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I just picked up this OOP Varese re-recording from trusty amazon marketplace--there's only 2 copies left there too, if you don't have it--snag it!!!
Good stuff, I was kind of hesitant for a long time based on a negative amazon review which is probably why I never bought it.
The Amazon review stated:
Regrettably, this recording turns out to be a light-weight and somniferous (especially in the center) rendering of Korngold's film symphony. It's instrumentation is impoverished with non-string instruments often among the missing. Rarely is the full orchestra utilized. If you are a Korngold enthusiast, buy it. Otherwise, pass.
But I quite like it actually. The percussion is really upfront which some may not like, but I think it gives it that extra "punch" so to speak, in some parts.
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John Scott once told me that he was rather dissatisfied with the recording because Varèse didn't give him the rehearsal time he felt the orchestra needed to master the complexities of Korngold's music.
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I just read that Charles Gerhardt was supposed to conduct this but then Varese changed their mind after George Korngold passed?
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I found this for 4 clams.
I'd like to see the movie, but it ain't in the library. 
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Just don't expect it to be much like the movie, even if you play the Korngold CD while you're reading it. The story goes that when Hervey Allen saw the Warner Brothers film he claimed it gave him a crackerjack idea for a new novel.
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I found this for 4 clams.
I'd like to see the movie, but it ain't in the library.
Read the book.
No Korngold.
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