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DVD : Bach Cantatas, BWV 179, 199 & 113 / Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir
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Bach Cantatas, BWV 179, 199 & 113 / Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir starring: Magdalena Kozená, William Towers |
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0509478000067 Format: NTSC Label: Opus Arte Manufacturer: Opus Arte Publisher: Opus Arte Studio: Opus Arte Sales Rank: 206922 Browse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - Wonderful on every levelAs a musician, I never grow tired of Bach's music. It's also obvious to me that John Eliot is meticulous in how he prepared for this pilgrimage, and what he expected out of each performance. I'm writing this to inform anyone who is interested that the complete year long cycle of performances were recorded, and are being released individually on John Eliot Gardiners own label, SDG. (Many of you will know the acronym) They are being released about 4 per year. Each CD is incomparable. Google Monteverdi choir for more info Rating: - Terrific documentary and performancesThis DVD contains concert performances of the three Bach cantatas and a documentary about the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000. I found the documentary (about an hour in length) the most fascinating part of the DVD. The documentary has excerpts of rehearsals and actual performances of various cantatas, interviews with John Eliot Gardiner and other performers, and scenes of various churches and towns the Pilgrimage visited. The documentary includes the visits to Weimar, Leipzig, Hamburg, Eisenach, Arnstadt, Blythburgh, Kirkwall, Iona (still photos only for some reason), St. David's in Wales, Cologne, and New York, with most of the German locations having some connection with Bach's life. I found the concert performances of the ... Read More: Rating:  - Self-indulgent and confused performance of BWV 199This is a video diary of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, in itself an interesting document of an important event that should attract many lovers of Bach's music. However, I would like to focus here on Magdalena Kozena's performance of BWV 199 which was the main reason for my giving this document only 2 stars. I couldn't disagree more with the previous reviews about the quality of this performance. Kozena has a beautiful voice but she shows little understanding of the texts she sings. I am not quite sure if she distorts the text consciously, following her `own' interpretation or simply doesn't understand the language. The latter is in evidence too often to dismiss it as occasional lapses of memory (she follows a printed source anyway) - she misinterprets ... Read More: Rating: - One masterful genius salutes anotherThis DVD is worth every cent of its price if you were to only purchase it for the three cantatas that are performed here in their entirety. The "gimmick" of Sir John Eliot Gardiner's pilgrimage tour was to perform every one of Bach's surviving cantatas (some 200 of the 500-plus composed) on the Sunday or church fesitval for which it was composed, and in a sacred setting (often a church where Bach himself had performed it). The three cantatas performed here (Nos. 179, 199, and 113) were written for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, a Sunday that seems given to reflection on the typically Lutheran theme of Christian sin and inadequacy (Gardiner wisely concludes the program with No. 113, the cheeriest of the three). Performed at St. David's in Wales, the ... Read More: Rating: - One masterful genius salutes anotherThis DVD is worth every cent of its price if you were to only purchase it for the three cantatas that are performed here in their entirety. The "gimmick" of Sir John Eliot Gardiner's pilgrimage tour was to perform every one of Bach's surviving cantatas (some 200 of the 500-plus composed) on the Sunday or church fesitval for which it was composed, and in a sacred setting (often a church where Bach himself had performed it). The three cantatas performed here (Nos. 179, 199, and 113) were written for the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity, a Sunday that seems given to reflection on the typically Lutheran theme of Christian sin and inadequacy (Gardiner wisely concludes the program with No. 113, the cheeriest of the three). Performed at St. David's in Wales, the ... Read More: |
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