Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Sunbury (1972)- Held near Melbourne in 1972, the Sunbury music festival was a mini–Woodstock of the antipodes, featuring all–Australasian bands including…
Bolshoi Ballet - Carmen (Poem of Dance) (1969)- Another classic from the famous Russian ballet troupe, here choreographed by Alberto Alonso. Featuring Maya Plisetskaya. Narrated in English.
- Tchaikovsky (1969)
- Dir. Igor Talankin
- Dramatised biopic of the great Russian composer which uses natural imagery and impressionistic structure in a way reminiscent of Ken Russell's early…
Complete Monterey Pop Festival, The (Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey, Shake! Otis at Monterey) (1968-1997)
- Dir. D.A. Pennebaker
Feat. Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding - In 1967 the acclaimed documentary maker D.A. Pennebaker recorded performances at the Monterey Pop Festival, California. This…
- Barber of Seville, The (Rossini) (1967)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
- Teatro alla Scala Orchestra/Chorus. Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara, Teresa Berganza. Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- Essential Opera (1967)
- Feat. Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Joan Sutherland…
- Twelve excerpts from the most popular operas – Turandot, Carmen, Rigoletto, Aida, Marriage of Figaro and more, performed by opera luminaries.
Elgar (1962)- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Peter Brett, Rowena Gregory, George McGrath - Restrained and brilliant TV docudrama on England’s greatest 20th century composer, Edward Elgar, that made the director’s name and…
Song Without End (1960)- Dir. Charles Vidor, George Cukor
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Genevieve Page, Capucine… - Pleasant biopic of the great composer Franz Liszt which despite focusing mostly on his love affairs does boast a terrific score. This was Charles…
Delius (1958)- Dir. Ken Russell
- Ken Russell's BBC film biography of the music and life of English composer Frederick Delius, who had to overcome blindness and paralysis to fulfil…
- Bolshoi Ballet - Romeo and Juliet (1955)
- The Bolshoi Ballet presents Sergei Prokofiev's interpretation of Shakespeare's play. Features the daning talents of Galina Ulanova. Narrated in…
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