Admission number one: I often don’t see the films whose
\nsoundtracks I review here. This is no surprise announcement, since
\nI’ve admitted so in print before. In fact, often I review the
\nsoundtracks before the film ever hits the theatres. (Last time I
\nchecked, the studios don’t invite music journalists – especially
\nthose who live between the Chicago and Milwaukee markets – to
\nadvance screenings.)<\/p>\n
Admission number two: As much as I like classical music, I never
\ndeveloped a passion for Gustav Mahler. I always had an affinity for
\nBeethoven or Baroque-period music like Bach’s, and didn’t spend
\nmuch time learning about turn-of-the-century composers like
\nMahler.<\/p>\n
These factors would make it seem like I should be the last
\nperson to review the soundtrack to
\nBride Of The Wind<\/i>, a tale of love between Gustav Mahler and
\nhis wife Alma – a woman whose only source of peace is in her own
\nclassical music compositions. And, in a way, I do feel lost trying
\nto quickly develop a feel for Gustav Mahler while knowing little to
\nnothing about his music.<\/p>\n
If you are an afficionado of Gustav Mahler’s work, then you will
\nundoubtedly find
\nBride Of The Wind<\/i> to be an appealing collection. The
\nperformances by soprano Ren\u00e9e Fleming are of special note;
\nFleming raises the bar of excellence wherever she lends her golden
\nvocals. However, the works of Alma Mahler cannot be discounted
\neither, even though only three of the precious few which survive
\nare featured.<\/p>\n
However,
\nBride Of The Wind<\/i> is one of those few soundtracks which
\nalmost requires you to have seen the movie – or at least to have
\nknowledge of Alma Mahler’s life. This way, one can understand the
\nrises and ebbs in the intensity of the music, both from Alma
\nMahler’s pen and written for the soundtrack by Stephen Endelman.
\nOne could understand why the music turns more introspective due to
\nGustav Mahler’s directive to his wife to give up her craft – and
\nhow the encouragement and passion she felt outside of her marriage
\nwould be reflected in a rise in energy.<\/p>\n
As it stands,
\nBride Of The Wind<\/i> is an enjoyable, if passable, collection
\nof music that should satisfy those who love classical music. But
\nwithout seeing the film, somehow this disc is less satisfying.
\n(Side note: I can’t honestly say I’m interested in seeing the film
\n– no offense meant towards the filmmakers, but this particular
\ngenre of film just does not appeal to me.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5729],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-39557","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-soundtrack","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39557"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}