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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (28)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.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (33)Posted:Sep 11, 2022-1:30 AM
By: iankemsley(Member)

Wonderful! Thank you for posting this. A great way to wake up this morning. All those words - him and the music!

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (38)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) -

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (44)Posted:Sep 11, 2022-5:53 AM
By: Graham Watt(Member)

Thanks for that, Zooba. I was going to mention something about BEN-HUR. I'd had it in my head for a week or two but never had the time to post it. And I don't have the time now. But thanks for reminding me to try to remember not to forget.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (49)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)?

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (54)Posted:Sep 11, 2022-9:46 AM
By: Howard L(Member)

You know, I was present when the Florida Symphony performed this suite many years ago and was grateful to see the soloists live amid the grandeur of a full orchestra. But seeing this now is even better than that. Indeed, watching Rozsa (!) conduct makes all the difference.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (59)Posted:Sep 11, 2022-4:47 PM
By: Rozsaphile(Member)

You may be right that this is the only video of Rozsa conducting an orchestra. Countless still photographs and my personal memories of live concerts (most notably the Piano Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1968) have obscured the fact that I know of no other film or video recording.

Incidentally, Previn's bit of handing off the baton with "Here's the Pittsburgh Symphony" was just an act. The performances were taped separately in a different studio.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (64)Posted:Sep 11, 2022-4:56 PM
By: filmusicnow(Member)

Now if they would only issue "Previn At The Pittsburgh" including this show and the show where Previn conducting Aaron Copland's "The Red Pony" (which Previn referred to as a "terrible film") and a guest appearance by John Williams conducting his main theme from "Star Wars" on D.V.D. or Blu ray. Unfortunately, there's the issue of music rights.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (70)Posted:Sep 11, 2022-5:11 PM
By: ZapBrannigan(Member)

Wonder if this is the only known footage of Miklos Rozsa conducting?

Well, that just made my day. A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (71) The icing on the cake is that it happened in 1979, so we're seeing just what he must have looked like conducting Time After Time, which is my runaway favorite Rózsa score and in my top three scores of all time.

And I must say, the context of actually seeing him conduct Ben Hur re-energizes that score for me, too.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (76)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.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (81)Posted:Sep 11, 2022-5:36 PM
By: Howard L(Member)

And I must say, the context of actually seeing him conduct Ben Hur re-energizes that score for me, too.

Exactly. Out of all his greatest hits when M. Jarre came here and conducted, watching him doing Lawrence near the end of the program did the same thing for me. Just talking about this brings goosebumps.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (87)Posted:Sep 11, 2022-5:51 PM
By: ZapBrannigan(Member)

My eyes are not what they used to be. Can anybody see how the Pittsburgh orchestra was miked?

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (92)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.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (98)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

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (103)Posted:Sep 13, 2022-4:32 AM
By: Peter Greenhill(Member)

Excellent to see Rozsa conducting a suite of this wonderful score.

Thanks for posting.

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A joy to watch Miklos Rozsa conduct BEN-HUR! (108)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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