Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz; Gregor Buhl - Miklos Rozsa: Overture to a Symphony Concert; Hungarian Serenade; Tripartita

Miklos Rozsa 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 tends to do that. The two worlds were strangely incompatible and forced Rozsa into what he called his Double Life - the title of both a film for which he won an Oscar and that of his autobiography. The three orchestral works presented here, from his early, middle and late phases, provide a charming introduction to his alternative side.