Arnold/ Moscow Symphony Orchestra/ Stromberg - David Copperfield & the Roots of Heaven

• A legend in British concert halls, Sir Malcolm Arnold wasalso in demand as a composer of film music in Hollywoodand beyond. • Including an overture for the New York premiere, the scorefor The Roots of Heaven adds drama and atmosphere to thestory of one man's crusade to save African elephants fromextinction. • David Copperfield was Arnold's last film score and one ofhis most expressive and memorable, summed up as 'trulyamazing' by director Delbert Mann. • Classics Today.com has described this recording as 'a treatfor Arnold fans and movie buffs alike. '• Recorded at the Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, 4-7 April 2000 bythe Moscow Symphony Orchestra conducted by WilliamStromberg. • The score restorations were realized by John W. Morgan,who, with Mr. Stromberg amongst others has, since theearly 90s, worked in reconstructing and re-recording thegreat symphonic film scores composed during Hollywood'sGolden Age of the mid 30s to the late 50s.