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| David Fray: J.S. Bach - Swing, Sing and Think | 
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| Director: Bruno Monsaingeon
Actor: David Fray
Studio: Virgin Classics
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.98
Buy New: $20.99
You Save: $3.99 (16%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 52878
Format: Classical, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: French (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 131 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5099921306495
ASIN: B001HKM8HA
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: January 13, 2009 (In 4 Days)
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Availability: Not yet released
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| Customer Reviews:
Melodramatic artiste meets Europe's finest chamber orchestra December 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Swing, Sing and Think is a chronicle of the young French pianist David Fray's recording sessions of three of Bach's famous clavier concertos. Each chapter features a few minutes of Fray at home in Paris explicating his interpretation of the score at his piano, followed by rehearsal and recording sessions he conducts with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, one of the finest chamber orchestras in Europe.
It's easy to see why Monsaingeon made this film: Fray's a character. Young, handsome, and talented but extremely melodramatic. As he plays piano, he wears his emotions on his face, from gloom to rapture to heartbroken to basically coital, much to the amusement of the veteran musicians of the Kammerphilharmonie, who amiably attempt to follow the variously vague, flowery, and obtuse musical instructions of this young, passionate French stereotype.
The music that emerges from these sessions is great-- a very fresh take on familiar music. For all his intense facial expressions, Fray is an immensely talented pianist with deeply sophisticated interpretations of Bach. But the film's greatest success is capturing the imprecise art of musical collaboration and the synergy that emerges here DESPITE the core tension between Fray and the Kammerphilharmonie.
Fray's a talent worth watching and this DVD is, too.
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