Actors & Directors
- Bruno Monsaingeon
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Run time: 85 min.
Price: £19.99
Review Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Autumn Journey / Teldec Video (Warner Classics):
Actors & Directors
- Gabrieli Consort And Players|Paul McCreesh|Timothy Roberts
Run time: 104 min.
Price: £14.99
Review Gabrieli - Music For San Rocco [1995] / Deutsche Grammophon:
![Review Decca / UN 50th Anniversary Concert [1995]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J1WPMGGNL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Georg Solti
- The World Orchestra For Peace
Run time: 81 min.
Price: £12.99
Review UN 50th Anniversary Concert [1995] / Decca:
Actors & Directors
- Mia Babalis|Sylvain Lafortune|Montreal Symphony Orchestra|The Momix Dancers
Run time: 67 min.
Price: £14.99
Review Ravel - Bolero / Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition / Decca:
Actors & Directors
- Luciano Pavarotti|Harlem Boys Choir|Andrea Griminelli|New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Run time: 105 min.
Price: £12.99
Review Luciano Pavarotti - In Central Park [1993] / Decca:
![Review Sony Classical UK / Yevgeny Kissin In Tokyo [1987]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CDDQJBVEL._SL160_.jpg)
Release date: 1998-06-22
Run time: 76 min.
Price: £10.99
Review Yevgeny Kissin In Tokyo [1987] / Sony Classical UK:
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Actors & Directors
- Michael Nyman Band|Ute Lemper
Run time: 54 min.
Price: £14.99
Review Songbook - Michael Nyman [1992] / Decca:
Actors & Directors
- Trudeliese Schmidt
- Gwynne Howell
- Peter Schreier
- Edith Mathis
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.99
Review Mozart: Requiem / Universal Pictures UK:
Actors & Directors
- Paul Frey
- Mandfred Schenk
- Bayreuth Festival Choir And Orch
- Cheryl Studer
- Gabriele Schnaut
Run time: 215 min.
Price: £24.99
Review Lohengrin / Philips:
Actors & Directors
- Hilliard Ensemble
- Western Wind Choir
Price: £12.99
Review Arvo Pärt - St. John Passion / Universal Pictures UK:
![Review Warner Music Vision / Winterreise [2000]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4156V0VYABL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Ian Bostridge
- Julius Drake
- David Alden
Run time: 124 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £1.23
Review Winterreise [2000] / Warner Music Vision:
![Review Decca / Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill [1992]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41A2BV2AQ2L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Jean-Pierre Barizien
- Ute Lemper
- Jeff Cohen (II)
Run time: 105 min.
Price: £14.99
Review Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill [1992] / Decca:
Actors & Directors
- Luciano Pavarotti|Placido Domingo|Joan Sutherland|Kiri Te Kanawa
Run time: 56 min.
RRP: £3.99
Price: £12.50
Review Classics In Vision / Decca:
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Actors & Directors
- Igor Oistrakh
- Yehudi Menuhin
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
- David Oistrakh
- Bruno Monsaingeon
Run time: 75 min.
Price: £16.99
Review David Oistrakh - Artist Of The People? [1999] / Teldec Video (Warner Classics):Bruno Monsaingeon's David Oistrakh: Artist of the People? is a probing portrait of perhaps the most thought-provoking of modern violin virtuosi, and a good companion to his similarly revealing documentary on pianist Sviatoslav Richter. Although conversation with the man himself is minimal (Oistrakh died in 1974), Monsaingeon is able to draw upon the priceless reminiscences of those who worked with him, including his son Igor, conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, protegé Gidon Kremer, and the late Yehudi Menuhin: their frank and sincere comments on Soviet society make for sobering listening. Equally important, the range of Oistrakh's repertoire is covered, from Bach to Shostakovich, in footage covering half a century of performance. The musicianship and humanity of a life dedicated to music in the face of an often ruthless establishment is powerfully and movingly evoked. This is a documentary that no-one interested in great music-making or 20th-century culture should miss. On the DVD: David Oistrakh: Artist of the People? reproduces its disparate sources with remarkable consistency in a 4:3 picture, and if the high level transfer of the musical extracts gives a harder edge to Oistrakh's sound than was the case, the Linear PCM Stereo itself is fine. There are subtitles in five European languages, and a useful background article by Monsaingeon, similarly translated, in the booklet. -Richard Whitehouse.
