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I bought the RCA Sabu in its original 78 RPM form at a church tag sale, and I treasure it. But I am glad that it was recorded at least once without the narration. Yes perhaps the repetitions could have been deleted here and there, but it's wonderful to be able to revel in this ravishing music unencumbered by verbiage, when I'm in the mood to do so. And it contains music not available anywhere else, even on that great Film Music Society album from the acetates.
Incidentally, John, do you remember that RCA tried to "shoehorn" not one but TWO different Leo Genn narrations into the THIEF suite? At one time or another both versions have surfaced...
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Samples:
http://www.theclassicalshop.net%2FDetails.aspx%3FCatalogueNumber%3DCHAN%252010806
Now this is unquestionably audiophile. EVERY instrument is clear as a bell, yet mixed.
Brilliant sound, brilliant performance. The 'Ben-Hur' Prelude is as sensuous as it should be because somebody knows JUST where to plant the horns. You can even hear them in that sort of orgasmic collapse between the 'Judah' theme's climax and the love theme, and frankly, in many recordings you can't. In fact they're only clear in the OST, the Savina .... and here.
And the oriental suites are perfect. really spirited and sensuous.
This is one great one.
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This thread was about a "new" Rozsa cd that's 80 minutes long and we already have 73 minutes of it!
The way I see it is that this is potentially Volume One of a digital Polydor-like series, with brilliant performances and recording. The fact that a SAHARA suite premieres on this volume makes one wonder what other goodies Chandos may have in store for us.
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Chandos, so far, appears to be working entirely from existing materials. Well, it's a start.
That's the way Chandos works, as a rule. Their ethos is that if a suite exists, then that represents the composer's intent, and it does make everything easier. I think they always use published suites. They also tend to favour established or famous films. Remember, this is a classical label, and their intent is for the bigger profile. You may say, 'only 5,000 copies?' but Chandos feature greatly in trade mags, radio broadcasts in the UK, and concert material ideas for conductors.
But that's no limitation. All the Polydor suites are somewhere in MS.. The RPO recently recorded the Polydor 'Lost Weekend' suite again, and John Waxman has some.
Maybe there could be new recordings of the Oscar-winning 'Double Life' suite, the Spellbound Concerto (yes, it would need to be there for a representative collection for Chandos' sake), the RCA suites themselves, and the Polydor, the old Nuremberg epic suites, the Silva material, the 'Julius Caesar' suite ... the list is endless. Plus the recent reconstructions by people like Daniel Robbins for Intrada etc.. And if they all sound like this, with a top layer orchestra, then it'd be great.
You should also remember that they've done at least one FULL score, Korngold's 'Sea Wolf'. That had a more echoey acoustic than they're using now, but they did it.
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Chandos is now offering a copy of Rozsa's autobiography, DOUBLE LIFE, to the first 50 people who order directly from the label. The official release date is March but the disc will be available from Chandos around Monday Feb. 17. In order to qualify to receive a book orders must be made by phone to 01206 225220 or by email to dmartin@chandos.net.
The performances are wonderful and the selection -- at just over 80 minutes -- is very generous!
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Also worth noting, theclassicalshop.net is not only offering this album in lossless flac, but also in HD (24 bit/96 kHz). If you are purchasing the HD download, you get the CD resoluation and MP3 download for free. I'm currently loading - this should sound marvelous!
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I don't have to book so thanks for the heads up, Frank! Email sent -- any idea how Chandos ended up with 50 copies of A Double Life? I thought it was out of print for one thing...
Yavar
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