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Just saw on the Rozsa site that a new CD by Chandos is on its way. Apparently set for release in March. Consisting of new recordings of various suites.
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That sounds like great news. You can't beat MIKLOS.
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Very happy to hear Sahara will be included. I'm in.
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Ben-Hur isn't really needed....but the other three are very welcome.
Would be nice to get a nice new recording of the symphony and the piano concerto though...
If you want to sell unlimited CDs to the big market, then BH is an essential. I'd be pretty sure that the recent BBC season of film music concerts and shows, especially John Wilson's Prom concert, would have a bearing on this, given Chandos have released concert albyms by Rozsa.
It'll probably be the orchestral suite, and it'll be excellent. The inclusion of the 'Sahara' orchestral suite is clearly the hook for the afficionados, so there's something for everyone.
The piano concerto is overdue. The symphony isn't a work Rozsa himself liked, and it shouldn't be akong the first rank of concert stuff available.
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hmm... pass! what a waste!
If they would rather do proper and full recording (or at least similar 2->1CD reduction like in the case of Sea Hawk) of Thief of Bagdad I wouldn't hesitate a second. In this case I'll survive without another recording of the suites and wait for their more complete presentations, which will happen sooner or later.
Why is it a waste? Why bother to even say this? Are Chandos supposed to go and cane themselves? That'll teach 'em.
It just never gets through. People just don't get it.
The Chandos series is excellent, an excellent conductor in Rumon Gamba and an excellent set of BBC orchestras in Salford and London. And excellent recordings too, despite the lie (for lo, that is what it is ...) that they're heavy on concert ambience and reverb. Largely put about by rivals anyway.
They've recently released 2 CDs of Rozsa's concert works. They've also recorded over many years, complete compilation albums from many film composers, mostly British. though Korngold had a go.
It's necessary for them to record what is REPRESENTATIVE of a composer's output. You can't market a CD called, 'Miklos Rozsa: The Classic Film Scores that Collectors Don't Already Have'. In fact, I'm amazed that they've included 'Sahara' and that's clearly because they ARE thinking on the collectors too. Frankly, they did not have to do that, and we should be grateful.
And why do you assume you have these suites already? You certainly don't have the Sahara suit which was only ever exposed via a private recording taken from radio broadcast.
Think strategic. Don't think self-masturbation, think of the COMPOSER and new audiences, and HIS legacy. Forget the bull here about small markets of 3,000 across the globe and downward spirals. If his legacy is increased, then there'll be more interest and eventually more of his more obscure material will be released. And remember that Chandos, as with VW and Korngold, might just release a second volume later.
How many times needs it be said? The big hitters like Ben-Hur MUST be perennially available and newly done, as with ANY 'great' work by a great composer. Chandos is a serious classical label. They don't seek the living among the dead.
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