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Humphrey Burton - what members say

The Golden Ring review by A customer from Harpenden, England

A historical monument 12 February 2005
...duction captures well the nuts and bolts of the process. Presented by a smoking Humphrey Burton, it is itself a period piece, but it skilfully reflects the difficulties faced ...

Humphrey Burton - filmography

Glenn Gould: Hereafter on DVD (2005)
Starring: Humphrey Burton, Glenn Gould
Director: Bruno Monsaingeon
Certificate:
Biography and career overview of the great Canadian classical performer.

Rate this: 77% from 60 members

- our price: £14.93
Lulu - Glyndebourne Festival Opera on DVD (1996)
Starring: Christine Schafer, Kathryn Harries, Patricia Bardon
Director: Graham Vick, Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
The Glyndebourne Festival Opera presented this Alban Berg opera in 1997 to great acclaim and went on to win the Gramophone Award for best video of the year. Andrew Davis wields the baton, conducting the London Philharmonic for one of the great opera masterpieces of the Twentieth Century.

Rate this: 59% from 107 members

- our price: £9.93
Mozart: Requiem on DVD (1991)
Starring: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Cecilia Bartoli, Georg Solti
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
A performance of Mozart's Requiem to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the composer's death. The location was Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, the place of Mozart's funeral rites. Recorded on December 5th 1991.

Rate this: 72% from 4 members

Leonard Bernstein's Candide on DVD (1989)
Starring: Jerry Hadley, June Anderson, London Symphony Orchestra
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
The historic concert that preceded Bernstein's only recording of Candide. Videotaped at the Barbican Centre, London, 13 December 1989.

Rate this: 64% from 33 members

Ode To Freedom - The Berlin Celebration ... (1989)
Starring: Klaus Konig, Sarah Walker, Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor. Recorded at the Schauspielhaus, Berlin on 25 December 1989.

Rate this: 100% from 1 member

Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert... (1987)
Starring: Kathleen Battle
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
The tracklist features: Strauss - Spharenklange Op. 235 Waltz, French Polka, Die Fledermaus Overture, Kaiser-walzer Op. 43 and An Der Schonen, Blauen Donau Op. 314 Waltz.

Rate this: 70% from 2 members
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- our price: £14.93
Andrea Chenier on DVD (1985)
Starring: Royal Opera Chorus, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Placido Domingo
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
Umberto Giordano's opera 'Andre Chenier' performed by the Chorus and Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House. The cast includes: Placido Domingo, Giorgio Zancanaro, Cynthia Buchan, Patricia Johnson and Jonathan Summers.

Rate this: 61% from 69 members

- our price: £14.93
Die Fledermaus on DVD (1985)
Starring: Kiri Te Kanawa, Hildergarde Heichele, Benjamin Luxon
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
The Johann Strauss opera 'Die Fledermaus' with music performed under the baton of Placido Domingo.

Rate this: 70% from 99 members

- our price: £14.93
Verdi: Requiem on DVD (1982)
Starring: Edinburgh Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Margaret Price
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
MESSA DA REQUIEM is considered Verdi's sacred tour de force and this live recording featured as part of the 1982 Edinburgh festival. Claudio Abbado conducts tenor Jose Carreras and soprano Jessye Norman among others, accompanied by the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and London Symphony Orchestra.

Rate this: 70% from 72 members

The Golden Ring on DVD (1965)
Starring: Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson, Vienna Philharmonic
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
A documentary that tells how the first studio recording of Wagner's RING CYCLE happened under Georg Salti. Includes 69 minutes of audio highlights ofTHE GOLDEN RING by Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Georg Solti.

Rate this: 75% from 53 members

Brahms - Academic Festival Overture//Hay... on DVD
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
Leonard Bernstein conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in a performance of Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, Haydn Variations, and Serenade No. 2 - Tragic Overture.

