I endured a few minutes of it and then gave up, my daughter loves it, I DON'T!Jose Echenique wrote:
Did anyone here saw the Tim Burton film?
Well, the music is far better than what was on offer there. In this live Munich recording, with real opera singers and a fine symphony orchestra, Sweeney Todd becomes an important and innovative score.
( I still have nightmares of Johnny Depp singing the title role).
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Ha, ha. The film was indeed dreadful, and the singing even worse.
But the musical is not that bad. Tim Burton made a gory, gothic thing, but that was not Sondheim´s idea. Sweeney Todd is Grand Guignol, it´s a farce, but Burton made something sick and ugly out of it.
But the musical is not that bad. Tim Burton made a gory, gothic thing, but that was not Sondheim´s idea. Sweeney Todd is Grand Guignol, it´s a farce, but Burton made something sick and ugly out of it.
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sheer beauty... both disks.
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no concerns needed Fergus, this disk is absolutely magnificent... really beautiful harmonies, performed and recorded to the very highest standard...
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another great new purchase...
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I believe this is the last volume of the Vivaldi complete bassoon concertos.
Sergio Azzolini takes bassoon playing to a different level, quite simply, incomparable.
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Jared wrote:
no concerns needed Fergus, this disk is absolutely magnificent... really beautiful harmonies, performed and recorded to the very highest standard...
....a strong recommendation Jared, thank you.
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Jose Echenique wrote:
I believe this is the last volume of the Vivaldi complete bassoon concertos.
Sergio Azzolini takes bassoon playing to a different level, quite simply, incomparable.
Yes Pepe, he makes bassoon playing sound exciting!
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Lovely recording of a really fantastic piece.
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