Honegger: Les Misérables [Soundtrack]

Track Listings
1. Générique    
2. Jean Valjean Sur la Route    
3. Evocation des Forçats    
4. Tempête Sous un Crâne    
5. Fantine    
6. Fuite de Jean Valjean    
7. Cosette et Marius    
8. Foire À Montfermeil    
9. Luxembourg    
10. Jardin de la Rue Plumet - Le Convoi Nocturne    
11. Emeute    
12. Mort d'Eponine    
13. Assaut    
14. Dans Les Égouts    
15. Musique Chez Gillenormand    
16. Solitude    
17. Mort de Jean Valjean    

Honegger: Les Misérables, Music, Arthur Honegger, Adriano, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Classical, Classical Soundtrack/Score, Film, Film Music, Orchestral & Symphonic
Honegger: Les Misérables
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Great Film Score by a Modern Master
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ASIN: B0006IGQ0E
Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

  1. Les Miserables: Generique
  2. Les Miserables: Jean Valjean Sur La Route
  3. Les Miserables: Evocation Des Forcats
  4. Les Miserables: Une Tempete Sous Un Crane
  5. Les Miserables: Fantine
  6. Les Miserables: Fuite De Jean Valjean
  7. Les Miserables: Cosette Et Marius
  8. Les Miserables: La Foire A Montfermeil
  9. Les Miserables: Le Luxembourg
  10. Les Miserables: Le Jardin De La Rue Plumet/Le Convoi Nocturne
  11. Les Miserables: L'Emeute
  12. Les Miserables: Mort D'Eponine
  13. Les Miserables: L'Assaut
  14. Les Miserables: Dans Les Egouts
  15. Les Miserables: Musique Chez Gillenormand
  16. Les Miserables: Solitude
  17. Les Miserables: Mort De Jean Valjean

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Great Film Score by a Modern Master.......2005-03-13

Arthur Honegger's music for the 1934 film 'Les Misérables' was previously released, in this same performance, on the Marco Polo label, and it is still available here at Amazon. Furthermore, one can hear snippets of the score at the Marco Polo listing even though they are not yet available (as of this review) here for this Naxos listing. Adriano, the one-named Swiss conductor, has been a leader in recording film scores and he leads the Slovak Radio Symphony in a very nice performance.

Honegger, of course, was a 'legit' composer but he also made any number of film scores for French cinema in the 1920s and 1930s, including the original score for Abel Gance's 'Napoléon,' the silent movie restored some years ago. It was a shame, I thought, that when it was shown all round the US the original score had been replaced by one composed by Francis Ford Coppola's father, Carmine Coppola. I wonder if the Honegger score still exists. But I digress. This recording consists of 17 of the 24 original cues for the movie. We are informed that the cues missing are unimportant bridge passages or 'source music' (music not by Honegger himself). Whatever the case, we are given an hour of fine symphonic music that stands on its own; for me that is a real criterion for issuing film scores on CD. There is little repetition in this score, and what repetition there is is actually use of leitmotivs. There is no mickeymousing but rather the cues are psychologically apt rather than imitative of the action on the screen. Among the really wonderful cues are 'Générique' ('Main Title'), 'Jean Valjean sur la route' ('Jean Valjean on the road'), 'La foire à Montfermeil' ('The Fair at Montfermeil'), 'L'Émeute' ('The Riot'), 'Fuite de Jean Valjean' ('Jean Valjean's Flight'), 'Dans les égouts' ('In the Sewers'), the love theme of 'Cosette et Marius' ('Cosette and Marius') and finally, 'Mort de Jean Valjean' ('The Death of Jean Valjean').

The sound is modern, the performance is all one could ask, and the music itself repays relistening; in fact, it's been in my car CD player for several days and I've continued to be intrigued by it with each hearing.

Scott Morrison
Honegger: Les Miserables (Complete Film Score)
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    		Honegger: Les Miserables (Complete Film Score)

    Manufacturer: Marco Polo
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000024OS3
    Release Date: 1992-12-17

    Tracks:

    1. LES MISERABLES: Generique
    2. LES MISERABLES: Jean Valjean sur la route
    3. LES MISERABLES: Evocation des forcats
    4. LES MISERABLES: Une tempete sous un crane
    5. LES MISERABLES: Fantine
    6. LES MISERABLES: Fuite de Jean Valjean
    7. LES MISERABLES: Cosette et Marius
    8. LES MISERABLES: La foire a Montfermeil
    9. LES MISERABLES: Le Luxembourg
    10. LES MISERABLES: Le jardin de la rue Plumet - Le convoi nocturne
    11. LES MISERABLES: L'Emeute
    12. LES MISERABLES: Mort d'Eponine
    13. LES MISERABLES: L'Assaut
    14. LES MISERABLES: Dans les egouts
    15. LES MISERABLES: Musique chez Gillenormand
    16. LES MISERABLES: Solitude
    17. LES MISERABLES: Mort de Jean Valjean

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