Kurt Masur Movies
- 2009
Maestro Kurt Masur made music history when, following retirement from his post as conductor (or 'kapellmeister') at Leipzig's Gewandhaus from 1970-96, he was named the first Conductor Laureate in the symphony's history. Masur then graduated to two successive posts: chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic in 1998, and principal conductor of the London Philharmonic in the fall of 2000. This classical concert film finds Masur leading the Gewandhausorchester in two performances, one of Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Symphony No. 4 in A Major and another of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- 2009
This musical release from pianist Yuja Wang captures a live concert by the virtuoso, recorded live at the Verbier Festival in Swizerland on July 29th, 2009, and features performances of Mendelssohn's "Piano Sextet in D Major", "Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor" and "Symphony No. 3 in A minor". ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Yuja Wang, Kirill Troussov, (more)
- 2007
The performance release Kurt Masur: A Life in Music - The Anniversary Gala from Leipzig finds noted European conductor Masur leading the MDR Radio Choir and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig symphony in renditions of works by Moniuszko, Dvorak, Dukas, Bizet and other composers. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kurt Masur, Harald Schmidt, (more)
- 1991
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Kurt Masur conducts the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus as well as soprano Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger, mezzo Doris Soffel, tenor James Wagner, and bass Gwen Howell in this performance of Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 captured live at the Gewandhaus concert hall in Leipzig, Germany. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- 1969
In the final decades of his life, opera guru Walter Felseinstein (1901-75) built and sustained a reputation for restaging seminal works from the operatic canon for film cameras, and shooting them on closed sets, usually with the original casts involved. Such was the case with this unique 1969 version of Giuseppe Verdi's four-act opera Othello, which Verdi, in turn, adapted from William Shakespeare's iconic tragedy. As filmed at the DEFA Studio in Babelsberg, this version stars Hanns Nocker as Othello, Christa Noack as Desdemona, Vladimir Bauer as Iago and Hans-Otto Rogge as Cassio. The Chorus and Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin provide added musical accompaniment. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
