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Monday, February 19, 2018

Miklós Rózsa - Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (Rumon Gamba)


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Composer: Miklós Rózsa
  1. Overture to a Symphony Concert, Op. 26a
  2. Three Hungarian Sketches, Op. 14: I. Capriccio. Allegro capriccioso
  3. Three Hungarian Sketches, Op. 14: II. Pastorale. Andante semplice e pastorale
  4. Three Hungarian Sketches, Op. 14: III. Danza. Allegro giocoso
  5. Tripartita, Op. 33: I. Intrada. Con moto
  6. Tripartita, Op. 33: II. Intermezzo arioso. Lento
  7. Tripartita, Op. 33: III. Finale. Allegro con brio
  8. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: I. Marcia. Tempo di marcia
  9. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: II. Serenata. Andante con moto e semplice
  10. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: III. Scherzo. Allegretto scherzando
  11. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: IV. Notturno. Lento con espressione
  12. Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25: V. Danza. Vivace e molto giusto

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Chandos
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010488

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Review

Rózsa’s exuberant off-screen music played with gusto by the BBC Phil

Rózsa’s list of concert works (those bearing opus numbers) amounts to under half his 95 film scores. Although Rózsa maintained a divide between his two compositional careers, Andrew Knowles’s assertion in the booklet that the composer “never incorporated music from his film scores into his concert works” needs qualification in light of the Spellbound Concerto’s popularity, even if this was never dignified with an opus number. And, of course, he reworked his Violin Concerto as the music to The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Tadlow, 7/07).

None of the four works here has connections with the cinema although Rózsa’s Kodály-esque concert platform and silver-screen styles did not differ much. The earliest item is the Three Hungarian Sketches, a vibrant Capriccio, Pastorale and Danza which constituted the official Hungarian entry for the 1938 ISCM Festival. A major offering, it is more substantial than the slightly longer Hungarian Serenade, a post-war reworking of the Op 10 Serenade and some early piano pieces, which is essentially superior light music.

Rózsa’s Hungarian roots, which never dimmed during his long exile, were rarely expressed with as much pathos as in the Overture to a Symphony Concert, conceived during the hopeful days of the abortive 1956 Hungarian revolution. Revised in 1963, this is a bright and positive score which would grace any concert programme. Most impressive of all is the Tripartita (1971, rev 1972), its constituent Intrada, Intermezzo and rather Waltonian Finale showing Rózsa developing in a new direction late in his career. Excellent performances and superlative sound make this a most enjoyable overture to what should prove a most worthwhile enterprise.

-- Guy Rickards, Gramophone

More reviews:
ClassicsToday  ARTISTIC QUALITY: 9 / SOUND QUALITY: 9
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2009/Apr09/Rozsa_CHAN10488.htm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mikl%C3%B3s-R%C3%B3zsa-Orchestral-Works-Vol/dp/B001FENY7G

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Miklós Rózsa (18 April 1907 in Budapest – 27 July 1995 in Los Angeles) was a Hungarian-American composer. Best known for his nearly one hundred film scores, he nevertheless maintained a steadfast allegiance to absolute concert music throughout what he called his "double life". His notable Hollywood career earned him considerable fame, including Academy Awards for Spellbound (1945), A Double Life (1947), and Ben-Hur (1959), while his concert works were championed by major artists such as Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, and János Starker. Rózsa also received recognition for his choral works.

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Rumon Gamba (born 24 November 1972), is an English conductor. He studied conducting with Colin Metters, George Hurst and Sir Colin Davis at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Gamba was Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra from 2002 to 2010. In October 2008, he was named the next chief conductor and music director of NorrlandsOperan. In March 2011, Gamba was named chief conductor of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra. Gamba has conducted a number of recordings for the Chandos Records label, particularly in their Film Music series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumon_Gamba

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