Michael Morpurgo, Joanna Lumley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - War Horse - The Story In Concert - Deluxe Edition - Cofanetto LP - 2017

What a fantastic box, you will love this package, one of the best I have seen in the last years.


Lavish and creative Collector’s Edition.
War Horse, the children’s novel, has to date been adapted to film by Steven Spielberg film and enjoyed an acclaimed National Theatre production. Following the successful concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 2016, it has been released (by BMG) as War Horse: The Story in Concert and the label have gone to town on a very special Collector’s Edition which takes the War/Horse theme and runs (gallops) with it.

Author Michael Morpurgo serves as the narrator to his novel, alongside English actress Joanna Lumley and the story is set to the music by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, featuring a specially-arranged feature length score by Adrian Sutton and John Tams, inspired by the music from the National Theatre production of War Horse.


There is a standard edition of this release, which consists of three audio CDs but it’s the Collector’s Edition where the creative packaging juices have obviously flowed profusely, because it comes in a custom-made military-styled canvas bag, which in turn contains a large format (12-inches square) 76-page case bound book with the full script of the narrated story and original illustrations by award-winning British designer Rae Smith.

The Collector’s Edition contains the three audio CDs (containing the complete orchestral recording with narration and music only) but additionally it comes with two vinyl records of the music only, and a DVD featuring the making of the recording; a bespoke leather folio with two exclusive art cards and a set of four art postcards by Rae Smith, a certificate of authenticity signed by Michael Morpurgo, a page from the music score hand notated by the composer, a sketch book and pencil, and a replica WW1 Identity Tag!

BMG only made 1000 of these limited edition Collector’s Edition of War Horse: The Story in Concert. This edition and other formats were all released on 8 December 2017.

Michael Morpurgo, Joanna Lumley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – War Horse - The Story In Concert
Label: BMG –
Country: UK
Released: 2017

1-1 Devon At Peace (with narration)
1-2 Only Remembered (with narration)
1-3 Albert and Joey (with narration)
1-4 Rolling Home (with narration)
1-5 First Gallop
1-6 We're At War! (with narration)
1-7 The Scarlet And The Blue
1-8 Captain Nicholls (with narration)
1-9 The Promise (with narration)
1-10 Very Nasty Indeed
1-11 Salisbury Plain (with narration)
1-12 Crossing The Channel
1-13 Goodbye Dolly Gray
1-14 The Wounded (with narration)
1-15 Forward! (with narration)
1-16 First Charge (with narration)
1-17 Stand To
1-18 Trooper Warren (with narration)
1-19 Second Charge (with narration)
2-1 The Field Hospital (with narration)
2-2 Emilie's Theme
2-3 Sonnenschein (with narration)
2-4 Stille Nacht (with narration)
2-5 The Best Times (with narration)
2-6 The Year Turns Round Again
2-7 The Gun Team (with narration)
2-8 Pulling The Gun (with narration)
2-9 Friedrich's Theme (with narration)
2-10 Topthorn's Death (with narration)
2-11 Into The Crater (with narration)
2-12 The Tank (with narration)
2-13 Joey's Night (with narration)
2-14 No Man's Land (with narration)
2-15 The Veterinary Hospital (with narration)
2-16 Albert And Joey Reunited (with narration)
2-17 The End Of The War (with narration)
2-18 From Emilie (with narration)
2-19 Devonshire Carol (with narration)
2-20 Only Remembered (Finale)
3-1 Devon At Peace
3-2 Only Remembered
3-3 Albert and Joey
3-4 Rolling Home
3-5 First Gallop
3-6 The Scarlet And The Blue
3-7 The Promise
3-8 Very Nasty Indeed
3-9 Crossing The Channel
3-10 Goodbye Dolly Gray
3-11 The Wounded
3-12 First Charge
3-13 Stand To
3-14 Second Charge
3-15 The Field Hospital
3-16 Emilie's Theme
3-17 Sonnenschein
3-18 Stille Nacht
3-19 The Year Turns Round Again
3-20 Pulling The Gun
3-21 Friedrich's Theme
3-22 Topthorn's Death
3-23 Into The Crater
3-24 The Tank
3-25 Joey's Night
3-26 Albert And Joey Reunited
3-27 From Emilie
3-28 Devonshire Carol
3-29 Only Remembered (Finale)
Narrator – Joanna Lumley, Michael Morpurgo
Orchestra – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra




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