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...performance footage; operas, symphonies, concertos, chamber works tumble forth, giving us a sense of the composer's fecundity, tireless ambition and quite modern need to make a living when the traditional patronage system was beginning to falter. "Genius leaks out the around the edges," says the conductor Roger Norrington, "while he's doing something totally practical." In other words there is a serenity, a wit, an economy in this work that belies the haste and occasional desperation of its composition...
...absolutely love movies and, despite what they may say, every writer has a dream of becoming a director.” The transition from behind the story to behind the camera may seem intimidating, but Goyer felt prepared. “Between working for Alex Proyas [Dark City], Stephen Norrington [Blade] and others, I have learned from some of the best directors out there. I may not have been to film school officially, but what better education can there...
...pianist has performed regularly withconductors Roger Norrington, John Eliot Gordon andChristopher Hogwood, as well as with the ChicagoSymphony Orchestra and other major orchestras...
...form coherent, if sometimes debatable, interpretations. The digital remastering is admirable, though limited dynamic range and parched sound can yield lusterless strings and tinny horns. The informed listener will find this offering indispensable, but those beginning a music library should try the safer Herbert von Karajan or Roger Norrington sets...
HECTOR BERLIOZ: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE (Angel/EMI). Lean, brisk and idiomatic: Roger Norrington leads the London Classical Players in Berlioz's Manichaean, virtuoso ear grabber...