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Jeff Girard and M-R Music present
The Wind Band Report
2014 Midwest Preview #2
Performance and Reference DVDs
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Vol. 2, No. 8 December 2014
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 It's getting down to the wire. We've packed most of the boxes into the trailer, and I'll spend the weekend getting a few last boxes of materials QR coded and packed up. Test your QR app with the code to the left and make sure your phone is charged up when you hit the floor.
Up now is a preview of some of the DVDs I'll have on display. Not only are some of these musical performances inspiring, they can be educational too as you watch some of the great masters working their craft. For some, you can even see some of their rehearsal technique with some of the top musical organizations in the world.
There are also numerous documentaries and educational DVDs that you can use as an additional resource to your music classes, or just to further your own education. There's a great music appreciation series that introduces some of the most well known composers and repertoire to your students. Take a look into that below.
Finally, new this year, many of these DVDs can now be previewed by scanning the QR code affixed to the DVD case. You can also see these previews by clicking the pictures in the presentation below.
I'll be sending out one more preview about some new band works tomorrow, and then it's off to Chicago. Remember, we can bill your school and will ship any orders for free, so stop by for a spell and take a look at all the resources we have to offer. Be seeing you soon!
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DVDs
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The Incomparable Celibidache
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino Della Rai
The Incomparable Celibidache
box-set celebrates the historic release on DVD of rare footage of performances with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI between 1969-70. The four DVDs can be purchased individually, but with this box set you can get them all for a fraction of what they would be if you bought them each separately.
Included are Bruckner: Symphony No. 9; Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique;
Cherubini: Overto to Il Portatore D'acqua;
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in Eb;
Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in Bb; Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5;
and Strauss: Death and Transfiguration.
4 DVD set: $32.99
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Collector's Edition - Condcutors
Featuring great performances from legendary artists of the 20th century, the Classic Archive Collector's Edition offers unique insights in the world of music interpretation of the golden age. This 4 DVD set is dedicated to some of the most outstanding conductors of the past, showing their artistry in inimitable performances. It contains more than 14 hours of material and includes various concerti, documentaries and comprehensive booklet information.
The featured conductors include Herbert von Karajan, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Charles Munch, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Leopold Stokowski, Eugen Johum, and Igor Markevitch.
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Erich Leinsdorf in Rehearsal and Performance
Erich Leinsdorf always insisted on the highest level of musicianship in everything he did, and he was able to maintain this spirit of perfection for a vast repertoire covering virtually every important section of the world's music literature. This DVD shows Erich Leinsdorf during rehearsals with the Symphony Orchestra of the S�dwestfunk in Baden-Baden with Preludes and Interludes from Parsifal and Schumann's 4th Symphony. These rehearsals are complemented wonderfully by the complete performances of the works.
DVD: $29.99
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Carlos Kleiber in Rehearsal and Performance
This is a rare opportunity to see the reclusive Carlos Kleiber rehearsing for a performance and conducting the final performance as well. Kleiber's distinctive qualities - his precision, politeness, charm, imagination and astonishing success at achieveing the effects he desired - all come to the forefront in these memorable rehearsals and performances.
Featuring the Radio- Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Kleiber leads them in Weber's Der Freischutz Overture and Strauss' Die Fledermaus Overture.
DVD:$29.99
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Introducing Masters of Classical Music
This series of DVDs is great for your music appreciation classes, or as a way to introduce your school orchestra to some of the standards of the repertoire. It's an informative and entertaining guide to some of the most important symphonic works of music history. As well as featuring a complete concert performance, it also includes an insightful documentary, in which an expert presenter guides the viewer through the structure of the music. There are several volumes available - in addition to the ones pictured above, there are also videos on Haydn's Symphony No. 94 "Surprise", Bruckner's Symphony No. 8, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9.
Each DVD: $19.99
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Stravinsky in Hollywood
Stravinsky in Hollywood explores the short-lived film career of this legendary composer, a story of an 'old school' European artist knocking heads with the brash New World. Igor Stravinsky lived in the heart of Hollywood from 1939 until shortly before his death in 1971 - longer than in any other single place. He came expecting to find lucrative work composing for the movies. The 60-minute film uses a combination of existing archival footage (some of it never before seen), contemporary interviews with experts in the field and living movie composers, and scenes from several big studio films of the 40s brought together - for the first time - with the music which Stravinsky wrote for them..
DVD: $24.99
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Paths Through the Labyrinth: The Composer Krzysztof Penderecki
On the occasion of Penderecki's 80th birthday,this film portraits the artist with a comprehensive 'work in progress' documentary. For one year, the author Anna Schmidt has been studying this world-famous artist. The film follows Penderecki from Krak�w to Munich, from Vienna to Leipzig, and on various occasions to his country estate in Luslawice. And throughout, the composer reflects on the meteoric beginning to his career, unexpected turning points in his life and ingenious ideas. Thoughts, dialogues, extracts from his music and film scores, encounters and the natural world all condense to create a fascinating, multi-layered portrait including also very rare archive material..
Book: $21.95
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Next issue - new band works
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 Until next time, thank you for your ongoing support. Hope to see you soon, and spread the word to your fellow wind band colleagues!
Jeff Girard Instrumental Specialist Instrumental Music (my direct line): 314/942-1522 General phone line: 314/291-4686 Fax: 314/621/4166 |
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