Humphrey Burton Movies
- 2014

Karajan's Magic and Myth
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Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most...
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- 2006

Glenn Gould: Hereafter
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A retrospective of the life and work of Glenn Gould, Hereafter synthesizes an incredible wealth of archival material from various sources.
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- 1976

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
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This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
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- 1989

Ode to Freedom
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Conducted by Leonard Bernstein, this is an historic performance marking the fall of the Berlin Wall. Performed on Christmas Day 1989 in the former...
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- 2008

Bernstein | Beethoven Symphonies 3,4,5
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Leonard Bernstein conducts three symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 in E flat major, op 55 ('Eroica'), Symphony no. 4 in B flat...
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- 1976

The Unanswered Question V : The Twentieth Century Crisis
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This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
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- 1976

The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth
The Unanswered Question VI : The Poetry of Earth91976HD
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
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- 1970

Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
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In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday, Leonard Bernstein illustrates his analysis with...
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- 1977

Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
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- 1991

The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
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Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and...
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- 1985

Bach: St. John Passion
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Johannes-Passion St. John Passion Equiluz · Moser · Holl · Scharinger Soloists of the Tölzer Knabenchor Tölzer...
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- 1976

Bernstein Gerhswin & Ives
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Leonard Bernstein conducts four pieces by American composers: George Gershwin's 'An American in Paris' and 'Rhapsody in Blue' and Charles Ives'...
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- 1976

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax
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This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
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- 1987

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 1987
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 198701987HD
The 1987 Vienna New Year's Concert was the first and only New Year's Concert conducted by Mr. Herbert von Karajan, the "Emperor of Conducting" and...
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- 1985

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
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This television essay from 1985 was written by Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. Recorded in Israel,...
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- 1987

Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
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Pianist Ivo Pogorelich in a 1987 studio recital of works by Bach, Scarlatti, and Beethoven, recorded at historical palaces of Veneto Villa Caldogno...
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- 2002

The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
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Claudio Monteverdi's operatic adaptation of this story from Homer's The Odyssey receives a modern and distinctive staging in this 2002 production...
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- 1987

Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert01987HD
As one of the youngest winners ever in the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 1975, Krystian Zimerman went on to an international...
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- 2005

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 / Das Lied von der Erde
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Filmed on tour at Berlin's Philharmonie, this account of the valedictory Ninth Symphony is an intense interpretation, expressing Bernstein's...
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- 1970

Pelléas and Mélisande
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Tragic story of Golaud, his marriage to the long-haired Mélisande, her subsequent love for Pélleas, and their deaths.
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