28 нояб. 2011 г.
Пражское кладбище. Умберто Эко
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Опасные приключения Мигеля Литтина в Чили. Габриэль Гарсиа Маркес
В Европе и США эта книга произвела эффект разорвавшейся бомбы, - а в Чили ее первый тираж был уничтожен по личному приказу Аугусто Пиночета.
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26 нояб. 2011 г.
Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another tour de force—an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable, and ultimately heartbreaking portrait of creative genius Vincent van Gogh.
Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials. While drawing liberally from the artist’s famously eloquent letters, they have also delved into hundreds of unpublished family correspondences, illuminating with poignancy the wanderings of Van Gogh’s troubled, restless soul. Naifeh and Smith bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist—his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; his impetus for turning to brush and canvas; and his move to Provence, where in a brief burst of incandescent productivity he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art.
“In their magisterial new biography, Van Gogh: The Life, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith provide a guided tour through the personal world and work of that Dutch painter, shining a bright light on the evolution of his art. . . . What [the authors] capture so powerfully is Van Gogh’s extraordinary will to learn, to persevere against the odds.”— The New York Times. NYT Bestseller
“Captivating . . . Winners of the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for their biography of Jackson Pollock, [Naifeh and Smith] bring a booming authorial voice and boundless ingenuity to the task and have written a thoroughly engaging account of the Dutch painter. Drawing on Van Gogh’s almost uniquely rich correspondence . . . the authors vividly reconstruct the intertwined stories of his life and his art, portraying him as a ‘victim of his own fanatic heart.’ . . . Their fine book has the potential not only to reinvigorate the broad base of popular interest that Van Gogh already enjoys but to introduce a whole new generation to one of art history’s most remarkable creative spirits.”—The Wall Street Journal
“This generation’s definitive portrait of the great Dutch post-Impressionist . . . [The authors’] most important achievement is to produce a reckoning with Van Gogh’s occasional ‘madness’ that doesn’t lose sight of the lucidity and intelligence—the profound sanity—of his art.”— Time
Random House, ISBN-13: 978-0375507489
25 нояб. 2011 г.
Мифы Армении. Мартирос Ананикян
Центрполиграф ISBN 978-5-227-02375-9; 2010 г.
23 нояб. 2011 г.
История Востока. Л.С.Васильев
В первом томе рассматривается история древних и средневековых (до начала XIX в.) государств и обществ Азии и Африки. Дается анализ общих закономерностей развития Востока, много внимания уделяется традициям, особенностям религии и культуры разных народов. Второй том касается событий XIX-XX вв., когда колониальный и постколониальный Восток, подвергаясь давлению со стороны западных держав, сопротивляясь и приспосабливаясь, модернизировался и выбирал свой путь развития. В книге обращено внимание на роль религиозно-цивилизационной традиции в процессе поисков путей развития современного Востока. Говорится и о возрастающей роли событий на Востоке для судеб мирового сообщества.
Леонид Сергеевич Васильев (родился 9 октября 1930) - российский историк, социолог, китаист. Доктор исторических наук. Бывший заведующий Сектором теоретических проблем истории Востока Отдела истории Востока Института Востоковедения РАН. Профессор ГУ-ВШЭ. Создатель теории "власти-собственности". Считает возможным говорить о существовании на всём протяжении постпервобытной истории человечества лишь двух способов производства - "государственного" (с характерной для него "властью-собственностью") и "частнособственнического".
22 нояб. 2011 г.
Индия. Г. М. Бонгард-Левин
Издательство Наука, ISBN 5-02-032713-1; 2003 г.
21 нояб. 2011 г.
Махабхарата. Рамаяна
20 нояб. 2011 г.
История религий Востока. Л.С.Васильев
19 нояб. 2011 г.
Good Days At Schloss Elmau. Gwilym Simcock
Full of soaring lyricism and advanced harmony, more Mozart than Monk. The obvious comparison is with Keith Jarrett and Simcock pays direct homage in the darting runs and gospel climax of Northern Smiles... This record will only advance his cause. The Times
Adventurous yet as sophisticated and technically brilliant as ever, Gwilym Simcock's latest album marks a new stage in his career. Having joined the ACT label, Manchester's world-class pianist has chosen to record solo at the Bavarian castle of its boss, Siggi Loch. A sensible idea, the castle's acoustics being of studio standard and its concert grand magnificent. Simcock plays it with rare verve, explaining in the sleeve notes that he is now less concerned with any (presumably imaginary) deficiencies in his playing than with the spirit in which the music is made. The benefits are dramatic. Evening Standard
1-2-3-4 GO ASIN: B004AHV580
18 нояб. 2011 г.
