Classical Music Movies
- 2007
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation
Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation6.52007HD
This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's...
- 2020
A World Without Beethoven?
A World Without Beethoven?7.72020HD
"What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche Welle. To...
- 1938
An Optical Poem
An Optical Poem6.71938HD
A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of music in a visual form. Liszt's "Second Hungarian...
- 1948
Kiddie Koncert
Kiddie Koncert01948HD
Wally Walrus conducts the school band's performance of Franz von Suppé's 'Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna' overture.
- 1954
House of Ricordi
House of Ricordi6.21954HD
The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other...
- 2009
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra7.32009HD
The show, recorded at London's magnificent Royal Albert Hall, is Bill's own hilarious and irreverent guide to the sounds, styles, and instruments of...
- 2003
Eroica
Eroica5.22003HD
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film...
- 2024
Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX
Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX02024HD
During his birthday’s celebration, Prince Siegfried must choose a bride. Trying to escape reality, he dreams of a perfect love. His tutor tries...
- 2020
John Williams: Live in Vienna
John Williams: Live in Vienna9.22020HD
DG presents John Williams in Vienna, the live recordings of the Hollywood legend's Vienna Philharmonic 2020 debut. Saying it's "one of the greatest...
- 1984
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen
Karajan: Strauss: Death and Transfiguration & Metamorphosen01984HD
- 2017
Sólo pro jednu ruku
Sólo pro jednu ruku02017HD
- 2018
Shut Up and Play the Piano
Shut Up and Play the Piano7.22018HD
The documentary follows Chilly Gonzales from his native Canada to late '90s underground Berlin, and via Paris to the world's great philharmonic...
- 2021
Tacet
Tacet102021HD
An aspiring classical pianist loses his hearing and, with the help of those closest to him, must find the strength to play again. . .
- 1976
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
The Unanswered Question IV : The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity91976HD
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
- 2014
What Difference Does It Make?
What Difference Does It Make?5.12014HD
A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.
- 2023
Maledictis
Maledictis8.32023HD
During the anti-communist uprisings of the late 1950s, a writer of comedic poems against socialism was constantly pursued by Securitate troops.
- 2016
Young, Gifted and Classical: The Making of a Maestro
Young, Gifted and Classical: The Making of a Maestro82016HD
Sheku Kanneh-Mason made history in 2016 when he became the first black winner of the BBC Young Musician competition. Sheku has six musically gifted...
- 2008
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen02008HD
Documentary on conductor Herbert van Karajan, focusing on his early adoption of audio and video recording technology and his impetus to make use of...
- 1937
The Apartment Above
The Apartment Above7.51937HD
Two apartment house dwellers, although unrelated, share the same name. One is an older man with an appreciation for and love of classical music,...
- 2004
The Bridge of Arts
The Bridge of Arts6.32004HD
The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980.