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Altogether, this portrait reverentially demythologises a man whose recordings and musical example remain provocative, inspiring and utterly unique. The bonus 'extras' recycle some film footage... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, DVD Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Award for DVD (documentary)
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El Sistema: Music To Change Life
RecommendedMusic by Ravel, Munoz, Gutierrez, Prado, Marguez, Tchaikovsky, Márquez, Ravel, Beethoven, Mendoza, Piazolla, Ginastera, Hernández, Bernstein & Yánez
Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, with José Antonio Abreu & Gustavo Dudamel
…the main emphasis here is placed upon the missionary zeal of José Antonio Abreu, the visionary politician who masterminded the Sistema… Abreu's staunchly held belief in the capacity of music... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th December 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - DVD Documentary
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, DVD of the Month
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Becoming Traviata
RecommendedA film by Philippe Béziat from Verdi's Opera
Natalie Dessay (Violetta), Charles Castronovo (Alfredo), Ludovic Tézier (Germont), Jean-François Sivadier (director)
London Symphony Orchestra, Louis Langrée
the film is as much about how our relationship to this most famous opera changes with each encounter as it is about the process by which [Dessay] assumes the central role...Some will accuse Béziat... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, DVD Award Winner
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Opera Choice
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This sequence of almost mini-documentaries, beautifully paced, shows different sides of his character, musicianship and history…The cameras follow him to Moscow where he studied with David Oistrakh,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Video Documentary
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Documentary Choice
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Leonard Bernstein - Reflections
RecommendedA film by Peter Rosen
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein
…we see Bernstein reflecting on his life and music, shot in Carnegie Hall (scene of his legendary 1943 debut) and his studio overlooking New York's Central Park. What a charismatic talker he... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - DVD Documentary
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Sophia – Biography of a Violin Concerto
A Jan Schmidt-Garre Film
with Sofia Gubaidulina, Anne-Sophie Mutter & Gidon Kremer
Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
it's the polarity of composer and performer that is the kernel of the film: Mutter cool, sveltely glamorous and severely practical, Gubaidulina looking more and more like a rumpled Babushka but... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - DVD Documentary
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, DVD of the Month
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Carlos Kleiber: Traces to Nowhere
RecommendedA Film by Eric Schulz
with Plácido Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Otto Schenk, Veronika Kleiber, Michael Gielen & Manfred Honeck…
Carlos Kleiber
Traces has Veronika Kleiber, the conductor's sister - a shrewd, loving and highly articulate woman who has many stories and comments that help to bring Kleiber to vibrant life. So, too, does... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - DVD Documentary
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Emmanuel Pahud - Works for Flute by Schubert, Hue and Sancan
Flute masterclass from the Royal Academy of Music, London
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
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Italy - Rome
Piazzas, Fountains and the Remains of Empire
Joseph Banowetz (piano)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnányi
