Verdi - Requiem / Price, Pavarotti, Cossotto, Ghiaurov, von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala
by Henri-Georges Clouzot
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Actor: Fiorenza Cossotto, Herbert von Karajan, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Nikolai GhiaurovDirector: Henri-Georges Clouzot
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Latin (Original Language), DTS 5.1; English (Original Language), DTS 5.1; French (Original Language), DTS 5.1; German (Original Language), DTS 5.1
Format: Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Philips
Movie Reviews of Verdi - Requiem / Price, Pavarotti, Cossotto, Ghiaurov, von Karajan, Teatro alla Scala
Movie Review: Wretched sound, but there are compensations
Summary: 3 Stars
I may be a lone voice here, but anyone who considers buying this famous video of the Verdi Requiem should be warned that the sound is wretched by any standard, including historical. The acoustic is cavernous, blurring the syllables of chorus and soloists almost beyond recognition. There is microphone shatter at loud cimaxes, and dodgy intonation at various intervals. As much as I wanted to compensaqte for these defects--after all, this is the only way you can hear Pavarotti and Leontyne Price with Karajan in the Requiem--at least I know now why DG has never extracted a soundtrack for release on CD.
There are other attractions, however. A small one is the sight of the young Pavarotti without a beard. He is barely recognizable. Too bad that the wretched sound robs him of his distinctive timbre; close your eyes and you will have a hard time identifying the voice. For me the major attraction was watching Karajan's podium technique. With floating hands he vaguely outlines and shapes each phrase, and that's it. There's barely a discernible beat and no cueing of individual entrances. Since he also conducted with eyes closed, Karajan seems to be immersed in private reverie. And yet, as we all know, he extracted the utmost in precision, expression, and virtuosity from his musical forces. One comes away feeling that mesmerism was involved.
Clouzot's direciton is straightforward, so there's not much visual enticement here. I suppose every other reviewer has lower standards for DVD sound. For my part, this is a sketchy audio product at best.
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