https://youtu.be/iKWUOvXYJbM Tony Palmer FilmsGold Medal, New York Film & TV Festival Tony Palmer’s film about Callas – 30th Anniversary Edition. Through a combination of archival footage and interviews, filmmaker Tony Palmer profiles the at once soaring and tragic life of opera legend Maria Callas, ‘La Divina Assoluta’. Filmed on location in Athens, Rome, Milan, New…… Continue reading Callas by Palmer
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Henry Purcell – England, My England
https://youtu.be/UqRXerIE0mA Tony Palmer FilmsHenry Purcell is a mystery. We know where he’s buried (next to Vaughan Williams in Westminster Abbey), but that’s about it. We don’t even know who paid for his memorial stone in the Abbey. No-one knows for sure where he was born or even precisely when he was born. We don’t know…… Continue reading Henry Purcell – England, My England
Wagner – Tony Palmer Films
https://youtu.be/Lp9jySietQs Part 1 of 3 (Full Film) https://youtu.be/-IBfZPUZtS0 Part 2 of 3 https://youtu.be/DTNREA0gmr4 Part 3 of 3 This epic film – described by Richard Hornak in Opera News as “one of the most beautiful motion pictures in history” – was originally made during 1982/3 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wagner’s death. It was always…… Continue reading Wagner – Tony Palmer Films
Vladimir Horowitz
https://youtu.be/w3Thy8wlK8o Horowitz in Moscow – State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.Vladimir Horowitz returns to Moscow for the first time in 61 years. On April 20, 1986 he gave his legendary concert in the Moscow Conservatory.00:00:53 Scarlatti – Piano Sonata in B Minor, L.33 00:05:08 Scarlatti – Piano Sonata in E Major, L.23 00:09:02 Scarlatti – Piano Sonata in…… Continue reading Vladimir Horowitz
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf
https://youtu.be/wdumXJ9-wVs?si=zhWR6P5MRxV03GVk Early recordings, Puccini & Mozart, Karajan, 1946 – 1954.”Critics were divided on the merits of Schwarzkopf’s voice, however, A New York Times tribute by Anthony Tommasini cited two reviews from the newspaper’s archives: One claimed “she had a superior voice (a smooth, glamorous lyric soprano) and superior technical command,” while another asserted her fame…… Continue reading Elizabeth Schwarzkopf
Federico Fellini – Best Shots…
https://youtu.be/oYbcSh18aMI The MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOTS of FEDERICO FELLINI Movies
Nazi Germany – Pictures of the Madness (1937 – 1939)
https://youtu.be/AkXPD92Fg2c =II=This propaganda footage was shot by the National Socialists. It shows the opening of the “Haus der Kunst” in Munich in 1937 as well as parades in Berlin on May 1st, 1939.
Style Wars
https://youtu.be/nFxH8yfeRdE When director Tony Silver and co-producer Henry Chalfant delivered the broadcast version of their prize-winning film to PBS in 1983, the world received its first full immersion in the phenomenon that had taken over New York City.The urban landscape was physically transformed by graffiti artists who invented a new visual language to express both…… Continue reading Style Wars
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
https://youtu.be/5JOPsrz-he0 Documentary.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (/ˈwʊlfɡæŋ æməˈdeɪəs ˈmoʊtsɑːrt/ MOHT-sart;[1] German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeːʊs ˈmoːtsaʁt]; 27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart,[2] was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.Born in Salzburg, he showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from…… Continue reading Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dmitri Shostakovich: Keeping Score | Symphony No. 5
https://youtu.be/e3RbWSfhlp4 (FULL DOCUMENTARY AND CONCERT)The Fifth Symphony of Dmitri Shostakovich is the story of a fall from grace and redemption. Shostakovich was the golden boy composer until, virtually overnight, his patriotism was questioned and condemned in the most public way possible. Written in 1937 in Stalinist Russia, the Fifth Symphony marked his triumphant return. But…… Continue reading Dmitri Shostakovich: Keeping Score | Symphony No. 5