Films with: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Beethoven symphonies nos. 1, 6 & 8 /

DVD 3176

Beethoven symphonies nos. 2 & 5 /

DVD 3177

Beethoven symphonies nos. 3 & 9 /

DVD 3178

Beethoven symphonies nos. 4 & 7 /

DVD 3179

Beethoven's Eroica

San Francisco Symphony's music director, Michael Tilson Thomas, retraces Beethoven's steps through Vienna's aristocratic ballrooms and Austria's rustic villages, exploring how Beethoven channeled his fears of deafness, his admiration for Napoleon, and his obsession to prove himself the greatest composer of his time and to write the Eroica. Includes a live performance of Beethoven's Eroica by the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.

DVD 9171

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

DVD 8438

Eroica

Period-drama depiction of the private, first performance of Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony at the Lobkowitz Palace in 1805, the momentous musical event that prompted composer Joseph Haydn to remark "Everything is different from today."

DVD 9152

Fidelio

DVD 3303

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

Herbert von Karajan zeigt die Kunst des Dirigierens

"This important document is the only visual we have of Herbert von Karajan rehearsing an entire work -- Schumann's fourth symphony. Together with the recording of Beethoven rehearsal, it provides a rare insight into the way in which 'das wunder Karajan' fashioned his unique style"--Container.

DVD 9170

Leonard Bernstein at Harvard "the unanswered question," Norton lectures 1973.

DVD 1931

Promise of music

This film documents Gustavo Dudamel preparing his Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in Caracas for their upcoming concert at the Beethovenfest in Bonn, 2007. Following different musicians in their day-to-day lives, the film shows how classical music is changing the individual and their environment. The climax of the film is the Bonn concert, which includes Beethoven's complete "Eroica" symphony and two pieces from the orchestra's Latin American homeland.

DVD 7431

Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125

DVD 3078