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Two cds from Japan Complete Piano Works
New downloadable release in April.
Eye of the Needle, Original recording.Rózsa recorded his music for Eye of the Needle twice: first for the film, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and then in an album version with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany. Date: July 2024 | Varese Sarabande has announced the De Luxe edition with liner notes by Rozsa Society member, Frank K DeWald. Information about this release available on this page Émigrés & Exiles in Hollywood A digital download release Date: July 12, 2024 | Centaur Records CRC 4111. Music by Émigré Composers Who Fled the Third Reich for Hollywood and Changed Movie Music as We Know It.
On The Night Of The Fire Recent info received by this page points to a new release of a 1930s New concert music recording In a time of a noticeable reduction in Rozsa cds it's encouraging to be able to announce the release of a new çoncert music'CD. MIKLOS ROZSA: OVERTURE TO A SYMPHONY CONCERT; HUNGARIAN SERENADE; TRIPARTITA. Quoting from the
IVANHOE and others From Doug Raynes, our DVD expert we hear IVANHOE is coming from Warner Bros Archive next month. Kino Lorber have SO PROUDLY WE HAIL (date to be announced) and, most unexpected of all, is THE GREEN COCKATOO (a disc double bill with DANCING WITH CRIME) also from Kino Lorber, digitized in association with the British Film Institute, for release in January 2022.
Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid. Released in Blu-Ray on 21 Sept 2021. Rózsa's last film score was for the black-and-white Steve Martin film Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), a comic homage to the film noir films of the 1940s, a genre to which Rozsa himself had contributed scores. Available through most outlets
Catalunya Spain. Book introduction and a World Premiere for Rozsa's "Five Songs". Jordi Borras from Spanish Catalunya has some news. Sherlock Holmes remastered. CD of chamber music A Clarinet in America
King of Kings general release. An announcement has been made for the general release of the newly recorded score from 6 Dec 2020. King of Kings "arrives" The first CDs have arrived at the addresses of contributors to the successful crowdfunding project which resulted in the ultimate recording of the long awaited score composed when Rózsa was at the peak of his film music career. Fraught with delays the final result wil be welcomed by Rózsa fans and music lovers. First comments are positive. Doug Raynes describes it as "a magnificent recording both in terms of performance and sound quality. Arguably the most authoritative interpretation of Rozsa's music out of all the previous Tadlow recordings." General distribution is expected in September.7 Aug 2020
King of Kings "very close" Recent posts by James Fitzpatrick indicate distribution of CDs will begin in July for contributors to the production and orders likely to be filled in September. "Should be able to start posting out pre ordered CDs etc.. throughout July ... but post taking a bit longer at the moment because of the virus...especially overseas post. So normal release will be in September ..." June 26 2020
Concert havoc The continued world pandemic has ensured the cancellation of numerous Rozsa concerts and an uncertain future of orchestras and their financial support. A number of them have resorted to streaming online live or restreaming past concerts. Some of these remain online and can still be heard. The Rozsa Forum and The Rozsa facebook pages have been recieving links to these performances. Links will be listed here as they become available.. New CD. Concerto for strings, Op. 17
Another Cello CD with OP.36 New Cello CD with OP.36
King of Kings sessions. The King of Kings score has been newly recorded by Tadlow Music in the presence of some 20 Rózsa enthousiasts. Release date is not yet known. A summary of the proceedings can be found on this site under the 'Features' link on the home page.
Rózsa titles for new recording
Following their successful Kickstarter campaign, Intrada have posted a poll to guage interest for future releases. These incude two Rózsa titles Jungle Book and Brute Force. To register your choices follow the link to Intrada poll
1st String Quartet now arranged for String Orchestra. On May 6 2018 the Neue Jüdische Kammerphilharmonie Dresden conducted by Michael Hurshell included the world premiere of an arrangement by Mr Hurshell for String Orchestra of the
Scherzo in Modo Ongarese (2nd mvt. from the 1st string quartet). The Neue Jüdische Kammerphilharmonie Dresden performed the world premiere of the string orchestra versions of the 3rd and 4th movements in early 2018 (Lento and Allegro feroce). Miklós Rózsa had already arranged the first movement as OP 22a, Andante, for string orchestra in 1992 to accompany the String Concerto on a Koch CD. The Neue Jüdische Kammerphilharmonie Dresden premiered that arrangement in 2008.The new arrangements, of the 2cnd 3rd and 4th movements, were made by the ensemble's music director, Michael Hurshell. 5/5/18
Reissue old recording Available only as a digital download.
Rozsa: North Hungarian Peasant Songs and Dances, Op. 5
and The Vintner's Daughter, Op. 23a Rome Symphony Orchestra conductor
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Rozsa: Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25. and Concerto for Strings, Op. 17.
Frankenland State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Kloss Details
New recording News of a new recording of music from Hungarian composers who fled Europe or were killed. It is unclear if it will appear in CD format but will be available on the general download sites. Titled, "The Hungarians, from Rozsa to Justus"it is played by the group 'Énsemble for These Times'. More details here. 11-03
New Belgian CD. A fairly recent release has been a recording by Duo Dames of Belgium Go ahead for King of Kings CD. The Kickstarter campaign, initiated by record producerJames FitzpatricK, has reached the goal of half the required funds to enable planning to go ahead for the new recording. Kickstarter for King of Kings CD? Further to previous communications about the possibility of a complete new recording of the King of Kings score we are thrilled to report that a kickstarter campaign has been initiated to raise the finance to enable the recording to take place. Though any pledges are possible, a rewards enticement to those who raise their pledges include attendance at the recording sessions in Prague. Full information available here. Details and pledges. 15/11/17
A New King of Kings CD?Recent comments by producer and owner of Tadlow Music give a clear intention to investigate the possibilities of recording a complete score to the 1960's epic movie 'King of Kings". Previous releases of this score which followed closely on the heels of 'Ben-Hur'have been considered to be the final word on the music by Rózsa but there has been a movement in recent years to stimulate discussion on recording the score in modern sound and techniques. Not without success it seems. James Fitzpatrick recently indicated in his discussions on Facebook that he is considering a new recording of KOK with assistance of fans who are prepared to contribute toward the recording costs. Bill Wrobel of 'Film Score Rundowns' has in the past indicated that substantial cues exist in the Zador collection which could make the new recording a more attractive proposition. Hopefully this will come to pass. 11/11/17
New Ben-Hur double CD New Cello CD New CD of the Piano Sonata French pianist Emmanuelle Moriat, who gave the french premieres of Rozsa's sonata and Bagatelles in Paris a few years ago has recorded those pieces (with other works by Erno Dohnanyi), for the french label KDream. The Rozsa works coupled with the Suite by Dohnanyi is a most agreeable combination of works by two Hungarian masters. The Piano Sonata (Op 20) is one of Rozsa's finest concert works and this fresh interpretation will be keenly welcomed along with the new Bagatelles. Details
Commemoration Hungary
Ambassador Balazs Bokor, former Consul General of Hungary in Los Angeles advises that on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Miklós Rózsa, the Hungarian Hollywood Council will organize a memorial eventto to take place at the Cultural center of Budapest's 6th District where he was born. As President of the Hungarian Hollywood Council, he will moderate the event. Invited guests will speak about Miklós Rózsa. Mr Gergely Hubai will talk about the life and art of Rózsa. Zsolt Szefcsik, a well-known violinist, head of the Erdody Chamber Orchestra, Mr. György Lendvai, Managing Director of the MAV Symphony Orchestra (which has played Rózsa music in concert and issued Rózsa CDs on Naxos) will be joining the conversation. Hungarian state and artistic awards winner, composer and pianist, mostly in the field of jazz, Mr Béla Szakcsi Lakatos will play a special 20 minutes piece, as an improvization on Rózsa`s music. Later in April a wreath will also be laid in Nagylóc at his memorial plaque, and one can listen to a short concert of Rózsa music.
New Ben-Hur recording
The BEN-HUR sessions in Prague are over. The first series of sessions covered up to the Intermission and the rest of the sessions followed on April 7 snd 8 James suggests that there will be a few surprises even to those who thought they knew the original well. This will undoubtedly generate a great deal of interest amongst Rózsa enthousiasts. "...judging by CD sales recently ..I need to record music that will appeal to a much wider spectrum and more importantly be able to licence tracks for trailers, commercials, corporate films etc..." A preliminary report on the completed sessions, by Doug Raynes, who was present at all the sessions, can be viewed under the Features link or view here 10/02/17
Rózsa conducts Rózsa Dutton/Vocalion issues a classic LP on their popular series.The RCA release, with the RCA Italiana Orchestra, recorded in the 'sixties is a welcome addition for many as this was a true highlight of early collection buying, with great recorded sound and excellent performances of four of the composer's finest concert works. Read more about this release here
Thief of Bagdad. 11 Nov 2016. from Prometheus.
INVITATION TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
THE HUNGARIAN HOLLYWOOD COUNCIL (A CIVIL ORGANIZATION -https://www.facebook.com/Magyar-Hollywood-Tanács-Hungarian…/) WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING IN THE VILLAGE OF NAGYLÓC (NÓGRÁD COUNTY – HUNGARY) ON NOVEMBER 13, 2016 AT 2.00PM, AT 135 RÁKÓCZI STREET, VILLAGE CULTURAL CENTER.
THE EVENT IS DEDICATED TO THREE-TIMES OSCAR WINNER COMPOSER, MIKLÓS RÓZSA WHO SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD IN THIS HUNGARIAN VILLAGE.
PROGRAM OF THE EVENT:
Ben-Hur digital James Fitzpatrick has announced on Facebook his intention of recording the complete score to Ben-Hur in digital sound. Few details are available at this stage. James has expressed his interest in recording this score on previous occassions but until now no definite plans were made public.
