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Xenakis: Kraanerg [DVD Video]
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2008-05-13
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3/5
painting a snake and adding legs
by Dr. M. Mechthold-jin (China)
Kraanerg is the piece that made me a fan of Xenakis and still, for me, is one of the most beautiful works of modernist music. And here you got another outstanding recording of it. I would have awarded the disk 5 points if it had been a CD with just this marvellous music.
Unfortunately there is a lot more on the DVD and most of it spoils the fun. As the Chinese say, it's like painting a snake and adding legs.
This seems to be the fate of Kraanerg ever since its first performance: At that time the music was well received by the critics but unfortunately a ballet was added and the dancing was a disaster. It was probably for that reason that Kraanerg never became the classic it should have been and has not been performed often. It seems Kraanerg does not need to be visualised: It better speaks for itself.
Although this incident is mentioned in the CD (in the booklet and an interview) the makers (Mode records) have not learned from it. Instead of a ballet they add pictures to the music: A badly edited film of the musicians playing the music during the "live" parts and a childish "music video" during the "electronic" parts. Both are annoying to watch. When there is a trombone solo you can bet the film shows the string section. For long periods of time you just see close-ups of the backs of musicians. Whoever did that had no understanding of the music at all. The "music video" is so bad I should not even mention it here.
This music is as powerful as the ocean and as mighty as a mountain landscape. Who needs silly music videos to enjoy the ocean?
I put the DVD into my CD player to see if I can listen to it without having to bear the visuals but it didn't work. So if you buy this, enjoy it with a big piece of cardboard in front of your TV screen. In the meantime I will keep the DVD in the shelf as a collectors item and listen to older recordings of Kraanerg instead.
This mistake has been made before: There is the Zeitkratzer CD and Mode Record's Legende d'Eer, both of which add terrible amateur "music videos" to Xenakis' music. I believe that even in the hands of professionals this idea would not work out. I can't understand how Mode Records could release something so poor. Their audio recordings are fine.
5/5
Xenakis -Krannerg
by D. nicholls
This highly dramatic, and I think no nonsense and easily emotionally accessible, work is full of dark powerful murmers and rumblings that rise up dangerously from below, appropriate since it was inspired by the Paris '68 student uprisings ( you don't have to be politically radical or open-minded to like this sort of music, but it might help). Great fun, as good as any modernist masterpiece in any medium I'd say.
Xenakis: Kraanerg [DVD Video] Summary
This DVD features interviews with various Iannis Xenakis experts such as Gerard Pape and James Harley, as well as his widow, Fran oise Xenakis. This is the first DVD release of one of Xenakis' best known works, Kraanerg. Format: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD Rating: NR Age: 764593019695 UPC: 764593019695 Manufacturer No: MOD-DVD196
This DVD features interviews with various Iannis Xenakis experts such as Gerard Pape and James Harley, as well as his widow, Françoise Xenakis. This is the first DVD release of one of Xenakis' best known works, Kraanerg.
Iannis Xenakis: Kraanerg DVD Techincal Details
Cast:
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Rated:
NR (Not Rated)
Running Time:
120 mins
UPC:
764593019695
Binding:
DVD
Studio:
Mode
Release Date:
2008-05-13
Region Code:
0
Specs:
Classical, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Language & Subtitles
English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.0), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), German (Subtitled),
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