interesting achive material and interviews but disjointed

The problem with this type of film is usually too much talk and too little music. Strangely its the other way round with this! There are fairly lengthy extracts from various conductors' rehearsals and performances and some of these allow comparisons to be made (for example different conductors' interpreation of Strauss's 'Till Eulenspiegel' are shown). However the interviews with musicians and others who knew the conductors are anecdotal rather than analytical and there is little or no connection between the interviews and the concert excerpts. I was left wishing the interviewees had been asked to comment specifically on the excerpts included, illustrating thier no doubt valid and informed comments about conductors' style with the actual performances presented here.

Worth watching but unsatisfying.