Artist: Daniel Hope
Album: Escape To Paradise – The Hollywood Album
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:17:02
Total Tracks: 18
Total Size: 1,43 GB

Tracklist:

01. Daniel Hope & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Alexander Shelley – Rozsa: Love Theme (From Ben Hur) (03:02)
02. Alexander Shelley & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Daniel Hope – Korngold: Violin Concerto In D Major, Op.35-1. Moderato nobile (09:04)
03. Daniel Hope & Alexander Shelley & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra – Korngold: Violin Concerto In D Major, Op.35-2. Romance: Andante (07:57)
04. Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Daniel Hope & Alexander Shelley – Korngold: Violin Concerto In D Major, Op.35-3. Finale: Allegro assai vivace (07:14)
05. Daniel Hope and Maria Todtenhaupt – Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Sea Murmurs (02:19)
06. Alexander Shelley & Sting & Daniel Hope & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra – Eisler: The Secret Marriage (02:44)
07. Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Alexander Shelley & Daniel Hope – Rozsa: Love Theme (From El Cid) (04:24)
08. Jacques Ammon & Daniel Hope – Zeisl: Menuhim’s-Song (04:15)
09. Jacques Ammon & Quartett des Deutschen Kammerorchesters Berlin & Daniel Hope – Waxman: Reminiscences From “Come Back, Little Sheba” (From Come Back, Little Sheba) (04:15)
10. Maria Todtenhaupt & Quintett des Deutschen Kammerorchesters Berlin & Jacques Ammon & Daniel Hope – Jurmann: Tränen in der Geige (From Ich will dich Liebe lehren) (02:47)
11. Daniel Hope & Max Raabe & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Alexander Shelley – Weill: Speak Low (03:14)
12. Alexander Shelley and Daniel Hope and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra – Korngold: Der Schneemann-Serenade (02:35)
13. Daniel Hope & Alexander Shelley & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra – Rozsa: Prelude And Love Theme (From Spellbound) (06:37)
14. Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Daniel Hope & Alexander Shelley – Morricone: Love Theme (From Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) (03:26)
15. Daniel Hope & Alexander Shelley & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra – Williams: Theme (From Schindler’s List) (03:44)
16. Daniel Hope & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Alexander Shelley – Newman: American Beauty (Arr. For Violin And Orchestra) (From American Beauty) (03:03)
17. Daniel Hope & Christiane Starke & Quintett des Deutschen Kammerorchesters Berlin & Jacques Ammon & Asaf Maoz & Chie Peters & Maria Todtenhaupt & Juan Lucas Aisemberg & Jochen Carls – Heymann: Irgendwo auf der Welt (From Ein blonder Traum) (03:22)
18. Daniel Hope – Hupfeld: As Time Goes By (From Casablanca) (02:50)

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The subject matter of this collection of classic music from (mostly) Hollywood seems a major departure from violinist Daniel Hope’s previous focus on music contending with the Nazi cultural orbit, but actually it’s a logical step: a great deal of Hollywood film music was composed by refugees from Germany, and the stylistic world they created continues to resonate today. There are several good recordings of this repertory by young violinists, but Hope’s stands out. Partly it’s because Hope’s big, richly sentimental sound fits this repertory well. Partly it’s because he varies the program effectively with the full Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, of Erich Korngold, and an appearance by none other than Sting in Hanns Eisler’s The Secret Marriage, while still finding the core that connects all these pieces. Partly it’s that Hope finds some unusual things that connect with the rest of the program: a couple of German film scores from the early 1930s, and the German melody better known as As Time Goes By, from the film Casablanca. And partly it’s the variety and sequence of arrangements running from Jascha Heifetz down to the present day. The result is a fine outing that will satisfy anyone in the mood for big film themes, but also those who are seriously interested in film music.