Rózsa piano works
Pianist Emmanuelle Moriat, who gave the french premieres of several chamber works of Miklos Rozsa in 2007, will play The Bagatelles and the Sonata in Paris in september prior to a recording in October for label Kdream Music, with the same program. Ernö Dohnŕnyi : Ruralia Hungarica op 32a. Miklos Rozsa : Bagatelles op 12 and Sonate op.20 Unveiling Nagylóc plaque Nagylóc memorial plaque
Rozsa goes to war New release from intrada with excerpts from Rózsa war scores and some lesser known compositions.
Project Hungarica New recording Coming soon The most recent progress to the realization of the new Thief of Bagdad recording include the actual recording sessions which took place from 25th to 28th March and a begin on the mixing process by James Fitzpatrick from Tadlow music. James has described these sessions as amongst the most exciting of his career. Indications are that there will be two CDs of music including previously unrecorded cues and a release in autumn has been mentioned. 8 April 16 Golden Voyage ofSinbad. New CD From Frank K Dewald; It's now official: The Thief Of Bagdad. New CD Again, to the delight of Rózsa fans and followers of film music' is the prospect of a recording of the complete score to 'The Thief Of Bagdad'. Mr Fitzpatrick from the Tadlow label has declared his intention to record the full score in March. No indication has been given as to a release date.
2 CD Epic Rózsa. James Fitzpatrick of Tadlow Music has produced a double CD of the September 2015 concert in Prague in which the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nic Raine brought some of the finest epic music from Rózsa's career to life. Persons who attended the concert gave glowing reports on the playing and the selection. The concert is presented on two CDs and available from Tadlow on it's release in February. More background info at The Forum
More Rózsa from Tadlow James Fitzpatrick has confirmed on the Rózsa Forum that he is preparing a double CD issue of the September Prague Concert of epic Rózsa film music and further declared his intention to record a complete 'Thief of Bagdad' next spring. Details of the concert can be found below or on the Features link. 11/11/15
Sodom and Gomorrah CD. After more than 50 years since the movie was released a full score CD has been recorded by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Though the film was not regarded very highly, Rózsa stated that it was a gigantic effort and a case of sinking with the ship. Previously the music had been represented by various releases which even delved into Rózsa's own private collection of tapes to get the music out there. James Fitzpatrick, having produced previous epic recordings, undertook the challenge of organizing the reconstruction and recording of all the music composed for the movie. The project was backed by Prometheus Records. Release Date: SEPTEMBER 28th 2015 to coincide with an all Rózsa concert to be given by the same orchestra in Prague. Click image for orders and info from Tadlow or Screen Archives for generous sound samples.
Rerelease Rózsa Concert Music CD. September release. Cello Concerto, op.32 Sinfonia Concertante, op.29. Artists Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Philippe Graffin (violin) BBC Concert Orchestra Conductor Barry Wordsworth - See more details Desert Fury. S&G score from Prague Posted on facebook by James Fitzpatrick. "...final 120 minute recording is now all edited and mixed ...just waiting on record label to announce the release date...hope I can persuade them to make it Sept 28 to coincide with big Rozsa concert in Prague???" 5/7/15
Lost Weekend Score from Intrada Recently located 35mm magnetic transfers by Paramount Pictures of nearly every cue scored for 1945 "Best Picture" Oscar winner The Lost Weekend are made available for the first time ever, including never-before-heard alternates, revisions. Nealy 70 minutes of landmark score showcase Miklós Rózsa at his finest! (Click image for more details). New recording Full Rózsa Concert. Prague in September. A full concert devoted to the Epic Film Music of Miklós Rózsa will take place in Prague on September 28. Those wishing to attend this concert are asked to make themselves known to either Doug Raynes or through the MRS website, info@miklosrozsa.info. We wish to arrange a get together which may include attendance at the rehearsals, courtesy of James Fitzpatrick.
New Sodom and Gomorrah. Recording Sessions have been completed with the choral music being canned at the Smecky Studio in Prague.
Leigh Phillips has reconstructed over 100 minutes of the complete SODOM AND GOMORRAH for recording including the complete Battle of the Dam music plus Leigh has found quite a lot of music that never made it to the previous 2 CD Italian set.The Theme and Answer to a Dream cue, found on the Great Movie Themes disc will also be recorded. It was Rózsa's last epic score with all the hallmarks of the successful Ben-Hur but the movie did not do well resulting in what became a rather unappreciated score. Mr James Fitzpatrick is rectifying this by bringing the complete score cues to CD. No date has yet been mentioned for the commencement of sales.
Rózsa Tribute Concert. A Tribute concert in honour of Miklós Rózsa was held in Cologne Germany with Rumon Gamba conducting the WDR Funkhausorchester in both concert works and a film suite. This was a well programmed concert Highlighted by the Viola Concerto performed by Lawrence Power. A group of Rózsa Society members were present and contributed to the standing ovation afforded the Conductor, soloist and orchestra at the conclusion of the evening. Members attending were in agreement that the concert was a fine example of cooperation and mastery of Rózsa's contemporary musical idiom by all players, Soloist and conductor. Those interested can hear this concert in a broadcast in March. Stay tuned. More about this concert on the Discussion Forum. 23 Feb 15
http://miklosrozsa.yuku.com/topic/1710/Cologne-concert-on-22215
Solo Clarinet Release.A New recording of the Sonatina for Solo Clarinet composed by Rozsa in his latter years has become available. Los Angeles Discussion
Salons: Émigré Directors and Émigré Composers. February 15–Émigré Composers.
Converse about composers Miklós Rózsa, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and more while listening to their Hollywood recordings—with UCLA ethnomusicologist Neal Brostoff and descendants Juliet Rózsa and Kathrin Korngold Hubbard. Sundays, January 11 (Emigre directors)and February 15, (Emigre composers) 2:00 p.m. More info
Fedora reissue A Varese limited rerelease of the Fedora CD was sold out within 24 hours but can be downloaded from the net. The CD is not altered from the original except for the new notes by Jim Lochner. The CD is avaialable for download here. from Amazon Dec 2014
New Book
Music in Postwar Hollywood Biblical Films. Available as Paperback and Kindle as well as Hard cover. Tribute to Rózsa concert February 22 will see a Tribute concert in honour of Miklós Rózsa in Cologne Germany. Rumon Gamba will be conducting the WDR Funkhausorchester in both concert and film works.
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New Sodom and Gomorrah recording.James Fitzpatrick, from Tadlow Music, has confirmed that he will be recording a new complete recording of Rózsa's last epic score, Sodom and Gomorrah. On Facebook and on the FSM board he said, Quote, "Working on a Bernard Herrmann score...followed by Miklos Rozsa...." "a Rozsa score next March" and indicating that it was not a Noir score. Finally he confirmed the title when a reissue of the Digitmovies release was announced. "I am planning to record SODOM & GOMORRAH in first half of next year" 10/14
New BluRay releases. The 125th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh’s death will be commemorated in 2015. Appropriately, the film 'LUST FOR LIFE' is being released for the first time on Blu-ray by Warner Bros on February 3, 2015. Announcement.On the 27th June 2014 Miklós Rózsa's granddaughter was married. The Society and all who love Rozsa congratulate his granddaughter Ariana Rozsa Battaglino on her marriage today to Germano Margiotta in Villa Santa Maria, Italy.
Tribute to Rózsa Concert. Movie theater or concert hall - Miklós Rózsa stands for great art and great entertainment. The WDR radio house orchestra also. To be held in Cologne, Germany under the baton of Rumon Gamba. Lawrence Power, Viola.
Sunday 22.02.2015, 18 Uhr, Köln, Funkhaus. A tribute to Miklós Rózsa is to include; The Vintner's Daughter, Viola Concerto, Thief of Baghdad suite, Thema, Variationen und Finale.
WDR Funkhausorchester Köln
Guitar Sonata. The Twelve Choruses. This modern recording of the Twelve Choruses with organ accompaniment repeats the programme already available on an obsolete CD and the organ and choir succeed in presenting it in a well arranged, fresh and convincing performance. Notable about this CD is the Newly recorded 23rd Psalm composed by Rózsa in 1972 as Opus 34 Good Friday Broadcast. A special arrangement by Allan Wilson of "The Way of the Cross" from the Twelve choruses, is to be broadcast by the BBC on Good Friday. The concert recorded earlier in March should be available on the BBC Iplayer as usual for one week. Listen here Allan Wilsons's interest in Rózsa bodes well for the future.
British DVD release.Formerly only available as a Spanish DVD, 'The Other Love', scored by Rózsa has received a release from British company, Renown Pictures Ltd. Prominence is given on the cover to Rózsa's part in the movie. More details
Tadlow 'El Cid' for download The Prague rerecording of the El Cid score is available as a download in addition to the CD format. Originally released by Tadlow Music in 2009 as a three disc set it is available in a two disc format worldwide.
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Koch Piano CD reissued The Complete Works for Solo Piano recorded by Koch label in the 90's has been reissued. From John Fitzpatrick "Arkiv has reissued Buechner's Koch recording of the "Complete Works for Solo Piano" (also available in MP3 format). Their site reproduces Royal S. Brown's rave Fanfare review from 1999".
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=33047
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad Blu-ray United States, described as a
Screen Archives Entertainment Exclusive. A Limited Edition of 3000 Blu-Ray dvd's is being offered of this 1970's Rózsa scored movie with an isolated score track. View here Dec.16.13
Sherlock Holmes release sold out Quartet have sold their stock and CD supplies are now only available from retail sources such as Intrada or Screen Archives. Dec.14.13
Sherlock Holmes release Quartet Records has just released the original tracks of the Rózsa scored movie 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'. Though in mono, the sound is described as good and an improvement on previous bootlegs of years gone by. Rapid final approval of the artwork and the 28 page booklet ensured that Quartet could include this CD in a pre Christmas release along with Passage to India and Beastmaster.
