Quartet Records and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer present the remastered reissue of the wonderful, memorable music composed by Miklos Rozsa for Billy Wilder´s classic THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, this time in a 2-CD set with extra material.
Wilder’s unique take on the world’s greatest consulting detective was meant to explore previously dark corners of Homes’ life?including his addiction to cocaine and his troubled relationships with women. Last-minute studio jitters forced Wilder to make massive cuts, shortening the running time from 210 to 125 minutes. The resulting film, in spite of great performances by Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Genevieve Page and Christopher Lee, failed to catch fire at the box office, although it has acquired an admiring cult audience over the ensuing years.
For the music, Wilder turned to his friend and past collaborator (FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO, THE LOST WEEKEND, DOUBLE INDEMNITY) Miklos Rozsa, asking him to adapt his Violin Concerto, Op. 24, for the film. Rozsa obliged, augmenting the concert work with a number of evocative new themes for the picture. The music for Holmes anticipates the elegant but autumnal mood of such later scores as PROVIDENCE, TIME AFTER TIME, FEDORA and LAST EMBRACE, while simultaneously combining the compassion and wisdom of experience with the wit, charm and joie de vivre of youth.
In 2013, Quartet Records released the first official edition of Rozsa’s original recording, sourced from music stems located at MGM (the original studio masters, alas, are lost); it quickly sold out. That CD, in spite of its less-than-ideal sound, preserved the composer’s own irreplaceable interpretation, bringing this marvelous music back to life more than 40 years after it was written.
Although no new elements have magically appeared since then, audio engineer Chris Malone has applied new technology to the existing material, and the result is this new edition with greatly improved sound quality. (We are now able to include the original version of “Gabrielle”?which was so damaged some of it had to be left off the earlier release?complete for the first time.) We are happy to present this as a belated celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary in 2020 (due to the current world situation, final approvals did not arrive in time to release this last year as originally planned).
On the second disc we have included the premiere CD edition of the famous “Fantasy” that Rozsa recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for his album “Rozsa Conducts Rozsa,” released on Polydor in 1977. Also included is a new remastering of the premiere recording of the violin concerto on which so much of the score is based, performed by the inimitable Jascha Heifetz. Finally, all the source music recorded and supervised by Rozsa himself is also included on the second CD.
This revised edition of the original tracks of THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, extraordinarily performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the composer’s baton, was a labor of love for everyone involved. The immortal music of Rozsa deserves nothing less. The lavishly designed package includes a 24-page booklet with revised liner notes by Frank K. DeWald. ---レーベルより
ビリー・ワイルダー監督によるホームズ譚。忘れることが出来ないミクロス・ローザのサウンドトラック。2013年にリリースされ即完売となったサントラが、今回、進化したテクノロジーにより劇的に音質を改善。前回ダメージがひどく収録できなかった楽曲も収録。さらに２枚目に1977年にリリースされたロイヤル/フィルハーモニック・オーケストラ演奏による“Rozsa Conducts Rozsa”のアルバムから有名な“Fantasy”の楽曲、Jascha Heifetzによるヴァイオリン協奏曲、そしてローザ自身の指揮によるソースミュージック7曲に別バージョン3曲収録して50周年記念盤（昨年予定でしたが、コロナ禍で遅れて）リリース！演奏はミクロス・ローザ指揮、ロイヤル・フィルハーモニック・オーケストラ。限定1000枚。
トラックリストある夜ホームズの部屋に担ぎ込まれてきた記憶を失った美女。ホームズの推理で記憶を取り戻した彼女は、あらためて行方不明の夫の捜索を依頼する。やがてその事件は、ネス湖の伝説の怪獣へと彼らを導いていく……。出演：ロバート・スティーヴンス、コリン・ブレイクリー、クリストファー・リー。1970年、米。
Quartet Records and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer present the remastered reissue of the wonderful, memorable music composed by Miklos Rozsa for Billy Wilder´s classic THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, this time in a 2-CD set with extra material.
Wilder’s unique take on the world’s greatest consulting detective was meant to explore previously dark corners of Homes’ life?including his addiction to cocaine and his troubled relationships with women. Last-minute studio jitters forced Wilder to make massive cuts, shortening the running time from 210 to 125 minutes. The resulting film, in spite of great performances by Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Genevieve Page and Christopher Lee, failed to catch fire at the box office, although it has acquired an admiring cult audience over the ensuing years.
