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Bach's Musical Offering is given a truly historical treatment by the brothers Kuijken and Robert Kohnen. The arrangement is designed specifically for the use of ancient instruments. The performance takes place in the legendary Fest Hall in Leipzig's sacred City Hall. The setting and instrumentation provide an opportunity to hear and see an original Bach composition as it may have been played originally.
The orchestra consists of Barthold Kuijken on transverse flute, Sigiswald Kuijken on violin, Wieland Kuijken on viola de gamba, and Robert Kohnen on harpsicord.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Single Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
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In FUNNY GIRL, the highly fictionalized musical biopic, Barbara Streisand makes her film debut in a reprisal of her Broadway role as Ziegfeld star Fanny Brice. Brice, a poor Jewish girl from New York's Lower East Side, rose to fame and won audience's hearts everywhere with her comic antics and powerful singing. Unfortunately, she had far less success in her personal life, and the film focuses on her doomed romance with her first husband, gambler Nicky Arnstein.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.0- English Dolby Digital 2.0- FrenchAdditional Release Materials: Trailers Featurettes- 1. Barbara in Movieland








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After three years without a studio release, quirky Icelandic songstress Bjork reappeared in full force with 2004's MEDULLA, an album built exclusively around vocal tracks. Continuing on her lifelong trajectory of experimentation, the album is one of her most challenging to date, belying the simplicity of all-vocal source material with the layered complexity and production of the album. Emotional, intimate, and almost physically affecting in its sensuality, the record incorporated the talents of many contributors. INNER PART OF AN ANIMAL PLANT STRUCTURE - THE MAKING OF MEDULLA allows viewers a glimpse of the process that was so vital to the fulmination of this masterpiece. The behind-the-scenes documentary features appearances by Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle), as well as the world's greatest human beatboxers, Rahzel (The Roots) and Dokaka, an Inuit throat singer, and an Icelandic choir, among many others. The film follows Bjork over the course of a year, visiting her in the studio, at home in both Iceland and New York City, and elsewhere, providing an insightful and intimate look not just at the making of an album, but the life of a true artistic visionary.DVD Features:Region 0Snap CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Benny More epitomized the big-band Afro-Cuban sound of the 1950s, and became a national icon with his broad range of material and his knack for catchy, pop-influenced songs that were nonetheless entirely original. He could capture the wistful nostalgia of lost love with aplomb in his romantic boleros, while his mambos and rumbas remain irresistibly danceable. The manifestation of a rags-to-riches triumph, More's humble beginnings as a farmer palpably informed his later music in its complexity, emotion, and the dynamic combination of Afro-Cuban music with
indigenous Cuban music of Spanish origin known as guajiro music. This insightful documentary explores the life and legend of Benny More, tracing his path from the farm to his debut in the Matamoros group, and continuing to his exile in Mexico, subsequent return to Cuba, and tragic early death in Havana. Vibrant concert footage features More performing many of his most-loved tunes, including:
Oh Vida, Santa Isabel De Las Lajas, Como Fue, Batanga No. 2, Que Te Hace Pensar, Hoy Como Ayer, Mata Siguaraya, Te Quedaras, Preferi Perderte, Qu Bueno Baila Usted, La Vida Es Un Sueno, and Mexicanita Veracruzana, among others.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Charles Gounod's epic opera of Romeo and Juliet premiered in 1867, where it was rapturously received and became his most popular opera. For an updated, filmed version, director Barbara Willis Sweete opened up the stage version and decided to film at a picturesque royal castle in the Czech Republic. In the lead roles, Sweete cast noted opera performers Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna, married couple who triumphed in the roles at the New York Met when they were newlyweds.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseWidescreen AnamorphicAudio: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1Additional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Arthaus Musik TrailerAudio: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS 5.1Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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