Composer of the Week - Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) - High Definition

Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) Donald Macleod explores the music of two composers who provided the soundtrack to Hollywood's Golden Age. 4/5. High Definition Korngold's Hollywood resume took a downward turn while Rozsa entered the most productive years of his Hollywood career, leading to the era of the epics Quo Vadis and Ben-Hur. And another emigre musician caught the eyes, and ears, of both composers: violinist Jascha Heifetz. Korngold: King's Row (main title) National Philharmonic Charles Gerhardt (conductor) Rozsa: Madame Bovary (Waltz) City of Prague Philharmonic Kenneth Alwyn (conductor) Rozsa: Ave Caesar (Quo Vadis) City of Prague Philharmonic Kenneth Alwyn (conductor) Rozsa: Violin Concerto, Op 24 (3rd mvt) Anastasia Khitruk (violin) Russian Philharmonic Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) Korngold: Violin Concerto (1st mvt) Gil Shaham (violin) London Symphony Orchestra Andre Previn (conductor) Rozsa: Ben-Hur Suite North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Laszlo Kovacs (conductor).