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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fine introduction to Shostakovich's film music,
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This review is from: Shostakovich: The Film Album (Audio CD)
Together with its 'sister' albums Shostakovich: The Jazz AlbumShostakovich: The Dance Album, The Bolt, Gadfly, Cheryomushkkithis is a very good way of dipping your toe into the wild world of Shostakovich's film music. Just about all of human life is here from the hyper-romantic Gadfly Romance to the bleak Hamlet and literally cartoonic Silly little mouse. Chailly and his Dutch super-orchestra are right on top of the idiom and the Decca engineering is late classic in-house sound. Don't expect the profundity of this composer's best symphonies or quartets but film does represent an important strand of his creative life. Probably the best single disc introduction to his work in the genre.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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A Little Gift I Treasure Very Much!,
By Gregory E. Foster "operabruin" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shostakovich: The Film Album (Audio CD)
I have always been very good about seeing my doctors, etc. regularly, and taking good care of myself.
~flashback to 2002, at my opthalmologist's, and have just had dialators placed in my eyes, and have been shuttled into the inner waiting room until I am ready for my examination. Dr. "D" always had classical music playing at a "just right" level for relaxing. This particular day, this lovely, lilting, and sort of hypnotic piece came over the speakers, lulling me nearly to sleep. I could not get it out of my head, and was still "playing it" in my brain after the visit was over and I was at the reception desk, paying his wife for my visit, and scheduling a two week follow-up. I asked her what had been playing, and so she went in and brought out the two album cases that were in the machine. One was Schubert sonatas--I knew it wasn't that. The other album was this one, the Shostakovich film music. So I thanked her, and said I'd have to watch for it. When I went back for my follow-up, she passed me a little foil shopping bag with a ribbon on the top of it with a cheery "Enjoy, Greg"! In the bag was a copy of this album that she had picked up for me! (Such a lovely lady) When I got home I played it, and the piece is the op.97, Romance from Gadfly...what a lovely piece of music. Just like a lazy summer afternoon, when you would, surely, see these insects floating indolently in the air. The other pieces are all very interesting, and fun, too, and this is a wonderful foray into unknown or uncharted waters (at least for me). I love this album, and listen fairly frequently to it. There are 3 albums in a series, this "Film" one, a "Jazz" one, and the "Dance" one. I enjoy all of them, but this one I play most frequently. Riccardo Chailly is a truly great conductor, I feel, and is one of the few that "take me back", or "make me think about" the conductors from earlier that I remember. This album in particular makes me think, fondly, about Stokowski, and Reiner frequently when I play it. Presentation? Or something else? I do not know, but it does, and, it IS a great album. A worthy addition to your collection, be assurred. ~operabruin 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Riveting,
By G.D. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shostakovich: The Film Album (Audio CD)
This is the third installment in Chailly's survey of Shostakovich's lighter music, and while it is probably a pity that we couldn't have had more extensive selections from the film music, so magnificent are these performances that this disc is in any case something of a must-have (in other words - even if you already have recordings of much of this music in more complete versions, this disc should still be given serious consideration). Chailly and the Royal Concertgebouw performs this music with a level of commitment, spirit, color, panache, vigor and tonal richness that must surely be unrivalle. The music itself is thoroughly variegated, memorable and colorful - the major item is probably the 20 minute selection from the imaginatively scored Alone (featuring the theremin, among other things), the colorful music for Hamlet or the utterly charming, wonderfully rendered music for the 1939 animated movie (and miniature opera, though the vocal parts are here transcribed for various instruments) The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse. But several of the shorter selections from The Counterplan, The Great Citizen, Sofia Perovskaya, Pirogov and The Gadfly are absolutely riveting (the fiery scherzo from Pirogov is just an example among many). An absolutely enchanting disc of gorgeous, utterly attractive music in wonderful performances and well-defined, crystal clear sound. Recommended with all possible enthusiasm.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Sensational Recording by Chailly,
By T. Schmalz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shostakovich: The Film Album (Audio CD)
This recording of Shostakovich's film scores is one of three in a series by conductor Riccardo Chailly. In this particular CD, Chailly is conducting the stupendous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. While the music presented on this disc may not be as memorable or exciting as that found on the other two CDs, it shows a glimpse into the genious that was Shostakovich's orchestrations. Don't get me wrong, the music is fantastic and wonderful!
The sound is of the highest caliber and, as expected, the quality and vitality of interpretation is second to none. An amazing recording well worth your money! Out of the hundreds of classical CDs in my library, these three featuring Chailly with the music of Shostakovich are amongst my very favorite. |
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