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Interesting. Though I wonder why they're focusing on Zador before they've even finished Rózsa.
Funny, Rózsa never acknowledged Zador's work as his orchestrator. In Double Life, he only mentions him once, in passing.
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Funny, Rózsa never acknowledged Zador's work as his orchestrator. In Double Life, he only mentions him once, in passing.
Oh, he did, he did, often.
But if you've seen Rozsa's sketches, there's very little left for an orchestrator to do at all, they're so detailed. Easily 90% of the info is in there. That's to some extent why Rozsa's concert works sound from the same hand as his film-scores.
Zador was good in his own right, but the Rozsa connection doesn't manifest that.
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I haven't listened to the Zador recently enough to comment on it. But if you're looking for "classical music similar to Rozsa," why not start with other 20th Century composers with a Hungarian accent, such as Zoltan Kodaly (start with HARY JANOS SUITE), and Bartok (try CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA). Then again, there's lots of other great stuff out there to recommend, depending just what it is in Rozsa which most appeals to you. For instance, if you like the Oriental Rozsa, then there's Rimsky-Korsakov's SCHEHEREZADE. If you're more into the Noir Rozsa, then maybe some Russians like Prokofiev or Shostakovich could be more to your taste.
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There's a wonderful Hungarian composer named Szervansky, now deceased, who wrote a lot of lyrical stuff that pleased my personal Rozsa palate. Seek him out on LP's and a few CD's and I think you'll thank me.
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Nov 7, 2015 - 11:18 AM
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finder4545
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I haven't listened to the Zador recently enough to comment on it. But if you're looking for "classical music similar to Rozsa," why not start with other 20th Century composers with a Hungarian accent, such as Zoltan Kodaly (start with HARY JANOS SUITE), and Bartok (try CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA). Then again, there's lots of other great stuff out there to recommend, depending just what it is in Rozsa which most appeals to you. For instance, if you like the Oriental Rozsa, then there's Rimsky-Korsakov's SCHEHEREZADE. If you're more into the Noir Rozsa, then maybe some Russians like Prokofiev or Shostakovich could be more to your taste.
Along with others, I have four albums of the fine Bartók's "complete edition" made in the 70's by Magyar label "Hungaroton", where Budapest Symphony and Philharmonic were conducted by talented native conductors (Korodi, Lehel, Erdelyi, Sandor). Hungarian Peasant Songs, Hungarian Sketches, Dance Suite, Kossuth and many others of Bartok accompanied for years my listening of Rozsa! Pierre Boulez released a very good performance of Concerto for Orchestra with NY Philharmonic. Thanks for having remembered Kodály, Zador and Bartók!
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(Pre-) Ordered!
Thanks, Chriss.
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Thanks for posting these, chriss - I seek 'em out every time. Great composer for anyone looking for warm-blooded music in the Bartok/Kodaly/Rozsa idiom. Enjoying his Festival Overture as I write.
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Interesting. Though I wonder why they're focusing on Zador before they've even finished Rózsa.
Funny, Rózsa never acknowledged Zador's work as his orchestrator. In Double Life, he only mentions him once, in passing.
Zador wasn’t even mentioned on the opening credits on some of the feature films Rozsa scored.
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His symphonic work “Christopher Columbus” (narrated by Lionel Barrymore) was great too.
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