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an emblem of "hysteria" and bathetic self-indulgence, became critically fashionable. But with this composer, the court of popular opinion has proved more far-sighted than the critics. The power of his finest scores--in the hands of a truly sympathetic interpreter--remains unforgettably gripping, and nowhere more so than in the symphony he premièred just days before his controversial death. Valery Gergiev taps into the theatrical sensibility evidenced by his dynamic Kirov Opera recordings of Mazeppa, Iolanta and Pique Dame to shape a psychological drama of devastating intensity in his account of the nihilistic Pathitique. He fires up the Kirov orchestra to a fevered pitch of inspiration, summoning a great luxuriance of sound and colouristic detail, from brass chorales as rousing as Judgement Day and imaginatively sprung wind solos to the composer's trademark roulades, dispatched with thrilling ensemble. The use of vacuum tube equipment for the recording results in a warm sonic focus, with particularly full-bodied bass, giving the score's blackest moments a vividly frightening presence. Gergiev stresses Tchaikovsky's most provocative shocks (you can hear his own gasps on occasion if you listen closely enough), as in the explosive rupture of the pppppp in the middle of the first movement. But in addition to dramatic savvy, he grasps Tchaikovsky's radical new concept of the symphonic journey, with its reversal of Beethoven's affirmative model through the adagio finale's valedictory plunge back into silence (Mahler would follow a similar pattern in his Ninth). Also included is a bracing, epic, and thoroughly convincing performance of the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture showing the Kirov band in terrific ensemble. Stereotypes of Tchaikovsky's music as expressing the "Russian soul" notwithstanding, Gergiev's spectacular, impassioned interpretations give us a composer that is universally moving. --Thomas May
Production Year: 1997 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: David Amphlett - Original Language: English\Italian - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Andrea Bocelli, Nuccia Focile, Sarah Brightman, Zucchero
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Advantages: Dramatic irony, some exciting action. Disadvantages: Bad acting, language and setting clash together alot.
...Romeo and Juliet, as we all know, is a classic tale of love and tragedy, written by William Shakespeare. The love between the two characters - in this film played by Leonardo DeCaprio and Claire Danes, is strictly forbidden and is made all the more intriguing by the fuge between the couples' two familes; the Capulets and the Montagues. In this modern version of the famous story, director Baz Luhrmann adds a special twist to mix things up a little.
The main plot of the original story is followed, with a young lady named Juliet living with her parents; the Capulets, and a man named Romeo from the Montagues. One day they meet and fall in love with each other, but because of the hate bewteen the two families, they know that if they are caught there will be huge trouble. However, their love is too strong for them to be seperated, and they...
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Advantages: Interesting to see how they make the awkward pieces fit Disadvantages: They don't always fit
...This is the second review of Romeo and Juliet I've done for Ciao. The first was about Franco Zeffirelli's version starring Olivia Hussey which came out in 1968. I loved that one. This version stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Clare Danes and I was less enthusiastic.
That's not to say it isn't well done and interesting with many lavish tableaux and clever adaptations of the original story. It is. Two things got up my nose all the way through, however. Firstly, I've never been a big fan of 'messing about with Shakespeare'. By that I mean, for example, sticking Macbeth in a jeep, or Hamlet in a rocket. I like the olde worlde charm of Shakespeare to whisk me back into history and places that follow long gone rules. The olden times and how people might have dressed and behaved lend Shakespeare much of its charm. So, Othello with a mobile 'phone...
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Advantages: Greatest Love story on DVD Disadvantages: Hard to understand
..., primarily because of a nude scene featuring Whiting and Hussey. Zeffirelli had to get special permission for Hussey to appear nude in the film as she was only 15 years old at the time. Hussey later amusingly recalled that she was not permitted to view the film because it contained her own nudity.
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