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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Fauré: RequiemLive Recording
Fauré was not drawn to compose a Requiem because of the death of a loved one, even though his mother had died during the early stages of composition and his father had passed away two years before. Fauré’s composition does not set his Requiem to the standard liturgical text, instead adding a lyrical Pie Jesu and transcendent Paradisum, and omitting the Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum. As a result the mood of the Requiem is relatively calm and peaceful and often referred to as a “lullaby of death”. Fauré’s unconventional composition has become a firm favourite in the repertoire. Paavo Järvi, new musical director of the Orchestre de Paris – one of the largest and most prestigious international orchestras – and has already gained a notable reputation as a conductor, including winning a Grammy award. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Subtitles: German, English, French Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 92 mins “Reiss sings [the Pie Jesu] with feeling, and with audible words.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2012 *** “This is an appealing concert that cleverly mixes the familiar with the unfamiliar and includes a well-known piece in an unfamiliar guise...Jarvi keeps the music flowing along nicely...The violas and cellos are wonderfully expressive throughout...Isabelle Soulard's video direction is pleasingly unobtrusive.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2012 “the expert choir's native French vowel sounds are a joy in themselves, [and] Eric Picard gives a mesmerising account of the haunting cello Elegie...If that wasn't enough, there follows a performance of the Requiem with the sensational Chen Reiss and Matthias Goerne the equal of any I have heard live or on disc...Unmissable.” International Record Review, June 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Stéphanie Romberg, Eleonora Abbagnato, Manuel Legris, Stephane Bullion, Hervé Moreau (dancers) Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris, Koen Kessels In 1974, Roland Petit, probably the greatest and certainly one of the most prolific of 20th century French choreographers he was the first person to create a work based on Proust's novel, A la recherche du temps perdu, completed in 1922, the year of his death.The book, better known to Anglo-Saxon readers as In Search of Lost Time, in which the author's homosexuality is latent, was written over the last 14 years of his life. Marcel Proust mingles childhood souvenirs with adolescent memories and is full of nostalgia for places once visited and exhibitions he'd seen. He dwells lengthily on love, passion, and jealousy and inevitably questions one's reason for living. Proust ou les intermittences du coeur has now happily entered into the repertoire of the Paris Opéra Ballet.It consists of 13 vignettes inspired by the seven lengthy tomes which complete the unabridged work, Petit has chosen to convey the spirit of the novel via a succession of impressionistic tableaux which reflect the changing moods of the writer as he oscillated between periods of intense happiness and deep depression. And although the choreographer paints a merciless portrait of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie during the Belle Epoque, the highlights of the work lie in the series of poetical pas de deux, which at times might have seemed a little disconnected, but at which the French choreographer is past master. Choreography & stage direction Roland Petit; Designer Luisa Spinatelli; Sets Bernard Michel; Lighting Jean-Michel Désire Palais Garnier, March 2007 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Bach, J S: | Double concerto in C minor BWV1060a, 2nd and 3rd movements David & Igor Oistrakh | Bruch: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, 3rd movement Erica Morini | Debussy: | Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin transcribed for violin Zino Francescatti | Fauré: | Élégie in C minor, Op. 24 Gregor Piatigorsky | Kreisler: | Caprice Viennois, Op. 2 Michael Rabin Schön Rosmarin Mischa Elman | Paganini: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, 2nd and 3rd movements Yehudi Menuhin | Saint-Saëns: | Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 Isaac Stern | Sarasate: | Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 Zino Francescatti | Tchaikovsky: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35: III. Allegro vivacissimo Michael Rabin Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35: III. Allegro vivacissimo Ruggiero Ricci | Wieniawski: | Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22: Romance Mischa Elman |
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