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6. Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev is widely recognised as the greatest modern interpreter of Tchaikovsky’s music and the Mariinsky holds a peerless reputation in the repertoire. Together they deliver definitive interpretations of Tchaikovsky’s most popular symphonies. These acclaimed performances were filmed at Salle Pleyel in Paris during January 2010, directed by Andy Sommer.
The themes of fate and death pervade Tchaikovsky’s final symphonies. The composition of the Fourth Symphony coincided with the breakdown of Tchaikovsky’s marriage and a failed suicide attempt, yet he considered it to be his greatest. In contrast he believed his Fifth to be flawed and uninviting, yet today this heartfelt work is widely regarded as one of his finest. The subject of fate is further instilled in the Sixth Symphony, premiered shortly before Tchaikovsky’s death. It was posthumously entitled ‘Pathétique’ by his brother and is a deeply melancholic work, full of dynamic extremes and an inherent sense of finality.
Additional bonus features interview with Valery Gergiev.
“Tchaikovsky's last three symphonies are familiar to the Mariinsky Orchestra and their conductor Valery Gergiev, so one can expect their performances of them to be immaculate. Not a note is out of place, even in the most desperate and hectic passages of these performances...Yet the overall impression is of a paradoxical combination of coolness and hysteria.” BBC Music Magazine
“Gergiev unusually conducts with a baton and creates performances that are both well contoured and emotionally charged. The camera catches all his characteristic poses and photo-frames the pizzicato workings of the Fourth Symphony’s third movement in welcome detail. The Mariinsky musicians have played this repertoire so often that they could probably do it in their sleep, but there’s no sense of routine.” Financial Times
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17 нояб. 2011 г.
Саймон Шама - История Британии
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BBC: Дни, которые потрясли мир (10 DVD)
Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
After the success of the Paris season of the Ballets Russes in 1909, Serge Diaghilev commissioned Stravinsky for a ballet inspired by the traditional Russian tale, 'The Firebird'. On 18 May 1910, the score was completed and on 25 June of the same year, the ballet was performed to great acclaim at the Opéra de Paris.
Thanks to his bewitching composition, Rimsky-Korsakov’s young pupil, then aged 27, was cast into the spotlight of the international music scene. In 19 scenes, the ballet tells the story of Ivan Tsarevich, the young prince who sets out in search of the firebird and ends up captive in the enchanted garden of Kashchei the Immortal… Deploying string and wind instruments crafted in French workshops, gut strings, and a playing style straight out of Conservatoire de Paris master classes, the Ballets Russes orchestra was, above all, a French affair.
A century later, Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth have reconstituted the orchestra which accompanied the Ballets Russes in 1910, and, assisted by the musicologist François Dru, they have also reconstructed 'Les Orientales', which was first performed 25 June 1910 as a prelude to 'The Firebird'.
This composite ballet combines various different works from the 19th century, with in particular, compositions by Glazunov, Sinding, Arensky and Grieg. The orchestrations of 'Djinn' by Grieg and 'Danse Orientale' by Sinding have been created, respectively by Bruno Mantovani and Charlie Piper.
“This is a fascinating recording...The Firebird is the undoubted star of this show, and its orchestral plumage is subtly different here from other performances. Surprisingly, perhaps, this is more apparent with the strings than the wind, even though the timbre of the latter is distinctive...Roth drives the music with a sure touch for dramatic pacing to ensure that it's more magical Firebird than undercooked turkey.” BBC Music Magazine
“An intriguing concept recreates the 1910 premiere concert of arguably Stravinsky's first masterpiece, with crack period band Les Siecles sounding especially vivid.” Classical Music
“This is fabulous: young French musicians performing Stravinsky’s ballet on period instruments similar to those used by the Ballets Russes orchestra at the 1910 premiere in Paris. But it’s no dusty academic exercise. Under François-Xavier, Roth’s scintillating direction the playing is breathtakingly virtuosic and the timbres produced by the narrow-bore brass and antique woodwinds is entrancing.” The Times
Actes Sud - ASM06
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16 нояб. 2011 г.
