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Tony Palmer's Film About Menuhin - A family Portrait

Tony Palmer's Film About Menuhin - A family Portrait
ID: TPDVD120
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
Collection: Documentary
Subcollection: Biography Movie

Directors: Tony Palmer
Region Code: NTSC. Plays in all territories
Color mode: Colour broadcast system
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9
Language: English
Duration: 105 mins
Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Yehudi Menuhin made his debut in Paris at the age of eleven. At fifteen he recorded the definitive performance of the Elgar Violin Concerto, conducted by the composer. Menuhin is acclaimed as one of the great violinists of the century. He was the first artist to play with the Berlin Philharmonic after the overthrow of the Nazis, and the first major Western classical soloist to play jazz and Indian music. A dedicated teacher, the former child prodigy established his own school where he coached young musicians. In this profile of Menuhin, filmmaker Tony Palmer keeps pace with the busy violinist: conducting the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; working with his own chamber orchestra in Greece; recording with his son Jeremy. Newsreel footage of nine-year old Menuhin and interviews with his family offer an intimate view of a virtuoso.

Menuhin, a name that was legendary for over 60 years, and remains so today. A good man and a great violinist, whose childhood was blessed with happiness and success unparalleled even among child prodigies. At least, that was the legend. The truth was painfully different. The violinist who inspired Einstein to remark; "Now I know there is a God in heaven", was also a man of whom his sister could say: "We have done more harm to people we love than we ever believed ourselves capable of doing to people we didn't love".

Filmed in Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, Moscow, New York, San Francisco and Switzerland, and using much material not seen previously from Menuhin's own archive, this heart-rending and multi-award winning film included all the members of Menuhin's family living at the time, who struggle to piece together what had really happened to the son of Russian/ Tartar parents who was defiantly named Yehudi - ‘the Jew'.
21.00 eur Buy

Tony Palmer's Film About Benjamin Britten - A Time There Was...

Tony Palmer's Film About Benjamin Britten - A Time There Was...
ID: TPDVD125
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
Collection: Documentary
Subcollection: Biography Movie

Region Code: NTSC. Plays in all territories
Menu screens: English
DVD Format: DVD
Color mode: Colour broadcast system
Screen (Picture) Format: Stereo, 16:9 aspect ratio.
Presentation: Wide Screen
Duration: 103 mins

Made at the request of the Britten Estate, this film - thought to be the definitive portrait of the great composer - tells of one of the most profound love affairs of the 20th Century, between Britten and his lover and life-long companion and inspiration, PETER PEARS. At a time when it was illegal to be openly homosexual, Britten & Pears faced up to a hostile world with unflinching dignity, producing a string of masterpieces that, together with the works of Vaughan Williams, established English music as internationally pre-eminent in the middle years of the 20th century.Among the music featured is extracts from: ‘Peter Grimes’; ‘Billy Budd’; ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’; ‘ The War Requiem’; ‘Curlew River’; ‘Death in Venice’; ‘The Nocturne’ & ‘The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’.with: BENJAMIN BRITTEN; PETER PEARS; LEONARD BERNSTEIN; SVIATOSLAV RICHTER; JANET BAKER; JULIAN BREAM; HEATHER HARPER; IMOGEN HOLST; JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK; RUDOLF BING & HENRY MOOREThe music conducted by STEUART BEDFORD and played by THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
21.00 eur Buy

Wagner - Richard Burton

Wagner - Richard Burton
ID: TPDVD157
CDs: 3
Type: DVD
Collection: Documentary
Subcollection: Drama

Actors: Richard Burton, Laurence Oliver, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, László Gállfi, Gemma Craven, Ekkehardt Schall, Richard Pasco, Marthe Keller, Gabriel Byrne, Franco Nero, Ronald Pickup, Corin Redgrave, Cyril Cusack, Prunella Scales, Andrew Cruickshank, Joan Greenwood, Liza Goddard, Bill Fraser, Arthur Lowe & Joan Plowright
Directed by Tony Palmer

Picture Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC (0, All regions),
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 3
Rating: E (Exempt from Certification)
Studio: Koch Entertainment
DVD Release Date: October 11, 2011
Run Time: 420 minutes (7hrs 46mins)


