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Where would movies be without music? Sure, images, story and dialogue are all important. But cinematic soundtracks provide that human connection – the key to character motivation and emotional truth.

Lalo Schifrin (Born 1932) Composer and conductor Even if they don’t know any other of his music, millions of people are instantly familiar with Lalo Schifrin’s most famous eight notes. Spelling out th

Ravel: Ma mère l’Oye; Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy (piano) Harmonia Mundi HMM902752 49:20 mins Those of us lucky, as I was at both their Ragged Music Festival and

The Seal Woman: A Celtic Folk Opera Yvonne Howard, Catherine Carby, Catriona Hewitson, Seumas Begg, Arthur Bruce, Christian Loizou et al; Orchestra of Scottish Opera/ John Andrews Retrospect Opera RO0

Piano Trios; Piano Quintet, Op. 57* *Julia Fischer (violin),*Nils Mönkemeyer (viola); Oliver Schnyder Trio Prospero PROSP0035 76:52 mins Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet explores a bewildering variety of