The Huberman Festival / Pinchas Zuckerman, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic

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Conceived as a music lover's dream, the Huberman Festival brought together the world's most illustrious violinists to play together for the first and only time with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Zubin Mehta.

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat Major, S.1051
Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Benyamini

VIVALDI: Concerto for Four Violins and Orchestra in B Minor, Op.3, No. 10
Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac Stern, Shlomo Mintz, Ida Haendel, Daniel Benyamini, Ivry Gitlis.

MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64
Shlomo Mintz

BACH: Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra in D Minor, S.1043
Isaac Stern, Shlomo Mintz

VIVALDI: The Four Seasons
Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Shlomo Mintz

TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violins in D Major, Op. 35
Henryk Szeryng

VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 3, No.8
Henryk Szeryng, Chaim Taub

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orch. in E Flat Maj. K.364
Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman

HANDEL: Passacaglia
Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman

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By 12 months, little ones can clearly identify specific sounds, and musical notes. They are also beginning to match different sounds with the objects that make them. Meet The Orchestra, First Instruments introduces your little one to musical instruments that make up an orchestra and the different sounds that they make. Entertain them with fun puppet shows, inspire them with captivating real-world images and beautiful classical music by Beethoven, Brahms, Joplin, Haydn, Mozart and Strauss lets them discover their favorite instrument.Age: 12 months +

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Adults may think it's too early to teach a baby the difference between a trumpet and a bugle, but Baby Einstein: Meet the Orchestra--First Instruments entertains children with its next music installment. Relying on its tried-and-true formula of bright colors, quick-paced format, and almost no dialogue (except to repeat names and identify groups by section: brass, woodwinds, strings, and so forth), First Instruments flashes the instrument and its name on the screen, demonstrates how it sounds, and shows animated characters, puppets, babies, youth, and grown-ups all performing on (and enjoying) it. It then combines instruments for a few classical numbers. The jazzy rendition of Beethoven's "Fur Elise" is questionable (it would be nicer to teach kids appreciation for the real thing). Bonus features include instrument flash cards, several puppet shows, a featurette teaching more about music, and additional orchestral numbers. A nice diversion for your little maestro-to-be. Ages 1 year and up.--Ellen A. Kim

Customer Reviews:

not annoying.......2007-08-11

I like these videos -- they don't have a bunch of useless chatter, just soothing music and simple video pics.

Purposly screwed up!!.......2007-06-06

Synthesized junk from start to finish. Most of the time the music doesn't match what you see being played, and the sounds are laughable. Even when the music matches what the musicians are playing (like the piano section) they over-dub a synthesized version... like kids prefer electric sounds to real instruments! Truly awful. I'm really mad. They had such an opportunity to be educational and PURPOSLY SCREWED IT UP!!! Save your money and go hear a REAL orchestra.

Meet the Orchestra, Just Sensational.......2007-06-03

Baby Einstein is a wonderful line of videos to help aid in your child's development. Get them off to a very good start with these videos, and this special one, Meet the Orchestra - First Instruments. Get them well on the way to a successful future now! Don't wait!

Boring to toddlers.......2007-03-09

My toddler loves Baby Einstein DVD's, but I have to agree with many of the other reviewers. Where are the puppets? And why are the kids in the DVD not actually playing the instruments?

My toddler finds this DVD very boring. The DVD is simply animated animals coming onstage with an instrument and then it cuts to clips of children with the instrument (but these kids aren't actually playing the instruments). There are hardly any puppets and the colors are not very visually stimulating.

I appreciate the thought of introducing the children to instruments but there are more creative ways to do so (and more accurate ways as well).

A BIG HIT!.......2007-01-04

I purchased this DVD for my son who is a huge fan of Baby Einstein and music. I found it to be the perfect combination, although there are not too many puppets I found it very educational especially for music lovers. But there were a few instruments missing but to be honest I dont think most 2 year olds would notice!

Nannette

Sesame Street Presents Elmo's Musical Adventures - Peter & The Wolf

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complete disappointment
great educational film
Fun with instruments
Fun and Well Done
O.K.

