Premiere recording of the complete 157-minute score from one of the greatest films of all time includes previously unrecorded music Ben Hur (1959) won a then-record 11 Academy Awards and starred Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd,Deluxe 2-CD set with 16-page full-colour bookletNewly recorded in stunning and dynamic 24-Bit 96kHz Digital SoundPerformed by the acclaimed and multi-award-winning City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus conducted by Nic Raine. 96-piece orchestra augmented by extra percussion plus 80-voice choir produced and financed by veteran film score producer James Fitzpatrick of Tadlow Music new score & orchestration reconstructed by Rózsa Expert Leigh PhillipsInformative booklet notes by Frank K. DeWald.
Probably the Most important (and Expensive) Classic Score Reconstruction
Recording Produced by James Fitzpatrick for Tadlow Music
- 1 -
- 1. Overture (6:17)
- 2. Anno Domini / Star of Bethlehem / Adoration of the Magi (5:0
- 3. Fanfare & Prelude / Marcia Romana / Spirit & Sword (5:04)
- 4. Salute For Messala / Friendship / Friendship Continued (5:00
- 5. The House of Hur (2:24)
- 6. Conflict (1:54)
- 7. Esther / the Unknown Future (4:24)
- 8. Love Theme / Ring For Freedom (5:27)
- 9. Salute For Gratus / Gratus Entry To Jerusalem (4:25)
- 10. Arrest (1:28)
- 11. Reminiscences (2:05)
- 12. Condemned* / Escape / Vengeance (3:41)
- 13. The Prison Part 1 / Behind Grills / the Prison Part 2 / Si
- 14. The Desert / Exhaustion / the Prince of Peace / Roman Galley
- 15. Salute For Arrius / Quintus Arrius / the Roman Fleet (2:28)
- 16. The Galley (the Rowing of the Galley Slaves) / Rest (4:30)
- 17. Battle Preparations / the Pirate Fleet / Attack! / Ramming S
- 18. Victory Parade / Victory Finale (2:48)
- 2 -
- 1. Fertility Dance (1:57)
- 2. Arrius' Party (1:21)
- 3. Nostalgia / Farewell To Rome (2:26)
- 4. Judea / a Barren Coast (3:51)
- 5. Balthazar's World (3:51)
- 6. Harun Al Rozsad (2:19)
- 7. Homecoming / Memories / Hatred (5:23)
- 8. The Dungeon / Lepers (3:22)
- 9. Return / Promise / Sorrow / Intermission (7:34)
- 10. Acte (Original Version) (3:34)
- 11. Panem Et Circenses (1:10)
- 12. Circus Fanfares (0:43)
- 13. Fanfare For Circus Parade / Circus Parade (Parade of the Cha
- 14. Ben-Hur Crowned / Bitter Triumph / Aftermath (2:55)
- 15. Valley of Lepers / the Search / the Uncleans (5:42)
- 16. Road of Sorrow / the Mount / the Sermon / Frustration (5:28)
- 17. Valley of the Dead / Tirzah Saved (4:12)
- 18. The Procession To Calvary / the Bearing of the Cross / Recog
- 19. Golgotha / Calvary / Afterthoughts / Shadow of Storm (2:35)
- 20. The Miracle / Finale (5:27)
- 21. Love Theme From Ben-Hur (3:00)
