Subgenre Sampler
Classical Music: 134 Films to Buy & Rent
- As it is in Heaven (Så som i himmelen) (2004)
- Dir. Kay Pollak
Feat. Michael Nyqvist
- A feelgood arthouse hit about a renowned classical music conductor who rediscovers his roots in the far north of Sweden.
Acquiring a rundown…
- Dame Kiri and Friends - The Gala Concert (2004)
- A concert performed at the Aotea Centre, Auckland to celebrate the launch of the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation. Dame Kiri sings with other luminaries…
- Pavarotti: The Last Tenor (2004)
- Feat. Luciano Pavarotti
- A quality BBC–commissioned documentary portrait that follows the great Italian tenor through a momentous period of his life as he says goodbye…
- Rhythm Is It! (2004)
- Dir. Thomas Grube
- The Berlin Philharmonic’s ambitious and dramatic undertaking – to school 250 children in a staging of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" – is…
- Touch the Sound (2004)
- Dir. Thomas Riedelsheimer
- Classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie is the subject of this inspiring, award–winning documentary.
Profoundly deaf since childhood,…
- Toward the Unknown Region - Malcolm Arnold (2004)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
- An in–depth exploration and celebration of the life and music of Britain's foremost 20th century composer – Malcolm Arnold – who…
- Callas Forever (2003)
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright
- Dir. Franco Zeffirelli pays glorious homage to his longtime friend and colleague, the late opera legend Maria Callas, and the result is…
- Fonteyn and Nureyev (2002)
- Feat. Rudolph Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn
- Considered the great dancing–partnership of our time, Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn are here seen at their prime, in such ballets as Swan…
- Pianist, The (2002)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay
- Boldly visualised, fact–based drama concerning the Jewish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, who evaded Poland’s Nazi authorities during WW2, living…
- Together (He Ni Zaiyiqi) (2002)
- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Tang Yun, Liu Peiqi, Chen Kaige
- Touching story of a father and his 13–year–old son, a shy violin prodigy, who scrape up their meagre savings and set off from their…