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http://www.fmrev.com/reprinted-cd-article-the-private-life-of-sherlock-holmes/
In 2007 I was honored to become a part of the singular release of Tadlow Records' World Premiere recording of Miklos Rozsa's beloved motion picture score for Billy Wilder's melancholy masterpiece, "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes."
Juliet Rozsa, daughter of the 3 time Oscar winning composer, and I were invited by Tadlow producer James Fitzpatrick to contribute liner notes to the spectacular CD recording conducted by Nic Raine and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, with rapturous violin solos by Lucie Svehlova.
This exquisite recording was recently re-released by Tadlow and, in honor of its recent reappearance in the film score marketplace, here are my original liner notes for this memorable tribute to Billy Wilder, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, composer Miklos Rozsa, and the world's remarkable first consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Published by composer/ music preservationist, Roger Hall, be sure to check out Film Music Review's new online home at www.fmrev.com
Steve Vertlieb
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Fine liner notes, Steve. It's a good day to revisit the CD and the film.
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Fine liner notes, Steve. It's a good day to revisit the CD and the film.
Thanks, George. That was my hope in publishing the original liner notes … that it might renew interest in, and appreciation for, both Dr. Rozsa's wonderful score and Tadlow's sublime recording of this beautiful music.
Steve
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Loved this score since the days when the movie came out. Scarfed up the Rozsa Polydor album with the suite and the Heifetz recording of the concerto. The Tadlow re-recording is superb but I missed out on the original tracks. How is that CD?
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Mar 18, 2020 - 1:26 AM
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Graham Watt
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Loved this score since the days when the movie came out. Scarfed up the Rozsa Polydor album with the suite and the Heifetz recording of the concerto. The Tadlow re-recording is superb but I missed out on the original tracks. How is that CD?
Hi villa - the Quartet release of the original tracks is obviously not as stellar sounding as the Tadlow recording, but it's not as bad as we were initially led to believe. The biggest controversy regarding the Quartet release is that they dropped in the Heifitz performance "as if it were" part of the original score. It's all discussed in an earlier thread. The Search function isn't working at all now, but I might find it through a normal Google search, then link to it here.
And while I'm at it, I may as well link to another old thread in which I express my reservations about one aspect of the Tadlow rerecording. That's why I'm glad I've got both - Neither do it completely right, but between the two...
Ah - Found the one for the Quartet release -
http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?pageID=1&forumID=1&threadID=100425&archive=0
It's a lengthy thread. The interesting comments (meaning after people had actually received and heard it) start about page 4, depending on what kind of spaceship you have.
And here's the one about the Tadlow re-recording. Well, it's one of many, but the only one in which we hear a dissenting voice, and that voice is mine. I think it's healthy to express honest opinions that go against the grain. It's an even lengthier thread than the Quartet one, but the fun starts right on page 1, after my post of February 6 2014. Prof McCrum was my impartial ally on that one, up against the evil Dr Moriarty-Thaxton.
http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=101115&forumID=1&archive=0
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Like all of you, I wish that the three Polydor album tapes could be found and reissued in sound quality as brilliant as the original lp's. Those original albums were utterly magnificent.
Steve
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I agree about the Rozsa Polydor albums. I grew up in the 60s and my initial film music passions were Barry, Goldsmith, Schifrin, Jones, Bacharach--definitely not golden age.
In the 70s I discovered:
1) Herrmann's London Phase 4 recordings
2) Gerhardt's classic film score series
3) Bernstein's film music collection
4) Rozsa's 3 Polydor albums
5) Walton's Henry V
6) Friedhofer's Best Years of Our Lives
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Fine liner notes, Steve. It's a good day to revisit the CD and the film.
Yes, I will do likewise this week. I like the music (and Rózsa's Violin Concerto as well) a lot, and will now take the time this week to sit down an listen to the entire recording and read the booklet (got the Tadlow recording). Could not decide what albums to listen to this week, so I might as well take this suggestion from the Internet. :-)
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Graham, I've looked periodically into getting the Quartet release, but the second-hand market is very expensive. I'll watch for a reduction or a re-issue.
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