Mister Marple in Action

Ron Goodwin's dead; at the age of 77 years he died in January 2003. Again, one of the very big way. What remains is a lot on which quite a few generations their joy have become. A smaller and finer part of it is presented here of the EMI: 29 + 24 pieces on two CDs - because you get even a good insight into the work of this notable musician.
In Parlaphone, one of his long time ridiculed by insiders subsidiary label of EMI, Goodwin began. Along with George Martin (the later Beatles-producer), he has already started in the 50's a lot of titles that can be still heard today (though then as now in mono).
The first CD (pure mono) ranks under the motto "The Early Years - Popular Singles" and actually contains many pearls of his art. (Here can be heard in the original mono recording) In addition to the "Elizabethan Serenade" exceedingly known came to me including the beautiful and original "Skiffling strings" remains extremely well known. So far, however, I did not know this piece could have come from whom. At last that's for sure!
The second disc (consistently in stereo) comprises mainly Goodwins film musical work. With this of course is also the "Miss Marple Theme", perhaps his best known work in this genre. For me this is a melodic piece of Evergreen, as the theme to "The Third Man" by Anton Karas. It is offered here in its original version from 1962.
Of course the many other, often known, some of them several times reissued filmscores find. But even rarer recordings, as the theme music for Hitchcock's "Frenzy", one may enjoy in very good quality (digitally remastered - that goes for all tracks!).
The booklet is written in English and relatively comprehensive. However, I miss at all 53 titles specifying the recording year! This is unacceptable, but of course no reason to despise this double CD. Via Internet you can find relevant information on the very comprehensive website of Ron Goodwin when needed.
In short: this sampler strips, even if they should probably not be the diehard fan to Goodwin.