) – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, François-Frédéric Guy. As played here, these transcriptions renew our experience of three great orchestral works, each of which was premiered in 1913.

Great collection with 68 original songs that traverse country, blues, folk, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, Tejano, and Native American styles, demonstrating 20th-century American "roots music", based in the rich ethnic, geographical, and cultural traditions. This 4 CD set is the musical companion of a four-part PBS documentary on the american music, its roots and its evolution. Enjoy a superb music collection with great cultural and educational value.