CD, Rozsa (composer)

Roman Simovic, the London Symphony Orchestra’s leader, plays both concertos with great panache where needed, also finding just the right degree of warmth and rhythmic flexibility in the variation... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2025, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The whole disc is brilliantly played and as brilliantly recorded — Gramophone Magazine More…

These performances by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Rumon Gamba, who have many a cinematic credit to their name, carry the conviction of an original soundtrack recording in state-of-the-art... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2014 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…

Rózsa's Hungarian roots… were …expressed… in the Overture to a Symphony Concert… a bright and positive score which would grace any concert programme. Most impressive of all is the Tripartitia... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2008 More…

Power treats each piece on its own terms and the comparison turns out to be a telling one...[His] immaculate sense of line, and his charismatic sound, is a balm in Bartok's understated concerto.... — Classic FM Magazine, December 2010, 4 out of 5 stars 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…