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Barry Lyndon: Music From The Academy Award Winning Soundtrack

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George Friedrich Handel (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Giovanni Paisiello (Composer), Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Sarabande Main Title - National Philharmonic Orchestra
2 Women Of Ireland The Cheiftains - Paddy Moloney/Sean Potts
3 Piper's Maggot Jig - Paddy Moloney/Sean Potts
4 The Sea-Maiden The Chieftains - Paddy Moloney/Sean Potts
5 Tin Whistles - Paddy Moloney/Sean Potts
6 British Grenadiers - Fifes And Drums
7 Hohenfriedberger March - Fifes And Drums
8 Lilliburlero - Fifes And Drums
9 Women Of Ireland - Derek Bell
10 March From Indomeneo - National Philharmonic Orchestra
11 Sarabande-Duel - National Philharmonic Orchestra
12 Lilliburlero - Leslie Pearson
13 German Dance No.1 In C-Major - National Philharmonic Orchestra
14 Sarabande-Duel - National Philharmonic Orchestra
15 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Film Adaptation Of The Cavatina - National Philharmonic Orchestra
16 Cello Concerto E-Minor (Third Movement) - Pierre Fournier/Festival Strings Lucerne/Rudolf Baumgartner
17 Concerto For Two Harpsichords And Orchestra In C-Minor: Adagio - Karl Richter/Hedwig Bilgram/The Munich Bach-Orchestra
18 Piano Trio In E-Flat, Op.100 (Second Movement): Film Adaptation - Ralph Holmes/Moray Welsh/Anthony Goldstone
19 Sarabande End-Title - National Philharmonic Orchestra

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1995 Release of the Original Soundtrack to the 1975 Stanley Kubrick Film. Includes Pieces by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and the Chieftains.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, French, German
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 2.88 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Warner Bros UK
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 19, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Warner Bros UK
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000006SR1
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ France
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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Mike Mitchell
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT Soundtrack!
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
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I have loved 'Barry Lyndon' as a movie and a soundtrack since it came out in the mid 70s. I had the vinyl recording at one time. I have searched for years for a reasonably priced cd and finally found one. This is one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time. It won an Academy Award as 'Best Adapted Soundtrack'. It is all traditional Irish music and Classical music from various composers. I love it mostly because it uses a piece by my favorite composer GF Handel his 'Sarabande' as the main theme and in various scenes in different ways in the movie for dramatic emphasis. The fife and drum and orchestral march music will have you tapping your toes and the haunting Schubert piano trio used to great effect in the movie will stick with you long after especially if you saw the movie. You don't even have to know the movie to like the cd. The cd is great on its own with the traditional Irish music since the movie is about a young Irishman making his way in the world and the Classical music as backdrop for his various adventures in the military as a rogue then nobleman that falls from grace by Mozart Bach Vivaldi Paisiello. A real treat for those who can appreciate this kind of music on one disc.
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Julia E. S. Spencer
5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate, Sensuous, Haunting, and Melancholy
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2010
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I dare you to watch this movie and not become obsessed with the music! The soundtrack for "Barry Lyndon" can stand alone, but it will seem indispensable once you see the movie. I saw "Barry Lyndon" twice in the theatre during its original release; I was eight at the time, so it made a big impression on me, needless to say. I remember constantly humming the title track (Handel's theme and variations on "La Folia") and asking my dad to play his versions of it. Leonard Rosenman's adaptations of period pieces for the soundtrack won an Oscar, and in the tradition of the best marriage of sound and image, each enhances the other. If you love the Albinoni and Samuel Barber Adagios, you will swoon over the romantic melancholy evoked in Schubert's Piano Trio in E Flat and Vivaldi's Cello Concerto in E Minor, which Kubrick uses to illuminate his antihero's doomed relationship with the beautiful Lady Lyndon.
Each piece on the soundtrack is striking or exquisite in its own right, but the poignancy and beauty of the images heightens the effect of the music, and vice versa. The Chieftans' "Women of Ireland" makes a simple scene of flirtation between Redmond Barry and his cousin Nora Brady into something so full of longing and unconsummated passion that you can understand Barry's willingness to fight the duel that launches the story. The stately tempo of Schubert's piano trio lends an almost unbearable beauty and tension to Barry's seduction of Lady Lyndon, and the kiss that ends that sequence is echoed by another later in the film, perfectly edited to coincide with the Vivaldi concerto's heartbreaking counterpoint.
Of course it wouldn't be a Kubrick film without a commentary on the insanity of war, and the scenes with rows of British Redcoats marching into the teeth of Prussian musket fire to the relentlessly cheerful tune of "The British Grenadiers" is a fine depiction of the illogical protocol of 18th-century warfare.
