Saturday, October 11, 2014

The critics have spoken. Fantasia is ...

The critics have spoken and the results are in.  Fantasia is …
"caviar to the general, ambrosia and nectar for the
 intelligentsia’ …'courageous beyond belief"  - L.A. Times
"a successful experiment to lift the relationship from the plane of popular, mass entertainment to the higher strata of appeal to lovers of classical music.” – Variety
“an overwhelmingly ambitious orgy of color, sound, and imagination” Chicago Tribune
“grotesquely kitschy" – Pauline Kael
a "remarkable nightmare.’ ‘brutal and brutalizing’ … a "caricature of the Decline of the West" - New York Herald Tribune
“downright insane" –Empire Magazine
"the complete antithesis of the God of the Bible" … "an almost total glorification of witchcraft, sorcery and Satanism. “ - Perucci Ferraiuolo, “Disney and the Bible: A Scriptural Critique of the Magic Kingdom”.
"Groovy, man!" - Yours truly.

Tocata y Fuga Johann Sebastian Bach 

Nutcracker Suite - Pyotor Tchaikovsky

The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Paul Dukas

The Rite of Spring
Pastroral Part 1 - Beethoven

Pastoral Part 2- Beethoven
Pastoral Part 3 - Beethoven
Dance of the Hours Part 2 - Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours Part 3 - Ponchielli
Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky
Ava Maria - Frantz Schubert

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