Morricone Conducts Morricone (2006)

For cinephiles and soundtrack collectors everywhere, Morricone Conducts Morricone is a DVD to cherish for a lifetime. Recorded in Munich, Germany on October 20, 2004, this no-frills 100-minute concert performance offers no bonus features, and none are necessary; an interview with Morricone would've been welcome, but the concert itself is a priceless treasure, honoring Ennio Morricone's staggering film-music legacy (over 400 scores as of 2006) with a well-chosen program of highlights conducted by the composer himself. With minimal fanfare, Morricone ascends the podium, peering over his glasses with the intense expression of a vigilant professore, and the Berlin Rundfunk Orchestra launches into the main theme from The Untouchables, beginning the "Life and Legend" portion of the program, which also includes the lush, romantic "Deborah's Theme" from Once Upon a Time in America, and similarly evocative excerpts from the scores of The Legend of 1900 and Cinema Paradiso (the latter being the first of several selections discreetly accompanied by film clips). The second section, "Single Pages," showcases excerpts of early Morricone scores from lesser-known films like Love Circle, Maddalena, and H2S (the latter an obscure 1968 film that fell victim to censorship). The third section is devoted to Morrione's classic music for the films of Sergio Leone, including themes that made Morricone a film-music superstar: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, and A Fistful of Dynamite, with soprano soloist Susanna Rigacci doing an impressive job of re-creating (in a slightly lower register) the original soundtrack performance of Edda Dell'Orso on West.

Tracks:
1. Opening (0:33)
Life and Legend
2. THE UNTOUCHABLES –Theme (2:21)
3. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA – Deborah's Theme, Poverty, Main Theme (7:31)
4. THE LEGEND OF 1900 – Theme (1:27)
5. CINEMA PARADISO – Theme (2:18)
Single Pages
6. H2S – Theme (2:33)
7. THE SICILIAN CLAN – Theme (3:55)
8. LOVE CIRCLE – Disons, un soir a diner (4:07)
9. LOVE CIRCLE – Uno che grida amore (5:00)
10. MADDALENA – Come Maddalena (4:08)
Sergio Leone: Modern Film Legends
11. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA – Cockey's Song (4:08)
12. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – Theme (3:03)
13. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST – Theme (3:02)
14. A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE – Theme (3:09)
15. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – Ecstasy of Gold (4:10)
[Intermission - no break]
16. CANONE INVERSO (Making Love) – Violin Concerto (14:57)
Socially Committed Cinema
17. INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION – Theme (3:06)
18. ACCORDING TO PEREIRA – Theme (3:18)
19. THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN (3:52)
20. CASUALTIES OF WAR – Outrages (8:56)
Tragic, Lyrical, Epic…
21. THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS – Theme (3:36)
22. THE MISSION – Suite (9:41)
23. Credits (0:27)

Trailers
Gala From the Vienna State Opera
Seiji Ozawa Conducts Gershwin
Keith Jarrett: The Art of Improvisation
Jacques Loussier
English, French & German language menus activate on first play.



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