Herrmann's Jane Eyre reissued

Naxos Film Music Classics releases today, January 3, a reissue of the 1994 recording of the complete soundtrack of Jane Eyre 1944. Music by Bernard Herrmann, performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony conducted by Adriano:

OST Jane Eyre
Bernard Herrmann
Slovak Radio Symphony. Conductor: Adriano
Catalogue No: 8.572718
Physical Release: 01/2012

Bernard Herrmann’s score for Jane Eyre was completed in 1943. It was his fourth film score and, like The MagnificentAmbersons before it, saw collaboration with Orson Welles. Not only is Jane Eyre Hermann’s longest film score, it is one of his most sumptuous, romantic and eerily evocative. He features a marvellous array of sonic effects—high winds, celesta, and muted brass—all designed to deepen and colour the characterisation, and orchestrated with his customary brilliance. This recording of the score restores, for the first time, cuts made during the recording or editing of the original film.

The original 1994 notes about the recording can be read here.