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Brideshead Revisited

Geoffrey BurgonMP3 Download
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  Song Title Time Price    
Play   1. Brideshead Revisited Theme 2:07 £0.89
Play   2. Going To Brideshead 3:02 £0.89
Play   3. The First Visit 2:23 £0.89
Play   4. Venice Nocturne 1:49 £0.89
Play   5. Sebastian's Summer 5:35 £0.89
Play   6. The Hunt 2:19 £0.89
Play   7. Sebastian Against The World 1:39 £0.89
Play   8. Julia In Love 2:13 £0.89
Play   9. Julia 4:16 £0.89
Play 10. Rain In Venice 3:12 £0.89
Play 11. General Strike 1:56 £0.89
Play 12. Fading Light 2:54 £0.89
Play 13. Julia's Theme 2:07 £0.89
Play 14. Sebastian Alone 2:20 £0.89
Play 15. Orphans Of The Storm 4:07 £0.89
Play 16. Finale (Brideshead Revisited) 2:50 £0.89
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  • Original Release Date: 11 Aug 2008
  • Release Date: 12 Aug 2008
  • Label: Chrysalis UK
  • Copyright: (C) 2008 Chrysalis Records Ltd This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2008 Chrysalis Records Ltd
  • Total Length: 44:49
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  • ASIN: B001LZ5IKA
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 33,424 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)

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48 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Simply superb 27 Jun 2001
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
It is almost impossible to consider this piece of music without thinking of the classic TV series for which it was written. However this, in my opinion, is one of its greatest strengths. Geoffrey Burgon has composed and conducted a truly beautiful soundtrack that reflects the highs and lows of Evelyn Waugh's epic saga of two doomed Oxford undergraduates. The orchestra transports you, at various times, to lazy summer days spent in college quads; Venice in the sunshine; and the thrill of the hunt - as well as evoking the ideas of innocence; love; death and fate.

Even on its own, the score is outstanding and tracks such as 'Brideshead Theme' are timeless, sometimes reminiscent of the overture to Wagner's Tannhauser. Moreover, though most of the music is soothing and soft, there is a variety here that can leave you feeling relaxed one minute and energised the next. The juxtaposition of 'Sebastian's Summer' and 'The Hunt' is a particular example of the way that this CD will surprise and delight you from start to finish.

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Brideshead review 19 Nov 2010
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This product arrived quckly and in perfect condition. It is an excellent CD and I have been very impressed by the sellers service.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Watch Out for Similarly Titled CD 19 April 2001
By M. Allen Greenbaum - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
The CD I have is also titled "Brideshead Revisited: The Television Scores of Geoffrey Burgon," but it is NOT the same CD as that offered here. Instead, it includes only six compositions from "Brideshead" (the Theme, "Julia," "Julia's Theme," "The Hunt," "Fading Light," and "Farewell to Brideshead") totalling just under 19 minutes. The rest of the CD includes tracks from other Burgon TV scores, including "The Chronicles of Narnia-Suite (13:32)," "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (3:48)," "Testament of Youth-Suite (9:37)," and "Bleak House-Suite (12:19)."

The version above contains the "Brideshead" score only. This is excellent news, because the stately, sonorous tones of this work is immensely enjoyable. If you've read/seen "Brideshead Revisited" the music will evoke the people and places populating Waugh's masterpiece. If you haven't, I think you'll enjoy this on its own merits. Highly recommended!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Magnificent Score 30 Jan 2000
By anneelise - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Feeling that the television production of BRIDESHEAD REVISITED is one of the most alluring ever made for the medium, I come to this soundtrack somewhat prejudiced. My original LP of this soundtrack has long since worn out and I had rather forgotten about it. While listening to a classical station at work one day, the entire score was played and I was immediately transported to the land of Sebastian, Charles and all the wonderful characters of Brideshead. Anyone who enjoyed the production would certainly love this score, but there is much here for those who have never seen it. Like many soundtracks, there is a recurring theme, or note, that is expanded upon. It is lovely music, very evocative, somewhat sad but delightful to listen to.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Burgon's idiosyncratic brilliance is brilliant 16 Nov 2004
By Horst Meisterfluscher - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
For me, the stand-out tracks are JULIA'S THEME and SEBASTIAN AGAINST THE WORLD. In BRIDESHEAD THEME, it's a borderline-thrill to hear that bassoon putt-putting all over the place in the background. The second part of GOING TO BRIDESHEAD has that brilliant suspended-string shtick. VENICE NOCTURNE has a slow hypnotic quality that reminded me of John Barry. The end of THE FIRST VISIT is also Barryesque. In JULIA, the harmonic tension between the woodwinds and the strings is admirably modernistic.

My favorite passage is near the end of SEBASTIAN'S SUMMER. An oboe passage, backed with a brilliant ascending violin figure, and with the violas doing a slow trill.
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