Featuring the works: 'Die Zauberflote - K.620 Overture', and 'Symphony No. 39 In E Flat Major, K.543'. Recorded at the Palazzo Dei Congressi in Lugano in November 2005.
Production Year: 1999 - Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Donny Osmond, Joan Collins, Richard Attenborough
Advantages: Superb production, fascinating footage, great music Disadvantages: None whatsoever apart from wanting more
others. Some of the conductors featured are Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Richard Strauss, Leopold Stokowski and Bruno Walter to single out a few names.
Right from the opening of the documentary you realise the high quality of the production values on this DVD as Beethoven's 5th Symphony segues seamlessly between different performances by very different conductors. Hearing the same piece conducted by Toscanini, von Karajan, Klemperer and Szell heightens the contrasts between the styles and interpretations of each of these highly individual maestri.
One of the big plus-points of this DVD is that along with copious extracts from performances and rehearsals, one is given complete performances of several works including Beethoven's "Egmont Overture" conducted by Serge Koussevitzky ...
Advantages: Excellent performances in a perfect setting Disadvantages: Very minor quibbles
's employment really did happen!
By 1778, Mozart's composition style had developed to the point where his violin sonatas are much more of an equal partnership between violin and keyboard. During this year while he was in Mannheim and Paris, he composed a set of 6 sonatas which are featured on this DVD. They were dedicated to the German aristrocrat Maria Elisabeth, Electress of the Palatinate, but most importantly for Mozart, they were also published in Paris - his first major music publication.
This was a vital step for Mozart. Not only was it a good source of income to have the works published, but it also served to spread his music around a much wider audience than would otherwise have been possible. So these works, while perhaps not the most widely known amongst the general public, are a vital stepping stone in Mozart's development ...
Advantages: Origami-like sets, costumes, bold basic colors; Mozart's music, all sung beautifully. Disadvantages: Un-PC elements may cause unease in modern audiences.
Opera-haters may just succumb to the charms of this delightful stage version of 'The Magic Flute', Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's popular opera. Created in that highly disciplined world of specialized vocal and instrumental music and theatre, it remains among the lightest in the genre. The story amounts to little more than a children's tale with the usual elements of heroism, love, revenge, forgiveness, etc. Ah, but the most aurally pleasing music of Mozart elevates it to a higher plane.
From Arthaus Musik DVD comes this modern, minimalist and playful production of Mozart's final operatic work, 'The Magic Flute / Die Zauberflöte', perfomed live on 26 August 1992 at the Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele.
Basic Plot Premise.
Our hero, Prince Tamino, is rescued from a giant serpent by the Three Ladies of the Queen of the Night. The Queen ...
Featuring the works: 'Die Zauberflote - K.620 Overture', and 'Symphony No. 39 In E Flat Major, K.543'. Recorded at the Palazzo Dei Congressi in Lugano in November 2005.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
EUROARTS MUSIC INTERNATIONAL; SELECT MUSIC & VIDEO DISTRIBUTION
Release date
03/04/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
2054678
Barcode
0880242546784
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic, 1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo
DVD Description
Featuring the works: 'Die Zauberflote - K.620 Overture', and 'Symphony No. 39 In E Flat Major, K.543'. Recorded at the Palazzo Dei Congressi in Lugano in November 2005.
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