Subgenre Sampler
Benjamin Britten: A Time There Was (1979)- Dir. Tony Palmer
- Revered British composer Benjamin Britten’s life and times is given the royal Tony Palmer treatment in this comprehensive, loving portrait of…
Mahler (1974)- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Robert Powell, Lee Montague, Georgina Hale… - Ken Russell's biopic on the life of the Jewish composer. As one critic observed – 'Whether the title of the opus is Mahler, Strauss or Elgar,…
Death in Venice (1971)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Dirk Bogarde - Dirk Bogarde plays a gay composer whose unspoken obssesion with a young boy detains him in Venice during a cholera epidemic. This soft–focus,…
Music Lovers, The (1971)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson - A wonderfully audacious film fantasia based on the life of Russian composer Tchaikovsky, the homosexual who married a nymphomaniac! Richard…
Counterpoint (1967)- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen - During World War II, a conductor (Charlton Heston) and his orchestra are captured by the Nazis while touring Europe. While held captive in a castle,…
Romeo and Juliet (1966)- Dir. Paul Czinner
Feat. Margot Fonteyn, Rudolph Nureyev - The famed Royal Ballet production of Romeo and Juliet. This historical performance stars Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev as the quintessential…
Magnificent Rebel, The (1961)- Dir. Georg Tressler
Feat. Karlheinz Bohm, Ivan Desny - Unambitious but competent biopic of Ludwig van Beethoven, with Bohm (himself a classical pianist) convincingly ruffled in the lead. Worth a look for…
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence… - Rex Harrison plays an irascible, paranoid orchestra conductor who comes to suspect his devoted wife's infidelity. Anchored around a memorable…
Song to Remember, A (1945)- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde - Biopic on the life of Polish pianist and composer Frederic Chopin, taking a few liberties here and there to follow the child prodigy through his…
A Life to Remember - Frederic Chopin - 2 disc ode to the great classical pianist Chopin by internationally celebrated pianist and Chopin enthusiast–Alan Kogosowski, performing over…
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