BBC: Seven Ages of Britain
In an ambitious and fascinating series, David Dimbleby reveals the seven great ages of British culture, uncovering and exploring over a thousand years of extraordinary artistic achievement.
Fresh, rich and full of vivid insights into the triumphs and tragedies of the national past, the stories unfold through an incredible collection of Treasures: From Shakespeare’s plays to colonial architecture in India. Pre-independence through to 1st world war poster art are all covered in this fascinating new series.
From the Iron Age onwards, art can be a mirror to the nation—capturing who a people are and heralding the major events of each era. In The Seven Ages of Britain, David Dimbleby uncovers the fascinating story of how British art reflects the country's history. Beginning with the mysterious Pictish carvings and Roman mosaics that reveal the legacy of Britain's many invaders, David Dimbleby guides us through the seven ages of Britain. He journeys from the riches of the Middle Ages, to the innovation of the Restoration, the exotica of the British Empire and finally to twentieth-century modernism. Bringing together leading experts, who vividly capture each period of history, The Seven Ages of Britain is a unique exploration of British history through its most beautiful and influential works of art.
BBC: Как строилась Британия.
Автор фильма Дэвид Димблби приглашает Вас в грандиозное путешествие по Британии. Перед Вами история этой страны в ее зданиях и людях, которые их построили. Вы сможете узнать, как военные, политические или религиозные события оказывали свое влияние на ее архитектурный стиль: от величественных соборов и средневековых замков, до небольших квартир или коттеджей.
David Dimbleby presents this landmark six-part BBC documentary series telling the dramatic story of Britain's architecture - the extraordinary buildings that define a nation and which grew out of the experiences and beliefs of the British people. How did we get from the fortified tower to the grand open mansion and back again to the gated communities of today? How did we lose the marketplace to the out-of-town shopping mall? When did it become so important how libraries and prisons look? What does the way in which we arrange our city centres say about us? Can architecture really make a difference to our quality of life? This authoritative account of 1000 years of change in Britain's buildings tackles these questions and many more. Episodes are: 'The East - A New Dawn', 'The Heart of England - Living it Up', 'Scotland - Towering Ambitions', 'The West - Putting on the Style', 'The North - Full Steam Ahead' and 'The South - Dreams of Tomorrow'.
Claude Levi-Strauss in His Own Words by Pierre-Andre Boutang
This film recounts the extraordinary career path of Claude Levi-Strauss, the father of structural anthropology, whose theories made an impact on anthropology, linguistics, mythology, and even pop culture studies. Author of A World on the Wane (Tristes Tropiques) and The Savage Mind, Levi-Strauss is a man curious about the nature of man, a confirmed ecologist, and a fierce defender of the diversity of cultures and people. A profound intellectual with the temperament of an artist or poet, Levi-Strauss still dominates the landscape of Western thinking.
Consisting of selected interviews from the 1960s through the present, CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS IN HIS OWN WORDS presents the anthropologist s story in his own words.
ASIN: B00278FT5O
15 нояб. 2011 г.
Gilles Deleuze from A to Z by Pierre-Andre Boutang
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII, Vincennes/Saint Denis. He published 25 books, including five in collaboration with Félix Guattari. Although Gilles Deleuze never wanted a film to be made about him, he agreed to Claire Parnet's proposal to film a series of conversations in which each letter of the alphabet would evoke a word: From A (as in Animal) to Z (as in Zigzag). These DVDs, elegantly transtlated and subtitled in English, make these conversations available for English-speaking audiences? for the first time.In dialogue with Parnet (a journalist and former student of Deleuze), the philosopher exhibited the modest and thrilling transparency that his seminal works (such as Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus) reveal. The sessions were taped when Deleuze was already terminally ill; he and Parnet agreed that the film would not be shown publicly until after his death. The awareness of mortality floats through the dialogues, making them not just intellectually stimulating but also emotionally engaging. Because Parnet knew Deleuze so well, she was able to draw him out--as no one else had--to what might be the 1001st plateau: a place of brilliance, rigor, and charm.In "A as in Animal," for example, Deleuze vents his hatred of pets: "A bark," he declares, "really seems to me the stupidest cry." Instead, he praises the tick: "... in a nature teeming with life, [the tick] extracts three things": light, smell, and touch. This, he claims, in a sense is philosophy. "And that is your life's dream?" Parnet wryly asks. "That's what constitutes a world," he replies. For Deleuze, doing philosophy meant not just creating concepts but living a life in philosophy. Gilles Deleuze from A to Z presents the mind of a great philosopher at work. Semiotext(e) ASIN: 1584351012
28 окт. 2011 г.
Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference by Jane Burbank & Frederick Cooper
2011 World History Association Book Prize
CHOICE Magazine's 2010 Outstanding Academic Titles
Empires--vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition--have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. Empires in World History departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a remarkable look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Beginning with ancient Rome and China and continuing across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa, Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper examine empires' conquests, rivalries, and strategies of domination--with an emphasis on how empires accommodated, created, and manipulated differences among populations.
Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries. They delve into the militant monotheism of Byzantium, the Islamic Caliphates, and the short-lived Carolingians, as well as the pragmatically tolerant rule of the Mongols and Ottomans, who combined religious protection with the politics of loyalty. Burbank and Cooper discuss the influence of empire on capitalism and popular sovereignty, the limitations and instability of Europe's colonial projects, Russia's repertoire of exploitation and differentiation, as well as the "empire of liberty"--devised by American revolutionaries and later extended across a continent and beyond.
With its investigation into the relationship between diversity and imperial states, Empires in World History offers a fresh approach to understanding the impact of empires on the past and present.
Жили-были старик со старухой. Елена Катишонок
Короткий список «Русского Букера» 2009
"Ясная Поляна"- 2010, Номинация «XXI век»
Роман "Жили-были старик со старухой", по точному слову Майи Кучерской, - повествование о судьбе семьи староверов, заброшенных в начале прошлого века в Остзейский край, там осевших, переживших у синего моря войны, разорение, потери и все-таки выживших, спасенных собственной верностью самым простым, но главным ценностям.
"...Эта история захватывает с первой страницы и не отпускает до конца романа. Живые, порой комичные, порой трагические типажи, "вкусный" говор, забавные и точные "семейные словечки", трогательная любовь и великое русское терпение - все это сразу берет за душу. Прекрасный язык. Пронзительная ясность бытия. Непрерывность рода и памяти - все то, по чему тоскует сейчаjavascript:void(0)с настоящий читатель". Дина Рубина
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, is one of our most important thinkers. His ideas have had a profound and widely regarded impact on many fields—including economics, medicine, and politics—but until now, he has never brought together his many years of research and thinking in one book.
In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions.
“A major intellectual event . . . The work of Kahneman and Tversky was a crucial pivot point in the way we see ourselves.” —David Brooks, The New York Times
“The mind is a hilariously muddled compromise between incompatible modes of thought in this fascinating treatise by a giant in the field of decision research. Nobel-winning psychologist Kahneman (Attention and Effort) posits a brain governed by two clashing decision-making processes. The largely unconscious System 1, he contends, makes intuitive snap judgments based on emotion, memory, and hard-wired rules of thumb; the painfully conscious System 2 laboriously checks the facts and does the math, but is so "lazy" and distractible that it usually defers to System 1. Kahneman uses this scheme to frame a scintillating discussion of his findings in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics, and of the ingenious experiments that tease out the irrational, self-contradictory logics that underlie our choices. We learn why we mistake statistical noise for coherent patterns; why the stock-picking of well-paid investment advisers and the prognostications of pundits are worthless; why businessmen tend to be both absurdly overconfident and unwisely risk-averse; and why memory affects decision making in counterintuitive ways. Kahneman's primer adds to recent challenges to economic orthodoxies about rational actors and efficient markets; more than that, it's a lucid, marvelously readable guide to spotting--and correcting--our biased misunderstandings of the world.” —Publishers' Weekly (starred review)
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (October 25, 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-0374275631
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Л. Пантелеев – Л. Чуковская. Переписка (1929–1987)
Переписка Алексея Ивановича Пантелеева (псевдоним Л.Пантелеев), автора "Часов", "Пакета", "Республики ШКИД" с Лидией Корнеевной Чуковской велась более пятидесяти лет (1929-1987). Они познакомились в 1929 году в редакции ленинградского Детиздата, где Лидия Корнеевна работала редактором и редактировала рассказ Пантелеева "Часы". Началась переписка, ставшая особенно интенсивной после войны. Лидия Корнеевна переехала в Москву, а Алексей Иванович остался в Ленинграде. Сохранилось более восьмисот писем обоих корреспондентов, из которых в книгу вошло около шестисот в сокращенном виде. Для печати отобраны страницы, представляющие интерес для истории отечественной литературы.
