Subgenre Sampler
Transformation of the World Into Music (1996)- Dir. Werner Herzog
- Werner Herzog, indulging in a love of opera, turns his documentary eye on the Richard Wagner Festival, capturing the pulse of the annual event, and…
Farinelli (1995)
- Dir. Gerard Corbiau
Feat. Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein - Il Castrato – less a freak of nature than of anatomical subtraction. This flamboyant biopic freely interprets the illustrious musical and…
Gesualdo - Death for Five Voices (1995)- Dir. Werner Herzog
- A sharp, sometimes unflattering profile of 16th century composer Don Carol Gesualdo, with dir. Herzog dividing his time between the artist's sexual…
Voices from a Locked Room (1995)- Dir. Malcolm Clarke
Feat. Jeremy Northam - Diverting believe–it–or–not true story of Peter Warlock, a 1930s British composer who inhabited a separate personality and identity…
32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (1994)- Dir. Francois Girard
- Built out of 32 disparate fragments, this quasi–doco on the Canadian pianist is fittingly tailored to its difficult and elusive subject,…
Immortal Beloved (1994)- Dir. Bernard Rose
Feat. Gary Oldman - Gary Oldman adds another complex role to one of the most impressive contemporary acting CVs. He brings dimension to a difficult, unlikable role as…
- Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre (1994)
- Dir. Christopher Nupen
- Official doco on the renowned cellist suffers from a sanctimonious voice–over. Still, the best record of this talent with interviews and…
Verdi - La Traviata (1994)- A 1994 staging of the Verdi opera with Georg Solti conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, and Angela Gheorghiu, Frank Lopardo…
Art of Conducting - Volume 1, The (1993)- Dir. Sue Knussen
- Sixteen of the 20th century’s greatest conductors are studied in this top–notch, award–winning series, including: Bernstein,…
Porgy and Bess (1993)- Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Willard White, Cynthia Haymon - Acclaimed stage–director Nunn, brings the Gershwin brother’s greatest opera/musical to life. Recorded at Shepperton Studios in 1992.
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