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Verdi: Requiem

  • July 2013
  • 1hr

    28mins

  • Music
  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Andy Sommer,

    Starring

    Anja Harteros,

    Elina Garanca,

    Jonas Kaufmann,

    René Pape

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    This is an exhilarating experience both visually and aurally. How wonderful that Barenboim is havng such success with Verdi this late in his career.The excitement and power is there in all the big movements and the tempi shouldn't upset anyone. There is clarity and drive in all the big choral fugues and the climaxes will knock your socks off. But it was the quiet moments I found most moving. The incredibly detalied camera work increases this sense of intimacy and the video quality is excellent. Really.