The source is the film stems and producer Jose Benitez and his engineer have worked very hard to get the best possible sound. The release is titled as "The Archival Edition".The following is supplied by Quartet; FSM back issues available Lukas Kendall of 'Film Score Monthly', has made past isues of the magazine avilable in an FSM Archive. All except the earlier issues are in searchable PDF format (as is the case with our own PMS Journal archive). FSM deals mainly with film music. The collection has a substantial number of articles on Miklós Rózsa and can be accessed through this link.
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Sonata for Solo Flute A lower priced CD of the newly recorded Flute Sonata has been released. Discovering Treasure for Solo Flute by William Alwyn, Charles Koechlin, Miklos Rozsa and Arthur Willner. Francesca Arnone (flute)
Games of Light
Rózsa's 23rd Psalm
St Louis Chamber Chorus released a CD on November 10th titled 'American Declarations' which was recorded on the British label, Regent Records in February 2013. "This will be our fourth collaboration with this innovative niche company, and represents the talents of our wonderful singers, staff, engineer Daniel Ruder and producer Gary Cole. The repertoire ranges from the stirring to the enthralling, and covers different traditions of American chamber choirs, from the art song to the spiritual, and from a modern madrigal to a choral symphony. The CD was recorded in the warm acoustic of Second Presbyterian Church in the Central West End in early 2013".
The CD (and others!) can be purchased from their website,
St. Louis Chamber Chorus advise they will update the website with a track list and sound samples. Hollywood Golden Age series An announcement has been made for another release of the Golden Age of Hollywood series with Volume 4 to include a newly recorded suite from "Lost Weekend". Volumes 1, 2 and 3, offered three years ago, all included Rozsa suites along with other well known film works.
BBC live concerts The BBC is currently highlighting the 'Sounds of Cinema' in a series of programmes to demonstrate the contribution music has made over the years. Live broadcasts of concerts are the order of the day including the colourful 'Thief of Bagdad' suite and the unusual 'Spellbound' suite which employs the Theremin an instrument which has seen a revival over recent years. Both can be heard on the BBC3 website. Thief of Bagdad and Spellbound 18 Sept 2013
BBC Proms 2013 The BBC proms this year included some well known Ben-Hur selections. John Wilson conducting a specially assembled orchestra gives a wide representation of the "Golden Age". Listen and watch here
Isolated score Blu-ray Doug Raynes reports that a Blu-ray of A TIME TO LOVE AND A TIME TO DIE is being released on the UK Masters of Cinema label later this year, It contains an isolated score and effects track which at least will enable listeners to hear more of the score uncluttered with dialogue and in better sound quality than the soundtrack album. 12 July 13
DOUBLE LIFE paperback. MSR Books in the UK have renewed their offer of a special price for new paperback issues of Miklós Rózsa's autobiography. Price is Ł5.95 plus postage. Direct contact to msrbooks@tiscali.co.uk will ensure a copy and payment can be arranged through Paypal if required.
Theme and Variations Released in June under the CD title 'Hungarian Works for Violin & Violoncello' on the German label Haenssler, the Theme and Variations makes it to another recording and this time by Friedemann Eichhorn (violin), Alexander Hulshoff (cello). This version is arranged for Violin and Cello alone by B. Gurevich CD Details The tracks are also available for download.
Fedora restored.
Marking 35 years that have passed since its Cannes premiere in 1978, a freshly restored version of Billy Wilder’s “Fedora” was shown for the first time. Long available only in faded prints, scratched so severely the image was on the verge of bleeding, the movie can finally get its due as an important late work of a great director (DVD and Blu-ray releases are rumored to follow soon). Read the whole article here
Heifetz Concerto Remaster A remastered CD of the Rózsa Violin Concerto performed by Heifetz in the 1950's is scheduled for the near future. Details are noted on the site of Acoustic Sounds 15 May 13
Varese celebrates
On May 11, 2013 the Golden State Pops Orchestra will stage a historic concert in celebration of Varčse Sarabande's 35th Anniversary and host a gathering of the label's roster of composers, along with other dignitaries from the film music world of Los Angeles including Juliet Rozsa. A piece from 'That Hamilton Woman' will complete the Rózsa representation. 30 April 13
Theremin revival Some of Miklós Rózsa's best known and award winning scores used the Theremin to highlight the dramatics in films like Spellbound, Lost Weekend and The Red House. In the period that followed the Theremin made regular appearances in many films until it dropped out of favour and was virtually unheard for a long period. Over recent years it has made a return with a new generation of Thereminists, amongst them the young dutch player, Thorwald Jorgenson. Mr Jorgenson played the theremin part of the Spellbound Concerto recently with the Zeeuws Orchestra in the Netherlands in January. The Zeeuws Orkest cond Ivan Meylemans. Thorwald Jorgensen (Theremin). Dries van den Berg (Piano)
Compilation CDs Two CD sets of film music which include Rózsa compositions have or are soon to become available. As seems to be the case nowadays they are also presented as a download with the actual CD being issued later. The Hitchcock double CD includes six Rózsa tracks forming a Spellbound Suite. As expected it includes substantial Herrmann along with other composers that worked with Hitchcock. Click on the icon for further information. Upcoming CDs Two CDs of concert music are still in the pipeline with no firm release date available yet. The Tippett quartet's full Rózsa CD recorded for Naxos last year (see earlier report)1 and the Piano Sonata played by Martin Perry to be released on Bridge Records shortly.(MP3 available for download. Click on icon) 6 March 13
Awards Alan Hamer, the society European representative reports on the forum "it is a real joy to announce that the award for the Sammy Film Music Award (SFMA) for best newly recorded score this year goes to......QUO VADIS!! (On Prometheus). Quo Vadis. The new Quo Vadis recording is currently being delivered and early reports are enthousiastic.
Background to Violence Reissue.
Recent DVDs Warners have recently added two Rozsa scored DVD titles to their 'manufactured to order' DVD archive. They are The King's Thief
Crest of the Wave
Daniel Robbins Lecture A lecture by the film score reconstruction expert Daniel Robbins will be given on September 28th in Alexandria, Louisiana. The Rapides Symphony conducted by its music director, Josh Zona will be opening the season with an inclusion of
the "Overture" ("Entr'acte") and "Parade of the Charioteers" from the Robbins Ben-Hur choral suite. Daniel Robbins will appear as guest speaker for the event. On the Friday night, September 28. He will present a lecture entitled "Music in the Movies", a discussion and demonstration of how scoring affects films and includes sample scenes from Spartacus, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ben-Hur, Touch of Evil, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Julius Caesar. It shows two interviews with Dr. Rozsa discussing "The Rowing of the Galley Slaves" scene and the use of his "Dragnet" musical motive in The Killers.
Rapides Symphony Orchestra. 1101 Fourth Street, Suite 201. Alexandria, Louisiana 71301. e-mail: manager@rapidessymphony.org
Chandos; Rózsa Orchestral Works vol 3 The third volume in this series of orchestral music by Miklós Rózsa which includes the Violin Concerto, Concerto for String Orchestra, Theme, Variations and Finale. With Jennifer Pike (violin), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/ Rumon Gamba conducting. The CD is scheduled for 1st October but is available for immediate download in MP3 or Lossless format with cover art and booklet online.
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Martha Ivers Sold out Kritzerland records have sold their 1000 copies of 'The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers'. Online retailers have reportedly had their stock snapped up as well. 5 Sept 12
Final Print Issue : Pro Musica Sana 67 In its 40th year of existence and with the trend toward online information, The Miklós Rózsa Society has called a halt to it's printed publication. John Fitzpatrick announced the final chapter in the latest issue of Pro Musica Sana which is currently in the mail. Costs, Time and the lack of contributors are amongst the reasons given for calling a halt to this long running print production. Quo Vadis unveiling at Cordoba The promo video for QUO VADIS was to be premiered by James Fitzpatrick this week at the film music festival in Cordoba (Spain). As reported on the concert page there will also be a concert including titles from Rózsa recorded by Tadlow. (Quo Vadis, El Cid and the Violin Concerto adaption) in a programme of Golden Age film music. June 12 Doug Raynes reports that the Masters of Cinema Blu-ray of DOUBLE INDEMNITY (which as expected is locked to region B) has an isolated music/effects track. There are not that many sound effects to mask the music so it gives the first opportunity to hear the score unencumbered by dialogue. See earlier news item.
More Rózsa scored films on Bluray Those collectors of Bluray will be interested to know of the two latest films to appear in the Bluray format. Rózsas Oscar scored film 'A Double Life' (after which he also named his autobiography) and the lesser known 'Secret Beyond the Door'. More details by clicking on the icons. June 12
Pro Musica Sana 67 is at the printers and it is expected to be ready for distribution in the next few weeks. Since a substantial period has lapsed since the last issue, members are asked to notify John Fitzpatrick (rozsaphile@earthlink.net) of any address change.
Classic movie fans who enjoyed watching Charlton Heston star in "Ben Hur," or sat on the edge of their seat as Cary Grant outran mysterious pursuers in "North by Northwest," can now supplement their cinema experiences with eBook versions of the original movie scripts.
Warner Brothers' "Inside The Script" series will feature "Ben Hur," "North by Northwest," "Casablanca" and "An American In Paris." The eBooks will include supplemental materials such as costume sketches and shooting journals from the film sets and includes a chapter on Rozsa's music. Cost will be $9.99.