Sesame Street Presents Elmo's Musical Adventures - Peter & The Wolf
Starring: Fran Brill , Kevin Clash , Jerry Nelson , David Rudman , and Carroll Spinney
Director: Emily Squires
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ASIN: B000056MMG
Release Date: 2001-01-09

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Tag along for Elmo's musical adventure with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and prepare to strike an unlikely pose, with one foot planted in the friendliest, furriest neighborhood anybody knows and the other in a sophisticated, sonically souped-up concert arena--Boston's Symphony Hall. The video unites the two seemingly mismatched worlds seamlessly, pulling off its unstated but pretty obvious goal, which is to siphon off the classical genre's outermost layer of stuffiness to make it more accessible to little kids, with Sesame-style punch and simplicity. Baby Bear leads viewers into Peter's forest by way of his ticket to see the Boston Pops Orchestra. Backstage he meets conductor Keith Lockhart, who serves as tour guide for a thorough but breezy showcase of various instruments, allowing the lisping little bear to get a grip on which sound portrays which character. Happy-go-lucky Peter, played by a peasant-costumed Elmo, is center stage during violin solos; the scary-sounding French horn signals the approach of the wolf--normally a ferocious fellow, but in this case a harmless furry purple guy. These days, with the gospel about the benefits of music education spreading at fever pitch, this 45-minute gem could be promoted as a way to get preschoolers in on the action. Beyond that, it's a charming chucklefest that's as effective as any intro you'll find to the classic tale. Elmo tickles audiences of all ages as Peter, and Big Bird, with help from the bassoon, spreads his wings in the role of the brave but foolhardy boy's grandfather. --Tammy La Gorce

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Elmo and all your favorite Sesame Street characters get together to show how music and imagination can tell a story in this delightful Sesame Street special! Watch special guest stars Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra, along with Elmo and your Sesame Street friends, tell the musical story of Prokofiev's children's classic "Peter and the Wolf."

Customer Reviews:

complete disappointment.......2007-07-03

This disk is a lot of sesame street characters and very little music and very little of the original story. I did not even bother to give it to my grandchildren... just threw it away. If anyone wants to hear the story of Peter and the Wolf read to the original music... get something else.

great educational film.......2007-05-09

My children love elmo and they like this movie a lot too. It's not as good as "Elmo Goes to Grouchland," but for obvious reasons. Grouchland had a better budget, lots of singing and dancing and was educational as well.

Fun with instruments.......2007-03-22

As a music teacher, I am looking for ways to encourage learning. This DVD includes games for the children after they have viewed it. It incorporates learning instruments with the recognizable characters of Sesame Street. Fun for me as well as fun for the kids.

Fun and Well Done.......2006-08-04

We rented this for our [...] daughter and she loved it so much we watched it every day until it was due. Now she is four and really into musical instruments, so I bought it for her. She loves it and now is asking for her own violin, tuba, drums and piano!!

O.K........2006-03-15

This video is good for children who want to learn about an orchastra. It is hard to keep a younger child interested (2-3yrs). Adults will probably enjoy it with their children and take the time to review the parts of the story with the child so it will stick. I rate it average. Good for kindergarten and such.

The Great Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach [DVD + 2 CDs]

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The Great Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach [DVD + 2 CDs]

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Release Date: 2006-09-12

Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) / Symphonies D'Instrument Vent / Boulez, London Symphony Orchestra

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Le Sacre
Le Massacre,by Monsieur Boulez
This is a great concert rendition
No Ballet ?
A nice DVD presentation but...

Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) / Symphonies D'Instrument Vent / Boulez, London Symphony Orchestra
Starring: Pierre Boulez , and London Symphony Orchestra
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ASIN: B000059H8I
Release Date: 2001-03-06

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The bad boy of classical music at mid-century, Pierre Boulez made an infamous comment about burning down all the opera houses that was incendiary, to say the least, but it pointed to the fact that Boulez needed to burn bridges to pave the way for a new kind of music. That he became friends with, and later championed the music of, Igor Stravinsky, is odd if only because Stravinsky went through so many stylistic changes--from seductive exoticism to neo-baroque to 12-tone serialism--that Boulez probably didn't know what to make of the elder statesman.

But Boulez's maturation as both composer and conductor allowed him to view Stravinsky as a kindred soul restlessly searching for new forms of expression. These 1993 performances of two great Stravinsky works from before and after World War I--that still-bludgeoning masterpiece of rhythm and dance, The Rite of Spring (1913), and a lovely, brief work of subtle coloration, Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)--not only give us two sides of Stravinsky but also demonstrate Boulez's innate understanding of such a wide musical palette. The London Philharmonic performs splendidly, and in an added bonus interview, Boulez discusses the importance and influence of The Rite of Spring, not only on him as a musician but on 20th century music as a whole. --Kevin Filipski

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Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky's "Le Sacre du Printemps" (The Rites of Spring), which was originally commissioned by Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes. The magnificent score premiered in Paris in 1913. The rhythmic complexities of "Sacre" are notorious, but in the hands of a master of modern music and one of the world's top orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the elemental barbarism of the music is thrilling. This program also includes "Symphonies D'Instrument A Vent" and a short interview with Pierre Boulez.