This is an essential part of any movie-lover's soundtrack collection, and for those who delight in finding classical music that captures the restrained passion of the era, an absolute must.
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Dennis J. Buckley
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful, elegant soundtrack
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2000
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I have only seen the Kubrick film, once, but I have listened to the soundtrack many times. I am delighted to see it released on CD.
As with any successful soundtrack, this one compliments the story while maintaining a lyric theme, throughout. The work chosen to restate this theme is Sarabande, which is varied in presentation throughout the film and soundtrack-- with striking success.
There is not much that I can add to the other reviews which address the strangely successful interplay of Handel and Vivaldi with the Chieftains, save to comment that this is the essence of the film's story: upstart hedge-school Irish with presumptions to refinement. Don't bother with angry e-mails. It's concededly my own family heritage.
Finally, we need to keep in mind that _Barry Lyndon_ is set in an era when the term, "officer and gentleman," was said without a sneer, and the "limited warfare" of the 18th Century forms part of the framework of the story. That being said, the military music on this album is performed with stirring realism that puts to shame many albums specifically devoted to martial music. If you have seen the film, then you appreciate the emotional impact of "The British Grenadiers," which is rendered, here, not as a child's school yard tune, but as the martial accompaniment to a terrifying frontal attack against massed musketry.
I commend both film and sountrack to students of history, and to "upstarts" like myself.
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J Moller
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing soundtrack!!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2019
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This is one of the rare soundtracks that really include every single song from the film. All in authentic and original orchestration. I cannot stand when 'music politics' get in the way and a soundtrack has a different rendition of the song from the film. This was worth every penny!
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J
5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite Soundtrack!
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2018
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If you're a lover of classical music and movie soundtracks then this cd is a must for your collection! Fredrick Haydel's Sarabande is an exceptional work of pure beauty. I'm not affiliated with this cd or seller. Highly recommended!
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Ronald Nelson
4.0 out of 5 stars Certainement à recommander
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2017
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Excellent disque d'excellente musique. Il est quelque peu malheureux que l'enregistrement date de plus de 20 ans, la sonorité n'est pas très actuelle.
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Phil Johnston
5.0 out of 5 stars Great period music. Period.
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2012
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One of the best things about the movie Barry Lyndon is how it conveys the atmosphere of 18th Century Europe. And one of the best things about this soundtrack is how it brings the atmosphere of the movie back to life. It's a great mix of music - from Celtic to Baroque to military marches. Of course the Chieftans are outstanding as usual. Buy it if you can get your hands on it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Musique du film Barry Lyndon
Reviewed in France on September 19, 2020
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Magnifique choix d'oeuvres tels que le cello concerto in E minor de Vivaldi et la grande sarabande de Handel . . . Magique . . . Envoutant . . . Le son est excellent . . .
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AlexX
5.0 out of 5 stars A rare gem!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2019
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I needed to have this in my life. One of my favourite movies of all time with an absolutely incredible soundtrack. It’s very hard to find new copies of it. I recently purchased it and I’m over the moon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars La musica compagna di vita
Reviewed in Italy on April 19, 2019
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E' scritto a che l'autore si sia ispirato a una sarabanda di Haendel, ma a me sembra che l'ispiratore sia piuttosto
F. Geminiani con il Concerto grosso in re min.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ヘンデルのサラバンド
Reviewed in Japan on July 3, 2023
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ヘンデルのサラバンドが実に効果的でした。
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Harald Mausa
5.0 out of 5 stars Lange nicht mehr erhältlich...
Reviewed in Germany on January 10, 2013
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daher habe ich sofort zugeschlagen, als ich diese CD hier bei amazon erblickte. Der Soundtrack zu "Barry Lyndon", einem eher nicht ganz so bekannten Film von Stanley Kubrick, ist ein weiteres "Meisterwerk" von Film Soundtrack. Sorgfältig vom "Meister" ausgewählt, funktioniert die Musik auch ganz prima ohne den Film.
Händels "Sarabande" etwa, oder der "Hohenfriedberger" werden hier in den mir am besten gefallenden Interpretationen präsentiert.
Neben Klassik und Armeemusik sind auch die "Chieftains" hier vertreten und insgesamt ist die enthaltene Musik abwechslungsreich und durchgehend wunderbar anzuhören.
Ich war als damals Jugendlicher so beeindruckt von diesem Soundtrack, daß ich schon lange danach gesucht habe. Endlich habe ich das Album hier gefunden, und es ist tatsächlich nicht nur in der Erinnerung ein Meisterwerk, sondern auch beim Hören heute tatsächlich immer noch.
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