"People love movies because of the stories they tell," said Thomas Gewecke, President of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. "Now we can give fans rarely seen details of how these stories came together and take their enjoyment of films to a whole new level." Gewecke reportedly said that he hopes to extend the series to include newer titles as well. Encore for Eye Of The Needle
Original Motion Picture Score Composed and Conducted by Miklós Rózsa. From Varese Sarabande "We could think of no better way to begin our Varčse Encore series than by celebrating the music of the great Miklós Rózsa. Dr. Rózsa was one of the very first composers to begin recording for Varčse Sarabande, back in 1981. Rózsa traveled to Nuremberg, Germany to record this album of his score for director Richard Marquand’s Eye of the Needle. Marquand’s very next film was Return of the Jedi in 1983. Rózsa was the perfect choice for this spy thriller and delivered a genre classic."
CDs expected to begin shipping the week of May 29 but already down to 150 from the Limited Edition of 1000 copies Price: $15.98
More Blu-Rays for May .
On the heels of the forthcoming CD premiere announcement by Intrada of ' The Red House' comes the movie on blu-ray, said to be better quality than the previous releases which left a lot to be desired. Goodwin MP3 performance, Rózsa Suite . The Red House. New Orchestra, Full Score.
Quo Vadis sessions. Rozsa Society members invited to attend the recent recording sessions in Prague will report on the event in the next issue of 'Pro Musica Sana'.
Finland Concert screening. Those left out of sold-out concerts of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra at Helsinki Music Centre will soon be able to make up for their disappointment. They will be able to see and hear the orchestra play at Finnkino movie theatres. The first is on April 19 and will include Rózsa. www.scva.net/events
New York 'Spellbound' screening. May 4 2012. BETHEL WOODS CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 200 Hurd Rd. Bethel, NY 12720 www.scva.net
Quo Vadis "in the can". On the heels of the 'Ben-Hur' 5 CD release comes the completion of the recording sessions by James Fitzpatrick and his crew for the upcoming "Quo Vadis" recording of the complete score. Quo Vadis played a mojor role in the developement of the 'Epic' style of music in which Rózsa, using fragments of surviving music, tried to create an ancient sound which could represent the glory and pomp of Rome. The style developed for Quo Vadis was carried through to other major films of that period. Ben-Hur 5CD "complete" Double Indemnity/Lost Weekend Blu-ray Our DVDography expert, Doug Raynes reports that Quo Vadis update. Latest comment by James Fitzpatrick on the progress for the new recording of Quo Vadis
"60% of the music now reconstructed from the original sketches and ready ... End of March sessions" 11/Jan/12
New Guitar Sonata recording A Japanese recording of the Guitar Sonata Op. 42, which was composed by Rózsa for, and edited by Gregg Nestor has been released on the Fontec label. Guitarist is Kyuhee PARK. Click image for details
Zador CDs. Conductor Mariusz Smolij advises that he has finished recording two CDs for Naxos of music by Eugene Zador, Rózsa’s close friend and collaborator. First CD will be out early 2012 the second Dec’12/Jan’13. 14 Dec 11
Concert broadcast.News from Alan Hamer. The BBC broadcast a concert, live on Radio 3, on the 13th Dec as a suitable warm up to the Chandos recording sessions in December and January. All can listen to the concert recordings of "Kaleidoscope" (Op.19a) and the Theme Variations and Finale which can be heard for a limited time from 13th December on the Radio 3 programme. The conductor will again be Rumon Gamba.
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Alan Hamer, the Miklós Rózsa Society European representative, has advised that he recently attended the first sessions for the next scheduled Naxos release which took place in St. Paul's church, London. Artists were the Tippett Quartet with the Op.1 Trio Serenade in its original form, prior to the 1974 revision which the composer made for the Orion LP recorded at that time. The producer is Mike Ponder, who was also in charge of the ASV Quartet's CD back in 2000. The result is likely to be one of the finest in this series by the mid-price label. 40 years MRS. The Miklós Rózsa Society now in its 40th year has honoured it's founder and principal John Fitzpatrick with an award on behalf of all members, past and present. John has been at the helm over the whole period and guided the Society through changing times from the film composing days when Miklós Rózsa was alive till the present day where the concert music is being performed and recorded and film scores are receiving reconstructions and new recordings. His journal, Pro Musica Sana has seen 66 issues along the way with the 40th anniversay edition being prepared and the website was set up and expanded in more recent years. The award was presented by Alan Hamer (European representative) in New York on 1st October. A page with tributes can be viewed at this link.
'Jungle Book' Blu-ray The Blu-ray version of the Rózsa scored "Jungle Book", just announced by Criterion as number 30 in it's Eclipse series, comes as a 3 disc box titled 'Sabu' scheduled for 29 November and features 'The Jungle Book', 'The Drum' and 'Elephant Boy'. Sabu was the popular young indian actor who also starred in another well known Rózsa scored movie of that time, 'The Thief of Bagdad'. This collection of three films will arrive with 1.33:1 transfers and mono sound mixes. Also available in standard downloadable format is a 2011 "view online" version described as bein of much better quality then what has been accepted till now. Read more Click icon for purchase details. 16/Aug/11
'Quo Vadis' recording next year James Fitzpatrick of Tadlow Music has confirmed that preparations are well advanced for recording the complete score to Quo Vadis next year. Details of the announcement and discussion can be found on the Forum 22/July/11
Pro Musica Sana Archive We have again been able to add another 20 issues to the archive bringing the collection available online to 50 issues. Because of a shortage of volunteers, not all issues have received a final proofread but a great deal of time and effort has gone into the process to this stage. Please notify us if you come across any mistakes (page, paragraph and item) Much of the information already in these PMS isues turns up regularly again in discussions on various forums over the years. All issues are in PDF format and searchable. Later issues including the series analysing the 'Ben-Hur' score are available from the society. July/20/11
New Heifetz documentary Coming up soon or just released Film music awards.Up for consideration for the 'Best Editing' award at the International Film Music Awards in Tenerife is the 'Miklós Rózsa Treasury' from Film Score Monthly. The winner will be anounced at the concert on the 30th June. Other nominations are 'The Álamo' (Tadlow), 'Family Plot' (Varčse Sarabande), 'The Goonies' (Varčse Sarabande), 'Lawrence of Arabia' (Tadlow), 'Spartacus' (Varčse Sarabande).
Pro Musica Sana Archive With the recent addition of another ten issues to the archive of the Pro Musica Sana journal, the Miklós Rózsa Society is well underway to providing a convenient and ready reference to the articles and a window into the history of its association with the composer. Many issues contain letters or articles by Miklós Rózsa and other names from the past. A number of compositions are scrutinised at the time of their appearance and a lot of interesting information brought to light. Access is from the 'Pro Musica Sana Archive' link on the homepage. Later issues of the journal which include the full series on the Ben-Hur score are still available in hard copy from John Fitzpatrick or Alan Hamer. (See contacts page)
Miklós Rózsa: Orchestral Works Volume 2. The second volume in this series of orchestral music by Miklós Rózsa features soloists Paul Watkins on cello and Jennifer Pike on violin. Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song, Op. 4. The Vintner's Daughter, Op. 23a. Notturno ungherese, Op. 28. Concerto For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 32. The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Rumon Gamba Unsolicited opinions on this new release can be found on the Rózsa Forum. El Cid blueray comes to UK Two years after its German release on Blu-ray in May 2009 by Spirit Media has announced the Blu-ray release of two remarkable historical epic films: 'El Cid' and 'The Fall of the Roman Empire', with a release date of August 21. Both films will feature 1080p VC-1 video and DTS-HD Master Audio tracks for both English and German. Each will contain nearly two hours of bonus features. They are distributed by Koch Media, which usually hasn't applied region locking to its titles so far. In the USA, The Weinstein Company holds the rights to both films. Extras for 'El Cid' include: Three original trailers Picture gallery Hollywood Conquers Spain: 'El Cid' A Visionary Producer in Hollywood: Samuel Bronston Miklós Rózsa, Master of Film Music The Preservation of a Legend: Gerry Burne on the Restoration of a Classic 11 filmographies
A live stream of a concert from Madrid which includes the Violin Concerto will be provided on Friday. The scheduled start is at 8PM European time which is 6PM GMT; 11 am California; 2pm New York and BST 7PM. Details on the Concerts page. To listen click on the
Live concert stream
Early Rozsa scored DVD One of Rózsa's early films has become avaiable on The Best of British Classics series on DVD. 'Thunder in the City' a comedy, was composed in 1937 when he started scoring and was still finding his way in the film music world. The film stars Edward G Robinson. Click icon for more information.
More DVD releases.
Doug Raynes reports that the Rozsa scored film VALLEY OF THE KINGS has become available in Spain in its first DVD release (region 2). If it follows the usual pattern it should shortly become avaialable from Warners archive.
EL CID is now available on Blu-ray in both France and Germany and is coming to the U.K. on the Anchor Bay label 16 May. The U.K. also gets BEN-HUR on Blu-ray on 5 September.
New Book publish date 29 March Miklós Rózsa's Ben-Hur: A Film Score Guide. by Roger Hickman, professor of music at the Cole Conservatory of Music Concert broadcast The third performance by Gilad Karni of the Viola Concerto in Zurich on 11 March was streamed live on internet. This event aimed more at younger people followed the two more traditional concerts from the previous evenings. Link to the stream
DVD r The latest Rózsa scored 'made to order' DVDr from Warners is The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover. More info.
Concert broadcast On Saturday 12th February the German radio station WDR 4 will broadcast and stream the 'Heroes in motion' concert which took place a week before. A suite of three movements from Ben-Hur will be included. The broadcast and stream will start at 8.05pm european time (7.05 GMT) WDR4 internet stream
Spellbound: Classic Film Scores of Miklos Rozsa New Naxos CD.
