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I Have Dreamed...
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Recorded: September 2004. © Hector Olivera.
Instrument: Roland Atelier Music recorded on a Roland Digital Studio Workstation® VS-2400.
Audio mastering: William "B.C." Carr of Sound Hit Music.
Cover picture: USS Growler-SSG 577.
Text: Lieve J. Olivera
Graphics/Prepress: Ray Britt, Press Arts, San Diego, CA
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| Track | Selection | Composer | |||
| 1 |  |
Hymn to Red October (Main Title) | Basil Poledouris | ||
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Crimson Tide and "Eternal Father Strong to Save" | Hans Zimmer | ||
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Lotus Land | Cyril Scott | ||
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Get Back | Lennon and McCartney | ||
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Whiter Shade of Pale | M. Fischer and G. Brooker |
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| 6 | |
Tara's Theme from Gone With The Wind |
Max Steiner | ||
| 7 | |
I Have Dreamed from The King & I |
Rodgers and Hammerstein | ||
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| 8 |  |
Overture |
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| 9 | |
Think of Me |
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| 10 | |
Angel of Music - Phantom of the Opera |
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| 11 | |
Music of the Night |
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| 12 | |
Maestoso from Symphony #3 “The Organ Symphony” |
Camille |
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To honor those veterans of this submarine, Hector placed the GROWLER on the cover of this CD, and recognized them by spelling out the boats name in red within the sub-title.
About the Recording
I have had a lifelong fascination with submarines. In 2004, I was privileged to meet members of the USS Growler-SSG 577 crew during a concert performance. As I was acutely aware of their service to our country during the Cold War, I played the theme from “Crimson Tide”, enriched with black and white photographs of the original Growler. Later, the crew told me that “even the toughest of their men had tears in their eyes while they were listening to the Navy Hymn — Eternal Father Strong to Save”— which was used in the movie “Crimson Tide.” That same evening, I was decorated with the insignias of Honorary Chief. I thank the Growler crew for risking their lives to protect our “Great Land of Freedom and Opportunity.”
CD Liner Notes
- The program opens with the haunting Hymn to Red October from the movie Hunt for Red October, and is followed by Crimson Tide’s poignant main theme and moving Navy Hymn.
- British composer Cyril Scott wrote exotic Lotus Land, which was inspired after meeting Claude Debussy whom he greatly admired.
- Procol Harum’s ever popular Whiter Shade of Pale is widely known for its baroque-styled organ solo, composed by Matthew Fisher, and inspired by Bach’s “Air for G String” and the Prelude Choral of “Sleepers Awake.”
- Through the Beatles’ composition Get Back, Hector describes the profound emotion of the Vietnam soldiers and their desire to safely return to their homes and families.
- Tara’s Theme from Gone With the Wind invites you to go back in time for the 1939 opening night of this great movie classic… Imagine, Max Steiner’s music fills the theater…
- Composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein, this beautiful ballad I Have Dreamed from The King and I, was inspired by an arrangement of N.S. Mishkin for the Boston Pops.
- The Phantom of the Opera’s Overture is set during the infamous 1905 auction of the contents of the Paris Opera House. The actual Overture begins with the auctioning of the music box. During the auctioning of the chandelier, the auctioneer switches it on, and an enormous flash erupts. At this dramatic instant, the sound of the full organ fills the theater. In this rendition, the opera house is restored into its earlier grandeur. The chandelier rises magically from the stage…
In Scene One, chorus Girl Christine Daae’s auditions for the role of Carlotta, singing Think of me, received unexpected applause and bravos, even from the young Raoul. After the gala, Christine enters the dressing room, and, visibly bewildered by the Phantom’s voice which is seemingly coming from behind her mirror, sings Angel of Music, in dialogue with Meg, Raoul, and the Phantom’s voice. In Scene Four, we see Christine and the Phantom in a boat across the waters of an underground lake, singing the evocative Phantom of the Opera.
Music of the Night changes the mood entirely. The boat turns into a bed. The Phantom sits at a huge pipe organ and takes over the accompaniment. The potent combination of the music and the lyrics stir all emotions.
I was inspired to play this touching composition, after hearing my friend Davis Gaines’ performance in his role as the Phantom of the Opera.
- The program concludes with the powerful Maestoso from Symphony #3. Saint-Saens established his reputation as organist at the famous Madeleine Church in Paris. The majesty of the Notre Dame Cathedral inspired him to compose “Organ Symphony #3.” Hector performs this piece with the intent to simulate the atmosphere and reverberation inside the great Notre Dame Cathedral.