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A popular but very good program here: one Haydn (symphony), one Mozart (flute concerto), and Symphonie Fantastique. Videography is good, but sound strangely deficient, especially in Berlioz: sometimes first violins disappear — and in fairly strategic places too — and all you can hear is texture. Funny, ’cause videography in those moments is fine: they show the first violins. Don’t know how this is possible, but there you have it. In general I didn’t particularly like this Symphonie Fantastique: I think they brought in extra forces for that piece, yet still it lacked the large, lush, “Karajanian” sound which suits this Romantic piece so well; it was also somewhat choppy, stop-and-go rather than flowing (especially this is grating in the second movement, Le Bal, which as you know, is a waltz, and as such must be played with a sort of undulating ceaseless drive). Plus the disbalance I’ve mentioned above — therefore four stars, not five. Otherwise this is a fine video. Extras hold one sizeable documentary about Istanbul — not particularly informative, more like a tourist promotion flick, but still good for what it is, and a “Making of” which is definitely too sketchy, but again, other things being equal, better to have it than not.
Bottom line: Not a must-have, but pleasant; as far as owning it, I’d recommend to rent it first. Will make a good gift (that’s how I got mine).
European Concert From Istanbul
Once I started it, I couldn’t stop.
My favorite type of book contains plenty of action, mystery and sometimes humor, and this book is exactly that. Not only did I like it, I loved it. I longed to get more information from the book. This book is very intriguing and is interesting. I am looking forward to reading the next in the series.
I have tried many pedometers which never seemed to work properly. I complained to a person at the local YMCA, who asked me what I paid for them. It was usually around $5 at a discount store. He told me to get a good one, and suggested Amazon.com. I have been very satisfied with the Omron, It clips on my garments or just stays in my pocket, is very accurate in measuring my more than 10,000 steps daily.
People From Summit County
I am fortunate to know Fred…or so I thought. His soft Austrian accent adds so much to his saga. His ever present awkward gait that has been with him like so many memories I now understand. Always sincere, pensive and with an instrospective intensity he writes as he speaks. It’s not history retold from the ‘other side’s’ perspective that redefines ones attitude. It’s that one is reading what amounts to the diary of an Austrian German boy soldier in Hitler’s army whose purpose was the exact opposite of every Allied soldier who told their story. Thousands of ‘good soldiers’ spent horrible periods of time in battle, in hospitals, as prisoners in war camps, or sadly prisoners of their own minds and memories. Novotny’s only bitterness is aimed not at his military foes and blended with purposeful stealth into the late stage of his book. The unabashed honesty of Fred’s story is compelling and civilian as well as military. As a young waiter before being drafted he describes how he and several coworkers essentially steal some famous salami. They get found out, each slapped in the face and Novotny gets three weeks in the potato cellar. Like the rest of his story there is no faux remorse. He relates the salami saga because it says something about him; what that means he leaves to the reader. In a ‘dacha’ in Russia they find an American Gramophone and one 78rpm record. Schockingly it happens to be one of his favorites, “Stormy Weather”. This eventual American Austrian loved Harry James and Louis Armstrong. Describing how that left leg was wounded he mentions that there were 8 other bullets hitting his equipment including his helmet he didn’t get far enough into the hole he was digging. Many a ‘hero’have conjured up details of great bravery. Fred says, “Someone was looking out after me.” Honesty and heroism make strange bedfellows. Speaking of strange bedfellows perhaps the most revealing tale in the book is Novotny’s remembrance of his encounter with a young wom
The Good Soldier From
This is not at all Christian. It is, however, completely representative of the therapeutic, self-fulfilling kindliness that passes for Christianity in America these days. If that’s all you’re looking for, here’s a deception that will effectively lull you into a warm, cozy and shallow life of obtuseness. It’s like deliberately choosing to turn yourself into a “smiley face”. What kind of person settles for that?
If you are Christian, stick with the Bible and your church. Those provide the challenging truths a person needs to understand, along with the reassurance and affirmation that keeps us striving to be fully human, the likeness and image of God.
United States From the
From a Whisper to No program of this type is going to please EVERY music fan – music is too much of a subjective passion for the listener, and some viewers are inevitably going to feel that their favorites were …
Whispers of Inspiration Spiritual I am one of the poetry authors in this book and I really think it is a truly worthwhile reading. It’s been said that a man must first move himself before he can move the hearts of others. In …
I saw it on WE so it was edited out a little but i could under stand every curse the blocked out so it was great for me.
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