Customer Reviews:

Le Sacre .......2006-10-31

Despite the negative feedback on this selection already, I would have to disagree with most of it. While parts of it are slower than most CD recordings from other conductors, it really isn't THAT much slower than what's written in the score. Something else I noticed here and there were some somewhat drastic tempi changes, speeding up or slowing down.
However, despite these downsides, if you are an aspiring composer/orchestrator/musician/music aficionado, I highly suggest this DVD. Especially if you watch this with the score and can follow along instrument entrances, etc.
The quality of the video and the sound is quite good as well. So if tempo changes here and there and a slightly slower overall tempo doesn't bother you very much, definatley add this to your collection.

Le Massacre,by Monsieur Boulez.......2004-08-20

Impossible to qualify properly this "Massacre du Printemps" signed by Monsieur Boulez.Just watch some musicians semblances in the orchestra;the most phlegmatic british performer simply can not be impassible in face of this visceratical masterpiece.Of course,technical accuracy is an essential requirement but not the only one!.I'm so sorry because I don't know english enough to describe how lazy,boring is this.Nonetheless,very fine picture and sound;one of the best I purchase on DVD.

This is a great concert rendition.......2003-06-13

First off I would like to compliment Pierre Boulez in his wonderful rendition of Le Sacre du Printemps. True there is no ballet in this performance but one cannot simply make a ballet performance of this monumental work. If you notice the orchestra takes up the whole entire stage and in order to perform this in ballet form, you would need a huge huge pit. But about Boulez's interpretation.. it is great. The tempos are just right. The tempos are not too slow or too fast. Considering the fact that he himself was a friend of Stravinsky's and was counselled by him in this work he does this work well. The orchestra is great and performs the work wonderfully. All in all a very good dvd.

No Ballet ?.......2002-07-15

If they make this one for a DVD production, they have to make it
with Ballet. It is like they make a opera DVD production
with only orchestra. I would recommend that you
stick to your CD or LP collection and wait until
(Orchestra + Ballet) DVD production comes out.

A nice DVD presentation but..........2001-08-05

Boulez is not the best conductor of this work, notwithstanding his friendship with Strravinsky. To be sure, he can conduct "Le Sacre" with the steely precision of a pianola roll; he's a past master at awkward rhythms and overcoming hideous performance difficulties (and this work is full of both).

His interpretation here is accurate but too sedate for me. It is even more gentlemanly than his renderings of the early 1970s. Le Sacre is raw and primitive and screams out for passion which Boulez fails to lend it.

It might sound good the first time you hear it; the orchestra is up to scratch; the climaxes are nicely loud and it moves on in its merry, noisy way. There are worse interpretations. But as recorded performances go, it is not one that bears repeated audition.

He does much better with the Symphonies of Wind Instruments, a more formal neo-classical work that comes across better for the conductor not attempting to get passionate about it.

Customer Reviews:

Good concert and selection, some sound problems.......2004-04-14

I would give this DVD 5 stars for a review, it weren't for a small, sound engineering detail. The sound is a little weak on the DVD, and i had to put my sound system at half its power just to get a decent sound. Most people might not see that as a problem, but I own several salsa DVDs (Bobby Valentin's 25 year anniversary at the Prison comes to mind) which have been produced better. However, the music is a great exposition of the Salsa classics of the 1960s and 1970s, performed with a modern 2000 band. If you're a fan of Fania All-Stars, El Gran Combo, and other staples of the Puerto Rican salsa movement of the 1960s and 1970s, this is a great DVD for the collection. If you are into more modern salsa and timba from Cuba, you might be disappointed at the more "restrained" salsa sound from the 1960s and 1970s that is the style of Roberto Roena's band. I'd recommend the Bobby Valentin 25th year anniversary DVD at the Prison. It's still distinctively "Puerto Rican salsa", but with a more modern funky/jazz touch to it.

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Join us in the concert hall as we explore the four types of instruments that beautifully combine to form an orchestra. The string, woodwind, brass, and percussion families are each discussed and demonstrated. This is an excellent introduction to the elements of an orchestra.

