Orchestral Works Vol.1 : Gamba / BBC Philharmonic

MIKLOS ROZSA (1907-1995)
Orchestral Works, Volume 1

Three Hungarian Sketches, Op. 14
Hungarian Serenade, Op. 25
Overture to a Symphony Concert, Op. 26a
Tripartita, Op. 33

BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic here embark on a new orchestral series with music by Miklos Rozsa. Despite his many Hollywood film commitments, the composer always made time to write the music that was most important to him, that for the concert hall.

The four works recorded on this first volume offer a strong impression of his concert style, one which the leading conductors of the day held in high regard. The ebullient Three Hungarian Sketches was the official Hungarian entry at the International Music Festival in Baden-Baden in 1938. The large late Tripartitia, composed in 1971, has an earthy quality but exudes also in places an evocative nocturnal mood. It is complemented by two works in a lighter vein, the Overture to a Symphony Concert and the Hungarian Serenade.