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The Red Violin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074646301029
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: May 18, 1999
Sales Rank: 12797
Studio: Sony



Disc 1:
  1. Anna's Theme
  2. Part 1. Cremona. Main Title
  3. Part 1. Cremona. Death of Anna
  4. Part 1. Cremona. Birth of the Red Violin
  5. Part 1. Cremona. The Red Violin
  6. Part 2. Vienna. The Monastery
  7. Part 2. Vienna. Kaspar's Audition; Journey to Vienna
  8. Part 2. Vienna. Etudes; Death of Kaspar
  9. Part 3. Oxford. The Gypsies; Journey Across Europe
  10. Part 3. Oxford. Pope's Gypsy Cadenza
  11. Part 3. Oxford. Coitus Musicalis; Victoria's Departure
  12. Part 3. Oxford. Pope's Concert
  13. Part 3. Oxford. Pope's Betrayal
  14. Part 4. Shanghai. Journey to China
  15. Part 4. Shanghai. People's Revolution; Death of Chou Yuan
  16. Part 5. Montréal. Morritz Discovers the Red Violin
  17. Part 5. Montréal. Morritz's Theme
  18. Part 5. Montréal. The Theft
  19. Part 5. Montréal. End Titles
  20. The Red Violin: Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra - John Corigliano, Corigliano, John
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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com's Best of 1999:
Leave it to composer John Corigliano and violinist Joshua Bell--two of biggest names in classical music--to team up and create one of 1999's best soundtracks. For many, the soundtrack to The Red Violin was just as impressive as the film, a moving blend of gypsy, folk, and classical compositions. --Jason Verlinde

Amazon.com essential recording:
Normally we think of a musical instrument as a passive object in the service of a performing artist. But what if that instrument is itself a work of art, containing the secrets of the various owners through whose hands it has passed over the centuries? That's the premise behind this intriguing film by François Girard (director of 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould). It traces the story of a legendary violin (thought to be possessed by an immortal soul) from its birth in 17th-century Italy through Mozart's Vienna, Victorian England, and revolutionary China to its present-day fate on the auction block. The score, in suggesting the violin's unique aura, therefore carries much of the burden of the story, and it brings together some of the most outstanding talents in contemporary classical music. Composer John Corigliano's richly eclectic and poetic score--encompassing classical elegance, gypsy passion, and angst-ridden harmonies--etches vivid portraits of the film's various epochs but also gives an overarching sense of unity to the episodic character of the script. It's essentially a set of remarkably imaginative variations for violin and orchestra on a theme of haunting pathos and is a substantial work of music in its own right. As the soloist, Joshua Bell saturates the eponymous instrument with personality. His combination of virtuoso bravura and soulful phrasing almost seems to lead the violin to the brink of human speech. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen shapes the exchange between orchestra and violin into tautly dramatic dialogue. The disc also includes a powerful related work on the theme used in the score, the Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra, which confirms Corigliano's status as one of today's leading and most personally communicative American composers. --Thomas May



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The true weeping violin.
The violin in this is very lovely but also very sad and is profound. Those who play the violin or ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Red Violin
To hear it is to love it. If you like the sound of the violin you will love Joshua Bell playing it. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Love the soundtrack and the movie!
I have five copies of this soundtrack for various places I spend most of my time at. It's beautiful ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Music is best along with the movie
There are soundtracks that are wonderful to listen to without the movie, such as Ladies in Lavender, and ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Powerful, beautiful, and haunting,
There are soundtracks and then there are Soundtracks. There is music, and then there is Music. This cd falls ... Read More

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