Sheherazade: An Oriental Night with the Berliner Philharmoniker [DVD Video]
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Manufacturer: Euroarts
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0880242553188
Format: AC-3
Label: Euroarts
Manufacturer: Euroarts
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Euroarts
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2007-07-31
Running Time: 112
Studio: Euroarts
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Summary: A great night out in Berlin
Comment: This is from a concert by the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Waldbühne ("Forest Stage") in Berlin. The Waldbühne is Berlin's answer to the Hollywood Bowl -- a nice outdoor concert venue that is less formal and more relaxed than an indoor concert hall. At the same time, there are compromises in sound (at least this concert doesn't have helicopters flying overhead -- which was the case at my last visit to the Hollywood Bowl!).
Neeme Jarvi, formerly of the Detroit and New Jersey symphony orchestras and now chief conductor at the Hague's Residentie Orkest, puts on a great concert here, a nice evening with kind of an "Arabian Nights" theme. It features a very lyrical reading of Rimsky's "Scheherezade", in which the BPO's first violinist (not Janine Jansen) takes the solo parts.
Janine Jansen comes on for a brief but spectacular "Meditation from Thaïs" by Massenet. Her appearance clocks in at under a quarter hour, however, so you may want to think twice if you are buying it for her (looking fabulous in her red dress, by the way).
There are also Scandinavian pieces that somehow fit into the Middle Eastern theme very well -- excerpts from Grieg's "Peer Gynt" and from Nielsen's "Aladdin". The whole thing kicks off with the overture from Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio".
The exotic theme fades out for the finale, a short "Berliner Luft" by Lincke, but that is made up for by the fact that the Berliners in the audience go nuts and start whistling and dancing like maniacs. So does Jarvi, for that matter -- dancing, although not whistling. Forget your staid German stereotypes. OK, Berliners cutting loose at a classical concert do not go totally nuts, but still it's quite entertaining.
A previous reviewer mentioned Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. The comparison is apt -- this is a "pops" style concert. The quality of the audio is very good for being recorded at an outdoor venue, but it is still not the controlled environment of a studio or concert hall, and the sound gets a bit thin at times. That all being said, it is a very pleasant concert.
I was debating whether to give it four or five stars. I might have been too harsh with four, since for its own "light classic" or "pops" genre it really is a great recording and a masterful performance. It's just not Mahler, if you know what I mean. I'd give four and half stars if I could.
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Summary: Distinguished refinement; kind manners!
Comment: If there` s an emblematic quality that features Neeme Jarvi is his astonishing charisma and gentle sympathy at the moment of conducting. Such directing style reminds so much to the well reminded Arthur Fielder, who made unforgettable appearances with his Boston Pops.
Besides, Jarvi possesses an enviable sense of straightforward conviction around every single work he commands.
In this case, he overtly demonstrates once more with this fascinating album.
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Summary: no title
Comment: Sorry, but I live in Chile. No se escribir en inglés.
El concierto lo consideré muy bueno. La solista Janine Jansen ejecuta con maestría los temas. Los cantantes muy sólidos y la Filarmónica de Berlín como de costumbre, excelente. Finalmente el sonido DTS 5.1 espectacular.
¿Qué más se puede pedir ?
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Summary: Great concert recording
Comment: Superb sound, great concert. Janine Jansen is electric. Saw an excerpt and bought the DVD, was not disappointed.
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