Great Conductors

BRDVD 1

Carlos Kleiber: I am lost to the world

BRDVD 2

1. Sir Georg Solti – Journey of a lifetime

2. Dmitri Shostakovich: Sympony No. 1 f-moll op. 10

3. Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 D-Dur op. 25 “Classical”

4. Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina

BRDVD 3

1. Leonard Bernstein – Larger than life

2. Interviews with Gustavo Dudamel, Kent Nagano and Marin Alsop

BRDVD 4

1. Herbert von Karajan – Maestro for the screen

2. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburgisches Konzert NO. 3 G-Dur Bwv 1048

3. Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 2 Bwv 1067

This impressive four-DVD set features four documentaries that revolve around the lives and careers of four of history’s finest conductors. The first is I Am Lost to the World, a documentary about Carlos Kleiber, that includes several musical excerpts conducted by Kleiber. The second is Journey of a Lifetime, which focuses on Sir Georg Solti. The film includes interviews with Valerie Solti, Valery Gergiev, and more. Larger Than Life revolves around Leonard Bernstein, and includes interviews with his children and other music giants like Stephen Sondheim and Gustavo Dudamel. Finally, Maestro for the Screen, is about the life of Herbert von Karajan and shows the fascinating development of Karajans language for filming orchestral productions and starts with the very first concert production in 1957 in Japan, followed by the impressive cooperation with director Henri Georges Clouzot in 1965 to Karajans own film company Telemondial.