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Miklos Rozsa Film Music for Piano, vol. 2

Posted By: Milera

Date: 24 Sep 2009 13:50:06

Miklós Rózsa (April 18, 1907 - July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-born composer, best known for his film scores, most notably the score to the 1959 epic Ben-Hur.

When Daniel Robbins graduated from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, in 1976 with a Masters degree in composition his thesis took the form of a string quartet, wich he didicated to Miklós Rózsa. Robbins had by that time long been acquainted with the composer and had spent a year studying orchestration with him. Additionally, as a pianist, Robbins had played a number of Rózsa works in recital, including the difficult Sonata, opus 20, making him the composer's choice when it was decided in 1994 to record a number of Rózsa's film themes in piano form for Intrada, the success of wich CD called for a second volume.

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Allan Pettersson - Symphony No. 7 and No. 16

Posted By: Milera

Date: 14 Apr 2009 01:45:07

Allan Pettersson - Symphony No. 7 & No. 16
Classical | FLAC Lossless or MP3 320 kbit/s | 292 MB or 138 MB | 1:02:42 | Covers | Booklet | RS
1994 Swedish Society SC D1002
These are the world premiere recordings of Symphony No. 7, conducted by Antál Doráti (1969) and Symphony No. 16, conducted by Yuri Ahronovitch (1984). Symphony No. 7 is perhaps the most popular of Pettersson's symphonies and this version by Doráti has conquered many hearts.

Allan Pettersson (1911-1980) was raised in the slums of Stockholm, at an early age interested in philosophy, religion and music. He studied the violin and the viola at the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm, played the viola in the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra between 1939 - 1951, and made a late debut as composer in 1949 with a fiery and much criticised concerto for violin and string quartet. He went to Paris to study for Honegger and René Leibowitz, returned to Stockholm and devoted himself to composing music: symphonies, string concertos, sonatas for two violins - just to mention the more important works.