Advantages: Superb production, fascinating footage, great music Disadvantages: None whatsoever apart from wanting more
others. Some of the conductors featured are Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Richard Strauss, Leopold Stokowski and Bruno Walter to single out a few names.
Right from the opening of the documentary you realise the high quality of the production values on this DVD as Beethoven's 5th Symphony segues seamlessly between different performances by very different conductors. Hearing the same piece conducted by Toscanini, von Karajan, Klemperer and Szell heightens the contrasts between the styles and interpretations of each of these highly individual maestri.
One of the big plus-points of this DVD is that along with copious extracts from performances and rehearsals, one is given complete performances of several works including Beethoven's "Egmont Overture" conducted by Serge Koussevitzky ...
Advantages: meet my musical tase Disadvantages: run away fast from my musical taste
OK, not so much with Dinner with Gershwin perhaps ? more like Challenge with MattC!
HOW MANY CD'S DO YOU OWN?
About 50 or so
CD'S IN YOUR COLLECTION:
MOST EMBARRASSING- I have a CD single of Barbie Girl by Aqua. This doesn?t embarrass me as it reminds of when my son was younger and we went roller skating on Sundays because the rink played it a lot. It does however embarrass my son as he was the one who bought it! He played it so much that the starling outside his window learned the opening bars. Talking of embarrassing music taste my son is adamant that I must not admit in public that I quite like Busted as this would prove I am uncool. Ha ? I shall now enjoy publicly declaring that I do actually quite like one or two of their songs!!
MOST RECENT- Now that?s what I call Christmas Music! I love all the Christmas songs ...
Advantages: The Best Restuarant In Newcastle Disadvantages: None
Pepper Salad dressed with a Sweet Ginger Mustard and Mint dressing
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Spicy Sweet Potato, Fennel, Tomato and Plantain Ragout served with Soft
Mascarpone Polenta
This is a typical lunchtime menu at Gershwins in Dean Street in Newcastle. It also includes a large glass of excellent wine (and I do mean a LARGE glass). My original title for this opinion was going to be “The Place is a Joke” but often titles like that can backfire. Without a doubt, this place is the best restaurant in Newcastle.
It’s situated downstairs in a very relaxed cellar type setting ,. As you go down you are greeted to some excellent, but unobtrusive jazz music playing on the sound system. If this was played in lifts and supermarkets instead of “Kylie’s Greatest Hits ...
