The city of the dead by Korngold

[lornabegbie]

This is wonderful in every aspect.

[saffron200]

Beautiful music and the images are also impressive. If it is your photography you should be very proud. The one thing that could be improved upon is that the speed of the transitions is often far too fast and doesn't sit well with the gentle pace of the music. You could halve the number of images and have a much better sequence overall.

[MrSwifts31]

Can I just make one very small point here?

Korngold was born in Brno,which was then in the Austro Hungarian Empire(it is now in Czech Republic).

He had most of his "classical" sucesses in Vienna,before leaving(as he was Jew) Vienna before Hotlers armies occupied it.He had a 2nd career in Hollywood.

So really he should be described as an Austrian/American composer.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Accidenti. Korngold (quest'Aria, poi....) e Staglieno.

Poche cose in campo artistico mi attirani di più.

Pensa che sono pianista e suono molto del negletto Korngold, e sono stato ameno dieci volte a Staglieno, facendo centinaia di foto.

Se faro anch'io un video del genere mi perdonerai, eh.

Intanto complimenti, davvero.

[TheBlizzardcat]

@mamascarlatti-Thank you for your kind response. Tonality and vocal structure does resound similar to earlier recordings of Renee Fleming. I enjoy the visuals as well. 

[TheBlizzardcat]

Does one know the woman who sings this marvelous lied?

Thank you :-)

[errolfan]

@TheBlizzardcat lead?

[mamascarlatti]

@errolfan: Lied, as in german for song. You could also call it an aria as it comes from an opera.

[mamascarlatti]

@TheBlizzardcat Sounds like Renee Fleming

[Drelnis]

@TheBlizzardcat This is definitely Renee Fleming

[fracaroartesrl]

Beautiful video, beautiful sculptures, nice editing, really good,

Bello il video, belle le sculture,bel montaggio, veramente bravo,

Complimenti Luca from Italy

[TheBlizzardcat]

To oldsweetlovesongs,

Thank you very much for this wonderful piece!

I watch/listen often on my iPhone.

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[CraigFrancisSoto]

Che bellissima ! Just a beautiful piece by Korngold. Also stunning marble sculpture.Wonderful combination here. I know the Staglieno Cemetary well. Genova was my birthplace. Che bella citta ! Tante grazie oldsweetlovesongs for sharing this superb piece with us.

[TheBlizzardcat]

Almost?!

I do swoon!!!

[TheBlizzardcat]

I listen to this eloquent piece and almost swoon....

[nzaok]

the beautiful if morbid artwork suited the song perfectly. How utterly tragically beautiful this is.

[errolfan]

@nzaok You've got it . That's the part that scares me.

[errolfan]

This kind of gives you a view of immortality and, consequently, our lack thereof. Pity.

[Eisenmaus]

Beautiful music!

One thing though: Korngold wasn't a German even once in his life. Before he became an American, he was a citizen of Austria and before that a subject of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.

[aeomaster32]

The statues are indeed stunning, and suit this piece well.

[Lovelytenor1]

One of the most beautiful works of art created by man.

[oldsweetlovesongs]

I feel flattered, many thanks from the bottom of my heart

[errolfan]

@oldsweetlovesongs Timeless, with reason. Mesmerizing.

[misspeckpeck]

You are Eurocentrist. Oriental art is much older than Western art. You should not make such sweeping statements because it shows your ignorance.

[misspeckpeck]

I completely and totally believe that you have a 1.66 I.Q. It is obvious! Hahahahaha!

[errolfan]

@Lovelytenor1 Not a single work, but , a work over time by Korngold, artists, sculptures, life, death and everything in between.

[Ear4Beauty]

Korngold uplifted the quality of film music in Hollywood. There is nothing wrong with a great composer choosing not to starve. Thanks Erich. Mahler was right to tell your dad that he had a genius on his hands.

[Thatwasthesummerofsv]

Hi thank you so much for this posting!

Staglieno is very high on my '100 Things To Do Before I Die' wish list - the irony of which is not lost on me there!

The music was a real find! Absolutely wonderful with the images!!

[suffisance]

very evocative! enjoyed.

[natashaclaire]

maybe the intro could read "a Jewish-German-American composer..." just seems wrong to call Korngold simply German-American--he once remarked that being asked to the US by MGM to do the score for Robinhood during the war was almost certainly all that saved him from death in a concentration camp...

[marlyharris]

nohaylamujer, I like your style and you're spot on.

[jonthingvall]

I think I see what you are conveying with the different zoom speeds-- and I think it works well. I think we all just enjoyed the sculptures so much that we wanted to linger longer on each of them! Exquisite!!!

[nohaylamujer]

who is the singer? she sounds like a female impersonator.

[heartstrings76]

it's renee fleming.

[nohaylamujer]

that figures. thanks for replying.

[lty2k84]

I recognize her voice everywhere/ She's amazing.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

Great video! I adore this piece, and your photos match so well with it (a little slower

zoom, also I think so....) Thank you for this

wonderful work.

[cyberboybrian]

wonderful idea! all zooms on the photos should be much slower!

[jplaura02]

Evocative and gorgeous!