Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 / Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli (DVD) – Leonard Bernstein
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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 / Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli (DVD) – Leonard Bernstein
Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn
Artists: Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Judith Blegen, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claes H. Ahnsjö, Hans Sotin
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Video Format: NTSC 4:3
Sound Format: PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1
Region: All Regions
Language (Haydn): Latin
Subtitles (Haydn): English, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: C Major
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Run Time: 93 minutes
Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 16 was the last work he would complete before his death. Especially in the poignant slow movement, this otherworldly masterpiece can be read as the farewell music of a genius. In 1989, less than a year before his own death, Bernstein delivered a powerful and now legendary live performance of this work. Only the strings of the Vienna Philharmonic could carry off the orchestral rendition of Beethoven’s opus 135 with bravura, since each player is a true soloist. Bernstein and the orchestra wanted to play a difficult Beethoven quartet in a monster setting, achieving a truly exciting performance unlike anything one ever hears.
Another definitive Bernstein performance is the enigmatic maestro’s reading of Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli, filmed live in concert at Ottobeuren in 1984, using to maximum effect the deeply impressive setting of the monastery’s magnificent Baroque basilica.
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Music Notes
Most Western music is based on a system of notation that evolved around 1600 out of earlier practices. The starting point for any opera is the full score, which contains all individual voices and instruments arranged in a specific order on the page. The written music—representing the sounds a composer creates in his head—then comes to life performed by singers onstage and played by the orchestra.
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