Concerts 2010 The end of the year 2010 saw a total of 110 Known concerts which featured one or more of Rózsa works in their programmes. This remains about the same as in the centenary year in 2007 though an unknown number of concerts escape our attention.
Choral suites sheet music The scores for the Choral suites (which also contain orchestra only cues) from both "Quo Vadis" and "King of Kings" have just been listed on the Schirmer site. Previously only the Ben Hur choral suite was available. All are rental scores. A full listing of links and music is available through the 'works' link on the homepage. The suites have been recorded by Erich Kunzel with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and can be heard on the attached CD.
Upcoming CD
French violinist, Christophe Boulier, who regularly performs Rozsa violin works in concert has recorded the Violin Concerto with the intention of releasing a CD, coupled with the Sinfonia Concertante, in 2011. Boulier will play the Sinfonia Concertante on February 19th, 2011/ Theater "Côté Cour", Cour des Religieuses, F-47170 Mezin (France). 14/Dec/10
Gilad Karni and the Viola Concerto. Miklós Rózsa remains a significant part of Gilad Karni's upcoming performance schedule. He is due to present his rendition of the Viola Concerto in nine performances over the next one and a half years. Starting in Switzerland in March with three performances, one of which will be streamed live. In Denver, four performances in October and in the following March another two in Turkey. Details are on the concerts page. Mr Karni's recording of the piece on Naxos is still readily available on CD and also as a download. Click above for details. The Gilad Karni Website has a full performance schedule displayed. 5/Dec/10
Warners archive have just announced the release of the Rozsa scored movie, Plymouth Adventure, made to order on DVD. Though not remastered specifically for DVD, the source is described as being taken from the best video masters available. Plymouth Adventure has not been available on DVD previously and the score is one of Rozsa's major early historical scores. More details. Filmscore monthly released the restored soundtrack a few years back. Plymouth Adventure soundtrack and audio clips 11/Nov/10
Internet stream There is a performance of Miklos Rozsa's works on Australian Sydney radio (2MBS-FM 102.5 MHz) on Tuesday 16th November 2010 at 10pm (2200hrs AEDT) local Sydney time . The programme is called "New Horizons" and includes a work "Piano Concerto op 31" by Miklos Rozsa, performed by Leonard Pennario with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra conducted by Wilfred Bottcher.
This programme is also simulcast-streamed on Internet www.2mbs.com on Tu/16/Nov/2010 at 0900hrs GMT/UTC.
Rózsa's London recordings reissue.. The Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis recordings conducted by Rózsa in the mid 1970's are to be released again in November this time with the selections from Julius Caesar which were conducted by Bernard Herrmann a few years earlier. View details
Swedish concerts. With half the performances behind them the Weber Quartet report that the concerts are going very well! "We've been getting quite a lot of appreciative comments on the Rózsa quartet, and people like it very much. They like that it's easy to listen to, and speaks direct to you when you hear it. Stefan Moberg, their cellist says "Personally, I like playing it a lot! It's a very physical piece and lots of fun to play!" The concerts conclude on 26 Oct. See the 'concerts' page for details. 19 Oct 2010
Gerhardt recordings . The renowned Charles Gerhardt recordings with the National Philharmonic from the LP era are being reissued on CD. The series included a recording of Miklós Rózsa's film music which at the time was rather scarce. The resultant recordings were received with praise because of the top class recording and sound which even today compares well with modern techniques. Though not included in the first releases except for the 'Sahara" title music on the Humphry Bogard disc the 'Classic Film Scores of Miklós Rózsa' is readily available on CD from Amazon. Click icon.
String Quartet in Sweden The Rózsa String Quartet No. 2 Op 38 will receive a substantial airing in Sweden in October when the Weber Quartet will play it at each concert in a twelve concert tour. The Weber Quartet have previously recorded the Opus 38 on their first CD which was released in March 2009 for the Courthouse Music label: " Legacy of the Hollywood Composers". The members are:
Ronnie Weber, 1st violin
Ellinor Weber, 2nd violin
Patrik Eriksson, viola
Stefan Moberg, cello. Weber Quartet site. Details of the performances are available on the concerts page.
Naxos Archives release Available for MP3 download only and at a very reasonable price. Concert Overture /Three Hungarian Sketches / Theme, Variations and Finale / The Frankenland State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miklós Rózsa. Naxos restricts downloads geographically but the Classics online site appears to support worldwide distribution online. Click icon for more information. Also available for download is the Concerto for strings as played by the MGM String Orchestra.
The Power on DVD Warners Archive has announced the release of the Rozsa scored film 'The Power'. As with other titles from Warners Archive the DVD will be made to order for delivery within the USA. More details 14/Sept/2010
The DVD'ography has received its latest update. Amongst the additions are YOUNG BESS, now also available from Warner Bros Archive series and A SONG TO REMEMBER, which is part of Sony's new on-demand series of Columbia classics. The Miklós Rózsa Society strives to keep fully updated lists of all Cds and DVDs which contain Rózsa composed music. 13/Sept/2010
Wide screen presentation Sunday, October 3rd 2010 at 10 a.m, Karlsruhe, Germany near the French border.
A screening of the Rózsa scored Bronston epic "King Of Kings" in its roadshow presentation in 70mm and 6 track stereophonic sound on a curved Cinerama screen.
This show is part of the annual "Todd-AO-Filmfestival" at the Schauburg Cinerama theatre in Karlsruhe, Germany, beginning on Friday and screening multiple titles throughout the weekend.
The print with dubbed German dialogue is from 1961 and it is expected that the colors may have faded over the years.
Regardless it presents a very rare occassion to see and hear this Miklós Rózsa masterpiece on the big screen again.
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Upcoming CD release The Piano Sonata is to to be included in a new CD by pianist Martin Perry. The recordings have been made and a release date is awaited from ECM in Munich. Martin Perry site July 2010
Live concert stream Rózsa fans from around the world tuned into the internet stream from Bialystok in Poland on Friday to listen to Mariusz Smolij conducting the Podlasie Philharmonic Orchestra in the Quo Vadis and Ben-Hur suites, live, in a good performance although brisk at times.
The Christmas sequence arranged by Christopher Palmer for choir and orchestra and performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & St Paul's Cathedral Choir is now downloadable from Amazon UK for a mere 69P. Geographical restrictions may apply. Click icon for details.
Hungarian composers and musicians have made numerous contributions that have and continue to have significant influence on classical music around the globe. Currently on view and officially running through the 28th of May at the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum (it may remain up for most of June), you can experience the rich history of Hungarian Classical Music from the Renaissance to the Contemporary through an exhibit titled “Hungarian Classical Music Composers.” The exhibit features 45 composers including Miklós Rózsa. Read more
Upcoming CD release Proposed CD release Rózsa's collaboration with conductor Maurice Skones and The Choir of the West at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma Washington U.S.A. resulted in a professional recording of his sacred choral works — To Everything There is a Season, op. 20; The Vanities of Life, op. 30; and The Twenty-Third Psalm, op. 34 in 1978. The recording produced by J S R Lasher and professionally recorded by Allen Giles for the Entr'acte Recording Society is set to be rereleased in 2011 along with the Lasher produced recording of Rozsa's chamber works Duo for Cello and Piano. Op. 8; Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 15a; Toccata capricciosa, Op. 36. Both productions were formerly only on LP.
Book release A recent book titled 'A Windfall of Musicians' gives an insight into how emigre composers and artists have benefited the American music culture. Miklós Rózsa as well as his musical peers receive attention in a broad look based in the main on survivor interviews and documentary archives.
Concert relays The Miklós Rózsa composed Viola Concerto has been the focus of live concert relays this last week in a live broadcast and internet stream on 15 April from BBC 3 with Lawrence Power and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Listen to the concert here
as well as a concert held in Cleveland Ohio on April 7 which was broadcast on a live internet connection in a stirring rendition by the Cleveland Institute for Music, CIM Orchestra with violist Tegen Davidge. This concert can be heard on Instant Encore 16/04/10
Rhino goes digital. Rhino hand made are offering digital downloads from their own online shop. The condensed British Ben-Hur release and Miklós Rózsa at MGM CDs are immediately available and one assumes that King of Kings and others will follow. The expanded Ben-Hur remains available on 2CD from their online store. www.rhino.com
CD release A 2CD of electronic music featuring tracks recorded largely in the 1940s, 50s and 60s includes Miklós Rózsa's Prelude from Spellbound. The CDs are released on the Chrome dreams label and titled 'Forbidden planets. Music from pioneers of electronic sound'. Details
Miklós Rózsa Treasury The recent CD box release comprising 15 CDs of remaining unreleased music from Rozsa's MGM film composing period has reportedly sold half of its limited release of 2000 since January 10, the release date. The set has been well received with praise from reviewers and consumers alike. Much of the content has not been available in any form previously. 08/02/10
Filmus-l The long running composer and film music discussion list has closed down. In a last posting moderator Stephen Wright explains that the diminished activity coupled with the passing of the co-listowner has prompted his decision to shut down the discussion list. Since its inception in 1993 the list has had many contributions and information shared by a number of well known Rózsa enthousiasts. The archive can no longer be accessed.
A CD of film music for guitar titled 'You must remember this too' released last July by Gregg Nestor has now been made available through selected download sites. It contains music, both original and adapted for guitar, oboe, flute and cello by Gregg and includes 'Suite in the olden style' prepared by Miklós Rózsa from his film scores. Individual tracks can be sampled free. For access to the downloads click on the icon.
