tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post5105029251956593047..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Brodsky's sentimental journeyDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-7974203333635701182010-05-17T09:04:23.667+01:002010-05-17T09:04:23.667+01:00Agreed, Minnie - usually in docs I'd rather ha...Agreed, Minnie - usually in docs I'd rather have nothing. The silly anthropomorphic stuff they play in wildlife films is bad, but worse is the kind of slush that directs your emotions in, for instance, a film about tobacco pickers in Malawi I saw a bit of the other night (had to switch off, not least because the presenter was so nauseating). Fortunately, radio rarely does this.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-54759638849146503162010-05-17T08:59:58.626+01:002010-05-17T08:59:58.626+01:00Unfortunately, haven't seen 'Garçon Stupid...Unfortunately, haven't seen 'Garçon Stupide' - sounds wonderful, as does the soundtrack. So much of the music accompanying film/documentary is just ... dire; it detracts rather than supports the strictly cinematic elements. And there is already an embarras du choix of beautiful music so readily available - grrr!Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031126325323208656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-45753515793396645532010-05-15T10:42:37.810+01:002010-05-15T10:42:37.810+01:00Weller, false economy, though some performances (1...Weller, false economy, though some performances (1 and 2 especially) are good; Jarvi, no question. Though I wish the old Rozhdestvenskys would all be reissued.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-3566919082236764752010-05-15T01:29:32.796+01:002010-05-15T01:29:32.796+01:00Since you are on a Russian tack here, I just recei...Since you are on a Russian tack here, I just received a weekly notice from an American recordings dealer, and their Weekend Specials this week include a Brilliant-Classics reissue of the Prokofiev Symphonies conducted by Maestro Weller, they only costing $14.99 for the lot! Is that a cycle you like, or, since you are a Jarvi enthusiast, and favour him in _No._ _3_ at least, do you take him for all seven? <br /><br />Tomorrow, as I would venture you know, brings a big Prokofiev/Shostakovich segment on _CD_ _Review_, and maybe I should try to hear some of it if I am not too sleepy, or decide to start on _Patience_, from last Summer's Prom, before going to an air show at Andrews Air Force Base. <br /><br />J. V.JVaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468133975019785693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-31909615038811223282010-05-14T12:24:49.950+01:002010-05-14T12:24:49.950+01:00Only connect - 'bespoke' film music and Ra...Only connect - 'bespoke' film music and Rachmaninov: have you seen a truly marvellous little Swiss film called 'Garcon stupide'? It uses reams of less familiar Rachmaninov (ie Isle of the Dead) to complement the melancholy and finally hopeful mood of a confused young gay boy. The last five minutes is all, I think, the slow movement of the First Symphony. Amazing.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-21416694058666367932010-05-14T12:11:10.643+01:002010-05-14T12:11:10.643+01:00Oh, I've got to see 'A Room and a Half'...Oh, I've got to see 'A Room and a Half': loved your evocative intro - and the trailer seems to confirm all you said. Looked on rapt at sight of boy's face, looking up at window; then his mother in old age (?death), puffing more and more greedily on her cigarette as if it would help her see her little boy ... beautiful. Loved the images of instruments floating through the air, around the buildings + the crows (sweet without being overly saccharine - they're crows, for heaven's sake!). And the music - for once ('bespoke' film music a particular loathing of mine) = spot-on.<br />Why isn't it at Cannes (instead of ghastly Robin Hood?!)?<br />Best for tomorrow's interview.Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031126325323208656noreply@blogger.com