Diary Of Anne Frank - Grigory Frid CD

Frids best known work is his chamber opera the Diary of Anne Frank for solo soprano and an instrumental group of nine. In stark, sinister and elegiac colors he expresses the fear, hope, anger and resignation which make Anne Franks diary a universal message of humanity. Annes story is brought to life by soprano Eva Ben Zvi, who won rave reviews for her interpretation of this demanding role. The performance is underpinned by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and conductor Andrey Chistiakov.Additional Info: Magna Carta's second LP was dominated by the 22-minute, nine-part suite "Seasons," which took up all of side one. "Seasons" was indeed a grand conceptual work inspired by the changing of the seasons. Its laudable ambition apart, it's pretty ordinary, mild pop-influenced early-'70s British folk-rock. There's a dated preciousness as it varies the pace slightly from jolly full-band good-time folk-rock and pastoral harmonizing to twee fairytale-like narration and almost pop-like orchestration. The six standard-length songs on side two can strike an almost too-cheerful pop-folk bounce, with soft rock orchestration and harmonies that make it vaguely reminiscent of American sunshine pop at points. Simon & Garfunkel are an obvious influence, too, on songs like "Give Me No Goodbye" (overlaid with slight sitar licks), "Scarecrow," and "Elizabethan," though Magna Carta could make Simon & Garfunkel sound almost heavy in comparison. The closing "Airport Song," which was plucked from the LP as a shot for a hit single, goes furthest into pop with its bossa nova beat and easy listening arrangement, though the Simon & Garfunkel influence in the vocal harmonies is nearly overwhelming. This pretty undistinguished pop-folk-rock effort was paired with their third album, Songs from Wasties Orchard, on a 1999 single-disc CD reissue that also included historical liner notes. ~ Richie Unterberger

Specifics

• Album: Diary Of Anne Frank
• Artist: Grigory Frid
• Label: BRILLIANT
• Genre: Classical
• MPN: 9296

. Diary Of Anne Frank, Opera-monodrama
1. Overture
2. The Birthday
3. The School
4. Conversation with Father
5. Summoned by the Gestapo
6. The Hiding Place, The Chimes of the Westertoren
7. The Window
8. "They told me..."
9. Despair
10. Memory
11. Dream
12. Orchestral Interlude
13. Dialogue of the Van Daan Couple
14. The Burglars
15. Recitative
16. "Remember Peter..."
17. On the Russian Front
18. The Raid
19. Solitude
20. Passacaglia

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