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ID: TPDVD102
CDs: 1
Type: DVD
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Kolektion: DocumentarySubkolektion: Voices and Orchestra
Region Code: NTSC color broadcast system : Plays in all territories
Presentation: Wide Screen
Color mode: Colour
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9, Aspect Ratio
Duration: 53 mins
Language Note: Performance and commentary in Polish with optional subtitles in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish.
Sound Format: Dolby Digital Stereo
DVD Format: DVD VIDEO
Notes: Booklet with program notes and English translation of texts inserted in container.
The Symphony actually dates from 1976 when Górecki was (as he tells us in the film) a 'non-person' in the political sense, when his music was banned in his native Katowice in Poland. He told me that its inspiration had come from a book he had found about the Nazi occupation of Poland. In the footnotes there was an example of the different messages scratched on the walls of a Gestapo prison. One, written by a young girl, said only: "Mama, don't cry". Very simple. Nothing melodramatic or even tragic, but a heartfelt cry that scorched the soul. At an early performance in Paris, a music critic whispered in Górecki's ear "Merde!" At the first screening of the film in 1993, the then commissioning editor of music programmes on Channel FOUR said: "what rubbish is this?" Now, only a few years later, no-one can remember either of their names. Melvyn Bragg showed the film on The South Bank Show, and even managed to persuade the hierarchy of ITV that it would be an abomination to disrupt the film with any commercial breaks for, say, Durex. The 53 minute film was shown uninterrupted, an acceptance perhaps of the urgency of its content. "I wanted to express a great sorrow", Górecki says. "The war...the rotten times under Communism...our life today...the starving. What madness! This sorrow, it burns inside me. I cannot shake it off". |
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ID: TPDVD157
CDs: 3
Type: DVD
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Kolektion: DocumentarySubkolektion: Drama
Actors: Richard Burton, Laurence Oliver, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, László Gállfi, Gemma Craven, Ekkehardt Schall, Richard Pasco, Marthe Keller, Gabriel Byrne, Franco Nero, Ronald Pickup, Corin Redgrave, Cyril Cusack, Prunella Scales, Andrew Cruickshank, Joan Greenwood, Liza Goddard, Bill Fraser, Arthur Lowe & Joan Plowright
Directed by Tony Palmer
Picture Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC (0, All regions),
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 3
Rating: E (Exempt from Certification)
Studio: Koch Entertainment
DVD Release Date: October 11, 2011
Run Time: 420 minutes (7hrs 46mins)
Tony Palmer’s epic film was made in 1982/3 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wagner’s death. Filmed in 200 locations throughout Europe, many where the actual historical events took place, with a team from 19 different countries, the entire production was completed in less than a year. Sadly Wagner was to be Richard Burton’s last major role, but the stellar cast - including Laurence Oliver, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, László Gállfi, Gemma Craven, Ekkehardt Schall, Richard Pasco, Marthe Keller, Gabriel Byrne, Franco Nero, Ronald Pickup, Corin Redgrave, Cyril Cusack, Prunella Scales, Andrew Cruickshank, Joan Greenwood, Liza Goddard, Bill Fraser, Arthur Lowe, Joan Plowright, with composer Sir William Walton in a cameo role - assembled partly because of him.
Only now is the film being released on DVD as its director Tony Palmer wishes it to be viewed. Previously it’s been seen in badly edited versions and been made available on DVD (reproduced from poor-quality VHSs) with sub-standard pictures and sound. Finally, here is the restored presentation as it was originally edited by Tony Palmer in its complete 7 hours 46 minutes duration, issued in wide-screen, re-mastered in Hi-Definition. The music, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti with singers including Dame Gwyneth Jones and Peter Hofmann, has never sounded better, and the astonishing images of cameramen Vittorio Storaro and Nic Knowland have never looked better.
The script by Charles Wood remains a miracle of historical compression and accuracy, given that Wagner himself was an appalling fantasist and the truth often hard to ascertain.
And Richard Burton, who towers above the production, reminds us what a great actor he was. This is a fitting tribute to his - and to Wagner’s - genius.
Exhaustive TV biopic of the German composer with Richard Burton in the title role. Recognised early in his career for his groundbreaking talents, Wagner is feted by European society until his scandalous and radical political views force him into exile in Zurich. There he meets the young Nietzsche (Ronald Pickup), and has a major influence on the philosopher. At the same time, Wagner begins a scandalous relationship with the composer Liszt's illigitimate daughter. Reactionary, anti-semitic and obsessed with money, Wagner still goes on to prove himself as a major force in German and European culture after completing his epic 'Ring' cycle of operas. |
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ID: TPDVDBOX1
CDs: 5
Type: DVD
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Kolektion: Popular MusicRegion Code : 0, All Regions
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: Soundtrack English, English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English, Italian, Spanish
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 5
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Zeit Media Limited
DVD Release Date: May 13, 2008
Run Time: 105 minutes
Annotation:
Tells the story of popular western music from its beginnings in ragtime, jazz, and blues up to the rock music of the late 1970s.
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Disc No. 1 -- All You Need Is Love
Episode 1
Disc No. 2 -- All You Need Is Love
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Disc No. 3 -- All You Need Is Love
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Disc No. 4 -- All You Need Is Love
Episode 10
Episode 11
Troy Hess - "the World's Youngest Recording Star"
Episode 12
Episode 13
Disc No. 5 -- All You Need Is Love
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Episode 17 |
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ID: TPDVDBOX2
CDs: 11
Type: DVD
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Subkolektion: Biography Movie
Region Code: NTSC color broadcast system : Plays in all territories
DVD1: TPDVD102 - Henryck Gorecki - The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
DVD2: TPDVD103 - Maria Callas - La Divina - A Portrait
DVD3: TPDVD112 - Malcolm Arnold - Toward The Unknown Region
DVD4: TPDVD113 - William Walton - At The Haunted End of the Day
DVD5: TPDVD116 - Berlioz - I, Berlioz
DVD6: TPDVD123 - Michael Crawford - The Fantastic World of Michael Crawford
DVD7: TPDVD124 - Margot - story of Margot Fonteyn
DVD8: TPDVD125 - Benjamin Britten - A Time There Was...
DVD9: TPDVD126 - Stravinsky - Once, at a Border...
DVD10: TPDVD158 - John Adams - Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
DVD11: TPDVD159 - Renee Fleming - Miss Renee Fleming
Melvyn Bragg has run The South Bank Show for over 30 years, producing in all over 250 films. Sadly, ITV has now decided to axe the show, so to celebrate the final season of The South Bank Show, a brilliant collection of Tony Palmer's films made for The South Bank Show is being released in a special commemorative boxset.
The eleven films include the Italia Prize-winning definitive portraits of Benjamin Britten, William Walton and Maria Callas; the New York Film & TV Festival Gold medal winners about Stravinsky, Margot Fonteyn and Malcolm Arnold; and the controversial films about Gorecki, John Adams and Berlioz. Films about the great American soprano Renée Fleming and the original 'Phantom of the Opera' Michael Crawford complete the package.
As Bragg says: "Palmer's films for me have been one of the highlights of every season since we began." |
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