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Rental > Music > Classical Music: 72 Films to Rent
- Great Composers - Volume 1 (Bach, Mozart) (2001)
- Dir. James Runcie, Francesca Kemp
- Excellent BBC series gives a substantial insight into its selected classical composers, combining biographical narrative with musical–analysis…
- Great Composers - Volume 2 (Beethoven, Wagner) (2001)
- Dir. Jill Marshall, Kriss Rusmanis
- Excellent BBC series gives a substantial insight into its selected classical composers, combining biographical narrative with musical–analysis…
- Great Composers - Volume 3 (Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Mahler) (2001)
- Dir. Simon Broughton, Chris Hunt, Kriss Rusmanis
- Excellent BBC series gives a substantial insight into its selected classical composers, combining biographical narrative with musical–analysis…
- Howard Goodall's Big Bangs (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Howard Goodall
- Presented by affable Brit maestro, Howard Goodall (whose own notable works include the theme tunes to Blackadder and Mr. Bean), this enlightening,…
- Art of Piano, The (1999)
- Dir. Donald Sturrock
- Survey of 20th century classical pianists that starts with Hofman and ends with Arrau, taking in such diverse talents of the keyboard as Rachmaninov,…
- David Oistrakh - Artist of the People? (1998)
- Dir. Bruno Monsaingeon
- The life of the renowned 20th century Russian violinist, who at times locked horns with the Soviet state, is told through interviews with family and…
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Autumn Journey (1998)
- Dir. Bruno Monsaingeon
- Interviewed on his 70th birthday the German baritone recollects his life and art in fascinating detail. Tape includes an 85–min concert recital…
- Richter, The Enigma (1998)
- Dir. Bruno Monsaingeon
- Lengthy biography of the supremely expressive Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter, who only emerged from behind the Iron Curtain in the late 1950s.…
- Turandot Project, The (1998)
- Dir. Allan Miller
Feat. Zhang Yimou, Zubin Mehta
- The glorious insanity of Italian opera defeats all obstacles in this amusing behind–the–scenes account of a gigantic international…
- Art of Conducting - Volume 2, The (1997)
- Dir. Peter R Smith
- Excellent study of six more conductors of the 20th century – Sergiu Celibidache, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Erich Kleiber, Evgeny Mravinsky, Charles…