For the music, Wilder turned to his friend and past collaborator (FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO, THE LOST WEEKEND, DOUBLE INDEMNITY) Miklos Rozsa, asking him to adapt his Violin Concerto, Op. 24, for the film. Rozsa obliged, augmenting the concert work with a number of evocative new themes for the picture. The music for Holmes anticipates the elegant but autumnal mood of such later scores as PROVIDENCE, TIME AFTER TIME, FEDORA and LAST EMBRACE, while simultaneously combining the compassion and wisdom of experience with the wit, charm and joie de vivre of youth.
In 2013, Quartet Records released the first official edition of Rozsa’s original recording, sourced from music stems located at MGM (the original studio masters, alas, are lost); it quickly sold out. That CD, in spite of its less-than-ideal sound, preserved the composer’s own irreplaceable interpretation, bringing this marvelous music back to life more than 40 years after it was written.
Although no new elements have magically appeared since then, audio engineer Chris Malone has applied new technology to the existing material, and the result is this new edition with greatly improved sound quality. (We are now able to include the original version of “Gabrielle”?which was so damaged some of it had to be left off the earlier release?complete for the first time.) We are happy to present this as a belated celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary in 2020 (due to the current world situation, final approvals did not arrive in time to release this last year as originally planned).
On the second disc we have included the premiere CD edition of the famous “Fantasy” that Rozsa recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for his album “Rozsa Conducts Rozsa,” released on Polydor in 1977. Also included is a new remastering of the premiere recording of the violin concerto on which so much of the score is based, performed by the inimitable Jascha Heifetz. Finally, all the source music recorded and supervised by Rozsa himself is also included on the second CD.
This revised edition of the original tracks of THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, extraordinarily performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the composer’s baton, was a labor of love for everyone involved. The immortal music of Rozsa deserves nothing less. The lavishly designed package includes a 24-page booklet with revised liner notes by Frank K. DeWald. ---レーベルより
DISC 1
1. Main Titles / 221B Baker Street (4:29)
2. The Smoke Machine / Violin Concerto / Cocaine (1:48)
3. Watson’s Rage / Being Presumptuous (2:04)
4. Von Tirpitz Appears (1:11)
5. Gabrielle (3:39)
6. No 32 Ashdown St. / Canaries (4:02)
7. The Diogenes Club (1:34)
8. To Glenhurich (Loch Lomond) / The Parasol (2:09)
9. Inverness / Valladon (5:32)
10. The Sighting (1:08)
11. Castles in Scotland / Urquhart Castle (5:01)
12. After the Monster / The Monster Strikes (4:42)
13. The Last Act (2:04)
14. Ilse Von Hoffmanstal / A Certain Royal / Gabrielle’s Awakening (3:39)
15. Holmes’ Morse Code / Eternal Silence (3:12)
16. Farewell / Auf Wiedersehen (3:09)
17. The End / End Titles (1:45)
DISC 2
1. Fantasy (From “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes”) (8:39)
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ? Miklos Rozsa, Conductor ? Erich Gruenberg, Violin soloist
VIOLIN CONCERTO Op.24
2. Allegro non troppo ma passionato (11:28)
3. Lento cantabile (7:35)
4. Allegro vivace (7:51)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra ? Walter Hendl, Conductor ? Jascha Heifetz, Violin soloist
SOURCE MUSIC
Adapted and Conducted by Miklos Rozsa
5. Excerpts from Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) (3:41)
6. Balalaika (Tchaikovsky) (2:20)
7. Balalaika ? Waltz (Tchaikovsky) (1:49)
8. Balalaika ? Hungarian Dance (Tchaikovsky) (2:07)
9. Balalaika ? Mazurka (Tchaikovsky) (2:06)
10. Balalaika ? Russian Party Music No 3 (Tchaikovsky) (4:33)
11. Variations from La Follia (Corelli) (1:51)
BONUS TRACKS
12. Gabrielle (Concert Version) (4:45)
13. Eternal Silence (tracked) (Alternate) (0:41)
14. Main Titles / 221B Baker Street (Extended Version) (5:29)