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It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

Have you seen the "Damnation of Faust" on DVD ....

.... performed at the Salzburger Festspiele? It caused a sensation in 1999 with some innovative and spectacular visuals, the meaning of some I have yet to fathom. The staging includes a cylindrical platform on which 4 Barco projectors played various images from time to time. e.g. during the "Ride to the Abyss" they showed galloping horses riding around the cylinder. Sounds wierd but you have to see it to appreciate the effect. Also brilliant singing.

Actually it was "The Damnation of Faust" which seduced me into adding video to this audio system. My wife and I were fortunate to be at an Albert Hall London in 1989 attending a performance put on by Solti and the Chicago orchestra & chorus. They released it in laserdisc -> to collection of music LDs + some movies.

We now have 5 versions of "Damnation of Faust" - two on LP, one on LD, one on DVD and now the LSO CD. Superb work. I'm a real Berlioz fan and am also fortunate to have the LSO "Trojans", his earlier LP set + the Met laserdisc production.

The other LSO CDs of "Symphony Fantastique" and "Beatrice & Benedict" are equally brilliant. Great music to stir the soul. It all makes me feel so lucky to live at a time when such glorious productions can be enjoyed in the comfort of one's own home :-)

John

Peace at AA


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