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Sir Simon Rattle Conducts and Explores Music of the 20th Century

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Number of Discs
5

Release Date
31/03/2016

Studio
Art Haus

format
DVD / NTSC Version

Duration
361

Certificate UK
E

Description

Sir Simon Rattle writes and presents this series of documentaries on music of the 20th century. The series covers, among other topics, the musical revolution in Vienna at the turn of the 19th century, the move from melody towards tone colour and the influence of past music and other cultures on American composers. Among the composers discussed are Wagner, Stravinsky, Debussy, Shostakovich, Gershwin, Cage, Schoenberg and Richard Strauss. Rattle also conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in performances of works from the era. The episodes are: 'Dancing On a Volcano', 'Rhythm', 'Colour', 'Three Journeys Through Dark Landscapes', 'The American Way', 'After the Wake' and 'Threads'.

Conductor: Simon Rattle
Writer: Simon Rattle
Presenter: Simon Rattle
Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Subject: Richard Wagner
Subject: Richard Strauss
Subject: Igor Stravinsky
Subject: Claude Debussy
Subject: Dmitri Shostakovich
Subject: George Gershwin
Subject: John Cage
Subject: Arnold Schoenberg

Main Format
DVD

Keyword Index
Sir Simon Rattle Conducts and Explores Music of the 20th Century|Simon Rattle

Colour
Colour

Region
Region 0

Extras 2
Language(s):English,German, Subtitles:French,Italian,Spanish,Japanese, InteractiveMenu, SceneAccess, Screenratio1:1.33, PCMStereo

Catalogue Number
109237

Extras 3
BonusTracks:Additionalaudiotracks, ImageGallery, Biographiesofcomposers,ConcertperformanceofKarlheinzStockhausen's'Gruppen'

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