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Liszt - A Faust Symphony [DVD] [1976]
 
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Liszt - A Faust Symphony [DVD] [1976]

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  • Format: AC-3, Classical, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Spanish, French, German, English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Select Music & Video Distribution
  • DVD Release Date: 4 Dec 2006
  • Run Time: 83 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000IY05ZS
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 44,566 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This symphony, one of Liszt's least-known pieces, was a favorite of Bernstein's. In the 1960s he fought recalcitrant Columbia executives--who were understandably hesitant to fund such an elaborate yet obscure project--for the chance to record it with the New York Philharmonic, and the resulting LP sold poorly. Nevertheless, Bernstein was given a second chance to sell the public on this work with this live recording of a performance at Symphony Hall, Boston, on July 26, 1976. While he never did succeed in creating for this symphony the kind of cult following he helped foster for the works of Mahler, critics generally agree that the present recording is superior to the New York version and represents the best way to experience Liszt's unique contribution to the Faust literature.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bernstein at his best, 3 Feb 2007
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Anybody familiar with Leonard Bernstein's recording of Franz Liszt's massive "A Faust Symphony" on Deutsche Grammophon knows what to expect from this DVD. This concert was filmed live in the Boston Symphony Hall around the same time as the studio sessions (July 1976), with exactly the same forces - the Boston Symphony Orchestra, tenor Kenneth Riegel, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Throughout Bernstein obtains marvellous results from the Boston players - focused, intense, detailed and transparent, and moulding Liszt's romantically volatile inspiration to perfection. He is slower than most, leaving the delicate and poetic passages ample time to breathe without dragging, while the demonic side of the music is rendered nowhere as feverishly as here. Bernstein is moreover supreme in keeping the long movements together and brings the finale to an overwhelming climax of power and light. It is Liszt in all his excesses, but it is also Liszt standing between Berlioz and Wagner, and even further Mahler. Tenor Kenneth Riegel sings most engagingly.

The picture quality is typical of the period, with rather washed-out colours. The sound quality (in PCM stereo or artificial DTS 5.1) is correct but nowhere near as dynamic and warm as on the CD recording. Director Humphrey Burton provides an agreeable mix of Bernstein and the orchestra.

For a first-rate rendition of one of the greatest but rarely performed symphonic works of the 19th century by one of its strongest advocates, this DVD is a clear first choice.
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