{"product_id":"ingmar-bergman-music-from-the-films","title":"Ingmar Bergman: Classical Music from the Films - Roland Pöntinen, Stenhammar Quartet, Torleif Thedéen (Hybrid SACD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIngmar Bergman (1918- 2007) made fifty films, directed more than 150 theatre productions and wrote several books, but the recurrent thread running through his life was music. He often said that if he hadn't become a director he would have wished to become a conductor, and went so far as to claim that ‘film and music are almost the same thing. They are means of expression and communication that go beyond human wisdom and that touch a person’s emotional centre.’ Bergman’s interest in classical music became evident early on in his career. Music in Darkness (1948) is about a pianist who loses his sight in a shooting accident, To Joy (1950) features a violinist who dreams of a solo career and Summer Interlude (1951) takes place at the Royal Swedish Opera. He admired all who could perform music, reserving his greatest love for pianists, and concert pianists are portrayed in Hour of the Wolf, Face to Face and Autumn Sonata.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Bergman’s favourite Swedish pianists was Roland Pöntinen, who here performs a number of pieces featured in Bergman’s films, by composers including Mozart, Chopin and Schumann. Pöntinen is joined by the Stenhammar Quartet in the second movement of Schumann’s piano quintet, used by Bergman to great effect in the award-winning Fanny and Alexander. Another of the director’s favourite performers, the cellist Torleif Thedéen, also contributes to the project, with the sarabandes from three of Bach’s suites for solo cello.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1        Sarabande, From Cello Suite No. 5 In C Minor, BWV 1011\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Johann Sebastian Bach\u003cbr\u003e2        Aufschwung, From Fantasiestücke, Op. 12\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Robert Schumann\u003cbr\u003e3        Nocturne In C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 1\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Frédéric Chopin\u003cbr\u003e4        Prelude In D Minor, Op. 28 No. 24\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Frédéric Chopin\u003cbr\u003e5        Sarabande, From Cello Suite No. 4 In E Flat Major, BWV 1010\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Johann Sebastian Bach\u003cbr\u003e6        Fantasy In C Minor, K 475\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\u003cbr\u003e7        Mazurka In A Minor, Op. 17 No. 4\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Frédéric Chopin\u003cbr\u003e8        Sonata In B Flat Major, D 960: Andante Sostenuto\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Franz Schubert\u003cbr\u003e9        Sonata In D Major, K. 535\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Domenico Scarlatti\u003cbr\u003e10        Prelude In A Minor, Op. 28 No. 2\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Frédéric Chopin\u003cbr\u003e11        Sonata In E Major, K. 380\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Domenico Scarlatti\u003cbr\u003e12        Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 25\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Johann Sebastian Bach\u003cbr\u003e13        Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: Sarabande\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Johann Sebastian Bach\u003cbr\u003e14        Piano Quintet In E Flat Major, Op. 44: In Modo D'una Marcia\u003cbr\u003eComposed By – Robert Schumann\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BIS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865249001722,"sku":"BIS-2377","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/81_5O3IG3lL._SL1417.jpg?v=1778279193","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/products\/ingmar-bergman-music-from-the-films","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}