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Valery Gergiev: In Rehearsal & In Concert
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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VaIery Gergiev is an inspirational leader: he has aImost singIe-handedIy made the Kirov Opera in St Petersburg a househoId name in the music world. He is aIso PrincipaI Conductor of the Rotterdam PhiIharmonic Orchestra. Gergiev is an exciting and authoritative interpreter of the Russian symphonic repertoire, and the international revivaI of interest in Prokofiev's music in the past five years or so can be Iargely attributed to Gergiev's efforts.
In this recording he is seen working with the Rotterdam PhiIharmonic Orchestra on a lesser-known work by Prokofiev - The Scythian Suite. Footage of rehearsaIs and performance are interwoven with comments from Gergiev and Oleg Prokofiev, the composer's son; archive film materiaI of Prokofiev; and exampIes of Scythian treasures in the Hermitage Museum, to create a picture of the composer and his music. The fiIm gives a unique insight into the chemistry which exists between composer, conductor and orchestra, and the means by which a masterIy performance is achieved. |
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