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 Forbidden City Concert: Carmina Burana
Music
10.0
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Music
9.0
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Music
0.0
Mozart - Berliner Philharmoniker - Radek Baborák - Daniel Barenboim
Music
0.0
London Symphony Orchestra: The Young Debussy
Music
0.0
Beethoven: The Symphonies
Music
0.0
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7; Coriolan Overture
Music
0.0
Mstislav Rostropovich - Bach Cello Suites
Music
0.0
Lisztomania
Music, Comedy, Fantasy
5.8
Salzburg Festival 2017: Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Music
0.0
John Adams conducts John Adams
Music
0.0
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Music
10.0
An Evening with Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti
Music
8.0
Waldbühne 2010 | An Evening with Renée Fleming
Music
0.0
Waldbühne 2017 | Legends of the Rhine
Music
8.0
Europakonzert 2008 from Moscow
Music
0.0
Mozart Symphonies Vol. II - Nos. 1,25,31,36,38 and "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Music
8.2
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 - Gergiev
Music
0.0
András Schiff plays Bach
Music
0.0
Mozart Symphonies Vol. I - Nos. 29,34,35,40,41 and Minuet K.409
Music
7.0