VHS : Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
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starring: Isaac Stern, George Szell, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Richard Mohr, Leopold Stokowskidirected by: Sue Knussen, Peter R. Smith, Gerald Caillat
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303276847
Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303276849
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: October 25, 1994
Running Time: 117 minutes
Sales Rank: 15221
Studio: Elektra / Wea
Theatrical Release Date: May 24, 1995
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Average Rating: 
Rating: - Remarkable insight into a dying art
This wonderful 2-hour documentary opens the door into a world which the general music listener probably never even knew existed, and for those who had a vague idea, many more exciting revelations and deeper insight will be gained from this tape. In this modern high-tech age where music is artificially reconstructed in the studio, a conductor seems almost superfluous, but it is evident from this documentary that the price we pay for technical progress is a genuine form of art. It is the art of ... Read More
Rating:  - A sampler, not a history
Is it fair to the musical greats of the past to subject them to television's talking head/archival footage/talking head presentations of today? If it helps rescue some unjustly forgotten conductor, maybe so. If the sound byte + 45 second film clip leads a viewer to think that there is nothing more than that to a conductor's story, then that's wrong.
Take Leopold Stokowski, for example. In the early 20th century, he put the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on the map and then took the Philadelphia ... Read More
Rating: - Rare, Priceless Films of Famous Conductors at Work!
The BBC television network came up with a real gem when someone in their heirarchy had the ingenious idea to compile a visual perspective of the great conductors of the 20th century. This is truly a magnificent video! All classical music fans have a favorite, and most everyone who obtains this video should find their favorite contained therein. A fleeting thought that has probably occurred to those of us who like and collect classical music recordings know how their favorite Golden Era conductor made ... Read More
Rating: - A real treasure for any music-lover
In this video the director Sue Knussen painstakingly assembles a great variety of materials (concerts, vintage and contemporary interviews, rehearsal sessions) so creating ,at the same time, a tribute to the golden-age conductors and a panoramic view of this much-debated artistic figure (demi-gods or show-biz stars as according to N. Lebrecht's infamous book "The maestro myth"?). The authors of the video don't take an explicit position, because they let the music and the people talk (in the best BBC-style), ... Read More
Rating: - a wonderful video that every musician must own
I think that this video is perhaps the best music documentary in existence. Not only did i learn a lot about the various great leaders of orchestras of the past, but i found the video truely entertaining. I must have seen the video at least 100 times and I am still not tired of it. I think that this is a gem that belongs on every musicians video shelf.
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