The Wonder Of Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square

The Wonder Of Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Review

This DVD is an almost complete recording of of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Chistmas Concert from Dec 2003. I went on the first night and was so taken by the performances that I returned for the next evenings performance and the Sunday morning shortened version for their Music and The SPoken Word Broadcast.

All I can say is that this is a MUST HAVE DVD for the Christmas Season. Bryn Terfel and Frederica Von Stade were the guest soloists with the choir, and Bryn Terfel was simply stunning. A highlight of the concert (although it is difficult to choose) is when Mr. Terfel sang SUO GAN. It was breathtakingly beautiful. In fact the person who was with me at the concert cried upon hearing it. The Choir also does a traditional African folk song which must be seen to be believed. It was just one of those amazing experiences.

An added treat is the brief interviews with Bryn Terfel, Frederica Von Stade, and Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg. It is refreshing to hear world class artists speak not only about music, but of their personal feelings regarding Christmas itself, and about performing this wonderful program. It left me even more impressed with the performers than before (if that is possible)

I was fortunate to purchase this item at its pre release discounted price, but it is easily worth the cost which is now being asked.

Buy this disk you wont be disappointed.

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Nightmare Before Christmas

Nightmare Before Christmas Review

The Nightmare before Christmas is my favorite movie of all time. I previously had the DVD and decided to upgrade to the Blu Ray and am glad I did. The movies colors are more vibrant and most importantly the backgrounds are a deep black rather than the slightly grey hint seen in the Blu Ray. The sound is more vivid and the whole experience is enhanced by switching to Blu Ray.

Nightmare Before Christmas Overview

For those who never thought Disney would release a film in which Santa Claus is kidnapped and tortured, well, here it is! The full title is Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which should give you an idea of the tone of this stop-action animated musical/fantasy/horror/comedy. It is based on characters created by Burton, the former Disney animator best known as the director of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and the first two Batman movies. His benignly scary-funny sensibility dominates the story of Halloweentown resident Jack Skellington (voice by Danny Elfman, who also wrote the songs), who stumbles on a bizarre and fascinating alternative universe called ... Christmastown! Directed by Henry Selick (who later made the delightful James and the Giant Peach), this PG-rated picture has a reassuringly light touch. As Roger Ebert noted in his review, "some of the Halloween creatures might be a tad scary for smaller children, but this is the kind of movie older kids will eat up; it has the kind of offbeat, subversive energy that tells them wonderful things are likely to happen." --Jim Emerson

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