Collection of documentaries looking at the lives and works of four celebrated conductors.

The documentaries are:

DVD 1
CARLOS KLEIBER - I am Lost to the World

A film by Georg Wübbolt

A documentary including several musical excerpts conducted by Carlos Kleiber. Featuring Riccardo Muti, Michael Gielen, Otto Schenk, Ioan Holender.

DVD 2
SIR GEORG SOLTI - Journey of a Lifetime

A film by Georg Wübbolt

This documentary features interviews with Valerie Solti, Valery Gergiev, C. von Dohnányi and many more.

Bonus:
- 55 minutes concert with Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra performing Shostakovich Symphony No. 1, Prokofiev Symphony No. 1, “Classical” and Mussorgsky Prelude to “Khovanshchina”

DVD 3
LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Larger than Life

A film by Georg Wübbolt

This documentary includes interviews with Leonard Bernstein’s children, Jamie, Alexander and Nina Bernstein, Gustavo Dudamel, Stephen Sondheim, Kent Nagano, Marin Alsop, Sir Peter Jonas, Christoph Eschenbach, Norman Lebrecht, Members of the Vienna Philharmonics, Craig Urquhart and many others.

Bonus:
- Interviews with Gustavo Dudamel, Kent Nagano, Marin Alsop

DVD 4
HERBERT VON KARAJAN - Maestro for the Screen

A film by Georg Wübbolt

This documentary shows the facinating development of Karajan’s 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 Karajan’s own film company Telemondial.

Bonus:
- 32-minute video of Herbert von Karajan and Berliner Philharmoniker performing Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Suite No. 2