Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet (1968)

The Nutcracker Ballet

The choreography does not follow the actual story,so I did not care for the whole story line. Nureyev was the best. December 29, 2008

Eugene Onegin - again, good.

Was going for a cd but DVD will be fun to watch - when I can sit down. I can listen to DVD though.

Cheers. September 15, 2008

What Are We Rating Here?

I have not seen this Thaikovsky Symphony #6 yet. I was just wondering why ALL the reviews on this DVD are of "Swan Lake" and/or "The Nutcracker"?
Is there a routing problem at Amazon? This many people couldn't have ALL critiqued the wrong item- Could they have? May 23, 2008

Piotr is alive here

A product of the late Soviet era, this film is a cluster of near-perfection in visual, sound and scenario, all of which with persuading Russianness.
One can hardly believe that all one sees are actors; Piotr is Piotr, in appearance and manners, so are Madame von Meck, Rubinstein and other characters.
The story is rather focused on the relationship between Piotr and Madame von Meck. Obviously the director wanted the film a work of art, not a documentary. Profound words of life's anguish and joy are unforgettable, and persuasive enough to explain the secrets of his music.
Visuals are aesthetic and deliberate. Interesting is the sound; rather than threading perfect recordings of familiar works, one often hears unfamiliar arrangement or unusual patchworking of tunes, as if they were resonating in the composer's head.
In short, this film makes one experience what it is like to be a contemporary of the great composer, or to be himself.








May 18, 2008

Not about this product! Amazon Review Editor - Please check review function!

As soon as you have corrected the review problem, please delete this review. Too many of the reviews attached to this product:

Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet

are reviews of other products. Some of them are as far away from this product as, 1) biographical material on the composer and 2) a performance of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin.

Other reviews located here when they should appear elsewhere are performances by other companies of The Nutcracker, or of performances of other ballets. One reviews a performance of The Nutcracker which had nothing in common with this performance -- not even the choreographer -- but the composer and his music.

I recommend that you correct this as soon as you reasonably can in the course of business, preferably by attaching the reviews to the products which they do review. Rss28's review of a Swan Lake performance is missing from that product and would be very useful if it were posted there.

Thank you for any attention you can give this suggestion. February 29, 2008

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