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|  |  |  | |  |  |  | Posted: | Sep 10, 2022-11:43 PM | | | By: | Zooba(Member) | Wonder if this is the only known footage of Miklos Rozsa conducting? He is so regal in his conducting of BEN-HUR. What a joy! From PREVIN AND THE PITTSBURGH 1979. I think of all these words (synonyms for regal) as I watch the Maestro conduct: Majestic, grand, impressive, imposing, splendid, superb, magnificent, noble, proud, stately, dignified, exalted, glorious, striking, spectacular, awe-inspiring, breathtaking, sumptuous, opulent, fine, luxurious, deluxe, lavish, resplendent, monumental, palatial, august, distinguished. 
| | | | | | |  |  |  | Posted: | Sep 11, 2022-2:02 AM | | | By: | Prince Damian(Member) | Wonder if this is the only known footage of Miklos Rozsa conducting? He is so regal in his conducting of BEN-HUR. What a joy! From PREVIN AND THE PITTSBURGH 1979. I think of all these words (synonyms for regal) as I watch the Maestro conduct: You missed one( from my neck of the woods) - 'Shit hot'  
| | | | | | |  |  |  | Posted: | Sep 11, 2022-9:29 AM | | | By: | Graham Watt(Member) | And so it came to pass that he who posteth little, but it be quality rubbish, had time to set forth on screen his rabbit, which showeth him up to knoweth very little about anything, or nothing about nothing. His rantings shall be displayed below, should the jury have the aguantation to herewith readeth such inconsequential ravings of a lunatic. Hello playmates! I always loved BEN-HUR (film and score) but as turns out to be so often the case, I'm obviously not as nutty about this stuff as some of you peeps, although I am a bit of a nutMEG. So, I noticed with a lack of surprise that I don't have many versions of BEN-HUR on LP or CD, but I can stand proud and say that I have "more than one". Getting to the bleedin' point, I only recently acquired, in a "shop" made of bricks which occupied space on a street, the double CD on the Sony label, from 1996. It appears that this has the same contents as the Rhino/Turner release(s). In my ignorance I find it a particularly compelling presentation of the score. More than forty tracks on each CD but I didn't notice because they often follow on from each other without a break. I was never bored and got through the full set without even glancing at the clock. Is this version considered amongst the erudite to be "good". Is it okay for me to think that it's great, or should I be hanging my head in shame because of... well, you tell me. And finally Cyril, and finally Esther (no, not hur in the film), is this the "same" as the first two CDs in the FSM box set (which I don't have)? 
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | Posted: | Sep 11, 2022-5:25 PM | | | By: | Primo(Member) | Wonder if this is the only known footage of Miklos Rozsa conducting? He is so regal in his conducting of BEN-HUR. What a joy! From PREVIN AND THE PITTSBURGH 1979. I think of all these words (synonyms for regal) as I watch the Maestro conduct: Majestic, grand, impressive, imposing, splendid, superb, magnificent, noble, proud, stately, dignified, exalted, glorious, striking, spectacular, awe-inspiring, breathtaking, sumptuous, opulent, fine, luxurious, deluxe, lavish, resplendent, monumental, palatial, august, distinguished. There's footage in one of Wilder's films –– The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, I think –– of Rozsa conducting a Tchaikovsky ballet. Someone please tell me if this is correct. 
| | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | Posted: | Sep 12, 2022-2:08 AM | | | By: | Bob DiMucci(Member) | My eyes are not what they used to be. Can anybody see how the Pittsburgh orchestra was miked? There are omnidirectional mikes hanging from the ceiling near the front of the orchestra. The camera pans past two of them--entering from the right of the frame--one at 6:36 followed by another at 6:50. I love how Rozsa never lets the pace of the music flag, unlike many composers who tend to take their re-recordings of their own pieces at a slower tempo. 
| | | |  |  |  | Posted: | Sep 12, 2022-9:03 AM | | | By: | ZapBrannigan(Member) | There are omnidirectional mikes hanging from the ceiling near the front of the orchestra. The camera pans past two of them--entering from the right of the frame--one at 6:36 followed by another at 6:50. Thanks! I couldn't see the mics, and didn't want to suspect the orchestra was lip syncing. Of course it was real. I love how Rozsa never lets the pace of the music flag, unlike many composers who tend to take their re-recordings of their own pieces at a slower tempo. Some of these Herrmann tracks would be an example: https://www.discogs.com/release/2382037-Bernard-Herrmann-Psycho-Great-Hitchcock-Movie-Thrillers 
| | | | | | |  |  |  | Posted: | Sep 13, 2022-5:53 PM | | | By: | Chris Malone(Member) | Excellent to see Rozsa conducting a suite of this wonderful score. Sure is! This was fantastic! Chris 
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