Pride And Prejudice - Jean-Yves Thibaudet & The English Chamber Orchestra

The moment those first notes cascaded from the still-dark screen to strike gently at my ears, thence to my brain and swiftly to my musical soul, I knew I was done for. Resistance was useless. In an instant, I was fully convinced that everything that was to follow that foggy scene of early morn would be special. So I succumbed willingly to the irresistible lure of the film. I was to come away with a lovely cinematic experience - and what a gorgeous, ...
...touching, exuberant, melancholic or joyful, the music to 'Pride & Prejudice' served to heighten the film's many moods - romantic, suspenseful and otherwise, in the process vastly surpassing my expectations. As stated in the CD notes, the Italian-born composer Dario Marianelli drew on the early piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer 1770-1827) for his musical ideas. His channelling of the Big Guy results in an easily accessible and ...

zerbine28 04.12.2005 (18.12.2005) · Read full review
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