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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2005 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Arthaus Musik |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Adult Situations, Cerebral, Classical, Classical Artists, Color, Concerts, English, Germany, History, Instrumental Music, Literate, Music, Music Video - Classical, Music Videos - Classical, Musician's Life, Orchestral & Symphonic, Performance, Political Unrest, Politics & Government, Suitable for Children |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 807280203998 |
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A Continuation of Rattle's Series on 20th Century Music This is the fourth in a series of seven approximately one hour programs, I believe originally aired on BBC TV, in which Simon Rattle discusses and leads his then orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in seminal works of twentieth century music. In this segment, called 'Three Journeys Through Dark Landscapes,' he talks articulately about three eastern European composers whose lives were lived during the dark times of totalitarian Soviet Russia (Shostakovich), repressed Hungary under the thumb of Germany (Bartók) and Poland while a Soviet client state (Lutoslawski). He talks about how each managed to stay true to his own artistic vision while seeming, at least much of the time, to hew to the prevailing artistic directives in their respective countries. In each case, great masterpieces emerged. The works underlined here are Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony, Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra and Lutoslawski's own Concerto for Orchestra. <
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>Rattle explicates some of the musical aspects of each piece and is seen conducting long passages from each of the works, as well as passages from such other works as Bartók's 'Bluebeard's Castle (with Anne-Sofie von Otter and Willard White) and Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony. As a bonus, there are audio tracks of the full Shostakovich Fourth and Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (although the tracks are mis-marked, at least on the copy I received; the full scores are there, as audio tracks, but at times the still pictures are mismatched, e.g., a picture of Bartók while Shostakovich is being played). <
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>The overall arch of this series is wonderful to contemplate. I missed instalments 2 and 3, having earlier reviewed the opening segment. I will be reviewing subsequent segments (Nos. 5 & 6 are in my reviewing queue as I write this). <
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>These programs aired in the mid-1990s. The visuals are marvelous, the sound is excellent (PCM Stereo) and the performances by the CBSO under Rattle are quite good. I can easily imagine these programs being used in music appreciation courses, rather like Bernstein's Young People's programs, now out on DVD, have been used. <
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>Scott Morrison