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Been to Vienna recently, there was a concert that started with it.
This is like complaining that Saving Private Ryan isn't historically accurate. I get it, for some poeple it's dissapointing (for me as well sometimes) if a historic story is taken and they run with it (more recently Guy Richie's 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare'). I don't like it either that much, but I think a film should be judged on what it is, rather than what it isn't.
And I think it is fair to say that 'Amadeus' isn't pretending to tell the truth, it's telling the story through a possible perception. And that's executed very, very well indeed, hence the accolades.
I saw the film decades ago and sstill remember it as impressive. Just know what you're going to see.
And tbh, for todays standards, it's an increadably interesting and original storyline.
Indeed.
Okay, I'm not Mozarted out since my holiday in Austria, therefore:
Mozart-The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21, K.467 / Yeol Eum Son
My kinda CD.
It is a great little book with a short biography, illustrations and information on each piece of music from the collection.
Oops. I thought I saw it was a CD. I have a few books about Mozart.
It is both a book and a CD...
Oh OK. I thought it looked like a cd. Argh! I had a long day at work.
Never heard this before stumbled upon it on Spotify, I rather like it. (of course I am familiar with the nursery rhyme).
Purchased another classical book (100 pages) and CD's.
1993 Pavarotti Verdi La Traviata - Brindisi
This performance is something else.
Halloween getting closer, I thought I'd put a bit of Danse Macabre:
Brilliant piece of music.
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Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major op.92 - II, Allegretto
Can’t beat it. Love listening to this every October.
I'm of two minds about it. The movie was great, don't think it needed a remake. But this is a series adapted from the play, so maybe they'll bring something new.
An article about it: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/whats-the-point-of-remaking-amadeus/
I enjoyed Black Doves, but it wasn't very good. So really not sure about the team behind it. Some of the lines in the teaser trailer are iffy at best, something I'd expect from a Marvel movies.
And since we're on the topic of Mozart here's an aria from Don Giovanni, one of my go-to opera for Halloween:
This is one of the earliest classical pieces I listened to because it appeared in one of my all time favorite films Excalibur 1981 Directed by John Boorman. Astonishing piece of music from an incredible movie experience, this has always stuck with me since.
Excalibur is how I discovered Wagner. I must say, without the film, i don't enjoy Wagner that much. But boy did I love the movie as a kid!
I am hoping we will one day get a 4K restoration of Excalibur, the film is incredibly well shot. Wagner I have never done a deep dive what I have heard I do like.
I find Wagner a tad too bombastic. My brothers and I used it for our Dungeons and Dragons games. It gave a nice atmosphere. Excalibur is a guilty pleasure for me as a medievalist: it's not held in high regards by academics, but it got me into Arthurian lore.
Oh and since Halloween is coming. A bit cliché, but on my playlist anyway:
Yes, it's still Golda Schultz.