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This sequence of almost mini-documentaries, beautifully paced, shows different sides of his character, musicianship and history…The cameras follow him to Moscow where he studied with David Oistrakh,... — More…
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Video Documentary
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Documentary Choice
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Sophia – Biography of a Violin Concerto
A Jan Schmidt-Garre Film
with Sofia Gubaidulina, Anne-Sophie Mutter & Gidon Kremer
Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
it's the polarity of composer and performer that is the kernel of the film: Mutter cool, sveltely glamorous and severely practical, Gubaidulina looking more and more like a rumpled Babushka but... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - DVD Documentary
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, DVD of the Month
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David Oistrakh, Artist of the People?
A film by Bruno Monsaingeon
with Igor Oistrakh, Yehudi Menuhin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Gennady Rozhdestvensky & Gidon Kremer
A brilliantly made documentary, with interviews with many great artists, not unfortunately Oistrakh himself. The world in which he lived is vividly evoked, but the snatches of his playing are... — More…
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
A Conducted Tour by Sir Simon Rattle. Volume 1 - Dancing on a Volcano
Soloists including: Felicity Palmer, Gidon Kremer
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
The series was one of the last intelligent contributions to classical music by British television and, even by 1996, one suspects that only a musician of Rattle's stature and determination could... — More…
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Paganini’s Daemon A Most Enduring Legend
with Gidon Kremer & John Williams
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana & Coro della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana, Lawrence Foster
This 1995 film is really a radio talk illustrated with an impressive selection of pictures. Christopher Nupen provides in his usual trademark literate, elegant script a straightforward chronological... — More…
