Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classical Music: 97 Films to Rent on DVD
- In Search of Haydn (2012)
- Dir. Phil Grabsky
- Lucid, unpretentious biography of 'the father of the symphony' Joseph Haydn drawing on interviews with both musicians and historians.
The third…
- Performance (A Late Quartet) (2012)
- Dir. Yaron Zilberman
Feat. Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman…
- A celebrated string quartet in New York struggle to stay together through a combination of illness and relationship woes in this nuanced ensemble…
- Classical Destinations (TV Series) (2011)
- Welsh singer Aled Jones fronts this latest addition to the 'Classical Destinations' canon. Dubbed the "ultimate travel guide to classical music", the…
- Curse of the Gothic Symphony, The (2011)
- Dir. Randall Wood
- A group of brave and committed musicians take on an 80 year curse in an attempt to stage one of the longest, largest and most technically difficult…
- Mrs. Carey's Concert (2011)
- Dir. Bob Connolly, Sophie Raymond
- Invigorating doco on the power of music. At a Sydney girl's school, Mrs Carey butts head with her obstinate students as they prepare for a…
- James Rhodes: The Piano Man (2010)
- With childhood abuse, drug addiction and suicide attempts behind him, James Rhodes is not your typical concert pianist. But with his passion and…
- Last Night of the Proms (2010)
- That very British institution, 'The Proms' at the Royal Albert Hall, is captured in all its pomp and circumstance in this rousing live recording of…
- Mozart's Sister (2010)
- Dir. Rene Feret
Feat. Marie Feret, Marc Barbe, David Moreau…
- Exuberant romp through pre–revolutionary France following the life of Mozart's talented older sister who was soon sidelined as her family's…
- Wagner and Me (Stephen Fry Wagner & Me) (2010)
- Dir. Patrick McGrady
Feat. Stephen Fry
- A passionate documentary in which Stephen Fry explores his love for the world's most controversial composer, Richard Wagner – a passion that…
- Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (Coco & Igor) (2009)
- Dir. Jan Kounen
Feat. Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen
- Fashion icon Coco Chanel and composer Igor Stravinsky share a passionate, illicit love affair in this lavish period romance, which more or less takes…