Customer Reviews

Casanova (2005 Lasse Hallstrom film)

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As an avid baroque music listener and performer, I can attest to the delightfully pleasing performances on the soundtrack as well as the painstakingly accurate performance practices utilized in the recording of this soundtrack.

The producers of this film fortunately went to the trouble of hiring some of the top period performance musician-specialists in the country (perhaps in the entire world) to record the soundtrack to Casanova. I know, because several of them were faculty members of the Oberlin Conservatory Baroque Performance Institute who went AWOL to Hollywood in June 2005 for the recording sessions. We all forgave them, and were actually quite excited that period music performance was having its day on the silver screen.

Do not miss this exquisite potpourri of wonderful baroque composers' works performed as closely as humanly possible to the way that they heard their works during their lifetimes! The film may not have been intended to be historically accurate (part of the fun), but the music certainly ended up that way. Not only that, but it sounds heavenly (unlike Casanova's antics) and up-to-date, not musty and old as if it were sealed in a museum case.

For those that purchased this CD, I need not get into how masterfully infectious the movie was. After the first viewing, I found it charming, but after the second, I was hooked by the witty, clever story holding fun twists all along the way. So while I could go on and on about the movie and all of its wonderful aspects, the score was simply priceless. Apt in every scene, and all done with incredible baroque music that I had never had the opportunity of hearing before the film.

The disc walks you through the movie with no changes that I could tell from the original score. The only omission I found was that the song dubbed "Casanova's Theme" is played in much greater length in the closing credits, and that didn't seem to make it to the CD. Not a terrible loss.

Lots of interesting baroque music unknown to me and
put together in dramatic sequences that add zest and
class to the listening experience. Also wonderful to
play in auto while driving thru boring country or in
slow moving traffic!
This CD will get a lot of play from me.
5 Stars!

Saw the movie and had to have the soundtrack. Great music to relax by. When you need to get away from the cares of the day the classics can't be beat. The producers of this movie certainly chose wonderful music to accompany it.

An excellent film with an amazing soundtrack. Beautiful and playful, it perfectly captures the feel of the movie. Nice to see some real music in modern movies for a change. Listen for yourself.

ImportCDs, again, delivered an excellent product within days of ordering. Even without having viewed the movie, this CD gives provides a journey through the adventures of Casanova. The snipets kept me from becoming bored, as I sometimes am with classical music.

This is one of my favorite movies, and I love the music on it, so I decided to get the soundtrack. I LOVE IT!! The songs are so upbeat and beautiful! I listen to it in the car, and on my Mp3. I ocasionally listen to classical type music, but it's not something I'm devoted to, so I think that someone who it not particularly interested in classical music would still enjoy this!

I enjoyed the soundtrack of the film as I watched it so much I had to buy it immediately. When I close my eyes during many of the pieces I feel transported to a different time and place. Not only is the music beautiful on its own, as you watch the film it enhances the experience because it so perfectly fits.

I reviewed the movie "Marie Antoinette" and gave it a terrible rating in part because of the score. It is the polar opposite of "Casanova". Where the score for "Casanova" complements the film, the music in "Marie Antoinette" felt like an intrusion to me and ruined my enjoyment (or caused the lack thereof) of the film. That said, if you are a fan of classical music, you will enjoy this CD even if you have not seen the film.

I thought I was ordering the movie BUT I got two audio CD's. The music is great but I wanted the movie.