Browse: Concertos, Rozsa (composer)

Pike immediately evokes memories of Heifetz with her silver purity of sound and quicksilver agility, inflected by a narrow, medium-fast vibrato. What sets her apart, however, is the gentle cushioning... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The second volume in Chandos's survey of Miklos Rozsa's orchestral output gets off to an auspicious start with a beautifully nuanced performance from violinist Jennifer Pike of the Variations... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

What gives pleasure here are generally those works convincingly performed by the forces their creators originally intended. There are muscular, imaginative and witty solo pieces by Rózsa and... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 2 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Technically there is plenty to admire: in the Copland alone, there’s the smooth beauty of his liquid flow, plus peerless breath control, and a strong alliance with conductor Chris Hopkins and... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Skride sizzles in this gathering of 20th – century US works. Beyond the Bernstein, Rózsa’s red-hot concerto adds fuel to the fire. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Unlike many film composers whose concert music often fails to convince, Rózsa understood that writing in abstract demanded a different approach, not least in placing his melodic genius at the... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Rósza's… Viola Concerto composed in 1979 for the young Pinchas Zuckerman, is perhaps his finest work altogether, a brooding, passionate and eventually enlivening utterance that deserves to stand... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…