Письма изобилуют литературными событиями, содержат портреты многих современников - М.Зощенко, Е.Шварца, С.Маршака и отзываются на литературные дискуссии тех лет, одним словом, воссоздают картину литературных событий эпохи.
Издательство: Новое литературное обозрение
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance--and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition.
Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.
Amazon Best Books of the Month
"By far his best and most enthralling work of novelistic history….Powerful, poignant…a transportingly true story."--The New York Times
"Terrific."--Los Angeles Times
“A stunning work of history.”--Newsweek
“Larson has meticulously researched the Dodds’ intimate witness to Hitler’s ascendancy and created an edifying narrative of this historical byway that has all the pleasures of a political thriller….a fresh picture of these terrrible events.”--The New York Times Book Review
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Все и Ничто. Символические фигуры в искусстве второй половины XX века. Екатерина Андреева
Книга представляет собой аналитическую историю узловых моментов в развитии современного искусства. Основанная на цикле лекций, прочитанных в начале 2000-х годов, книга вобрала в себя сравнительное описание и анализ творчества западных (Дж.Поллок, Энди Уорхол, Ив Кляйн) и российских, в частности, петербургских (К.Малевич, В.Стерлигов, Е.Михнов-Войтенко, Тимур Новиков) художников. Их биографии, истории художественных движений и новых технологий составляют основной сюжет исследования.
Вторая половина ХХ века в мировом искусстве – время личных амбиций художников: арт-объект создаётся из подручных материалов, а галерея открывается уже при жизни художника. Художник не обращается ни к городу, ни к миру: он знает, что его свидетельство услышат и увидят в аскетическом пространстве его галереи. Что при этом происходит с привычными формами? Развитие дизайна, обустройство публичного пространства – только одна сторона происходящего в искусстве второй половины века. Екатерина Андреева, анализируя творчество И. Кляйна, Э. Уорхола и других знаменитостей, говорит об этом искусстве как искусстве узнаваемом, которое ни с чем не спутаешь. Но эти «торговые марки» бунтуют против усреднённого рынка вещей, с его стандартизацией и влечением к комфорту, предмет искусства должен доставлять дискомфорт, и быть настолько нестандартным, чтобы его ценили вовсе не за рыночную стоимость. Нужно уметь увидеть консервную банку не просто как материал для искусства, а как экспонат для музея, фонды которого неотчуждаемы и на продажу не выставляются. Конечно, рынок, с почтением склоняющийся перед арт-объектом дюшановского типа – оптимистическая картина возвращения смысла в нашу повседневность. Но есть что-то очень печальное в таком подходе: потребительский рынок давно привык обходиться без искусства, а может ли современное искусство обойтись без рынка? И как провести границы между частным и общественно значимым заявлением в искусстве – неужели полагаясь только на собственный вкус и культурный опыт? – Русский журнал
Издательство: Издательство Ивана Лимбаха
ISBN 978-5-89059-159-3; 2011 г.
Спокойный хаос. Сандро Веронези
Знаменитый итальянский писатель Сандро Веронези в романе "Спокойный хаос" через сложные драматические коллизии основных героев выводит читателей к простой истине: человека надо принимать таким, какой он есть. Человеческая натура с ее обыкновенностью и героизмом, силой и слабостью, разумом и инстинктами является главным объектом исследования автора романа.
За эту работу писатель удостоился нескольких престижных литературных премий (в том числе - итальянская премия Стрега и французская премия Фемина) и одного религиозного скандала: у читателей-католиков вызвало негодование подробное описание акта содомии. В целом же С.Веронези предложил нам очень важное произведение, зрелость и глубина которого схватывают самую суть человеческих отношений.
Выход главного романа актуального итальянского писателя ‒ одно из основных литературных событий Года Италии в России - Openspace.ru
Москва глазами архитектора. Владимир Резвин
В книге "Москва глазами архитектора" автор раскрывает осо-бенности эмоционального восприятия московской архитектуры, образно и доходчиво объясняет ее специфику, показывает прекрасное там, где люди порой не замечают ничего особенного: каким мы видим город, как формируются первые впечатления о нем, как они меняются по мере знакомства с эволюцией отдельных фрагментов города во время неторопливых прогулок? Сегодня, когда новое строительство в исторической части Москвы, как правило, вступает в противоречие с сохранившимися памятниками, взгляд архитектора-профессионал а на эту непростую проблему особенно важен.
