Maurice Ravel: The Great Composers (DVD)
Maurice Ravel: The Great Composers (DVD)
Classical | DVD Uncompressed | 3.5 GB | Rapidshare
Release Date: September 5, 2006 | Brilliant Classics
Run Time: 52 minutes
Video: MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25.00fps 5700Kbps
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch 224Kbps [AC-3] & dts 5.1
language: english, nederlands, deutsch, francais
Explore the life and music of Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937). The DVD documentary introduces us to the world of French composer Maurice Ravel through one of his most lovely works, String Quartet in F major, performed on screen by the Canadian ensemble Quatuor Arthur Leblanc. The film presents a series of four dance segments interspersed with documentary vignettes. The choreographies correspond to the four movements comprising the work and recreate key elements of the French composer’s life. Drawing on archival documents, the vignettes offer a brief biography of Ravel.
Maurice Ravel led a peculiar life. A discreet child and an average student at the Conservatoire, he was a dandy during the belle époque, a soldier in the First World War, and a celebrity during the Roaring Twenties. The film explores different facets of the composer’s original personality, lingering notably on his interest in automatons and mechanics, his fascination with the world of children, his deep love for his mother and his passion for Spain. At once a solitary man and a man of the world, Ravel dedicated his entire life to his music.
links: http://tinyurl.com/cejkbf
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