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Another release in the EMI classical collection, this time focusing on Teresa Berganza.
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Maria Ewing transformed herself into George Bizet's heroine CARMEN several times during her career, earning accolades each time. This performance offers a particularly Hispanic flavor with elaborate Spanish sets and the appearance of such performers as Gino Quilico and Luis Lima.
Zubin Mehta conducts the orchestra in this thrilling adaptation performed in Covent Garden.DVD Features:Region 0Snap Case
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This concert which took place in 1990, was a step along the long road of reconciliation between the two countries of Germany and Israel. The Berlin Philharmonic toured Israel and at the end featured a musical meeting with the Israel Philharmonic. Long-time Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Zubin Mehta, a German-based India native, did the honors on this special evening.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseWidescreen AnamorphicAudio: PCM StereoAdditional Release Material: DocumentaryInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
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Carlos Saura has dedicated a good part of his career to bringing the diverse world of Spanish dance to an international audience. He is perhaps best known for the trilogy of CARMEN, BLOODWEDDING, and A LOVE BEWITCHED, taken from the works of Bizet and Garcia Lorca, but also for SEVILLANAS, which, like FLAMENCO, presents the talents of a variety of artists in a straightforward setting. The beautiful cinematography by Vittorio Storaro, who later shot the spectacular GOYA IN BORDEAUX for Saura, is the only element of the film that strays from its documentary feel. Using an old railroad station in Seville, fitted with mirrors, for the setting, Saura presents 300 singers, dancers and musicians. There are guitarists playing moving and mournful solos, women singing gypsy ballads and, of course, floor pounding, straight shouldered dancers who look right into the camera with those dark, smouldering, Spanish eyes. The clear star of the dance segments is the mesmerizing Joaquin Cortes. Doing what is deemed the New Flamenco style, Cortes combines elements of 18th century classical dance with more recent innovations.
His bare-chested Farruca push the erotic elements to the limit of the style and is certainly the high point of the film. Saura wants to demonstrate not just the flamboyance of flamenco, but the breadth and depth of its integration into Spanish culture, and so he includes a rich variety of styles and performers.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseWidescreenText/Image Galleries: Cast and Crew List Flamenco Fact Files FilmographiesInteractive Features: Scene Selections
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When the midnight chimes rang on December 31st, 2002, a new year was ushered in, and the Rhymsayers camp celebrated their 10th year as a unit. A concert was held to celebrate the joyous news, and the highlights can be seen on this release, which is packed full of DJ battles, breakdancing, and live performances from MF Doom, Brother Ali, Eyedea and Abilities, and many others.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Dual SideSide 1: B-Boy Battle MC Battle DJ Battle Graffiti Expo Beatbox BattleSide 2: Rhymesayers 10th Anniversary Showcase
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