26 окт. 2011 г.
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, 12-16 September 2010.
Natalie Dessay (Lucia), Piotr Beczala (Edgardo), Vladislav Sulimsky (Enrico), Dmitry Voropaev (Arturo), Ilya Bannik (Raimondo), Zhanna Dombrovskaya (Alisa) & Sergei Skorokhodov (Normanno) Mariinsky Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev
The Mariinsky label’s opera recordings have garnered acclaim and awards from around the world, most recently for Valery Gergiev’s recording of Parsifal released in 2010. For the label’s fifth opera, Gergiev conducts Donizetti’s masterpiece with a magnificent cast led by Natalie Dessay. Natalie Dessay is one of the world’s most sought-after sopranos and an admired interpreter of lyric heroines. She is particularly renowned for her interpretation of the role of Lucia, which she has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House and the Mariinsky Theatre. Future engagements include Verdi’s La Traviata with the LSO at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in July and at the Vienna State Opera in October.
“Here’s a Valery Gergiev recording in which, for once, the febrile maestro isn’t centre stage. This is all about Natalie Dessay’s performance as poor deluded Lucy. And if you thrill to the French soprano’s hypercharged, histrionic and occasionally wayward delivery of Donizetti’s mad scene, you will forgive the ebullient but sometimes rough-edged playing of the Mariinsky Orchestra...Top singing from Vladislav Sulimsky as Enrico.” The Times
“there is something distinctively Russian about this Lammermoor. All those Italian melodies flow beautifully...But there is a sense of drive and purpose about this performance that seems, to me at least, distinctively Slavic...Dessay structures [the Mad Scene] well, always saving something in reserve for the build-ups and outbursts. Some excellent glass harmonica playing from Sascha Reckert...An intense but satisfying experience.” Classical Review
Gramophone disc of the month
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Britten: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake
The unbeatable, multi-award-winning partnership of Gerald Finley and Julius Drake turn to the composer Benjamin Britten for their latest Hyperion release.
Although Britten is particularly celebrated for the substantial body of music he composed for the tenor voice, the composer also left an important legacy of music for baritone. Characteristically, Britten’s output for low voice was also inspired by the talents of specific performers with whom he was closely associated, among them Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and John Shirley-Quirk. In addition to song-cycles, individual songs and folksong arrangements, Britten wrote challenging baritone roles in operas as diverse as Billy Budd (1951), Owen Wingrave (1970) and Death in Venice (1972)—the title role of the second of these made very much Gerald Finley’s own in his magnificent interpretation in Margaret Williams’s 2001 television film of the opera.
This disc contains Britten’s two important song cycles for baritone: Tit for Tat, setting the poems of Walter de la Mare, and the more substantial and challenging Songs and Proverbs of William Blake. The latter was written for Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; designed to showcase his unique blend of intense lyricism and dramatic characterization, qualities which are undoubtedly also exhibited by Gerald Finley.
Also included are some of Britten’s popular folksong settings, and a selection of later songs, which received exposure and publication only after the composer’s death in December 1976.
Gramophone Awards 2011. Best of Category - Solo Vocal
Hyperion: CDA67778
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25 окт. 2011 г.
Жизнь за один день. Режиссеры: Кевин Макдональд, Наталья Андреадис.
Одна планета, 24 часа, 6 миллиардов точек зрения.
Летом 2010 года Youtube предложил пользователям заснять на видео свою жизнь в один конкретный день - 24 июля 2010 года. В результате было получено более 4,5 тысяч часов материала, из которых Кевин МакДональд и Ридли Скотт собрали грандиозную киномозаику, потрясающую величием замысла и высочайшим уровнем исполнения. В числе 60 стран, жители которых откликнулись на приглашение, оказались и кинолюбители из России - присланные ими сюжеты также вошли в общую картину мира, каким он был 24 июля прошлого года...