Performances At a time when orchestras are feeling the economic pinch the number of concert performances including Rózsa pieces has shown another increase in keeping with the trend over recent years. Some 130 known concerts during 2009 included one or more Rózsa works in their lineup with a few dedicating their whole program solely to Rózsa. 08/01/10
Rózsa Society journal. A bumper issue of Pro Musica Sana, the society journal, has been printed and is currently being mailed. This issue will be the largest ever totaling 52 pages. The major analysis of the Ben-Hur score by Ralph Erkelenz receives its final instalment on this 50th anniversary year which will bring to conclusion the most complete reference for any Rózsa score or for that matter any film music score. Society members will automatically receive a copy and others can contact John Fitzpatrick or for Europe, Alan Hamer. See 'contact' page. Mark Kosower, the soloist in the recent world premiere recording of Miklós Rózsa's Rhapsodie for Cello and Orchestra, recorded in Budapest for Naxos with the Budapest Concert Orchestra MAV has been appointed principal cellist with the Cleveland symphony orchestra. He will also join the Cleveland institute of music cello faculty in the fall. The CD with the world premiere conducted by Mariusz Smolij will be available in early 2011. Accompanying pieces are to be "Notturno Ungherese," and "Overture to a Symphony Concert"
A new page has been created for the inclusion of interviews with Miklós Rózsa over his long career. Alan Hamer has kindly made available some in his possession which along with those already on the audio page of this site made it feasible to allot a special page to this important aspect of Rózsa's two tiered composing career. Not surprisingly, many interviews come back to the 'double life' aspect which he often himself deliberated on. Some were recorded directly from radio or television by members in the past with basic equipment so the sound quality varies extensively. We would very much like to add to this colection. Any addition would be most welcome. 11/09
A new CD from guitarist Gregg Nestor marks the 101st Rózsa listing in Frank De Wald's concert music discography. The CD reprises the Opus 19 Kaleidoscope for guitar on Cambria along with two-guitar arrangements by Gregg Nestor of works by Debussy, Poulenc, Turina, Beaulieu and Deak. Earlier CDs within the last year have included Rozsa's Sonata for guitar and Suite in the olden style plus various film work adaptions for the guitar as listed futher down the page.11/09
Just recorded for Naxos in Budapest from September 11 - 14, 2009 with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariusz Smolij. Conductor Erich Kunzel has died aged 74. Known by Rozsa enthusiasts mainly for his recording of the Choral suites and his regular recording of film music cues (most recently El Cid and Spellbound) with the Cincinnati pops orchestra. His passing will be felt in the music world. More information.
Organiser Jordi Borras has reported that the series of Rózsa chamber concerts being held in the Spanish Catalunya province in the months of August and September have got off to a good start. Surprise was a request by the local culture council member to hurridly organise a concert for August 1st which included the Rozsa solo piano works. The August 6th concert in Alcover was attended by a Government representative, the Mayor and the Cultural councillor. Center piece is the Viola Concerto along with piano clarinet and flute works with the Five songs to premiere in September. Concert dates,
August 6th, Alcover..... August 15, Pratdip.....August 16th , El Masroig.....August 23rd, Montbrió del Camp..... August 24th, L'Arboç.....September 10th, Aldover.....September 11th. Sant Jaume dels Domenys (May incl the Five songs)..... September 12th, El Pla de Santa Maria..... September 26th, Santa Coloma de Queralt..... September 27, Sarral. More details on the Concerts page. 08/09
Two Rozsa interviews carried out in BBC programmes have been added to the Audio pages. The interviews from 1973 and 1984 were made available by Alan Hamer who recorded them directly from the television and radio scources at the time of broadcast. Consequently the older recording has an archival sound quality but nevertheless presents a unique chance to listen to an otherwise unpreserved interview. 08/09
DVD Release. Miklós Rózsa scored film 'That Hamilton Woman' from 1941 issued on various labels over the years (see DVDography) will be released on September 8, 2009 as part of the Criterion collection. Extras on the DVD do not appear to delve into the music side of the film. Available on preorder. 08/09
An addition has been made to the growing information pages of the website. It gives details of the works and lists performers and groups that have Miklós Rózsa works in their repertoire as well as site or contact details of these artists. Some well known and other professionals are available for concert performances of their respective listed pieces. View the Contacts or Works links.07/09
The Rhino 2 CD Ben-Hur soundtrack which was out of print is being offered again in what appears to be a reissue. Amazon.com has it in stock for $23.
From Sara Davis Buechner; In November I will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of my New York debut with a solo recital at Merkin Hall in Manhattan. This recital will be recorded on DVD and CD, and will include repertoire highlights of my career -- music of Bach-Busoni, Mozart, Gershwin, Miklós Rózsa, Japanese composers and even a few transcriptions of my own. Please join me for this special occasion! Details
El Cid on Blu-ray in Germany
May 2009. German studio Spirit Media has announced the Blu-ray release of two remarkable historical epic films: 'El Cid' and 'The Fall of the Roman Empire', with a release date of August 21. Both films will feature 1080p VC-1 video and DTS-HD Master Audio tracks for both English and German. Each will contain nearly two hours of bonus features.
They are distributed by Koch Media, which usually hasn't applied region locking to its titles so far.
In the USA, The Weinstein Company holds the rights to both films.
Extras for 'El Cid' include:
Three original trailers
Picture gallery
Hollywood Conquers Spain: 'El Cid'
A Visionary Producer in Hollywood: Samuel Bronston
Miklós Rózsa, Master of Film Music
The Preservation of a Legend: Gerry Burne on the Restoration of a Classic
11 filmographies
Chandos has signed up violinist Jennifer Pike , a former BBC Young Musician of the Year and current BBC New Generation Artist, who will have an initial release for Chandos featuring the Violin Concerto and Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song, to be recorded in the summer of 2009 as well as Cellist/conductor Paul Watkins who will feature Rózsa’s Cello Concerto on his forthcoming disc for the label. Both discs will feature the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Rumon Gamba. details
Pianist Panayotis Archontides has been invited to present a lecture-recital on Miklos Rozsa at the World Piano Conference, May 4, 2009 (Serbia, Novi Sad). Mr. Archontides will be performing the Bagatelles op.12 and the Sonata op.20. The conference is organized by EPTA- Serbia.
A series of all Rózsa chamber concerts in the european summer-autumn period of 2009 promise to be a major event of the year. The concerts in Catalunya (Spain) will Start on August 6th and finish on September 27th with the possibility of being extended until the end of the year and into 2010. Quo Vadis has had its Blue Ray release in late March. Coming shortly after it's initial DVD release the early epic scored by Rózsa was one of his landmark scores setting the tone for future huge scores such as Ben-Hur. Reviewed here.
UCLA Film & Television Archive are holding a 'Festival of Preservation' through till April 26 in California in the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. Includes Rozsa scored film "Secret Beyond the Door" on April 4th. View Details and complete programme here.
Feb 23. Guitarist, Gregg Nestor has made available details of his upcoming CD which has just been recorded. Performers are
Jessica Pierce, flute. Francisco Castillo, oboe /english horn.
Kevan Torfeh, cello. Anna Bartos, soprano. David McKelvy, harmonica.
arranged and produced by Gregg Nestor. Miklós Rózsa's Suite in the Olden Style, derived from his film scores, takes up tracks 6 - 12.
The International Film Music Critics Association announced its annual awards on Feb 18 2009. The recent recording of Miklós Rózsa's acclaimed score for El Cid produced by James Fitzpatrick of the Tadlow label has been awarded the 'Best rerecording of an existing score'. Awards details Guitarist, Gregg Nestor, who's recent CD recording of 'The Miklós Rózsa collection - Music for Guitar' has been well received by Rózsa music lovers has announced that he will be recording the "Suite in the Olden Style"- a collection of dances from costume pics of Miklós Rózsa in a version for flute, oboe/english horn, cello and guitar (replacing the harp), based on Christopher Palmer's adaptation under the composer's supervision. The recording will take place on Feb. 20th and will be available soon in a new collection of adaptations of classic film scores for two guitars, and as a followup to the "Miklós Rózsa Music for Guitar" ( see below). In contrast to the earlier CD , the new recording will contain music by various composers.
The USA Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, celebrating their 60th Anniversary Season, will present two extra concerts which include Rózsa's Spellbound Concerto, outside of their normal performance schedule, on Friday morning February 20th when they will be bringing in over 1400 area 4th grade
students for two, free Educational performances. "The kids love these concerts and last time, we
received over 1400 hand-made thank you cards" says Jodi Engum Kryshak, Executive Director of the orchestra. The concerts for the general public take place on 21 & 22 Feb.
CD Release. Dec 1 2008. New Naxos Rózsa disc with the Budapest Concert Orchestra conducted by Mariusz Smolij. Works included in this recording are Hungarian Serenade and The Viola Concerto with violist Gilad Karni. The Rózsa compositions were recorded a year ago between November 5th and 10th 2007. Naxos . Smolij and Karni teamed up again last month for a concert performance in Louisiana on 8th November.
World premiere recording
Mariusz Smolij has advised that his recording of "3 Hungarian Sketches" (recorded with the already released Viola Concerto and Hungarian Serenade in November 2007) will be available on CD in late 2010 or early 2011 . Accompanying pieces will be recorded in Budapest this coming September: "Notturno Ungherese," "Overture to a Symphony Concert" and the world premiere recording of the orchestral version of the "Cello Rhapsody, Op. 3" with Mark Kosower (whose outstanding performance of the "Toccata capricciosa" has already been released on the same label). The orchestra will again be the Budapest Concert Orchestra MAV. Details
DVD Discography. Dec 2008. In addition to the Concert music and Film music discographies, the site now also has added a DVD discography compiled by Doug Raynes. The DVD era has seen an ever increasing number of major and minor releases of Rózsa scored films throughout the world and in a number of cases multiple releases of the same title. Thanks to Doug an ordered overview is now possible on the DVD discography which brings them together in one document along with the cover image. World concert premiere Michael Hurshell, Neue Jüdische Kammer philharmonie. Dresden, Germany, World concert premiere of Rózsa’s 'Andante for String Orchestra op.22a', at their concert series in Saxony. The arrangement, made by the composer and Mr. Palmer for CD recording in the 90’s, had apparently never been performed in concert. to date. Mr Hurshell "I am of course delighted by the privilege of presenting the work to live audiences for the first time."
