Michael Beyer Movies
- 2009
A word of explanation for the uninitiated: the "European Concert" is an event mounted and performed annually, by the Berliner Philharmoniker, to celebrate its 1882 establishment. The locale, however, shifts from year to year. The 2009 event, which appears in this release, took place at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Italy. Selections include: La Forza del destino: Overture by Giuseppe Verdi, La canzone dei ricordi by Giuseppe Martucci and Symphony in C Major, D944 "Great" by Franz Schubert. Violeta Urmana performs as the resident soloist, while the Berliner Philharmoniker, under the direction of Riccardo Muti, lends added symphonic accompaniment. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Violeta Urmana
- 2008
February 26, 2008 marked a historic date for music and global culture per se
- Starring:
- Lorin Maazel
- 2008
This 2008 classical performance film finds maestro Claudio Abbado leading the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in renditions of three Russian symphonic masterpieces. Selections include Tchaikovsky's The Tempest, Op. 18, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 and Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird (Concert Suite 1919). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- 2008
This concert release captures pianist Evgeni Koroliov, considered by many critics to be the finest Bach interpreter of his time, performing that composer's Goldberg Variations. This appearance at the 2008 Bachfest in Leipzig was directed for the cameras by Michael Beyer. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 2007
Claudio Abbado leads the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in this performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3, with vocal accompaniment by contralto Anna Larsson and two choruses: the Arnold Schoenberg Chorus and the Tölzer Knabenchor. It was shot at the Lucerne Festival in the summer of 2007. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Claudio Abbado, Anna Larsson, (more)
- 2005
Pierre Boulez conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin for this performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2. The Chorus of the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin provides added vocal support, with solos by Petra Lang and Diana Damrau. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Diana Damrau, Petra Lang, (more)
- 2003
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The Lucerne Festival Orchestra performs Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'" under the direction of Claudio Abbado in this 2003 performance captured live at the Lucerne Festival and featuring soprano Eteri Gvazava and contralto Anna Larsson. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eteri Gvazava, Anna Larsson, (more)
- 2003
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Celebrate 300 years of musical history in this release that offers the works of some of the world's most acclaimed composers as conducted and performed by the some of the most renowned contemporary musicians and conductors. Some of the twelve compositions featured on this release include Maurice Ravel's "Piano Concerto for the Left Hand as performed by pianist Elisso Virsaladze with conductor Nikolai Alekseev, Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme: Act II: Quando me'n vo (Musette's Waltz)" as performed by soprano Anna Netrebko with conductor Yuri Temirkanov, and Camille Saint-Saens' " Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28" as performed by violinist Victor Tretyakov with conductor Nikolai Alekseev. Additional music is provided by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 2002
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte gets a modern makeover in this stage version featuring Dorothea Röschmann, Katharina Kammerloher, and Hanno Müller-Brachmann in the leads, and directed for the stage by Doris Dörrie. Conductor Daniel Barenboim leads the Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin and the Staatskapelle Berlin. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
The legacy of the Desert Punk lives on as a young girl assumes the identity of the fallen radical and wages a bitter war to restore the Great Kanto desert to its former glory. In extreme landscapes such as the Great Kanto desert, heroes lie in unmarked graves while the names of villains live on for generations. The Desert Punk has fallen, but Kosuna carries his memory like a living torch. Upon teaming with her powerful, pint-sized sidekick, Kosuna aligns herself with the anti-government resistance movement and prepares to lay down her life for the land she loves. But removing the corrosion that now mars the Great Kanto desert won't be easy, and before justice prevails there will be betrayals, bloodletting, and perhaps even a surprise reappearance or two. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Venezuelan Brass Ensemble, Thomas Clamor, (more)
The Berliner Philharmoniker mounts its famed European Concert perennially, on May 1st of each year; this particular one from 2008 finds maestro Sir Simon Rattle leading the symphony in interpretations of one piece each from the repertoires of Beethoven, Bruch and Stravinsky, against the backdrop of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Russia. Featured selections are Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, Stravinsky's Symphony in 3 Movements and Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, op. 26. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Vadim Repin
In this classical performance film, concert pianist Daniel Barenboim interprets Ludwig von Beethoven's five concertos for orchestra and piano. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin, (more)
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