Advantages: Excellent performances in a perfect setting Disadvantages: Very minor quibbles
Background:
When it comes to prodigious over-achievers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has to be placed somewhere at the top of the list. Despite his tragically short life from 1756-1791, his musical creativity has assured him of eternal fame as long as human civilisation performs Western classical music.
But when one considers Mozart's background, one can understand where his genius came from. His father Leopold Mozart was a virtuoso violinist whose treatise on violin playing is still a standard read for any aspiring violin student today. It is also worth considering how things might have been different had female instrumentalists been able to pursue a professional career as adults - as his beloved sister Nannerl was no mean keyboard player, but obviously once she became an adult it was not really considered the done thing for her ...
Advantages: A tense, suspense filled drama Disadvantages: None
As far as space films go, I am not a big fan so it was with some trepidation that I took this one in. After a few minutes, it is clear that this is going to stand head and shoulders above the rest which is due, in large part, to the immense performance of Academy Award Winner Tom Hanks, but also to a tremendous true story of bravery, skill and hope.
A year after the epic moon landing of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 13 was scheduled for a moon landing of its own. The original crew of Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Ken Mattingley (Gary Sinise) are just days away from the launch when Mattingley is pulled from the team due to the belief that he may have been exposed to infection.
Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) steps inand after a routine launch, disaster strikes, leading to the immortal line "Houston, we ...
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 ...
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Product details
Title
Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Date of Release
20/11/2006
Recomended Retail Price
5.99 GBP
Label / Distributor
Brilliant Classics / RSK Entertainment Ltd
Pieces in Set
2
Genre(s)
Stage works
Stereo
Stereo
SPAR Code
DDD
EAN
5028421931272
Catalogue Number
93127
Work 1
Work Title
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K38
Excerpt(s)
1. Overture 2. ACT 1 - Amice! iam parata sunt omnia 3. Numen o Latonium! 4. Heu me! perimus!; Saepe terrent Numina 5. Ah nate! vera loqueris; Iam pastor Apollo 6. ACT 2 - Amare numquid filia; Laetari, iocari 7. Rex! de salute filii est actum; En! duos conspicis 8. Heu! Numen! ecce!; Discede crudelis! 9. ACT 3 - Non est - Quis ergo; Ut navis in aequore luxuriante 10. Quocumque me converto; Natus cadit 11. Rex! me redire cogit; Tandem post turbida fulmina
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