Films with: Bach, Johann Sebastian

Advent concert from the Benedictine Monastery at Melk

DVD 2901

Argent

"In his ruthlessly clear-eyed final film, French master Robert Bresson pushed his unique blend of spiritual rumination and formal rigor to a new astringency. Transposing a Tolstoy novella to contemporary Paris, L'argent follows a counterfeit bill as it originates in a schoolboy prank, then circulates like a virus among the corrupt and the virtuous alike before landing with a young truck driver, leading him to incarceration and violence"--Container.

DVD 12728

Cantatas

DVD 2906

Glenn Gould the alchemist /

DVD 5844

Grigory Sokolov Théâtre des Champs-Elysées /

Live concert recording of Grigory Sokolov performing works by Beethoven, Komitas, Prokofiev, Chopin, F. Couperin and J.S. Bach.

DVD 7827

In rehearsal John Eliot Gardiner

In 2000 the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists, under the baton of John Eliot Gardiner, set themselves the greatest challenge they had ever faced: under the title of 'The Bach Cantata Pilgrimage' they were to mark the 250th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach by performing every church cantata the composer had ever written.

DVD 9164

J.S. Bach St. John Passion /

DVD 2902

Johann Sebastian Bach a musical offering /

"The brothers Kuijken and Robert Kohnen give a live performance of the Musical offering on historical instruments"--Container.

DVD 2904

Julian Bream Consort plays music of the time of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I

DVD 12018

Konzert des Ensembles Il Giardino Armonico

DVD 2905

Lively arts

DVD 12017

Mass in B minor

DVD 2903

Performing the Passion J.S. Bach and the Gospel according to John /

Features selections from a contemporary performance of the 1725 version of J.S. Bach's St. John Passion, concluding with Jacob Handl's Ecce quomodo. Includes commentary from scholars and performers who discuss the nature of this rendition and the highly dramatic character of the work.

DVD 2428

Stupeur et tremblements Fear and trembling /

A dream job rapidly becomes a nightmare for Amelie, a Japanese-born Belgian woman, who suffers a series of increasingly humiliating demotions after she lands a job as an interpreter at a large Japanese corporation.

DVD 8836

They came to play

Focuses on the Fifth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, 2007, hosted by the Van Cliburn Foundation, which gathered together 75 of the world's best amateur pianists for one week of intense competition and camaraderie. Interviews offer a glimpse into the lives of the competitors, who come from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions.

DVD 8751