1. DORA - Escape into Music (DORA - Flucht in die Musik)
The pianist Kyra Steckeweh and the filmmaker Tim van Beveren search for traces where Countess Dora Pejačević lived and worked. Their documentary is a journey through time to a half brilliant, half broken Europe.
2. The Revenge of the Dead Indians
This is a full-length documentary honoring the life and work of American composer and artist John Cage. Cage is considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. This documentary features interviews with various personalities from different fields as they introduce us to the life and work of this great American artist.
3. Horowitz in Vienna
Vladimir Horowitz's piano recital in 1987 at the Musikvereinssaal in Vienna.
4. Horowitz in London
Vladimir Horowitz's piano recital in 1982 at Royal Festival Hall in London.
5. Andre Previn at the BBC
Charismatic conductor and composer Andre Previn looks back at some of his greatest television moments, from thrilling performances of orchestral favourites by Mozart and Berlioz to his classic comedy encounter with Morecambe and Wise.
6. One 11 and 103
Avant-garde composer John Cage is famous for his experimental pieces and "chance music" but temporarily branched into video in 1992 with this art film about meaningless activity. The work is composed of two segments that are supposed to be played simultaneously: "One 11" contains the artistic statement, and "103" is a 17-part orchestral piece. Also included is a revealing documentary about Cage and director Henning Lohner.
7. Bauçà
Changing colors according to the music.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
8. Tacet
An aspiring classical pianist loses his hearing and, with the help of those closest to him, must find the strength to play again. . .
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
9. Four Minutes (Vier Minuten)
Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
10. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté)
Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who cannot speak French - music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
11. Alexander Albrecht (Alexander Albrecht)
(Alexander Albrecht)
12. Walter Hus, a Musical Journey (Walter Hus, a Musical Journey)
During his thirty-year career, Walter Hus, a Belgian composer and pianist, has taken a thousand musical faces. While he wanted to compose a new work, a crisis blocked his creation. During an exchange with his therapist, he comes to an existential question: "Who am I musically? » Through the portrait of this composer, as abundant as it is fascinating, the film aims to give access to his creative process and thus to the endurance and beauty of creation.
13. The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra (Die italienische Art)
The Italian Character: a film within music and about music. The Italian character is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the world, enriched by archive material of the last thirty years about the great conductors who have been performing on the most famous rostrum in Rome.
14. Mischa Elman
Violinist Mischa Elman performs a set of two of the most recognizable popular classic violin pieces: "Humoresque" composed by Antonín Dvorák, and "Gavotte" by François-Joseph Gossec. He is accompanied off screen by pianist Josef Bonime, although Bonime's instrument can be seen in the background behind Elman on screen. In one continuous single shot, the stationary camera focuses in squarely on Elman as he performs the two pieces.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
15. What Would Beethoven Do?
Classical music doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being hip. For too long it’s been seen as a stuffy genre for the high cultured elite. WHAT WOULD BEETHOVEN DO? follows a number of renegades, from composers flirting with modern mediums, to young musicians dedicated to changing the narrative, to a man who’s bringing turntablists and orchestras together. Notable artists such as, Bobby McFerrin, Benjamin Zander and Eric Whitacre add their voices to the debate about why classical music is still relevant today.
16. André Rieu - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Live in Maastricht 4 (André Rieu - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Live in Maastricht 4)
After a successful South African tour in 2010, the Vrijthof concerts were all about Africa that year. André invited the South African soloists from the tour to take part in this summer’s Vrijthof concerts: the fantastic young soprano Kimmy Skota from Cape Town, the Bloemfontein Children’s Choir and the children from the Hout Bay Music Project provided a real South African atmosphere. This fabulous summer evening concert also featured the sopranos Mirusia Louwerse and Carmen Monarcha, the Platinum Tenors and the Berlin Comedian Harmonists. The evening has an upbeat end with a guest appearance from DJ Ötzi. This is a truly fantastic concert that you really can’t miss!
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
17. Narodil sa chrobáčik (Narodil sa chrobáčik)
(Narodil sa chrobáčik)
18. The Violin Teacher (Tudo Que Aprendemos Juntos)
Laerte, a talented violinist who after failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school at Heliopolis. His path is full of difficulties, but the transforming power of music and the friendship arising between the teacher and the students open the door into a new world.
It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.
19. Andre Rieu - New Year's Eve Punch
What would you say to an evening of partying with music, song and above all, lots of fun, leaving you shaking with laughter? This scintillating New Year’s Eve concert was recorded in December 2003 in Hanover, Germany, with André Rieu and his orchestra accompanied by special guests such as Otto Waalkes and BOND, showing what partying should be all about! It’s really André at his best!
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
20. Fantasy
What happens when an earth-splitting disaster destroys the home world of a lone living skeleton? As long as he has his most valuable treasure, he doesn't worry about anything else. But can he hold onto his treasure in such a cataclysm?