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Miklós Rózsa feared that success as a film composer might overshadow his reputation as a composer of classical concert fare. He was right Three Oscars and 17 Academy Award nominations will do that to you. The two worlds were strangely incompatible and forced Rózsa into what he called his InchDouble LifeInch - both the name of one of the films for which he won an Oscar and the title of his autobiography. But the three orchestral works presented here, from his early, middle, and late phase Miklós Rózsa feared that success as a film composer might overshadow his reputation as a composer of classica l concert fare. He was right Three Oscars and 17 Academy Award nominations will do that to you. The two worlds were strangely incompatible and forced Rózsa into what he called his InchDouble LifeInch - both the name of one of the films for which he won an Oscar and the title of his autobiography. But the three orchestral works presented here, from his early, middle, and late phases, are a charming introduction to discovering that second side of his Album Tracks 1. Overture to a Symphony Concert, Op. 26A (Revised Version) [08 51] 2. I. Marcia [04 08] 3. II. Serenata [06 55] 4. III. Scherzo [04 46] 5. IV. Notturno [04 02] 6. V. Danza [03 34] 7. I. Intrada [04 56] 8. II. Intermezzo Arioso [08 48] 9. III. Finale Allegro Con Brio [09 45]