The performances took place on November 10, 11, 12, 2008, Orchestra site
The president of the Miklós Rózsa Society, John Fitzpatrick has announced that the original publisher of the Rózsa autobiography 'A Double Life' has unearthed a substantial stock of the original paperback issue. These are being offered for sale. Details of the announcement are posted on the
Forum.
Recent Criterion DVD release. The Thief of Bagdad is notable because it was the score that Miklós Rózsa was composing when the whole production was moved to the USA during the war years. The composer stayed on in Hollywood and settled into a long career of successful composing for films and his classical works. This DVD has the distinction of having two Rózsa extra features. Firstly the 'music and effects track' described as having very few sound effects or being subdued and including alternate takes. Untill a new recording of the score is realized this could be the best alternative. Secondly there are excerpts from a 1976 radio interview with Miklós Rózsa.Follow the FSM discussion. New Recording Ohio University has announced the 2008 Baker fund award recipients. Included is a $12000 award for a project to record a CD of rarely heard works by 20th century composer Miklós Rózsa, a project Michael Carrera, Marjorie Bagley and Steven Huang are undertaking in the School of Music. "Any time we want to do a recording project, it becomes very expensive," Huang said. "With this Baker grant, we are able to complete the project in Eastern Europe."
More details Says Mr Frank DeWald from the Rozsa Society,"I have been able to confirm that the disc will include the Sinfonia Concertante (its 6th recording!), the solo violin sonata and, possibly, the Piano Quintet. The Sinfonia has already been recorded with soloists Bagley and Carrera accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra of Moldova conducted by Huang. The other work(s) will be recorded during the coming academic year. No label has yet been confirmed." Rózsa papers Miklós Rózsa donated a portion of his personal papers to Syracuse University in 1964 and the Estate has made a number of subesquent deposits. Following the Estate's latest deposit in 2005, inspired by the centennial year of 2007, and taking advantage of several skilled researchers and the new electronic media, the Library has created an inventory of the Rozsa Papers This splendid collection has been somewhat underutilized in the past and for years the growing collection lacked a proper catalog. Dr. Rozsa always wanted this material to be available to the public. Now his wish is a reality. The Bird Library (formerly the George Arents Research Library) with the very helpful staff there welcomes interested parties to Syracuse and offers a limited degree of research assistance to remote users via e-mail. The Miklós Rózsa Papers
Successful Rózsa Festival A Rózsa music festival was held in Belgrade, Serbia fom 16th till 19th May. The music event highlight was a major concert on 17th May which consisted of classical and film music with three Concertos. Also lectures (incl John Fitzpatrick, The Miklós Rózsa Society President) an exhibition and a series of Rózsa scored films in the days leading up to and following the concert. Rózsa works included the Violin Concerto, performed by Robert Bokor. Viola Concerto, performed by Gilad Karni. Sinfonia Concertante, performed by Raphael Wallfisch (cello) and Ilya Gringolts (violin). Overture to a Symphony Concert all with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yair Samet and as an encore, The Parade of the Charioteers from Ben-Hur. Festival site details Comments and opinions of the festival can be read at the forum Festival page. Also online photos taken during the festival.
CD Release. US buyers only. ROZSA CONDUCTS ROZSA.
Miklos Rozsa conducts the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, with Denes Zsigmondy, violin:
Concerto for String Orchestra op 17.
Kaleidoscope op 19a.
Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song op 4.
Miklós Rózsa conducts the Symphony of Rome:
Notturno Ungherese op 28.
Salome's Dance.(extended) Limited edition.
ReDiscovery Stereo RD 134 - 58:27 - $15 Details and Audio samples
Rózsa Film Festival The Castro Theatre in San Francisco held a festival of Rózsa scored films over the Christmas /New year holiday period.
Organized by Steve Vertlieb who interviewed the composer's daughter, Juliet Rozsa, read tributes and introduced some of the films. The Hungarian Embassy in the USA issued a proclamation to coincide with the festival honouring Miklós Rózsa for his contribution to film and classical music. A similar proclamation from the Mayor and city of San Francisco was read at a screening.
Live performances of Rózsa's music were to have been presented on the restored theatre Organ leading up to some of the film screenings.
Read a review, of proceedings.
Centennial
A rather underpublicised event in Santa Margherita, the seaside hideaway in Italy where Rózsa composed so much of
his classical music, has turned out to represent one of the more noteworthy events of the centennial year. A two day festival was held on the 5th & 8th September in celebration of
the Maestro's 100th birthday year. Peformances of Chamber music were the order of the day including the Sonata for Duo Violins op 15, Serenade for Strings Op 1 amongst others.
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New Recording November 5th till 10th saw the recording of a New Naxos Rózsa disc by the Budapest Concert Orchestra conducted by Mariusz Smolij. Works intended for inclusion in this recording are
Hungarian Nocturne, Hungarian Serenade, Hungarian Sketches and The Viola Concerto with violist Gilad Karni. Naxos announcement.
Centennial An all Rózsa concert of chamber music organized by Ecran Sonore took place in Paris on November 16th in honour of the Centennial. The four concert pieces for Piano, Violin and Cello
were performed at the Nadia and Lili Boulanger Conservatory.
CD Discography This major compilation by Doug Raynes has been added to the Miklós Rózsa society website giving an overview of CD releases and relationship to past LP releases, if any.
The documents are in pdf format and give a description of the CD and track listings along with an image of the cover. A very useful guide for those seeking out Rózsa CDs.
See Miklós Rózsa society Homepage Quickview version
Centennial Highlight of the weekend of August 17-19 was the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Rozsa tribute with screenings of Ivanhoe, The Thief of Bagdad, The Killers, and El Cid (an original IB Technicolor print) The
series was to be introduced by Jon Burlingame, hosting a panel discussion including Bruce Broughton, Rudy Behlmer, and Juliet Rozsa. Details
Centennial At the International Film Music Conference held in Úbeda, Spain, from the 19th till 22cnd July, the programme opened with an hour long scheduled Miklós Rózsa tribute with Robert Towson & Joan Padrol as part of its first day.
CD Release From January 5 to 7, Philippe Quint and William Wolfram recorded works for violin and piano by Miklos Rozsa.
Mr. Quint also recorded the composer's Sonata for Violin Solo. The sessions took place at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, with Norbert Kraft and Bonnie Silver in charge of production and engineering. Reports Philippe Quint: "I loved the Gould
Hall and generally the whole atmosphere. I am expecting this to be a really great album -- the wonderful music may even be
a discovery for the violin world, especially the solo sonata. Open link to this CD. The CD is available online for around $8 Recording sessions video
Centennial On Thursday 6th September as part of the West Norfolk Music Society Festival (England) which featured Rózsa's works in four concerts,
Alan Hamer, European Society representative, gave an "Illustrated Talk" on the music of Miklós Rózsa in conversation with Andrew Knowles & the Society's Artistic Director Desmond Hayes-Lynge. It included interviews with the Composer as well as clips from his film scores & recorded excerpts of his music, especially those pieces to be performed throughout the Festival.
Festival Site. See Performances page for Concert details.
Centennial The year of the centennial of Miklós Rózsa's birth has seen an upsurge of interest in his music with the production of both new recordings and performances around the world. Over sixty known performances of his works have either taken place during this year. While a number of these can undoubtedly be attributed to the centennial, a good reason to perform a Rózsa
work, the carryon effect should ensure repeat performances to come. Soloists such as Robert McDuffie and Anastasia Khitruk are ensuring that Rózsa is being heard further abroad in concert as well as new recordings for Naxos. Further some major new recordings of Rózsa film scores have been released or are pending.
Pro Musica Sana, The Miklós Rózsa society magazine was issued in the Spring of 2007. This new and record sized centenary edition of PMS ( 44 pages) contains part 3 of Ralph Erkelenz's mammoth Ben-Hur
Score analysis, taking it up to the Balthasar's world cue. Part 1 can be read elsewhere on this site. Frank K DeWald reviews new CD recordings of Miklós Rózsa's works. Furthermore there are listed concerts and recordings, both upcoming and recent.
Part 4 will start with Ben-Hur's return to Jerusalem. The never recorded music for the dungeon scenes, the different versions of the lepers theme and the three versions of the Intermission music will be discussed, plus the two Entractes and the Circus music.
All in the next issue of PMS. Available by subscription which automatically ensures membership to the Miklós Rózsa Society.
CD Release. SPELLBOUND : Intrada 7100 : Intrada announced a late May release for the new Spellbound recording. To be added to the celebrated Excalibur series, the
recording is conducted by Allan Wilson and Performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
In a joint effort between Intrada and Belcanto, the Spellbound Oscar winning score became a top priority for a full recording and it was
compiled and restored by Rózsa expert Daniel Robbins. In late November 2006, the score was recorded in its entirety in Bratislava, Slovakia at the Slovak Radio Concert Hall under the
baton of Allan Wilson and engineered by Peter Fuchs. For authenticity, an actual theremin was located in London and
recorded at the Ridge Farm Studios in West Sussex. The theremin was performed by Celia Sheen. Alan Hamer, who attended the recording sessions gives an account in the following article,
Spellbound in Bratislava. Intrada is making available Video clips of the recording process
and you can follow the resulting Forum Discussion.