Release date: 1998-11-23
Run time: 120 min.
Price: £12.99
Review David Dubal - The Golden Age Of The Piano / Philips:
![Review Bel Canto Society Inc / My Song For You [1934]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21KF12N6T2L._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Jan Kiepura
- Aileen Marson
- Sonnie Hale
- Emlyn Williams
Run time: 89 min.
Price: £12.99
Review My Song For You [1934] / Bel Canto Society Inc:
Actors & Directors
- Horant H. Hohlfeld|Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Run time: 94 min.
Price: £14.99
Review Hungarian Connections / Decca:
Actors & Directors
- Sarah Brightman
- David Amphlett
- Andrea Bocelli
Run time: 80 min.
Price: £14.99
Review Andrea Bocelli - A Night In Tuscany / Vision Video Ltd.:Part concert, part documentary, part travelogue, this video hit duplicates the success of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's albums and underscores his unique crossover appeal. Critical response to Bocelli has been confined to fusillades of scorn from classical and opera writers, but the bullet-proof superstar is better understood in the context of a mainland European tradition of pop-classical fusion. Bocelli cheerfully ignores the supposed wall between high (classical) art and low (pop) kitsch with his mix of operatic chestnuts, soft pop and traditional Italian songs. Indeed, despite interview segments in which he proclaims his love of opera or proudly recalls an apprenticeship to operatic veteran Franco Corelli, Bocelli comes across as more fan than virtuoso. But if his voice can prompt technical cavils from hard-core opera buffs, the blind singer's emotional directness and relative lack of onstage preening explain much of his populist appeal. Featured songs include warhorse arias, leading off with the "Louie, Louie" of tenor showpieces, Turandot's "Nessun Dorma" and duets with gruff Italian pop-rocker Zucchero and sopranos Nuccia Focile and Sarah Brightman (who buddies up for the tear-jerking closer, "Time to Say Goodbye"). Even with the marquee bonus of those guests, however, A Night in Tuscany gets its biggest boost from the seductive Italian countryside, prominently featured in between-song segments, and in the romantic concert setting, Pisa's Piazza dei Cavalieri. -Sam Sutherland.
![Review Teldec Video (Warner Classics) / Richter - The Enigma [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VYGNV1PCL._SL160_.jpg)
Actors & Directors
- Bruno Monsaingeon
- Svyatoslav Richter
Run time: 154 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £4.25
Review Richter - The Enigma [1998] / Teldec Video (Warner Classics):This exemplary 154-minute documentary about the great Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter includes some wonderful archive footage and a lot of worthwhile discussion of one of the more remarkable of 20th-century concert careers. Richter was an extraordinary combination of poet, mystic and superb technician, as fine in the more spiritually ruminative moments of Johann Sebastian Bach as he was in the more spectacular display pieces of Franz Liszt. He was also in an interesting place at an interesting time-able to interpret the works of Prokofiev and Shostakovich when they were freshly minted, and able to play alongside other great virtuosi like Oistrakh and Rostopovich (there is some wonderful footage here of the three of them performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto under Karajan). Richter was as fine as a soloist with great orchestras as he was as accompanist-we see him with Fischer-Dieskau in Hugo Wolf's quirky song "Der Feierreiter"-but his true love was the recital; much of his long career was taken up with an endless pilgrimage around the civic centres of Soviet Russia, spreading the word of great music. -Roz Kaveney.
Review Dudley Moore Introduces Concerto! Volume 2 - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 / RCA Victor:
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Autumn Journey, Gabrieli - Music For San Rocco [1995], UN 50th Anniversary Concert [1995], Ravel - Bolero / Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition, Luciano Pavarotti - In Central Park [1993], Yevgeny Kissin In Tokyo [1987], Songbook - Michael Nyman [1992], Mozart: Requiem, Lohengrin, Arvo Pärt - St. John Passion, Winterreise [2000], Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill [1992], Classics In Vision, David Oistrakh - Artist Of The People? [1999], David Dubal - The Golden Age Of The Piano, My Song For You [1934], Hungarian Connections, Andrea Bocelli - A Night In Tuscany, Richter - The Enigma [1998], Dudley Moore Introduces Concerto! Volume 2 - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 |
