Product Details

• Actors: Herbert Von Karajan, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic
• Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: German (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sony
• DVD Release Date: February 16, 1999
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1573301353
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,976 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Sony Music Release Date: 09/21/2004 Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vivaldi with a power never heard before, March 11, 2000

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Juan Keledjian (MIAMI, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic (DVD)

With so many versions of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and after listening them so many times, I asked myself if it's something I still don't know or heard. This version gave me the answer. Compared with this version, the others seem weak, superflous, ambiance music to entertain bored monarchs. With Karajan and Ann-Sophie Mutter, Vivaldi regains power, character and now is music to be listened with attention to all the interesting details that make this version the best one I ever heard. Listen (and see) the violas in Summer's 3rd, the powerful bass in Autum 3rd while Karajan, sitting by an extra cembalo, improvises some chords. A must-have for all music lovers.

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Big boned Vivaldi!, January 26, 2000

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"richie-boy" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic (DVD)

This is not a disc for lovers of "authentic" music! Karajan has assembled what seems like the entire string section of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for this lush romantic version of the Four Seasons. Soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter is in tune with HvK's approach,she is vital even a touch fierce in the more excitable passages but as ever her pure tone,brilliant technique and wilful temperament combine to ensure there is always something interesting occasionally something transcendent at the core of her interpretation. Now that scaled down authentic baroque has become the norm I find it a guilt-free pleasure to look back at this sort of "incorrect" performance and simply enjoy it as an example of fine music making. Picture quality is OK,sound comes in two flavours 2 channel stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 - I found the 5.1 surround mix the most impressive in conjuring up a realistic concert acoustic.There are no extras to speak of just a written puff piece about Saint Herbert.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Viva Vivaldi!, February 24, 2004

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Rod Saunders (Tulsa, Ok) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons / Von Karajan, Mutter, Berlin Philharmonic (DVD)

This performance was taped 17 years ago so the video quality isn't that sharp by today's standards, but the audio is excellent. The new building - The Chamber Music Auditorium of the Berlin Philharmonic - is beautiful and perfect for such a performance. Mutter's playing is up to her usual lofty standards, and of course maestro Herbert Von Karajan (he and Mutter are my reasons for granting the five stars) is larger than life, although he was obviously beginning to weaken at this point and sadly needed assistance in standing. (He passed less than two years after this taping.) Also provided on the DVD are backgrounds on Von Karajan and the new auditorium. Overall an excellent presentation of Vivaldi's masterpiece.