Vivaldi, the sex-obsessed rock star
Sammy King  |  by www.freerepublic.com. All rights reserved. 10.11 | 17:09

The film sees Fiennes' character battle with debilitating bouts of asthma, as well as 'the dogma of the Catholic church', according to Damast. He is rumored to have had an affair with one specific woman, but there is no evidence at all to substantiate it - not even a hint of undue affection in his correspondence with the woman in question. The only really exciting aspects of Vivaldi's life from a dramatic point of view was the usual courtly politics and jockeying for position and preferment.


The Kennedy disc is one of the best recordings ever. On a more heretical note, I always thought it would be interesting to hear Jimi Hendrix play the Guitar Concerto.

(Pluto's been marginalized!

Call the ACLU!)

David Caruso would have been an interesting choice - both he and Vivaldi are skinny, red-headed Italians. Plus Caruso was Vivaldi's greatest interpreter in the eyes of some.

They could have cast David Caruso, but then they decided on someone who can act.

(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
The Four Seasons is the only work of Vivaldi I'm familiar with.

Can either of you make any additional recommendations? You didn't ask me, but if I may ..

. Try his Violin Concertos. For the holidays, his Gloria (RV589).

You can listen to MIDI files at the

I loved Amadeus too, but I couldn't stand Hulce. Thought Hamill would have been much better- he was great in the play! Hulce was just too goofy looking on screen.

But Abraham stole the movie, either way, as Salieri. (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!

) Here is some interesting trivia. Hester Leinsdorf delivered our son when she was a medical student. Later we learned she is the daughter of the famous conductor.

Even later, when we brought this up to best friends from the home town, the hostess said, Wasn't he in the DP camp with us? There is a age gap here because the best friend who mentioned to this her husband is now in her 90's.

(Vote for the Democrats?

- the party of Studds and Frank - the new family values party?

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