Just want to give everyone who ordered THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK and THE FIDDLER ON THE ROOF a head's up. It looks like they worked this Saturday at Lala Land. My order has shipped.
Just want to give everyone who ordered THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK and THE FIDDLER ON THE ROOF a head's up. It looks like they worked this Saturday at Lala Land. My order has shipped.
I received my shipping notice for Anne Frank Wednesday so I should have it by Monday.
I received the Anne Frank CD today. Terrific presentation, with really fine design throughout the booklet, and a particularly affecting and commendable section of text by Chris Malone. I've played only Disc 1 so far and the score tracks sound wonderful. Better than I anticipated. The album sounds good too, but those poorly-recorded church bells that are clumsily superimposed over the music in a couple of places in the album are thankfully absent from the equivalent score tracks. A high class release in every way.
got both Fiddler and anne Frank today. Anne Frank is everything one could have hopes for. The tracks sound great, the performance of the orchestra is beyond amazing. Newman conducts this like a chamber orchestra and indeed the listing of players shows there are just under fifty players. Chris Malone did an amazing job. THIS WAS WORTH ALL OF THE WAIT.
Today I played these discs. Such overwhelming beauty.
I hadn't heard the score apart from the film and, to my surprise, I was overwhelmed emotionally. Tears were streaming down my face as I recalled the scenes to which the music cues corresponded as well as the Anne Frank story itself. Chris Malone's lovely piece about how the pandemic isolated him and the rest of us added to the emotional effect.
This is release for the ages. For those of you who haven't yet heard it, get ready for a possible cathartic experience.
A welcome arrival today. The LP has long been one of my most treasured albums. It was, and remains, quite a good representation of Newman's achievement. So it will take some getting used to the unfamiliar (to me) film version. For example, the album suggested a strong first-act finale by using "Spring Is Coming" at the end of side one. Now we see that the actual first-act curtain was a quiet one. Where did it occur? This story of confinement and claustrophobia surely didn't need an intermission!
What about "The First Kiss"? The album had it near the end, seemingly in connection with the late-blooming attraction to Peter. Here the track comes right after "The First Day." Whom does she kiss at that early stage, and what does the galloping rhythm suggest at the end of the track?
A welcome arrival today. The LP has long been one of my most treasured albums. It was, and remains, quite a good representation of Newman's achievement. So it will take some getting used to the unfamiliar (to me) film version. For example, the album suggested a strong first-act finale by using "Spring Is Coming" at the end of side one. Now we see that the actual first-act curtain was a quiet one. Where did it occur? This story of confinement and claustrophobia surely didn't need an intermission!
What about "The First Kiss"? The album had it near the end, seemingly in connection with the late-blooming attraction to Peter. Here the track comes right after "The First Day." Whom does she kiss at that early stage, and what does the galloping rhythm suggest at the end of the track?
The Intermission comes after the suspenseful Hanukkah sequence in 1942 with the second act picking up New Year’s Day 1944 as in the original play. Strangely enough, the Entr’Acte is a slightly more elaborately orchestrated version of the “Spring is Coming” cue.
As for “The First Kiss,” the cue occurs as Mr. Frank gives Anne her diary, therefore making him the recipient of said kiss. The galloping rhythm at the end of the cue occurs as Anne writes about the news of the war, primarily regarding the Battle of Stalingrad (Volvograd).
Today I played these discs. Such overwhelming beauty.
I hadn't heard the score apart from the film and, to my surprise, I was overwhelmed emotionally.
Last evening I put on the DVD and my jaw dropped with the same reaction while hearing the Overture to a blank screen. Is it possible to have your heart broken without having seen a frame? Yes! The power of the music combined with what I knew was coming was devastating. My goodness. I’ve reached the point where Ed Wynn’s dentist has just arrived and hope to complete the viewing tonight. So far I have been able to concentrate on the scoring without inhibiting the impact of the drama (put on the subtitles just for that reason) and there is underdubbing in a few areas but nothing crucial. Happily. Anyway, am primed to get the new CD. Will finish the flick first for the full effect.
This is an absolutely fabulous release of one of the greatest scores ever written. Remastering is off the charts. Thanks to everyone at La La Land for the best release of the year!
And that is saying a lot. This has been a great year for film score CDs.