Where's the rest
I am a huge Norway fan, and looked forward to this disc arriving. I was disappointed. While Oslo and Bergen, Grieg's living room and Trolls are all lovely, what makes Norway unchallenged is the glory of the fjords, glaciers, and mountains, and there is a strong under-emphasis of these natural wonders. Yes, there are wildflowers and meadows and close-ups of water flowing over rapids, all to lovely music, but the only fjord seen is one small corner of Sogne for a few moments. As one that tries to recall the glorious scenes of Naeroy, Geiranger, Nord, and Hardanger fjords, and countless more, I felt that the visual selections here were seriously lacking.
better editing please!
I own many Naxos Musical Journey videos; most are relaxing - beautiful scenery accompanied by beautiful music. In a few the choice of scenes to show seems off, considering the landscapes, city sites, etc. from which to choose when editing. In this one there is nearly 8 minutes of harbor scenes in Oslo, showing closeups of sailboats, their riggings, etc. A lot of this time could have been put to better use in my opinion. Most of the rest of the video is very nice. As with all of them, an occasional subtitle letting the viewer know what is being shown would be helpful.
The sound of Norway
I bought this for my wife, because she was born in Oslo. Hoping the music and video would bring some of her home into ours. The music is super, but the video lacks scenery, they spent to much time in close up shots of rigging on boats. and door knobs on buildings.
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