Rate this: 81% from 6 members

Ivo Pogorelich - Recital on DVD
Starring: Ivo Pogorelich
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
Ivo Pogorelich, one of the world's most exciting pianists and an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist since 1981, was thrust into worldwide fame when Martha Argerich resigned from the jury of the 1980 Warsaw International Chopin Competition in protest of his elimination. This production by Humphrey ..read more »

Rate this: 67% from 7 members

Mischa Maisky - Bach Cello Suites on DVD
Director: Humphrey Burton, Horant H. Hohlfeld
Certificate:
Cellist Mischa Maisky performs Johann Sebastian Bach six suites for violoncello solo.

Rate this: 78% from 8 members

- our price: £24.49
Beethoven - Piano Concertos - Leonard Be... on DVD
Starring: Leonard Bernstein, Krystian Zimerman
Director: Ludwig van Beethoven, Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
The Wiener Philharmoniker perform Beethoven's Piano Concertos. Conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

Rate this: 85% from 13 members

- our price: £14.93
Manon L'Escaut on DVD
Starring: Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
The 1983 Gotz Friedrich production of Puccini's masterpiece, performed at The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli.

Rate this: 64% from 81 members

- our price: £15.93
Brahms - Concertos 1 - 2 - Leonard Berns... on DVD
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
Leonard Bernstein conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in a performance of Brahms' concertos one and two.

Rate this: 75% from 7 members

Mozart - Requiem - Leonard Bernstein on DVD
Starring: Maria Ewing, Jerry Hadley, Cornelius Hauptmann
Director: Leonard Bernstein, Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
Leonard Bernstein conducts a performance of Mozart's REQUIEM.

Rate this: 75% from 17 members

Brahms - Violin Concerto/Double Concerto... on DVD
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
Leonard Bernstein conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in a performance of Brahms' concerto for violin and orchestra in D Major, Op. 77 and concerto for violin, cello and orchestra in A Minor, Op. 102.

Rate this: 82% from 9 members

- our price: £15.93
Bernstein - Candide on DVD
Starring: Jerry Hadley, June Anderson
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
The historic concert that preceded Bernstein's only recording of Candide. Videotaped at the Barbican Centre, London, 13 December 1989.

Rate this: 85% from 20 members

- our price: £14.93
Rodelinda - Glyndebourne Festival Opera on DVD
Starring: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andreas Scholl, Louise Winter
Director: Simon Flind, Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
First performed in 1725, Handel's RODELINDA underwent a lengthy stint away from the public's gaze, until it was revived in the mid 20th century. This version was originally shot for a UK television channel, and puts an interesting new twist on the tale. Setting the story in the silent movie-era, ..read more »

Rate this: 72% from 64 members

Beethoven - Symphonies Nos. 4 and 7 on DVD
Starring: Carlos Kleiber
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92 and Symphony No.4 in B flat major, op.60.

Rate this: 98% from 6 members

- our price: £17.93
Brahms - Symphonies 1 - 4 - Leonard Bern... on DVD
Director: Humphrey Burton
Certificate:
Leonard Bernstein conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in a performance of Brahms' symphonies one to four.

Rate this: 85% from 12 members

Humphrey Burton facts

5 most recent films

Glenn Gould: Hereafter - 4.0 stars
Lulu - Glyndebourne Festival Opera - 3.0 stars
Mozart: Requiem - 3.5 stars
Leonard Bernstein's Candide - 3.0 stars
Ode To Freedom - The Berlin Celebration Concert - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Glenn Gould: Hereafter - 4.0 stars
The Golden Ring - 3.5 stars
Rodelinda - Glyndebourne Festival Opera - 3.5 stars
Die Fledermaus - 3.5 stars
Verdi: Requiem - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Ivo Pogorelich - Recital - 3.0 stars
Herbert Von Karajan - New Year's Concert Vienna 1987 - 3.0 stars
Leonard Bernstein's Candide - 3.0 stars
Mozart: Requiem - 3.5 stars
Ode To Freedom - The Berlin Celebration Concert - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jerry Hadley - 3 times - show films
June Anderson - 3 times - show films
Royal Opera Chorus - 2 times - show films
Georg Solti - 2 times - show films
Leonard Bernstein - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Graham Vick - 1 times - show films
Bruno Monsaingeon - 1 times - show films
Ludwig van Beethoven - 1 times - show films
Horant H. Hohlfeld - 1 times - show films
Leonard Bernstein - 1 times - show films