Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited (25th Anniversary Collector's Edition) Fill a bowl with alpine strawberries, break out the Château Lafite (1899, of course), and bask in this benchmark 1981 British miniseries based on Evelyn Waugh's classic novel. Adapted for the screen by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey), this impeccable, nearly 11-hour produc...	Brideshead Revisited One of Waugh's most famous books, Brideshead Revisited tells the story of the difficult loves of insular Englishman Charles Ryder, and his peculiarly intense relationship with the wealthy but dysfunctional family that inhabited Brideshead. Taking place in the years after Worl...	Brideshead Revisited: Original Score (Soundtrack to Miramax Film) Features a 24 page booklet with liner notes from Adrian Johnston and still photos from the film.	The Mission: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture Ennio Morricone's Academy Award-nominated score captures the conflict between 18th-century Jesuit missionaries trying to convert the native Indians, and the slavers who want to destroy them. In keeping with the serious subject matter and epic scope of Roland Joffé's film, the sc...	Brideshead Revisited For director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane), this sumptuous production represents a two-fold challenge: taking on a classic novel and a celebrated television production (Brideshead Revisited premiered on PBS in 1982). Thankfully, he's up to the task. Adapted by Andrew Davies (Pri...
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brideshead, bach, and vivaldi
I believe that if, like myself, you like Bach and Vivaldi, you will love Geoffrey Burgon's music from the BBC production of Brideshead Revisited -- it is Real Nice Stuff -- unfortunately it never gets played on radio, and the production (which was Excellent too!) was about 12 episodes as I remember, and PBS doesn't re-broadcast it (I believe they are missing a bet), so simply; just no-one ever gets to hear it! I think that unless you are old enough to have watched PBS in the late 70s you have probably never heard this music. If you've gotten This far and you haven't heard Burgon's Brideshead, do yourself a favor, LISTEN !! Not all the tracks are 'Great!', but Something here will probably get onto your all time top ten list!

Sebastian, this is your music
When I saw Brideshead Revisited for the first time, I was immediately captivated by this music. These themes are rich of sentimental emotions, and absolutely suitable for this tv. series. I can not imagine B.R. without them. They were born for it.

Burgon's idiosyncratic brilliance is brilliant
For me, the stand-out tracks are JULIA'S THEME and SEBASTIAN AGAINST THE WORLD. In BRIDESHEAD THEME, it's a borderline-thrill to hear that bassoon putt-putting all over the place in the background. The second part of GOING TO BRIDESHEAD has that brilliant suspended-string shtick. VENICE NOCTURNE has a slow hypnotic quality that reminded me of John Barry. The end of THE FIRST VISIT is also Barryesque. In JULIA, the harmonic tension between the woodwinds and the strings is admirably modernistic. My favorite passage is near the end of SEBASTIAN'S SUMMER. An oboe passage, backed with a brilliant ascending violin figure, and with the violas doing a slow trill.

wrong listing!
the CD has the list for the soundtrack, not this anthology!

Brideshead reviewed
When I bought this CD, it was the Brideshead theme I was after. It's there, but be warned that it's only 2:00 minutes long. Nearly all the tracks are fairly short with an average track time of 2:31. Each track is a piece of music intended for a certain situation or part of the story. Which doesn't really give you the time to sit back and soak up the moods in the same way as with non-soundtrack classical music. About half of the tracks contain the Brideshead theme in more or less obvious forms. I think you would have to remember extremely well to recollect most of the tracks apart from the Brideshead theme. I still recommend the CD and consider it worth it's money. A must have for anyone who loved the series. If only for the Brideshead theme which still nearly knocks me over.