THIBAUDET in the Movies
BRIDE OF THE WIND:
A FanFaire/Universal
Classics-Deutsche Gramophone 2001 Giveaway / Deutsche Gramophone 289 469 584-2
Fans of Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Renée Fleming 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.
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.
So, go for it... 
it now!!!
And why not see the movie too (now available on DVD -
it!). Who knows, you may like the music so much you'll find yourself singing
Mahler in your pensive moments. In the meantime, have a listen to some excerpts
(Real Player required).
* With You I Am At Peace, In My Father's Garden, and Balmy Summernight.
| by GUSTAV MAHLER | by ALMA MAHLER | ||
| from
the Adagietto, Symphony # 5 |
from Ruckert Lied | from Bei dir ist es Traut | from Laue sommernacht |
MAHLER elsewhere on FanFaire |
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