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The Ramallah Concert - Knowledge Is The Beginning
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Barenboim


2564 69480-6 (2 discs)

2xDVD9 NTSC Region 0 16:9
LPCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / DTS 5.1 Surround
REISSUE

Playing time: 90' (concert) + 114' (documentary)
Chapters: 16 + 14
Booklet pages: 36
Reviewer: Ron Bierman
Review of The Ramallah Concert - Knowledge Is The Beginning
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra / Barenboim published on 31 July 2011


Watch and listen: Ending of 'Knowledge is the Beginning'

Mohammed Saleh, oboe
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
Mor Biron, bassoon
Sharon Polyak, horn
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Knowledge Is The Beginning - Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, revised 114-minute documentary produced and directed by Paul Smaczny

The Ramallah Concert, recorded 'live' in the Cultural Palace, Ramallah, Palestine, on 21 August 2005:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn K Anh 9 (297b)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67
Edward Elgar (1857-1934): Nimrod from Enigma Variations Op 36

A review of the original version of this DVD set - Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Ramallah by Robert Anderson - was published in 2006.

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