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BRIDE
OF THE WIND
Deutsche
Gramophone 289 469 584-2
If
you are new to the music of Mahler (Gustav, the better known, and
his soon-to-be-as-well-known wife Alma), this CD (not to speak of
the movie of which this disc contains the soundtracks) is an easy
and wonderful way to be introduced. You will agree that here are
snippets of some of the 20th century's greatest and most moving
music. And you will soon find yourself wanting to listen with all
your heart and mind to the complete works, and to learn more about
the life and times of Alma Mahler - a talented composer in her own
right, and the other half of turn-of-the-century Vienna's most interesting
and best known couple. |
| The CD excerpts from
three of Gustav Mahler's sublime symphonic music (from Symphony
Nos. 3, 5, and 6 - performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,
Pierre Boulez and Claudio Abbado conducting) and from his Ruckert
Lied No. 5; and from three of Alma Mahler's compositions (Bei
dir ist es Traut, In meines vaters Garten, and Laue Sommernacht).*
The songs (Lieder) are etched even more deeply in one's memory
by Renée Fleming's beautiful soprano and Jean-Yves
Thibaudet's virtuoso piano. This is the second collaboration
between two of classical music's superstars and comes soon after
the release of their first album, Night
Songs. The musical themes were expertly fused together by
composer Stephen Endelman who composed the movie's original music.
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Thibaudet's Performance Calendar /
Discography
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Fleming and Thibaudet fans
will be delighted to know that they not only provide some of the
film's music. Bride of the Wind also marks their film debut,
so to speak - they appear in performance at the end of the film,
directed by award nominee and of late, opera director (LA Opera's
Rigoletto and Houston Grand Opera / San Diego Opera's Cold
Sassy Tree) Bruce Beresford. Sara Wynter and Jonathan Pryce
play the roles of Alma and Gustav Mahler. |
Fleming's
Performance Calendar /
Discography
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So,
go get it... the CD hit the stores on June 5, 2001. Better yet,
it now!!! And why not go see the movie too -- at a theater near
you beginning June 8. Who knows, you may like the music so much
you'll find yourself singing Mahler in your pensive moments. In
the meantime, why not have a listen to some excerpts (Real Player
required)....
* With You I Am At Peace, In My Father's Garden, and Balmy Summernight.
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