The Chandos label uses 24-bit / 96 kHz recording technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
Performer Biography
Rumon Gamba, the British conductor, was the first conducting student to receive the DipRAM from the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Colin Metters.
Composition History
In 1953, Gerard Schurmann helped his mentor Alan Rawsthorne complete the music for the film The Cruel Sea, composing an important battle-at-sea episode.
Composer Biography
Gerard Schurmann, born in Java in 1924, was an emerging young composer in England during World War II, serving in the RAF.
Critical Reception
Gerard Schurmann's music for Horrors of the Black Museum gained the unique distinction of initiating a cut by the British Board of Film Censors.
Performer Biography
The BBC Philharmonic, the orchestra on this recording, performs over 100 concerts annually for BBC Radio 3 and has released more than 250 recordings for Chandos.
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