Anton Bruckner - Symphony No.9 - The Cleveland Orchestra/Franz Welser-Most DVD

Advantages: Fascinating insight into a very private conductor
Disadvantages: One always wants more concert clips in DVDs like this...

...and colleagues, and of course from Abbado himself - which is perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the DVD as up to now he has always preferred to talk through his music rather than to journalists. The orchestras featured in the performance extracts are the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Performance and rehearsal extracts played during the DVD are by: Luigi Nono - "Prometeo"; Dvorak - Symphony No. 9; Beethoven - Symphonies No. 1, 3 and 9, Egmont Overture; Bruckner - Symphonies No. 1 and 9; Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms; Brahms - "Ein deutsches Requiem"; Richard Strauss - "Elektra"; Webern - 6 Pieces for Orchestra; Mahler - Symphony No. 2; Debussy - La Mer and Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5. Some of the extracts are quite brief, but all are incredibly musically... Read review

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Advantages: Metallica and a symphony... How cool is that?!
Disadvantages: none at all

...-captioning and subtitling. And the special bonus - two additional versions of "No Leaf Clover" ("Slice & Dice" video version and "Maestro Edit"). // 10 Production Quality: The main thing about this concert and the production is the lighting effects. Great job during One and a few other songs. There is not much cursing in this concert compared to past ones besides the few said in the songs. // 9 Impression: What is the most impressive thing on the DVD? Metallica playing with a symphony is my best bet. I love it all, and would buy me another one and buy a few more for my friends. Also has a great cover! // 10... Read review

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Advantages: Superb historical performances and fascinating insights
Disadvantages: Only that there are no bonus interviews this time

...- Symphonies No. 4 and 5; Johann Strauss II - "Kuenstlerleben", "Emperor Waltz", "Blue Danube"; Berlioz - Hungarian march from Damnation of Faust and Symphonie Fantastique; Bizet - "L'Arlesienne Suite"; Weber - Oberon Overture; Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 and Egmont Overture; Franck - Symphony in D minor; Debussy - "La Mer"; Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2; Schostakovich - Symphony No. 5. For me, one of the most fascinating things about watching great conductors at work is having the chance to eavesdrop in their rehearsals and there are unique opportunities to do that with this DVD which shows Celibidache, Munch and Erich Kleiber hard at work to get their own sounds out of the orchestra, 3 very different conductors and 3 very different rehearsal techniques. The differences in personality and musical approach of each conductor are succinctly... Read review

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