The maestro joins four klezmer groups: Brave New World, The Klezmatics, Andy Statman and the Klezmer Conservatory Band for a joyous get-together with unforgettable Klezmer melodies. As he says of the experience, "I caught the bug!" Want to see it all? Available from Angel Records, on CD and now DVD.
Valery Gergiev conducts Shostakovich's 7th Symphony which salutes the sacrifices made during the Great Patriotic War as survivors of the Siege of Leningrad describe the first performance of this great symphony
The great Russian composer's symphony (conducted here by Valery Gergiev) captures a time of terror in Russia...this clip includes interviews with music contemporaries and Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District...
Looking back at the legendary Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon and how they came together in Sweet Charity - and what happened later, when it came time to make the movie
from the famed London production of Leonard Bernstein's On The Town, Thomas Hampson sings Lonely Town. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. Available on Polygram Records/Polygram Video
Julian Glover reads his dynamic interpretation of Beowulf, the epic heroic poem of anonymous authorship which dates somewhere between the 8th and 11th centuries. Glover cleverly inserts stanzas in the original Old English. Introduced by Sir John Giulgud.
from Leonard Bernstein's On The Town. Lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green introduce this musical interlude in the London production which features Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and which introduces original 1940s film footage to enhance the Bernstein experience. Available on Polygram Records/Polygram Video