All The Russias: A Musical Journey (4 Part DVD Series - 2007) Options

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All The Russias: A Musical Journey (4 Part DVD Series - 2007)

The entire sweep of Russian musical history is explored in this series, beginning with its origins in ancient chants and folk music, stretching through to radical contemporary composers like Schnittke and Gubaidulina.

Artistic director of the Kirov, Valery Gergiev, presents excerpts from the orchestral and vocal legacy of composers such as Mussorgsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.

Video Codec: XviD MPEG-4 codec
Language: English narration, with some Russian interviews. English subtitles are available.
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Note: To cut costs and have all four DVDs fit neatly into an expensive looking box, the Chinese distributors of this set excluded the third documentary of the series, entitled "Devils".

Part 1: The Little Birch Tree

In this first programme, Valery Gergiev takes us into the heart of the Russian countryside. Over the centuries, the traditions of folk culture have been an assertion of the Russian identity and the melodies of the countryside can be found everywhere in Russian classical music from Glinka and Tchaikovsky to Stravinsky and the present day.

Part 2: Holy Mother Russia

This second programme in the series explores the power of religion and faith in Russian music. Russia is at once devoutly Christian and deeply pagan, but under the Soviets both faith and magic received the deep-freeze treatment.

Part 3: Once Upon A Time

This programme looks at one of the archetypal forms of Russian culture, the fairy-tale.

Part 4: Looking East, Looking West

This final programme evokes the love/hate relationship between Russia and her neighbours, oscillating between fear and loathing, envy and imitation.

Gergiev concludes the series with an impassioned plea to preserve national identity in the face of invasion by Microsoft and Micky Mouse.

Download Links:

Subtitles:

http://rapidshare.com/files/81704996/All_t...h.Subtitles.rar

Part 1:

http://rapidshare.com/files/77412609/All.T....Tree.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77413286/All.T....Tree.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77413838/All.T....Tree.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77414594/All.T....Tree.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77415187/All.T....Tree.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77415834/All.T....Tree.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77416561/All.T....Tree.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77416900/All.T....Tree.part8.rar

Part 2:

http://rapidshare.com/files/77693471/All.T...ussia.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77693982/All.T...ussia.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77694573/All.T...ussia.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77695197/All.T...ussia.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77695710/All.T...ussia.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77696315/All.T...ussia.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77696902/All.T...ussia.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77697143/All.T...ussia.part8.rar

Part 3:

http://rapidshare.com/files/77713469/All.T....Time.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77714034/All.T....Time.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77714679/All.T....Time.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77715701/All.T....Time.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77716506/All.T....Time.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77717138/All.T....Time.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77717831/All.T....Time.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77718144/All.T....Time.part8.rar

Part 4:

http://rapidshare.com/files/77734059/All.T....West.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77734667/All.T....West.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77735223/All.T....West.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77735716/All.T....West.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77736277/All.T....West.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77736849/All.T....West.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77738088/All.T....West.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77740382/All.T....West.part8.rar