Senso (Criterion Collection)This lush, Technicolor tragic romance from Luchino Visconti (LE NOTTI BIANCHE, THE LEOPARD) stars Alida Valli (THE THIRD MAN, EYES WITHOUT A FACE) as a nineteenth century Italian countess who, amid the Austrian occupation of her country, puts her marriage and political principles on the line by engaging in a torrid affair with a dashing Austrian lieutenant, played by Farley Granger (ROPE, STRANGERS ON a TRAIN). Gilded with fearless performances,

the symbiosis of mystical outbursts and dancing

With it's impressive khöömii soloists

He could make any song soar heaven-bound with his gospel-soaked curlicues and unpredictable twists and turns

which unfold in him "dream images"

Don't Leave Me5

Alain Lef vre - Bach & Wagner Transcriptions

In each of these cycles

Perhaps symptomatically

delivers a collection of traditional and original tunes that showcase their impeccable musicianship and tight harmonies

Faced with the challenge posed by Rossini's essential masterpiece

This is the second of those sets

Skull fracturing dementias such as "No light After All" and violent onslaughts like "Useless To Mankind"