William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Simon Boswell

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack] [Import] [PR]

Simon Boswell （Decca）

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発売日：1999年4月20日(火)

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Overture (from Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream")
Brindisi - Renee Fleming/Marcello Giordani (from Verdi's "La Traviata")
Che Gelida Manina - Luciano Pavarotti (from Puccini's "La Boheme")
The Course of True Love (Boswell)
Between the Cold Moon and the Earth (Boswell)
Hot Ice (Boswell)
The Forgeries of Jealousy (Boswell)
I Know a Place Where the Wild Thyme Blows (Boswell)
Casta Diva - Renee Fleming (from Bellini's "Norma")
Intermezzo (from Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana")
What Fools These Mortals Be (Boswell)
Strange Snow (Boswell)
Fair Lovers You Are Fortunately Met (from Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream")
Una Furtiva Lagrima - Roberto Alagna (from Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'Amore")
Wedding March (from Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream")
A Most Rare Vision (Boswell/Mascagni)
Non Piu Mesta - Cecilia Bartoli (from Rossini's "La Cenerentola")

レビュー (Amazon)
The world of meddling fairies and "amorous discord"--both frolicsome and subversive--conjured by A Midsummer Night's Dream has enchanted the imagination of many a composer, the most famous being Felix Mendelssohn. Selections from his magical evocation of Shakespeare's poetry set the tone for Michael Hoffmann's engaging new film version featuring an all-star cast. The soundtrack also takes its cue from the director's setting of the play in late 19th-century Tuscany to indulge in some of the great moments of Italian opera. Gloriously spun melodies from Verdi, Donizetti, and Bellini enrich the film's sensual texture of laden banquets and misbegotten erotic dalliances by night in the forest. In his own original score, Simon Boswell (whose other credits range from Cousin Bette to Shallow Grave) interweaves moments of neo-Puccinian poignancy for the deluded mortals with exotic, Near Eastern-tinged strains to depict the lascivious pleasures of the fairy realm. As envisioned by the director, these assume a netherworldish quality more reminiscent of the Brothers Grimm than the Italian landscape. Opera fans will also relish the presence here of two new recordings by Renee Fleming made specifically for the soundtrack, including "Casta diva," which is sung as a counterpoint of languid beauty to Shakespeare's tangled web of illusory passion. --Thomas May