Karajan, Maestro for the Screen, a 52-minute documentary film by Georg Wübbolt, explores Herbert von Karajan's long interest in making motion picture films of classical music performances. There is also a 32-minute bonus performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and Suite No. 2 in B minor (BWV 1067) by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Karajan and directed for video by François Reichenbach. The film is in German with subtitles in German and other languages. Produced by Bernhard Fliescher. Released 2015, disc has stereo sound (much of which probably started as mono). Grade: NA
This documentary is mostly (or entirely) legacy material that does not meet the normal standards (of HD video and surround sound) to be reviewed here. We make an exception for this title because it is a documentary about the history of fine-arts video. It probably will mesh well with the Herbert von Karajan 1965-1966 Movie Documentary discussed extensively on this website.
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