Description
Introducing Mahler: Symphony No 5 / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Conductor: Claudio Abbado / Host: Jeremy Barham / Documentary written by Martin Feil, Directed by Angelika / Performance recorded live at the 2004 Lucerne Festival / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 95 Minutes
UPC: 880242561787
- Aspect Ratio : 1.66:1
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 2.93 Ounces
- Item model number : 880242561787
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Classical
- Release date : September 28, 2010
- Actors : Mahler, Barham, Lfs, Abbado
- Subtitles: : English, German, French
- Studio : EuroArts
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 1
Introducing Masterpieces of Classical Music is an informative and entertaining guide to some of the most important symphonic works of music history. As well as featuring a complete concert performance, it also includes an insightful documentary, in which an expert presenter guides the viewer through the structure of the music. Well-known scholar Jeremy Barham discusses Mahler’s life and the circumstances surrounding the composition of the Fifth Symphony. Footage of the beautiful Wörthersee in Austria (where Mahler wrote the symphony), quotations from contemporaries, as well as plentiful musical examples all help to illuminate the meaning of this enigmatic masterpiece.
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