Tony Palmer’s epic film was made in 1982/3 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wagner’s death. Filmed in 200 locations throughout Europe, many where the actual historical events took place, with a team from 19 different countries, the entire production was completed in less than a year. Sadly Wagner was to be Richard Burton’s last major role, but the stellar cast - including Laurence Oliver, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, László Gállfi, Gemma Craven, Ekkehardt Schall, Richard Pasco, Marthe Keller, Gabriel Byrne, Franco Nero, Ronald Pickup, Corin Redgrave, Cyril Cusack, Prunella Scales, Andrew Cruickshank, Joan Greenwood, Liza Goddard, Bill Fraser, Arthur Lowe, Joan Plowright, with composer Sir William Walton in a cameo role - assembled partly because of him.
Only now is the film being released on DVD as its director Tony Palmer wishes it to be viewed. Previously it’s been seen in badly edited versions and been made available on DVD (reproduced from poor-quality VHSs) with sub-standard pictures and sound. Finally, here is the restored presentation as it was originally edited by Tony Palmer in its complete 7 hours 46 minutes duration, issued in wide-screen, re-mastered in Hi-Definition. The music, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti with singers including Dame Gwyneth Jones and Peter Hofmann, has never sounded better, and the astonishing images of cameramen Vittorio Storaro and Nic Knowland have never looked better.
The script by Charles Wood remains a miracle of historical compression and accuracy, given that Wagner himself was an appalling fantasist and the truth often hard to ascertain.
And Richard Burton, who towers above the production, reminds us what a great actor he was. This is a fitting tribute to his - and to Wagner’s - genius.

Exhaustive TV biopic of the German composer with Richard Burton in the title role. Recognised early in his career for his groundbreaking talents, Wagner is feted by European society until his scandalous and radical political views force him into exile in Zurich. There he meets the young Nietzsche (Ronald Pickup), and has a major influence on the philosopher. At the same time, Wagner begins a scandalous relationship with the composer Liszt's illigitimate daughter. Reactionary, anti-semitic and obsessed with money, Wagner still goes on to prove himself as a major force in German and European culture after completing his epic 'Ring' cycle of operas.
28.00 eur Temporarily out of stock

Tchaikovsky - His Life and Work - 'My Good Genius'

Tchaikovsky - His Life and Work - 'My Good Genius'
ID: VPLS132
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
Collection: Movies
Subcollection: Biography Movie

This short film (In German and English) is about the relationship between Tchaikovsky and Nadezhda von Meck. She supported the composer financially for many years but they never met. The concert performance is in Tchaikovsky’s House Museum in Klin.

Region Code: PAL, 0, Plays in all territories,
Screen (Picture) 4:3
Sound Format: Dolby Digaital
Time: 40 min.
29.00 eur Buy

Tony Palmer's Films for The South Bank Show

Tony Palmer's Films for The South Bank Show
ID: TPDVDBOX2
CDs: 11
Type: DVD
Subcollection: Biography Movie

Region Code: NTSC color broadcast system : Plays in all territories

DVD1: TPDVD102 - Henryck Gorecki - The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
DVD2: TPDVD103 - Maria Callas - La Divina - A Portrait
DVD3: TPDVD112 - Malcolm Arnold - Toward The Unknown Region
DVD4: TPDVD113 - William Walton - At The Haunted End of the Day
DVD5: TPDVD116 - Berlioz - I, Berlioz
DVD6: TPDVD123 - Michael Crawford - The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford
DVD7: TPDVD124 - Margot - story of Margot Fonteyn
DVD8: TPDVD125 - Benjamin Britten - A Time There Was...
DVD9: TPDVD126 - Stravinsky - Once, at a Border...
DVD10: TPDVD158 - John Adams - Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
DVD11: TPDVD159 - Renee Fleming - Miss Renee Fleming


Melvyn Bragg has run The South Bank Show for over 30 years, producing in all over 250 films. Sadly, ITV has now decided to axe the show, so to celebrate the final season of The South Bank Show, a brilliant collection of Tony Palmer's films made for The South Bank Show is being released in a special commemorative boxset.
The eleven films include the Italia Prize-winning definitive portraits of Benjamin Britten, William Walton and Maria Callas; the New York Film & TV Festival Gold medal winners about Stravinsky, Margot Fonteyn and Malcolm Arnold; and the controversial films about Gorecki, John Adams and Berlioz. Films about the great American soprano Renée Fleming and the original 'Phantom of the Opera' Michael Crawford complete the package.
As Bragg says: "Palmer's films for me have been one of the highlights of every season since we began."
115.00 eur Buy

 
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