Red Star: Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble
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Brand: KulturDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Russian (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Red Star: Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble
Movie Review: Faithful to Slavic Choral Gusto Tradition (!!!)
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful to have this magnificent set of performances captured on DVD, so I can finally show friends what this group was like. I attended their American Tour performance in 1992 at Centre College in the small Kentucky town of Danville, KY. I was so excited when I left the hall I literally went without sleep for the entire night! Brilliant choral singing. Their Encore was the finest choral production I have ever witnessed (and I am a cathedral chorister by training). They sang all of the verses of the Irving Berlin "God Bless America." Absolutely thrilling! One of the earliest Soviet Cosmonaut space travelers (in his late 60's at the time of the Tour) was one of the male soloists. I recall him bringing tears to the audience by saying, looking up towards the sky, that he had circled many times in space over the country of America. [That occurred when I was in the 6th grade.] And now, through the tour, he was able for the first time to meet Americans on their own soil, which he had embraced with his heart from the distance, in magical views from space. He sang as soloist an old Russian folk song telling of the importance of being around the warmth of the hearth, and home life. His comments and song were followed by the Irving Berlin masterpiece of composition--which I had never heard in live performance.
This is a DVD which really captures the sound, feeling, and bright-and-smiling Human quality of this exceptional group gathered together at that time for their USA Tour. However, one aspect that's not fully communicated in the DVD was the absolute mastery of their conductor. His understanding of balance, presentation, pacing, and 'revealment' in long phrases was a feat to behold!
Summary of Red Star: Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble
This concert, given by the magnificent Russian troupe, the Red Star Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble, was recorded at the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow prior to a nationwide tour of the United States in the autumn of 1992. The 100-strong Ensemble was first formed within the USSR armed forces in 1977, performing concerts primarily for the army. Their repertoire ranges from popular folk tunes and songs of battle from all corners of the former Soviet Union to spectacular Cossack dancing and includes Glinka's Patriotic Song and Kamarinskaya, Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, and folk songs Kalinka, Dark Eyes, A Birch Tree Stood in the Meadow, Happy Girl and Seven Sons-in-Law. All are performed with energy, enthusiasm and patriotic fervor. Patriotic Song ? Meadowland ? Regimental Polka ? Cossacks' Dance ? Paganini Variations ? The Swallow ? Dark Eyes ? Russian Dance ? Volga Boat Song ? Kamarinskaya ? A Birch Tree Stood in the Meadow ? The Sun Set Behind a Mountain Sailors' Dance ? The Flight of the Bumblebee ? Song of a Flea ? Happy Girl ? Seven Sons-in-Law ? Hopak Dance ? Moscow Nights ? Kalinka ? On the March. Artistic Director: Colonel Anatoly Bazhalkin.Similar DVD Movies
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