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Featuring:
The MGM Symphony Orchestra, Johnny Green
Release Date:
June 4, 1953
Original Title:
Capriccio Italien
Alternate Titles:
Caprice Italien
Genres:
Music
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 10
Johnny Green conducts the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien".
The MGM Symphony Orchestra led by Johnny Green plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien". The camera pans over Green's shoulder to the brass section during the stately introductory refrain. The strings then take over with the piece's main theme, followed by the entrance of the winds. The entire orchestra continues with the many joyous Italian folk inspired idioms of the piece. Green conducts the orchestra with gusto to the piece's triumphant conclusion.
Director:
Paul Vogel
Director of Photography:
Paul Vogel
Editor:
Robert Watts
Original Music Composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Recording Supervision:
Douglas Shearer
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