Art Of Conducting - Great Conductors Of The Past Details

1994

The greatest conductors of the 20th century are shown in rehearsal and performance, including: Toscanini, Bernstein, Stokowsky, Karajan, Szell, Walter, Klemperer, Beecham, Nikisch, Strauss, Weingartner, Busch, Furtwangler, Koussevitzky, and Reiner. The film features commentary by the conductors and musicians. Read more

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Art Of Conducting - Great Conductors Of The Past

The greatest conductors of the 20th century are shown in rehearsal and performance, including: Toscanini, Bernstein, Stokowsky, Karajan, Szell, Walter, Klemperer, Beecham, Nikisch, Strauss, Weingartner, Busch, Furtwangler, Koussevitzky, and Reiner. The film features commentary by the conductors and musicians.

Starring	John Eliot Gardiner, Isaac Stern, Jack Brymer, Thomas Beecham, Yehudi Menuhin, Herbert Von Karajan
Studio	TELDEC VIDEO (WARNER CLASSICS)
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 44 mins
Certificate
Genres	Documentary
Language	DVD: English
Subtitles	DVD: French, German
Released	DVD: 07 Oct 2002 Production year: 1994
Format	DVD

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  Want a sequel

  I strongly recommend this to all lovers of music. Please don't miss - as I nearly did - the extra bits, which include to-camera pieces by Schwarzkopf and Stern.
  
  The (mostly monochrome) image quality is excellent. I assume this was recovered or restored from 35mm. Naturally the sound (presumably from optical tracks) is quite poor - but try this:
  
  If you have a favourite piece on the DVD (in my case Barbirolli hardly letting his orchestra get to the end of the first bar of the Bruckner 7 Scherzo), put on a modern CD or LP of it afterwards. Sonically it's like going from a Trabbie to a Bentley, but musically?

  • • D Morton from Wales
    • Posted 02 May 2006 06:23

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  Greatness

  We watch the DVD twice back on back. It was pure pleasure to watch these conductors. They have a greatness surpases understanding and their names will live on.
  
  The documentary bits are short and informative. Then it is back to the conducters with each one having a unique character not seen in daily life.
  
  An experience to watch and listen.

  • • CGresley from UK
    • Posted 04 Feb 2005 22:55

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  • Art Of Conducting - Great Conductors Of The Past
    The greatest conductors of the 20th century are shown in rehearsal and performance, including: Toscanini, Bernstein, Stokowsky, Karajan, Szell, Walter, Klemperer, Beecham, Nikisch, Strauss, Weingartner, Busch, Furtwangler, Koussevitzky, and Reiner. The film features commentary by the conductors and ...