Handsome, inexpensive volume reproduces authoritative Austrian editions of the Symphony No. 1 in D Major ("Titan") and Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection"). Beautifully printed unabridged scores reveal vivid orchestration, innovative symphonic structure, rich emotional expression, foreshadowing of 20th-century musical ideas.
Schubert: Die Winterreise (Widescreen)
Acclaimed Czech Filmmaker Petr Weigl directs this deeply affecting dramatization of Franz Schubert's masterwork "Die Winterreise" ("The Winter Journey") with a heart-rending vocal interpretation by mezzo soprano Brigitte Fassbaender. "Die Winterreise" is not an opera but a cycle of songs drawn from a series of poems and has been called Schubert's greatest legacy in a remarkably prolific career.
Completed on Schubert's deathbed, the songs tell a number of emotionally charged, interwoven stories liking the characters, who travel together by carriage on a bleak winter's day in the early 1800s. Weigl created his film with an eye toward conceptual expression of theme and mood
ather than merely illustrating the events of the stories.
At times the visual imagery in the film literally follows the words and music.
At other times, the images are more abstract, serving as a counterpoint or even flow independently of the musical work.
The music, as well as the visuals,...
Schubert: Die Winterreise (Widescreen)
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Schizopolis (Full Frame)
Fletcher Munson has a doppelg?nger in dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek. In his only starring performance to date, acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh inhabits both roles: Munson, onanistic corporate drone and speechwriter for New Age guru T. Azimuth Schwitters, and the swinging Korchek, Muzak enthusiast and lover to Munson's disenchanted wife. Meanwhile, mad exterminator and part-time celebrity prima donna Elmo Oxygen seduces local housewives in secret code and plots against Schwitters. Placing the onus squarely on the viewer ("If you don't understand this film, it's your fault and not ours"), writer/director/editor/cameraman Soderbergh presents a deranged comedy of confused identity, doublespeak, and white-knuckled corporate intrigue, confirming his status as one of America's most daring and unpredictable filmmakers. The Criterion Collection is proud to present "Schizopolis" for the first time on DVD.
New high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Steven...
Schizopolis (Full Frame)
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Symphonies 1 and 2 in Full Score by Jean Sibelius, ISBN 0486278867
Finland's greatest composer and a major figure in the development of Scandinavian music, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) is revered in Western music for his mastery of symphonic forms and orchestral scoring. Sibelius' first two symphonies remain among his most accessible and popular. These two masterly works are reprinted here from the definitive full-score editions published by Breitkopf & Hartel of Leipzig.
Symphonies 1 and 2 in Full Score by Jean Sibelius, ISBN 0486278867
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Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op.55: Eroica by Ludwig Van Beethoven, ISBN 0486297969
The epoch-making symphony that signaled the composer's break with classical forms and brought about a profound change in the course of symphonic music. Now available for students and music lovers alike in an affordable, carefully reprinted miniature format, this stunningly crafted work has delighted audiences and critics for generations.
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op.55: Eroica by Ludwig Van Beethoven, ISBN 0486297969
Symphonic televisions > Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op.55: Eroica by Ludwig Van Beethoven, ISBN 0486297969
Symphonies 1 and 2 in Full Score by Jean Sibelius, ISBN 0486278867
Finland's greatest composer and a major figure in the development of Scandinavian music, Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) is revered in Western music for his mastery of symphonic forms and orchestral scoring. Sibelius' first two symphonies remain among his most accessible and popular. These two masterly works are reprinted here from the definitive full-score editions published by Breitkopf & Hartel of Leipzig.
Symphonies 1 and 2 in Full Score by Jean Sibelius, ISBN 0486278867
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Symphonic Dances, Op. 64, in Full Score by Edvard Grieg, ISBN 0486431533
The 1890s were years of relative peace for the widely traveled Grieg: he had recently taken up permanent residence at Troldhaugen, and the music world had begun to confer distinctions and honors on the beloved 53-year-old Norwegian composer. Out of this fertile period Grieg's second nationalist period was born--a fresh exploration of his country's rich treasury of folk music and the birth of his four evocative Symphonic Dances (on Norwegian Themes), Op. 64. Scored for large orchestra and dipping into a rich palette of instrumental colors, the Dances are consider among Grieg's strongest, most mature pieces for orchestra. Unabridged republication of the first edition by C. F. Peters, Leipzig, 1898.
Symphonic Dances, Op. 64, in Full Score by Edvard Grieg, ISBN 0486431533
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lcd tv Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 in Full Score by Gustav Mahler, ISBN 0486254739 
lcd tv Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 in Full Score by Gustav Mahler, ISBN 0486254739 Symphonic televisions 