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Title: Be warned, this is not a live recording
Review: BE WARNED! If you think this is a video recording of an orchestral performance, you will be sorely disappointed, as I was. It is merely a SOUNDTRACK of Rachmaninoff, with pretty travelogue visuals glued on. There are NO VISUALS OF THE ORCHESTRA AT ALL, no shots of musical craftsmanship, pianist fingers skimming over the keys, musician faces concentrating, cellist fingers sawing, lips pursed on the oboe, impassioned conductor guiding the orchestra through the moves to bring an art object into being, etc. -- nothing of that. It is merely a travelogue plus audio CD. You may as well play the CD in your car, while driving through your own visuals. For me this Naxos purchase was a total waste.
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