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The National Choir of Lyon and the Auvergne Orchestra under conductor Jean-Jaques Kantorow present Handel's biblical telling of the life of Jesus Christ in The Messiah.
This magnificent work was performed in the prestigious setting of the Abbey of La Chaise Dieu, a superb architectural landmark in the Auvergne Hills of central France.DVD FeaturesRegion Encoding: All Regions
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The first all-black film produced by a major studio, HALLELUJAH represented the culmination of King Vidor`s long-standing desire to do a project dealing with the lives of African Americans, strongly influenced by his childhood experience in Galveston, Texas. The film stars Daniel Hayes as Zeke Johnson, an impoverished young sharecropper living in South Carolina. When he and his brother Spunk (Everett McGarritty) go north to sell their cotton crop, Daniel falls for the seductive Chick (Nina Mae McKinney) without realizing she`s a shill for the rigged crap game of her lover, Hot Shot (William Fountaine). Finally grasping the scam, Daniel fights with Hot Shot, but his brother is fatally shot during the struggle.The grief-stricken Zeke is reborn as a preacher, traveling the country, spreading the word of the Lord. The cynical Chick appears among the congregation at one of his revival meetings and finds herself moved by his sermonizing. After Daniel baptizes her in the river, the couple elopes, and he finds work in a sawmill. But Chick`s innate restlessness will again create problems for her new husband. Although now somewhat dated, the film was probably the closest approximation of African-American life put onscreen up to that time. The film`s outstanding, meticulously researched soundtrack, ranging from jazz to spirituals, derives from the director`s lifelong affinity for such music.
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Elvis stars as an innocent Georgia country boy whose ragtag family moves to the Florida coast to set up a homestead. A nosy social worker and a meddlesome land commissioner try to prevent the family's settling in. Elvis's songs include What a Wonderful Life, Angel, and the title tune.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Mono - English Mono - SpanishAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
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Featuring two of the most prominent European classical musicians of their time, ZINO FRANCESCATTI& ROBERT CASADESUS features both individual performances and duets. Francescatti was perhaps the finest violinist of the mid-20th century; coming from a family of musicians, he was a child prodigy who gave his first concert at the age of five. Casadesus also came from a musical background, and won acclaim throughout his career as a technically perfect pianist and fine classical composer. The pair collaborate here in performances of works by Beethoven, and individually perform work by composers as diverse as Debussy and Bazzini.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Milan's Teatro Alla Scala shines in a rare performance of Rossini's opera, based on Sir Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake.DVD Features:Region Encoding: All RegionsKeep CaseUncompressed PCM soundtrack for optimum stereo fidelity
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