01 Apr 2023
Breaking Rachmaninoff
A humorous documentary about the search for a great composer who managed to overcome his depression by spelling his own name wrong.
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Documentary about sixteen great conductors of the 20th century.
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John Barbirolli Self (archive footage)
Sir Thomas Beecham Self (archive footage)
Fritz Busch Self (archive footage)
Herbert von Karajan Self (archive footage)
Serge Koussevitzky Self (archive footage)
Otto Klemperer Self (archive footage)
Arthur Nikisch Self (archive footage)
Fritz Reiner Self (archive footage)
Leopold Stokowski Self
George Szell Self (archive footage)
Arturo Toscanini Self (archive footage)
Bruno Walter Self
Felix Weingartner Self (archive footage)
Jascha Heifetz Self (archive footage)
Yehudi Menuhin Self
Richard Mohr Self
Jack Brymer Self
Oliver Knussen Self
Suvi Raj Grubb Self
Isaac Stern Self
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