Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Live
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Actor: Mannheim SteamrollerDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 55 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-11-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: American Gramaphone
Movie Reviews of Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Live
Movie Review: Great music - B-O-R-I-N-G Video
Summary: 3 Stars
This is great Manheim Steamroller music. I listen to it every year. But the video will put me to sleep every time if I try to watch it.
Part of the reason is because a lot of the music is pretty mellow, and it's all instrumentals, which is fine for background Christmas music but makes for boring videos. Also because the videos just don't relate to the music - Specifically the 14th or 15th century-style dancers.
Get it for the music, but plan on other activities while it is playing.
Summary of Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas Live
Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 11/05/2002Mannheim Steamroller's music is incredibly moving by itself, but add an enthusiastic live performance by some very animated musicians and an intense multimedia presentation and the result is even more powerful. This 56-minute Christmas concert features many favorite numbers from the album Christmas in the Aire, but "Joy to the World" perhaps best epitomizes that distinctive Mannheim Steamroller sound: powerful synthesized melodies and harmonies, an intense drive and pathos, and skillful ornamentation. The accompanying fireworks on a huge, over-stage screen add a striking visual dimension to the song. Several Renaissance-inspired numbers like "In dulci Jubilo" and "Wassail, Wassail" showcase unusual Renaissance instruments and are paired with a rich, on-screen portrayal of a Renaissance feast. The instrumental, theatrical, and multimedia performances are beautifully, effectively done. The album ends, as Mannheim Steamroller tradition dictates, with "Going to Another Place," an all-time fan favorite.
Filmed by 24 cameras and backed by 64 tracks of digital audio, this concert video looks and sounds great. An optional subtext provides brief but incisive information about each musical number--there's no annoying, running oral commentary to obscure the music, but a few well-chosen words placed at the beginning of each number to heighten the enjoyment and understanding of each piece. --Tami Horiuchi
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