The art of conducting : 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.
Publisher:
Teldec Video,
Copyright Date:
2002
Description:
1 videodisc (164 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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. Based on the television program of the same name. Recorded in various locations, 1913-1972. Booklet with notes on the conductors by Alan Sanders in English with French and German translations, and information on each recorded performance (27 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. Fullscreen.
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 Grubb.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.