THE TEN COMMANDMENTS was only in the advance planning stages when they canceled those plans, after learning that Intrada was working on a release of the complete original recording. In retrospect I really wish Intrada hadn't shared that information (though I'm sure it worked out better for their sales), because James Fitzpatrick made it sound like a complete new Ten Commandments would exist otherwise, and it took like 4 years after Tadlow would have done it, for Intrada to finally release their version. While I value Intrada's fine work in releasing the score, the sound quality is extremely variable (because they were working from multiple sources), and sometimes quite disappointing. This masterpiece really needs a complete new recording to shine, and now I think that will never happen.
As for KING OF KINGS, that's already recorded (a while ago, really) and should be announced in the next couple of months.
Yavar
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