Rachel Portman - Beyond the Screen - Film Works on Piano (CD Digi-Sleeve)

"On her Sony Classical debut album "Beyond the Screen", film composer Rachel Portman provides a personal and emotional insight into her groundbreaking career. For this, she has re-recorded some of her most popular film scores on the piano, including her Oscar-winning soundtrack "Emma", "The Devil's Work" and "Chocolat". Rachel Portman combines a total of 20 piano arrangements into an emotional musical journey. From the arrangement to the performance: During the production of "Beyond The Screen", Rachel Portman was artistically responsible for everything herself: "There had to be a very direct connection between me as the author and the interpreter. For me, everything has its origins on the piano anyway, because I write on the piano. I spend the whole day on the piano. I'm probably a pianist at heart. So it feels very satisfying to have played the pieces on the piano. In a way, it's come full circle." Rachel Portman has composed over 100 scores for film and television productions in almost 40 years and is known for her lyrical melodies and her pure, transparent orchestrations. She has also composed music for operas (Le Petit Prince), plays and an oratorio. In 1996 she was the first woman to win an Academy Award in the category Best Musical or Comedy Score for "Emma" and in 2015 she was the first woman to win a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Music Composition for a Mini Series, Movie or a Special" for "Bessie". She has received further nominations for "Oliver Twist", "The Cider House Rules" and "Chocolat". "Every film has a personal story behind it. These are the stories that 'Beyond The Screen' is about," explains Rachel Portman."