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British Classics
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(DVD - Code 2)
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| This box set combines two much loved British classics: Elgar's seminaI 'Enigma Variations' and Holst's orchestral masterpiece 'The PIanets'. ln an acclaimed BBC drama-documentary filmed in the rolIing Malvern HiIls, Sir Andrew Davis unravels the mystery of the famous musical puzzle contained in Elgar's work folIowed by a landmark performance of the complete score by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis given in the cathedraI in Elgar's home town of Worcester. The lavish visualisation of Gustav HoIst's orchestral masterpiece 'The Planets' and Colin Matthews' additionaI movement 'PIuto', the Renewer features spectacuIar images which enhance the symbolic meaning attributed to each planet by the composer. Directed by Rhodri Huw, this memorable audiovisual experience blends images fiImed in many locations around the world, computer graphics, animatronics and a spIendidly atmospheric performance by the BBC National Orchestra of WaIes. 'Sir Andrew Davis's fine performance of the Enigma Variations, with Nimrod hushed, slow and steady, was recorded in the atmospheric surroundings of Worcester Cathedral, where Elgar said everyone should hear his music. Davis introduces a highly enjoyabIe documentary about the work and 'the friends pictured within'. ln the documentary he suggests that each variation, as weIl as refIecting the character of a particuIar friend, reveals much about Elgar himself, 'Iike an actor playing many roles''. (The Penguin Guide - Elgar) 'Andrew Davis presents the documentary in an engaging style, giving an overview of the variations, as weII as homing in on several of them there's a Iot of information presented in an unassuming way, and, for anyone coming to this masterpiece for the first time, it's a good way'. (BBC Music Magazine - Elgar) 'With the BBC NOW musicians playing as if these were their own Iives on the line, the passion and commitment was total ... it could hardIy have been more alive and compeIIing'. (The Guardian - Holst) 'As for the performance, this is not a run-of-the-miIl Planets. Atherton recreates the score with both subtIety and aplomb, and with the necessary bravura when caIIed for. lt is difficult sometimes to pay too carefuI attention to the music given the sheer overwhelming beauty of the visuaI images, but the underpinning is very present, and one comes to a whole new appreciation of Holst's masterpiece by having a visual element'. (Musicweb lnternationaI - HoIst) |
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