Quo Vadis Ben Hur Music Cd

Quo Vadis - Quo Vadis Ben Hur

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Quo Vadis & Ben-Hur      List Price : $25.98 USD        Your Price : $25.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2007-07-02      Studio : Dutton Labs UK      Label : Dutton Labs UK      Avg. Customer Rating : (2 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Quo Vadis Ben Hur      The Best of the Best      Rating:      I first became aware of this recording in the mid-1980's when I stumbled across the LP version of the QUO VADIS score. It quickly became one of my favorites. I have searched and searched for it on CD ever since. Rozsa's seminal score for this grand-daddy of all Biblical epics is one of the lost treasures of film scoring. From the massive chimes and chorus of the Main Title, through the crushing brass of the burning of Rome to the whispered chorus and organ of the finale -you could not ask for a better textbook introduction to the art of film scoring or the works of Miklos Rozsa. This CD presents both the QUO VADIS and BEN HUR re-recordings on separate discs of this two-CD set. Both discs have a running time of about 44 minutes each -for a total of just over 88 minutes.     Customer Reviews for Quo Vadis Ben Hur Cd      Terrific!      Rating:      I second everything Larry wrote, except I give it five stars. For one thing, the original Ben-Hur soundtrack album is significantly bettered by the composer's remake on London/Decca -- better orchestra, better sound -- and add to this you get more of the score. Quo Vadis, probably less known, is an even bigger knockout of a score, and, again, you get more than stingy little excerpts. On the other hand, the two-CD price *is* annoying.