简介:In a nfused welter of istic licence, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember'look like a masterpiece. Bogarde sueeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical lossus who ..
In a nfused welter of istic licence, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember'look like a masterpiece. Bogarde sueeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical lossus who spanned European music for most of the 19th Century. The absurdities of the plot, the sequoia-like quality of the acting and the prevalence of historical,musical and linguistic anachronisms bine to elevate this offering to the status of an A1 turkey.How a pianist of the stature of Bolet came to be mixed up in this fias can only be guessed at. The characterisation of Liszt fails to nvey even a minute impression of his magic personality and the overwhelming effect that he had on not only his audiences, but also his pianistic rivals.Clara Schumann herself said that 'we toil over that which Liszt reads at sight!' Whilst the emphasis seems to focus on his romantic wess,rather than his status as the greatest pianist of the century or,arguably, of all time, one feels,nevertheless, that this was an opportunity lost.展开