Летом 2010 года Youtube предложил пользователям заснять на видео свою жизнь в один конкретный день - 24 июля 2010 года. В результате было получено более 4,5 тысяч часов материала, из которых Кевин МакДональд и Ридли Скотт собрали грандиозную киномозаику, потрясающую величием замысла и высочайшим уровнем исполнения. В числе 60 стран, жители которых откликнулись на приглашение, оказались и кинолюбители из России - присланные ими сюжеты также вошли в общую картину мира, каким он был 24 июля прошлого года...
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Engineering an Empire: Collector's Edition DVD Set
The Parthenon. Chichén Itzá. The Pyramids. Their scale, complexity, and sheer beauty stand as permanent reminders of the indomitable strength and ingenuity of the human spirit.
ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE: THE COLLECTOR S EDITION circles the globe to re-examine history s most magnificent civilizations by surveying the architectural and engineering triumphs they left behind. Beginning more than five-thousand years ago with the mind-boggling construction feats of the ancient Egyptians, the 14 documentaries--including two feature-length specials--in this collection revive the spectacular glory of the past, from the great temples of Greece to the majestic and mysterious Tenochtitlan. Cutting-edge CGI graphics and stunning location footage reanimate the ancient streets of such cities as Carthage and Rome, while expert interview trace the rise of each empire and the technological achievements that paved the way for their gravity-defying masterpieces.
Hosted by Peter Weller, ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE: THE COLLECTOR S EDITION unites each riveting moment of this critically-acclaimed and Emmy Award-winning series to reveal the innovation and infrastructure behind the world s most dazzling empires.
Engineering an Empire: Britain - Blood and Steel,
Engineering an Empire: Carthage,
Engineering an Empire: China,
Engineering an Empire: Da Vinci's World,
Engineering an Empire: Egypt,
Engineering an Empire: Greece,
Engineering an Empire: Greece - Age of Alexander,
Engineering an Empire: Napoleon - Steel Monster,
Engineering an Empire: Rome,
Engineering an Empire: Russia,
Engineering an Empire: The Aztecs,
Engineering an Empire: The Byzantines,
Engineering an Empire: The Maya - Death Empire,
Engineering an Empire: The Persians
SKU ID #70058
The Decades 20th Century DVD Collection by History Channel
Throughout history, every decade has its own unique identity, its touchstone moments - precise points in time that reside within history's collective memory. This unique series of DVD collections pulls together some of the finest programs in the HISTORY™ library to bring to life the most evocative and meaningful people and events of each decade in the 20th century. From disasters and technological marvels, to world-changing events and the personalities that caused them, the breadth of human experience is definitively and comprehensively presented as only HISTORY™ can.
1900 – 1909. The dawn of the 20th century brought with it stunning new technology - technology that would change the world - and public personalities that were larger than life. Relive the heady days at the birth of the Modern Age, and discover its more sobering moments, with this exceptional compilation of documentaries.
1910 – 1919. In the teens, a nation still recovering from its own growing pains was thrust onto the world stage and began its rise to the status of superpower. In THE DECADES COLLECTION: THE 1910s you will discover the genesis of World War I and the reality of life in the trenches; walk the decks of the "unsinkable" Titanic; witness the demise of a 300-year dynasty; and experience much more of this formative decade.
1920 – 1929. Following a decade of worldwide terror and deprivation, the Roaring Twenties were a swinging time of flappers, bathtub gin and high spirits. It was an exhilarating period when we could achieve anything, from flying across oceans, to discovering the mysteries of the past, to unlocking the secrets of life itself.
etc.
1900 – 1909. The dawn of the 20th century brought with it stunning new technology - technology that would change the world - and public personalities that were larger than life. Relive the heady days at the birth of the Modern Age, and discover its more sobering moments, with this exceptional compilation of documentaries.
1910 – 1919. In the teens, a nation still recovering from its own growing pains was thrust onto the world stage and began its rise to the status of superpower. In THE DECADES COLLECTION: THE 1910s you will discover the genesis of World War I and the reality of life in the trenches; walk the decks of the "unsinkable" Titanic; witness the demise of a 300-year dynasty; and experience much more of this formative decade.
1920 – 1929. Following a decade of worldwide terror and deprivation, the Roaring Twenties were a swinging time of flappers, bathtub gin and high spirits. It was an exhilarating period when we could achieve anything, from flying across oceans, to discovering the mysteries of the past, to unlocking the secrets of life itself.
etc.
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