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Weak, rather feeble performances

Gary J. Wright | San Francisco, CA United States | 07/10/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Anyone interested in these fine scores is advised to buy the far superior performance of Treasure of the Sierra Madre on Naxos label, and to wait for the upcoming re-recording of Charge of the Light Brigade on the Tribute Classics label (I've heard pre-release clips of the latter and it promises to be an exceptional disc).

The recordings on the Centaur disc are a couple of the flattest and most uninspired performances of Steiner works I've ever heard."

These pictures shot in Steinerama!

r diddy | Chapel Hill, NC | 05/20/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Max Steiner, of King Kong and Gone With The Wind fame, has close musical ties to composers of the late Romantic ilk (Wagner, Strauss, Mahler). These two film scores feature Steiner's musical strong points: blaring intensity when the action calls for it, occasional sentimentality, and a few lighthearted, jaunty melodic lines. The films are wonderful (Treasure is an undying classic), and the scores hold together remarkably well as performance pieces. This disc features two suites, both of which contain the bulk of the main thematic material from the two pictures, with excellent performances by Barry Kolman and company. I would recommend this disc to anyone who is a fan of the films or of Max Steiner."