Klarinet Archive - Posting 000132.txt from 1998/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet in space
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 22:57:23 -0400

>What about the movie "All the Mornings of the World"
>("Tu le Matin du Monde") where Gerard DePardeu (sp?) contrives
>to play the viola da gamba. In this day and age of authenticity
>and accuracy of information, it's hard to understand how every-
>body on the production crew of that movie failed to see how
>phony it looked to see the actor fingering the neck of the
>instrument completely randomly, and without any relation to
>the soundtrack. It was so distracting, I couldn't enjoy
>the movie. It was very disappointing.

Close. Depardieu

Just close your eyes, ignore the movie, and listen to the glorious Sainte
Colombe, Marin Marais, and Francois Couperin music (_especially_ the
Marais!)

The CD from the movie is extraordinary - Auvidis K4640. I just was listening
to it on a long ride up north last Saturday.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program ...
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Mark Charette, Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
charette@-----.org

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