Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli (1984)

Sydney, una joven violinista ciega desde la infancia, recupera la vista gracias a una operación de córnea. A medida que comienza a adaptarse a esta nueva situación, extrañas imágenes que ella no sabe discernir si son realidad o causadas por la operación, se le irán apareciendo. Poco a poco entenderá que las imágenes que ve no son disfunciones visuales causadas por la operación, sino que son en realidad imágenes de fantasmas. Sydney deberá averiguar de quién son las córneas que le han trasplantado para entender las terroríficas imágenes que se le aparecen.

Una anciana pianista, que da clases de música en una cárcel alemana, descubre el talento de Jenny, una joven y conflictiva presa de 21 años, y decide presentarla a un certamen musical para jóvenes intérpretes. Para lograr el primer premio, las dos mujeres, absolutamente opuestas en apariencia, se verán obligadas a trabajar en equipo, a aprender a conocerse y a respetarse...

Una colección de interpretaciones animadas de grandes obras de música clásica. En 'El Aprendiz de Brujo' (P. Dukas), Mickey Mouse, discípulo de un mago, se mete en un gran embrollo, pues sus conocimientos de magia son muy limitados. 'La Consagración de la Primavera' (Stravinsky) cuenta la historia de la evolución, desde los seres unicelulares hasta la extinción de los dinosaurios. 'La Danza de las Horas' (Ponchielli) es un fragmento de un ballet cómico interpretado por elefantes, hipopótamos, cocodrilos y avestruces. 'Una Noche en el Monte Pelado' de Mussorgsky y el 'Ave Maria' de Schubert describen el enfrentamiento entre la oscuridad y la luz.

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

The Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the world, enriched by archive material of the last thirty years about the great conductors who have been performing on the most famous rostrum in Rome.

Laertes (Lázaro Ramos), un violinista de gran talento que ha sido rechazado en la prestigiosa Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado, comienza a dar clases de música a adolescentes de una escuela pública en Heliópolis, un barrio de una zona deprimida de São Paulo. Esta experiencia cambiará su vida y la de sus alumnos... Inspirada en la verdadera historia del maestro brasileño Silvio Bacarelli, que en los años 90 consiguió estimular la inclusión social y cultural de los jóvenes de una de las favelas más grandes de São Paulo.

This Royal Albert Hall Concert, presented now on DVD, was also available online through live streaming. It is difficult to remember the last time any concert gave me so much pleasure and insight, and sent my soul soaring to such heights of joy. So many beloved piano pieces, so magnificently performed! Valentina has scaled the heights of technique, knocking off 'impossible' Liszt pieces like a stroll in the park. She melds with the piano with such assured ease that she can milk every piece for musical content and subtlety, reminding us of the great Hoffman, who also loved to play each piece a little differently every time, tapping deeply into the inexhaustible potential of a great composition, perpetually finding fresh ideas and magnificent new interpretations.

The first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as it prepares to perform Ravel's "Bolero." Individual musicians offer their thoughts as workers set up chairs and music stands; there are also comments by conductor Zubin Mehta and scenes of Mehta and the orchestra rehearsing. The rest of the film features a complete performance of "Bolero" with striking images of the orchestra as the music relentlessly approaches its climax.

A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.

Themed around Johan Strauss' famous waltz of the same name, Roses From The South sees Andre venturing to the amazing sub tropical paradise island of Mainau, just off the south shore of Germany. Known as the 'Flower Island' due it its unique exotic gardens, Mainau and its majestic palace grounds provide the perfect picturesque setting for Andre and his Johan Strauss Orchestra to perform a spellbinding set in front of a sea of adoring fans.

Nace una nueva forma de acercarse a la música clásica, más divertida, más original, más entretenida. Llega la Banda de Mozart, y con ella sus cuatro jóvenes componentes: Mozart, Betoven, Chopin y Verdi. Desde el rodaje de un vídeo musical para una superestrella hasta el misterioso robo de una valiosa arpa, Mozart y sus amigos vivirán un sinfín de increíbles aventuras. Llega una sinfonía de humor, aventuras y, sobre todo, muchísima música.

Joseph Haydn is renowned for taking the established forms of the symphony and string quartet and shaping them into the powerful media for musical expression that they became thereafter. He brought symphonic traits to the piano sonata and was a master of chamber music. His masses and choral works also continue as standards in the concert repertory, and his operas are highly valued. These informative programs are a concise overview of the composer's life and times, filmed on location in the cities and places that influenced their works. Also included in a detailed list of each composer's most significant musical compositions.

With this performance of the Missa solemnis Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Honorary Guest Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, once more attained the status of a living legend, due mostly to his wide-ranging expertise of music from the Baroque and Classical era. The highly acclaimed soloists are Marlis Petersen (Soprano), twice the singer of the year by the renowned Opernwelt magazine, Elisabeth Kulman (Alto), Werner Güra (Tenor), winner of the BBC Music Magazine Award for the best vocal performance, and Gerald Finley (Bass), Grammy-Awardwinner for the best opera recording. They are accompanied by the famous Netherlands Radio Choir.

The Peter Sellars production of Handel's "Theodora", recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival in May 1996. Dawn Upshaw stars as Theodora, with David Daniels as Didymus, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson as Irene, Richard Croft as Septimius, and Frode Olsen as Valens. William Christie conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Mariss Jansons conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker in the 2001 edition of the Europakonzert, filmed live at the Hagia Eirene in Istanbul on 1 May 2001. The program features Haydn’s Symphony No. 24 in G Major “Surprise”, Mozart’s Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Flute and Orchestra, and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14. Emmanuel Pahud is soloist on the Mozart.

The Christoph Marthaler production of Leoš Janáček's "Věc Makropulos", recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele on 8 & 30 August 2011. Angela Denoke stars as Emilia Marty, with Raymond Very as Albert Gregor, Peter Hoare as Vitek, Jurgita Adamonyté as Krista, and Johan Reuter as Jaroslav Prus. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker.

The film includes rare archival footage and tells in a very personal way of Gidon Kremer's encounters with Johan Sebastian Bach's music, accompanying the famous violin virtuoso in rehearsals, recording sessions and discussions with a few trusted confidants.

This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records, and then, alone with the piano, fastidiously recording Bach's Italian Concerto.

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