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While the films highlighted on Volume 1 of Naxos' Classics at the Movies: Comedy certainly had their moments of hilarity, the music that accompanied those instances are essentially straightforward classical pieces by composers such as Mozart, Handel, Bach, and Rachmaninov. This doesn't make the album bad; indeed, it functions well as a collection of popular classical compositions. It just has little to do with the films represented. Only Ravel's "Bolero" -- which played such a memorable role in the hilarious Dudley Moore/Bo Derek seduction scene in 10 -- has any real resonance as being from a specific film. For example, Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" is included as part of the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral, but isn't the piece better known in its real-life capacity? Pickiness aside, this set is sufficient enough musically, with strong performances by an assortment of orchestras and soloists throughout the album, with pianist Kathryn Selby and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra delivering a particularly jaunty version of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
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Solomon, HWV 67 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Capella Istropolitana - Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer - Jozef Kopelman, Conductor
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M 13 (Anonyme)
Bertalan Hock - Félix Mendelssohn, Composer
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Jeno Jando - Serge Rachmaninov, Composer - György Lehel, Conductor - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Hae Won Chang - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Robert Stankovsky, Conductor - Camerata Cassovia, Ensemble
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
Manon Lescaut, SC 64 (Giacomo Puccini)
Miriam Gauci - Domenico Oliva, Composer - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Composer - Alexander Rahbari, Conductor - Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
Rhapsody in blue (George Gershwin)
Kathryn Selby - George Gershwin, Composer - Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Choir - Richard Edlinger, Conductor - Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
Orphée aux Enfers (Giuseppe Verdi)
Maurizio Frusoni - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Salvatore Cammarano, Composer - Will Humburg, Conductor - Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
Madama Butterfly, SC 74 (Giacomo Puccini)
Miriam Gauci - Giuseppe Giacosa, Composer - Giacomo Puccini, Composer - Luigi Illica, Composer - Alexander Rahbari, Conductor - Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
Bolero, M. 81 (Maurice Ravel)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Maurice Ravel, Composer - Adrian Leaper, Conductor
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
Album review
While the films highlighted on Volume 1 of Naxos' Classics at the Movies: Comedy certainly had their moments of hilarity, the music that accompanied those instances are essentially straightforward classical pieces by composers such as Mozart, Handel, Bach, and Rachmaninov. This doesn't make the album bad; indeed, it functions well as a collection of popular classical compositions. It just has little to do with the films represented. Only Ravel's "Bolero" -- which played such a memorable role in the hilarious Dudley Moore/Bo Derek seduction scene in 10 -- has any real resonance as being from a specific film. For example, Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" is included as part of the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral, but isn't the piece better known in its real-life capacity? Pickiness aside, this set is sufficient enough musically, with strong performances by an assortment of orchestras and soloists throughout the album, with pianist Kathryn Selby and the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra delivering a particularly jaunty version of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."
© Johnny Loftus /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:33
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Bertalan Hock
- Composer: Maurice Ravel
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical Symphonic Music Cinema Music
(C) 2000 Naxos (P) 2000 Naxos
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