Customer Reviews:

Great program!.......2005-05-31

I thought this was a great program. It has a wonderful group playing some delightful music. It is also very informative. Would definetly buy it again.

Unbelievably horrid production.......2004-11-06

I gave this one star, because Amazon doesn't allow you to award no stars at all -- or negative stars, which this embarrassment deserves. As a former television cameraman and documentary producer, I'd say this is the most horrendously bad amateur production I've ever seen in my long career -- and I've seen a lot of turkeys. The Rollins College music department should be mortally embarrassed to have their name on this junk.
This appears to be a miserably third-rate classroom instructional tape for students who had the flu that day and missed the professor's actual class. It looks like they let the students run the cameras -- worse than a community access cable channel run by neighborhood grandmothers.
It's videotaped in what looks like some ugly high school classroom. It appears to be totally unscripted,ad lib,unrehearsed, and unprepared -- a last-minute hodge-podge throw-together. The fuzzy video quality looks like a bad 8th generation dub. The camera work is so incredibly jerky and clumsy it looks like Aunt Martha's home video of the nephew's third birthday party -- only Aunt Martha's video is better. A significant number of the instruments are hidden behind music stands so you can't really see what they look like (wasn't seeing the instruments the whole point of the production?).
Sometimes people's heads are cut off. Frequently the camera is aimed at other instruments instead of the ones being demonstrated, apparently because the control room crew dozed off (who can blame them?). Often the camera stays on the instructor's face instead of the instrument he's describing (is someone unclear on the concept?). Mercifully they somehow missed getting the cameraman's thumb in the lens.
The conductor walks around miking the instruments with a hand-held microphone like an auctioneer on some shopping channel -- too cheap to even mike the instruments professionally.
These people were too cheap to even design a case for the DVD. It's in a plain generic case.

Mozart Concert at St George Abbey / Normandy Orchestral Ensemble, Philippe de Petris, Anne-Laurence Savin, Elisabeth Vidal

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Mozart Concert at St George Abbey / Normandy Orchestral Ensemble, Philippe de Petris, Anne-Laurence Savin, Elisabeth Vidal

Manufacturer: KULTUR VIDEO
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ASIN: B000Q66PYI
Release Date: 2007-07-31

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MOZART - CONCERT AT ST. GEORGE ABBEY

Symphony No.29 in A Major KV 201

Exsultate, Jubilate KV 165

Vorrei Spiegarvi

Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra in C Major KV 299 (Excerpts)

Orchestra: Normandy Orchestral Ensemble
Conductor: Jean-Pierre Berlingen
Soloists: Philippe de Petris, flute, Anne-Laurence Savin, harp, Elisabeth Vidal, soprano

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Berlioz's Te Deum remains one of the great, underplayed masterpieces of the romantic era. A majestic, outsized juxtaposition of human and divine, this mammoth piece for orchestra, organ, solo tenor, and three choruses has defeated many of the forces that have essayed it. But Claudio Abbado has always been one to rise to a challenge, and here he leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra through a marvelous reading of the score. From the opening call-and-response of organ and orchestra tossing chords at one another to the thrilling massed conclusion, Abbado and his superb singers and musicians expertly capture Berlioz's every nuance. The stunning fortes are never allowed to overwhelm the quieter moments, so the piece becomes less a disjointed series of climaxes than an integrated whole. Just listen to the hair-raising crescendos of Tibi Omnes, or the white-hot excitement of the martial Judex Crederis, for a lesson in how a profound understanding of the music's quiet moments makes the eventual release all the more powerful. Only soloist José Carreras disappoints, though even his weak vocalizing is powerfully emotive. Rodney Greenberg's direction of this concert film is as lucid and unobtrusively varied as Abbado's conducting, judiciously picking out the different forces without dwelling anywhere so long so as to lose the bigger picture. The disc is filled out with an appropriately lyrical reading of Wagner's Die Meistersinger overture. The two pieces are separately indexed, which proves somewhat frustrating. To go from one to the other requires a return to the DVD's main menu. A small hassle, though, for such fine music making. --Bruce Reid

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Claudio Abbado conducts the award-winning Vienna Philharmonic in a gala concert recorded live from the Alte Oper, Frankfurt. Renowned soloist Jose Carreras lends his magical tenor to Berlioz' "Te Deum," featuring organist Martin Haselbock, the Vienna State Opera Chorus, the Prague Philharmonic Choir, the Tolzer Boys Choir, and the Aurelius Boys Choir. Also included is Richard Wagner's overture to "Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg."

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