The original score music was written by Gerard Marino, lead composer of the God of War series.

But he was also, this album suggests, a far greater and more original composer than his posthumous neglect has led us to believe.

This was three weeks to the day after the composer had led the première in the same hall, before much the same audience.

In fact, few composers of his intellectual renown have led such varied musical lives.

Snyder's growing name as a top-line composer led to his compositions being used in stage plays with the first to make it to Broadway in 1908.

In 1992, the band's composer and lead singer Christian Nóvé revived the group in Leipzig.

You climb inside the structure of the piece as though the composer were leading you by the hand.

Simultaneously, the composer leads an on-stage band, with singing by Victoria Klamp.

The composer leads the Royal Philharmonic in these excellently remastered 1971 recordings.

Many famous composers have also led the orchestra over the years.