Label, Intrada 7100 : Date, 1945 : Tracks 21 : Time = 74:50 : Recorded Nov 2006 Centennial October 2007. For three days the famous German Cinerama cinema "Filmtheater Schauburg" in Karlsruhe,
presents a dozen classic film epics in the king of all film formats: 70mm. BIG weekend BIG film format BIG screen.
Includes “Ben Hur” (212 min) + intermission and “El Cid” (182 min) + intermission.
Todd-AO 70mm-Festival site CD Release. The new recording of The Private life of Sherlock
Holmes Tadlow 004 received its first official release on April 18th 2007 (Centennial date of Rozsa's birth)
The City of Prague Philharmonic under the baton of Nic Raine recorded Miklós Rózsa’s complete score, parts of which are
heard for the first time. Rózsa’s score which incorporated portions of his Violin Concerto has been received well with
positive reactions flooding the discussion forums. Says James Fitzpatrick of the Tadlow label; "I believe that the
orchestra responded to this score with more enthousiasm than any other piece of music I have recorded with them over the
course of 20 years." Music audio samples CD Release. American Piano Sonatas. divine art dda 25052. Peter Seivewright - (piano).
To celebrate the 100th birthday of Elliott Carter in 2008, and what would have been Miklós Rózsa's 100th in 2007,
this Cd will contain each composer's Piano Sonata, together with Macdowell's Fourth Sonata and the "Three-Page Sonata" by Charles Ives. Release Summer 2008.
Link CD Release. Miklos Rozsa A Centenary Celebration. Varese Catalog #: 302 066 810 2. CD Release. Sodom and Gomorrah CDDM074. 100th Anniversary double CD Edition. The 111.38 minute score was licensed for release from C.A.M. 1000 units only in the first issue from the Stereo session tapes. Sparse notes and a track listing in Italian. The first issue on CD of the Legend LP set with a few added bonus chants discovered on the session tapes.
Listen to clips of this score. CD Release. Three Choral Suites. Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis, King of Kings.
Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Listen to clips of this CD. CD Release. Elmer Bernstein's Film Music Collection
FSM Set of Bernstein recordings which include Rózsa's Thief of Bagdad, Madame Bovary and Young Bess.
CD Release. Quo Vadis & Ben Hur reissue The London recordings by Rózsa. Recently reissued with superb sound and both recordings in one set.
Listen to clips of this CD set. Centennial.Syracuse University presented a Rózsa-Waxman exhibition in honour of the centennials from February till 31st May.
Details
A Rózsa handwritten score cue to Farewell
from Time after Time was sold by auction on 15th Dec for $850. From discussion on the Rozsa Forum, it appears this may be an unrecorded alternate cue. Morgan and Stromberg announced their new recording label 'Tribute Film Classics' in December 2006. In the resulting
discussion on FSM John Morgan states that it is their intention to record some Rozsa material. Titles mentioned are
Thief of Bagdad, Five Graves to Cairo and The Red House . However, more recently, John Morgan put a damper on it when he stated "Rózsa is in our plans, but everyone seems to be doing him now". Centennial. A book by Jeffrey Dane, titled "A Composer's Notes: Remembering Miklós Rózsa," was published late in 2006 to coincide with the Rózsa centenary. Dane writes of his memories of Rózsa and includes personal letters, photos and facsimiles. The book is available either directly from the publisher (iUniverse), or through other online venues as well as bookstores.
CD Release. June 2006. Miklós Rózsa - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra op.32. Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello and Orchestra op.29
Raphael Wallfisch, Philippe Graffin, BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth. GLD4018. CD details DOWNLOAD ROZSA MP3 ALBUMS OR TRACKS Upcoming Performances
Links to Rózsa mp3 Audio clips. Rózsa Sheet music
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Notice from Cellist Brinton Smith; A new Naxos disc is being released in March. It is titled Exiles in Paradise; emigre composers in Hollywood. The program for the CD is perfomed by the same couple who recorded the Rozsa CD for Koch in 1998. 
The Italian cellist Luciano Tarantino who has in his repertoire the Toccata Capricciosa by Rozsa, has made a CD titled 'CELLO SOLO JOURNEY' which features various works for cello including Rózsa's op. 36. The CD will be available in July. A voyage across a century of solo cello repertoire from Europe and America. More detailed information is available from 
BluRay, Time after time
Warner Archive has revealed that it will release on Blu-ray Nicholas Meyer's film Time After Time(1979), starring Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, and Kent Williams. The release will be available for purchase on November 15.
CEREMONIAL DEDICATION OF THE MIKLÓS RÓZSA MEMORIAL PLAQUE ON THE WALL OF THE MUNICIPAL KULTU’RHA’Z, FORMERLY THE RÓZSA FAMILY COUNTRY HOUSE IN NAGYLO’C, HUNGARY. SATURDAY, JUNE 16. The Hungaria Nostra Los Angeles Foundation has arranged to erect a memorial plaque in memory of Miklós Rózsa at nagylóc with the partcipation of invited guests including Ambassador of US and Hungarian cultural dignitaries.
Latest CD release news.From Frank K Dewald;
American (but British-based) clarinetist Jean Johnson has recorded Rozsa's two works for solo clarinet for release on the Avie label this June. The disc, which includes both the Op. 27 Sonatina and the Op. 41 Sonata, also includes the two clarinet sonatas by Johannes Brahms (in which Ms. Johnson is accompanied by her husband and duo partner, Steven Osborne). It is available for pre-order in the U.S. from Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/brahms-r-zsa-clarinet-sonatas-jean-johnson/27590236?ean=822252231120. Amazon and other online retailers will presumably carry it as well. Planned U.S. release date in June 10; U.K. release date is set for June 23. 
The Man in Half Moon St. Intrada has announced an April 1st release date for a new CD recorded by Allan Wilson and The Royal Scottish National Orchestra. To include more than twenty minutes of rerecorded music from the title film and a selection of suites and cues from other movies. This CD should be eagerly received by Rózsa film score fans.
2. The Lord is My Shepherd (Miklós Rózsa)
In a surprise announcement on the 105th anniversary of the birth of Miklós Rózsa, Intrada Records springs news of the latest release in its Excalibur Collection, featuring a rerecording by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra premiering the complete Miklós Rózsa score to the 1947 film 'The Red House'. No firm release date has yet been given though Intrada states "Fall 2012". Intrada... "The unique combination of the 1940s and the film-noir genre provided Rozsa with an opportunity to compose some of his most stunning film scores. The Red House is one of the greatest of these scores. Full of passion, action, and drama, the score has only previously been released in suite format. Kevin Kaska reconstructed the entire score from scratch, ensuring strict adherence to Rozsa's original orchestrations and resulting in a CD of the complete score running over an hour. In all of Rozsa's extensive body of work, it is no exaggeration to state that this score contains some of the most compelling music he had ever composed".Conducted by Allan Wilson and featuring the Winchester Cathedral Chamber Choir. Retail Price: $19.99. 18 April 2012
Eureka Entertainment in the UK have announced the Blu-ray releases of DOUBLE INDEMNITY and THE LOST WEEKEND in their Masters of Cinema series (which usually have plenty of extras) for 25 June. However these are bound to be locked to region B because Universal have the North American rights. Both these films have suites available for rental for performance as listed under the "Works pages".
Available from March 1st is the remastered CD reissue of the Charles Gerhardt recording of Rozsa film music. The Gerhardt recording was one of a series he made of different composers and were acclaimed as being of superior quality from a period when many film scores were difficult to come by.
presented Rózsa's Toccata capricciosa for solo cello op.36, written for Gregor Piatigorsky in 1976.
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CD Release Oct 28 2008 
El Cid Recording The Following Announcement by Tadlow Music on Sept 10th 07. James Fitzpatrick, record producer and orchestral
contractor for Tadlow Music Ltd, has announced today final plans for the first ever complete recording of the classic epic score by MIKLOS ROZSA for EL CID. This long cherished
project has had a bit of a stop/start progress but now the project is proceeding with some haste. In fact, some 70 minutes of material is already “in the can”. This was recorded
over the course of 4 sessions in September with the 94-piece City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nic Raine. Major cues recorded so far include “Overture”,
“Prelude/Main Title”, “Entry of the Nobles”, “Coronation”, “Fight for Calahorra”, “The Road to Asturias/13 Knights”, “The Expedition”, “Wedding Night”,“The Barn – Love Scene”,
“El Cid March”, “Battle of Valencia” “The Death of El Cid” and the “The Legend and Finale”. The rest of the score, some 70 minutes more, will be recorded in Spring of 2008 when
final reconstruction and orchestration from Rozsa’s original sketches is completed by Nic Raine. After the orchestral sessions there will be some brass recording
(to be confirmed) with the Cornets of the Central Band of the RAF as well as choir sessions with Crouch End Festival Chorus and organ recording in Peterborough Cathedral.
Once the recording is completely finished the plan,as yet to be confirmed, is to release a Limited Edition 3 Disc Set. Discs 1 and 2 to be the Stereo masters, while disc 3 will
be DVD formatted and feature the entire score in a full 5.1 cinema surround sound. Because of the scale of this project no recording date is as yet set but Autumn 2008 seems
most likely. The team recording EL CID are the same team who recorded earlier this year the successful and highly-acclaimed THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: Conductor
Nic Raine, Sound Engineer Jan Holzner (recording at Smecky Studios in 24bit, 96Kzh High Definition Sound), Mixing Engineer: Gareth Williams, The City of Prague Philharmonic
with Concert Master Lucie Svehlova, and Producer James Fitzpatrick. 
