Anyone able to post the proper CD cover? I don't have a scanner anymore to easily add the proper cover to my rip.
Also, EAC had a hell of a time correcting errors on my CD but so far it seems the rip has zero skips. Each disc took 6+hours to rip, a huge amount of time.
Anyone able to post the proper CD cover? I don't have a scanner anymore to easily add the proper cover to my rip.
Also, EAC had a hell of a time correcting errors on my CD but so far it seems the rip has zero skips. Each disc took 6+hours to rip, a huge amount of time.
Whoa, I used EAC to rip mine to and had no such problems (no errors on my disc). They were ripped in minutes, not hours.
Arrived today, overjoyed great recording, just listened to disk one, also printed the prelude score. Thank. you James for this great recording. P. S. looking forward to listening to disk 2 later.
Thanks for those cover links. Much appreciated. I'm not complaining because it seems my rips are not skipping in Disc 1 yet but I hope nobody else has the issue. I tried playing Disc 2 while Disc 1 was ripping and got lots of skips. There is no visible damage with either disc.
It reached Connecticut yesterday -- by "Royal Mail," no less -- and provided two hours of glorious respite from the stresses of current events. Wonderful to think that James and Nick have now given us Rozsa's entire epic trilogy of 1959-61. As well as the forerunner, Quo Vadis, and the epilogue, Sodom and Gomorrah. Well done, Sir!
Frank DeWald's booklet notes are predictably fine but do not offer a detailed commentary. I strongly endorse Frank's suggestion that anyone who loves the score consult George Komar's notes in the Rozsa Society's Pro Musica Sana no. 60 (2002). These were published in connection with the poorly documented Rhino release and will greatly enhance your appreciation of Rozsa's scoring. I see that the digitized version (below) contains its share of typos, introduced by the scanning process. There are still some hard copies of the issue available for anyone who might prefer the original.
It reached Connecticut yesterday -- by "Royal Mail," no less -- and provided two hours of glorious respite from the stresses of current events. Wonderful to think that James and Nick have now given us Rozsa's entire epic trilogy of 1959-61. As well as the forerunner, Quo Vadis, and the epilogue, Sodom and Gomorrah. Well done, Sir!
That's a pretty stunning achievement indeed, when you sum it up like that!
It reached Connecticut yesterday -- by "Royal Mail," no less -- and provided two hours of glorious respite from the stresses of current events. Wonderful to think that James and Nick have now given us Rozsa's entire epic trilogy of 1959-61. As well as the forerunner, Quo Vadis, and the epilogue, Sodom and Gomorrah. Well done, Sir!
That's a pretty stunning achievement indeed, when you sum it up like that!
It is pretty stunning especially considering we also got the glorious recording of The Thief of Baghdad along with them. They have captured the spirit of Rozsa with these so well.
I'm really enjoying King of Kings. It has just the right tone for what I am generally looking for. I expect this will get more play than Ben Hur from me.
When I started ripping my copy to Apple Music (formerly iTunes), my computer identified the discs as the old Rhino 2 CD set, and asked me if I wanted to replace them.To keep both versions, I renamed the new recordings as King of Kings Complete Score, CDs 1 & 2.The new recording is not identified as complete or as a re-recording, so it sometimes confuses the computer.But when I just upgraded to Beta OS Big Sur, the recordings are now clearly separated.Oh, the perils of the Digital world. Luckily I maintain physical CDs of most everything.
I'm really enjoying King of Kings. It has just the right tone for what I am generally looking for.
I wonder if you care to expand.
Simple answer, it has the right combination of epic feeling, action, and emotion without pulling me down like some tracks in Ben Hur. Also doesn't have many tracks with vocals of the sort that pull me out of the experience other than one in disc 2 with the male vocals. Works well while I am reading a novel. I haven't watched Ben Hur recently enough to pinpoint which emotion keeps the music from working the same for me. I will have to do more side by side of the two Tadlow editions to see if I can figure out the difference.
