Rozsa Ben Hur

[2a14bc3]

the great miklos rozsa

[Silkspine]

I'm sad I can only 'Like" this video instead of giving it ten stars. Wonderful footage, a real treat indeed.

[drchepa]

the best composer ever in cinema history, many says john williams who is a great composer but rosza was for me greater and much more emotional, the music for lust for life spellbound and many others are just a little example of his greatness.....

[Archzenom]

This EPIC FILM DESERVES AN EPIC SCORE~!!!!

[thewritingwriterof89]

I DEMAND the second part.

[leonarddaccardi]

noyhing in this world compare to the sheer brilliance of roszas'music unforgettable!!

[dacabaps1000]

Sell me a copy to this please!

[gpri88]

SECOND PART PLEEAAASSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[johnhi00]

Thanks, but where's the rest of it? And could you also post the Fox Fanfare that Previn conducts at the beginning of the show. I believe this was a PBS show called "Previn and the Pittsburgh".

[yoamolatimba]

thank you my friend

[billyguns2]

The greatest composer of film music ever, and a wonderful conductor! He also wrote some marvelous non-film music, including a great violin concerto which was recorded by Heifetz.

[georgel19841]

my  god

[avatarnarutochuck]

I know. Can you say EPIC?! ^_^

[NIQBAL21]

So so happy to see the great man discussing & conducting some of his music!

Thank you very much for uploading this vid.

[itzcorruptionz]

AWESOME MUSIC!

[Anelairene]

I would love to know where he got his inspiration!

[spacepatrolman]

He got his inspiration from doing research, there is a school music text book that has photographs of miklos rosza consulting with musicians from various countrys when composing film scores.[ a record that i used to listen to everyday was ravi shankars sitar conerto conducted by andre previn ] .

[Anelairene]

Oh my.. completly shocked in a good way.

I always loved the music and tried to find out who it was, thank you.

Is there a second part to this?

[EscapeTwoVictory]

yes there is a full suite but my DVD to video software only does 5 minutes at a time

[suicunetudor]

Oh, my God. It's so good to see Miklos Rozsa conduct his masterpiece. Thank you so much for the upload.

[henrykkingdom]

good conductor!!great composer

[PeterAndres18]

Happy 102nd Birthday, Miklos Rozsa! May your brilliant music live on and on!

[DMaustrap]

Wow Incredible!!! Thanks for the upload!

[ingres809]

billyguns2 "...in the 1930s/40s/50s...the greatest music began to be written for films..."

Give me a break. Much as I, too, love a lot of it, especially scores by Hermann and Rozsa, most soundtracks were/are derivative & schmaltzy. Can hardly fault u for being bored by, say, a lot of minimalism (not that there isn't *any* great said), but there's plenty of outstanding, original music from the 20th-21st century, and most of it's NOT from films; you're listening too much to classic fm.

[zeekwolfe]

I read your critique of Miklos Rozsa. He was a master of classical music and classic movie music. Bernard Herrman wrote the film world's greatest film score when he wrote "Vertigo." Perhaps you would be kind enough to give us your education and music background so we can properly evaluate the phrase "derivative & schmaltzy."

[billyguns2]

Somewhere in the 1930s/40s/50s classical music took a wrong and limited turn; the greatest music began to be written for films, and this is one of the prime examples. Rozsa was a serious composer who could write inspiring melodies! Check out Heifetz playing his Violin Concerto; amazing!

[jacqui4elvis]

xpoppiox, your so right, omg, just incredible, i love the music from ben hur, and to see it performed, well has left me speechless (for once!!! lol)

[xpoppiox]

my god...just incredible

[spacepatrolman]

I have an audio tape of this its previn and the pittsburg symphony tv series from pbs this episode also has previn conducting now voyager and psycho and john williams conducting some of his music.

[EscapeTwoVictory]

its not available yet which is too bad. i got it at a Chiler convention a couple years ago.

my knowledge is that its long been in circulation on dvd from a VHS or beta master tape.

[johnfliggins]

Is this available on dvd or cd?

[Prospro8]

It's not really the Overture (of which there are at least three!), but the 'Prelude' to the concert suite. Rozsa was in many ways Previn's mentor at MGM, and both men wrote unequalled music scores for films.

[Cramnella]

Miklos Rozsa gives as powerful a reading of his magnificent Overture to "Ben Hur." Our culture is all but dead that there is not one living composer to equal the grandeur of this small genius.