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A 23 track collection of some of the finest music from one of the most acclaimed Hollywood Golden Age composers. Featuring epic scores such as Quo Vadis, El Cid, The Thief of Baghdad, Sodom and Gomorrah, King of Kings and the OSCAR® winning score for Ben Hur Plus tracks from the more romantic side of Rosza including the haunting waltz from Madame Bovary, the Concerto for Orchestra from Hitchcock’s Spellbound and the Valse Crepesulaire from Providence. Performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic and Crouch End Festival Chorus. Conducted by Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman and Nic Raine.
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“With Gladiator reinvigorating the interest in all things sword’n’sandal, this is a good time to revisit the master composer of the historical epic. The pomp and power of Ben-Hur (1959) strides across the collection as a colossus, but there is also stirring work spanning Julius Caesar (1953), 1963’s Sodom And Gomorrah and Quo Vadis (1951). Away from the epic scores, you also get stunningly realised haunting beauty (1977’s Providence), doomed romanticism (1945’s Spellbound) and exotic orchestral melee (1973’s The Golden Voyage of Sinbad). Expertly interpreted by the City Of Prague Philharmonic, this is a strong starter pack to a movie musical titan.”
- **** Empire Magazine
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