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Jean Sibelius 1865-1957 Part 1: The Early Years
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Boris Belkin, 1948- and Elisabeth Söderström, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester), in Jean Sibelius 1865-1957, Part 1: The Early Years (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1984), 53 mins
This is an intimate account, using film and Sibelius’s music and words, of a great artist’s struggle with his medium, with the world and with himself. The films set out also to try and free Sibelius’s reputation from some of the unnecessary encrustations of history by looking at the composer’s own declared...
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Boris Belkin, 1948- and Elisabeth Söderström, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester), in Jean Sibelius 1865-1957, Part 1: The Early Years (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1984), 53 mins
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Jean Sibelius 1865-1957 Part 2: Maturity & Silence
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Boris Belkin, 1948- and Elisabeth Söderström, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester), in Jean Sibelius 1865-1957, Part 2: Maturity & Silence (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1984), 51 mins
This is an intimate account, using film and Sibelius’s music and words, of a great artist’s struggle with his medium, with the world and with himself. The films set out also to try and free Sibelius’s reputation from some of the unnecessary encrustations of history by looking at the composer’s own declared...
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Boris Belkin, 1948- and Elisabeth Söderström, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester), in Jean Sibelius 1865-1957, Part 2: Maturity & Silence (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1984), 51 mins
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Modest Mussorgski: Pictures at an Exhibition
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, 1839-1881; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Sveriges Television, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Studios and Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester), in Modest Mussorgski: Pictures at an Exhibition (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1983), 1 hour 37 mins
This film by Christopher Nupen features Vladimir Ashkenazy discussing Mussorgski's "Pictures at an Exhibition" as well directing an orchestral version of the piece and playing the original piano version.
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, 1839-1881; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Sveriges Television, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Studios and Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester), in Modest Mussorgski: Pictures at an Exhibition (London, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 1983), 1 hour 37 mins
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Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, Sergei Rachmaninoff: Under the Influence
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directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov, 1873-1943; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by Jon Kimura Parker, 1959-, National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Sergei Rachmaninoff (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 27 mins
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Sergei Rachmaninoff.
directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov, 1873-1943; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by Jon Kimura Parker, 1959-, National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Sergei Rachmaninoff (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 27 mins
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