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The art of conducting great conductors of the past
Title
The art of conducting [videorecording] : great conductors of the past / an IMG Artists/BBC production ; in association with Teldec Classics International and Sender Freies Berlin ; produced by Stephany Marks, Mark Pickering ; directed by Sue Knussen.
Published
Hamburg : Teldec Video, [2002], c1993.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (164 min.) : sd., b&w with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Notes
DVD release of the television program produced in 1993.
Notes on the conductors by Alan Sanders in English with French and German translations, and information on each recorded performance in container.
Series devised by Stephen Wright ; executive producer, Dennis Marks ; video adaptation supervised by Peter R. Smith ; interviews editor and DVD producer, Marcos Klorman.
Recorded in various locations, 1913-1972.
Subtitles available in English, French, and Japanese.
Summary
Rehearsal and performance footage presenting the work of sixteen conductors: Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Arthur Nikisch, Richard Strauss, Felix Weingartner, Fritz Busch, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Arturo Toscanini, Leopold Stokowski, Serge Koussevitzky, Fritz Reiner, George Szell, Herbert von Karajan, and Leonard Bernstein. Includes bonus material consisting of 45 minutes of previously unseen interviews with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Hugh Bean, Isaac Stern and Suvi Raj Gubbo.
Variant and related titles
Great conductors of the past
Art of conducting (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 11, 2003
Credits
Series devised by Stephen Wright ; executive producer, Dennis Marks ; video adaptation supervised by Peter R. Smith ; interviews editor and DVD producer, Marcos Klorman.
Performers
Sir John Barbirolli with the Hallé Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham with the Royal Philharmonic ; Arthur Nikisch with the Berlin Philharmonic ; Richard Strauss with the Vienna Philharmonic ; Felix Weingartner with the Paris Symphony ; Fritz Busch with the Dresden Staatskapelle ; Bruno Walter with the Berlin Philharmonic and Vancouver Festival Orchestras ; Otto Klemperer with the Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestras ; Wilhelm Furtwängler with the Berlin Philharmonic ; Arturo Toscanini with the NBC Symphony ; Leopold Stokowski with the BBC Symphony and the New York Philharmonic ; Serge Koussevitzky with the Boston Symphony ; Fritz Reiner with the New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestras ; George Szell with the Cleveland Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein with the London Symphony and Vienna Philharmonic.
Narrator, Michael Gambon ; with commentary by John Eliot Gardner, Isaac Stern, Jack Brymer, Sir Thomas Beecham, Yehudi Menuhin, Oliver Knussen, Suvi Raj Grubb, George Szell, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Hugh Bean, Werner Thärichen, Richard Mohr, Leopold Stokowski, Julius Baker, and Herbert von Karajan.
System details note
DVD ; Dolby digital 2.0 mono and stereo.
Videorecording number
0927 52667 2 Teldec
Also listed under
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Sender Freies Berlin.
Teldec Video (Firm)
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