The production itself is quite beautiful: recorded in the Basilica di San Marco in Venice in November 2007, it highlights the cathedral's splendor, the reverent audience, the soloists, orchestra and chorus with near-perfect cinematography. The soundtrack is also acceptable, which may have been quite a task to achieve, given the Basilica's over-reverberant acoustics. Alas, the performance itself does not rise to the occasion. Despite the occasional minor insecurity in ensemble and a visible lack of joy, the Symphonica Toscanini musicians play well, the Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino members sing equally well, and the soloists are more than adequate, almost tangibly trying to excel.
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Music
0.0
Beethoven: The Symphonies
Music
0.0
Mozart - Berliner Philharmoniker - Radek Baborák - Daniel Barenboim
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0.0
Brahms The Piano Concertos
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0.0
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Uchida, Rattle
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0.0
Lisztomania
Music, Comedy, Fantasy
5.9
Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
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0.0
Lang Lang - Live in Versailles
Music
10.0
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
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10.0
Currentzis conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 9
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10.0
Pierre et le loup : Avec Jean Reno et Renaud Capuçon
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0.0
London Symphony Orchestra: The Young Debussy
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0.0
Teodor Currentzis: Utopia
Music
10.0
Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
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0.0
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
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0.0
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Music
7.0
Rostropovich Life & Art
Music
7.0
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 3
Music
0.0
Mozart Symphonies Vol. II - Nos. 1,25,31,36,38 and "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Music
8.2
John Adams conducts John Adams
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0.0