Leonhardt plays Bach! In a movie!

Started by FideLeo, June 03, 2007, 03:03:12 AM

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FideLeo

Gustav Leonhardt's turn of starring (as JS Bach himself) is in this movie, now on DVD

Jean-Marie Straub's "Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach" (1968 - around the time when Leonhardt and
Harnoncourt launched their integral recording of Bach Sacred Cantatas?)



http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/chronicleanna.php

http://www.filmreference.com/Films-Chr-Czl/Chronik-der-Anna-Magdalena-Bach.html

http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/chronicle-of-anna-magdalena-bach/3387

(Nikolaus Harnoncourt plays Leopold, Prince of Anthalt-Cöthen ;D Bob van Asperen plays
one of JSB's cousins - It's like a masked ball for the Harpsichord Brigade.) Hip hip
hurrah! A must-see!  ;D

HIP for all and all for HIP! Harpsichord for Bach, fortepiano for Beethoven and pianoforte for Brahms!

val

Yes, a great movie, and not only because of the music. To me, one of the two best movies about a composer (the other is "Tous les matins du monde" about Marais and Sainte-Colombe). The exact opposite of movies like Amadeus or that "thing" where Gary Oldman makes a clown of Beethoven.

FideLeo

HIP for all and all for HIP! Harpsichord for Bach, fortepiano for Beethoven and pianoforte for Brahms!

orbital

Just ordered it and safely put it at the top of my queue, thanks.

The Mad Hatter


FideLeo

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Quote from: The Mad Hatter on June 05, 2007, 05:39:15 PM
But...can they act?!

They PLAY!   ;D

OK...this one is superbly ACTed, but it is about LvB instead..



Un grand amour de Beethoven

Harry Baur: Beethoven
Jean-Louis Barrault: Karl

dir. Abel Gance


HIP for all and all for HIP! Harpsichord for Bach, fortepiano for Beethoven and pianoforte for Brahms!