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FREDERIC CHOPIN
In Search of Chopin [ Seventh Art DVD / DVD - released 15/Sep/2015 ] Phil Grabsky brings us the music and life story of Fryderyk Chopin, considered one of the greatest composers of all time. For four years Grabsky travelled the globe recording performances by world class musicians and conversing with respected... |
W. A. MOZART
In Search of Mozart [ Seventh Art DVD / DVD - released 15/Sep/2015 ] An unmissable biography narrated by Juliet Stevenson and featuring interviews and performances with over 70 of the greatest exponents of Mozart's music. A valuable addition to any music lovers collection. |
A Jan Schmidt-Garre Film featuring Roland Pöntinen, Vesselina Kasarova, Peter Feuchtwanger, Katerina Hebelkova, Christiane Libor
Chopin At The Opera [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2010 ] The opera for Chopin was the highest form of art - even though he never entertained the thought of writing for the stage himself. His contemporaries Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini meant more to him than Beethoven, Liszt or Schumann. They influenced... |
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roger Federer, John Williams, Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn, Jorg Widmann, Lambert Orkis, Steve Cohen
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Vivace [ SWR Classics / DVD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the greatest musicians of our age and for the last five decades has appeared at the world's leading concert venues. In addition to premiering 31 new works from leading composers, she is an inspiring mentor, has promoted... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
In Search of Beethoven A film by Phil Grabsky [ Seventh Art DVD / 2 DVD - released 9/Dec/2009 ] In Search of Beethoven has brought together the world's leading performers and experts on Beethoven to reveal new insights into this legendary composer. The line-up of performers and interviewees includes Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Roger Norrington,... |
JOSEF HAYDN
In Search Of Haydn A film by Phil Grabsky [ Seventh Art Productions DVD / DVD - released 22/Aug/2012 ] Haydn (1723-1809) was one of the greatest musical innovators. Mozart and Beethoven looked up to him as Papa Haydn, and yet today in concert halls he is often overshadowed in favour of his younger contemporaries... |
Julian Bream (guitar)
My Life in Music [ Avie Records DVD / DVD - released 13/Nov/2006 ] "This is a splendid presentation with wide musical appeal but to guitarists it is an Aladdin's cave." (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Surprise In Texas - The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Nobuyuki Tsujii / Haochen Zhang / Yeol Eum Son (pianos) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The atmosphere of the piano world's most demanding competition comes vividly across, as do the personalities of the finalists" (BBC Music) |
I AM
[ Gaiam DVD / DVD - released 4/Apr/2013 ] I Am is the story of a successful Hollywood director, Tom Shadyac, who experiences a life threatening head injury, and his ensuing journey to try and answer two very basic questions: "What's wrong with our world?" and "What can we do about it?" |
Restoring the Splendour - The Klais Organ in the Auckland Town Hall
[ Auckland Town Hall / DVD - released 8/Aug/2013 ] This is the story of the greatest project of its kind ever undertaken in New Zealand: the challenge to bring back the grandeur of the country's largest pipe organ when little of the original remained. |
