Nice music but disappointing video choices
I bought this Naxos DVD musical traveloque of France, with music of Faure, as an introduction to this series. I was disappointed. Granted, the Faure music is great, and there are some nice vistas of the countryside and cathedrals, but with all the visually interesting scenery available in France, why the long study of highways, fields, canals and boats?! PLEASE - how more interior shots of the churches! If only Rick Steves had provided the video instead of Mom and Pop tourist. The last section dwelt too long on a boatman navigating a lake. Better to buy a good travel of France or cathedrals, and put on a CD of music as you watch.
See also my review of the Naxos traveloque of Switzerland, with music of Schubert.
Sad
This is a typical Naxos disk. I was hoping for more variety in the scenery. The music is all rather sad. Some variety in the musical selections would have helped. As usual I wish Naxos would tell us what we are looking at while we are seeing it.
Still with all of that, it does have some interesting shots of Cathedrals and Tapestries that I've never seen before.
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