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Voices of Our Time - Anne Sofie von Otter / Korngold Recital, Chatelet Opera
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0824121000745
Format: Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Tdk DVD Video
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), German (Original Language), German (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Tdk DVD Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tdk DVD Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Running Time: 91 minutes
Studio: Tdk DVD Video
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Rating: - Gorgeous!
I absolutely love Anne Sofie von Otter's rich mezzo-soprano voice. Before purchasing this DVD, I wasn't familiar with Korngold's music--now I'm a full-blown fan. Despite the fact that Korngold was born under the influence of Schoenberg (serial/twelve-tone music), Korngold wasn't about to "renounce the eminent expressive possiblities of the 'old music,'" (to quote the maestro himself). The music featured on this DVD is expressive and lyrical--romanticism at its best.
"Mond, so gehst ... Read More
Rating: - An outstanding release.
As I proposed when commenting for this website Arthausmusik's dvd release of this composer's opera "Die Tote Stadt" with Opéra du Rhin forces, Korngold remains a puzzle. With strong influences yet to be fully assimilated (Richard Strauss not being far behind, I noted in the case of the opera in question) but with significant fame behind him and a wunderkind aura, he migrated to the US where he somewhat shelved his "serious composer" career and turned to cinematic music (I don't mean to demerit the ... Read More
Rating: - A Fascinating Korngold Program: Songs and Chamber Music
This DVD is one of the growing series of important song recital releases from the Théâtre du Châtelet - Paris that have been coming out recently. Already we have programs by singers like Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Bonney, Sylvia McNair, Felicity Lott, Ian Bostridge and Grace Bumbry, all of them simply marvelous, models of their kind. This one is slightly different in that it is not confined to just (!) Anne Sofie von Otter singing songs. She is joined by some distinguished fellow Swedes ... Read More
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