Polski opis
Produkcja: USA
Gatunek: dokument
Reżyseria: Gerald Caillat, Peter R. Smith
Scenariusz: Gerald Caillat, Peter R. Smith
Ocena na imdb.com: 3.4/10 (11 głosów)
Opis:
Nakręcony jako swego rodzaju uzupełnienie "The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past" z 1995 roku.
Najwięksi dyrygenci XX wieku na jednej płycie prawie trzy godziny muzyki klasycznej w najlepszym wykonaniu. Oprócz występów i popisów sztuki dyrygenckiej, na płycie znalazły się wywiady z dyrygentami oraz muzykami.
Wykonawcy: Daniel Barenboim, Yehudi Menuhin, Yuri Grigorovich, Herbert von Karajan, Hermann Scherchen, André Cluytens, Václav Talich
Kompozytorzy: R. Strauss, Dvorak, Kalinnikov, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, J. Strauss II, Berlioz, Bizet, Weber, Franck, Debussy, Shostakovich
źródło: filmydvd.pl
English description
Country: USA
Genre: music, documentary
Directed by: Gerald Caillat, Peter R. Smith
Writing credits: Gerald Caillat, Peter R. Smith
imdb.com user rating: 3.4/10 (11 votes)
Plot Summary:
I really enjoyed Teldec's DVD, "The Art of Conducting: Legendary Conductors of a Golden Era," which features excellent footage and information about conductors Wilhelm Mengelberg, Erich Kleiber, Charles Munch, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Sergiu Celibidache,and Evgeny Mravinsky with commentaries by Otto Edelmann, Yehudi Menuhin, Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink, various record producers and orchestra players whose names I cannot recall. Within the DVD are 3 short films by Wilhelm Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra filmed in Paris: Berlioz "Rackokzy March, from LE DAMNATION DE FAUST", Bizet's Adagietto, from L'ARLESSIENE; and Weber's OBERON Overture. I knew little about Mengelberg until seeing this DVD, and have none of his recordings, until now, so this is of great value. (There are some of his Brahms Symphonies now available in the Naxos "Historical" series).
The footage of Munch (Debussy's LA MER, Ravel DAPHNIS ET CHLOE, Berlioz SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE: IV and IV) and Celibidache is very interesting, as is the track devoted to Wilhelm Furtwangler and the Berlin Philharmonic playing Richard Strauss's TILL EULENSPIEGEL's MERRY PRANKS.
The black and white film is very clear, and mono sound very fine in the Furtwangler sections. Celibidache (another conductor about whom I know little, due to the fact he made no studio recordings after about 1950) is also interesting to watch: in the 1947 Beethoven EGMONT OVERTURE film; the 1964 Stuttgart rehearsal of Strauss (again) TILL EULENSPIEGEL; and the 1991 Munich concert of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony: I, which shows an elderly, white haired Celibidache with restricted movements, a huge contrast to his much more dramatic, athletic conducting style from the 1940s and 60s!
If you are interested in conductors of the 20th century, you will find this of value. There are some segments with less than good sound: esp. from Mravinsky in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia), but overall the sound is very good. I am impressed with the sound quality in the 1930s and 40s segments, and enjoy the thoughts of other musicians interspersed throughout this DVD. Highly recommended.
source: amazon.com
