Humphrey Burton Movies
- 1976
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema01976HD
BBC documentary about the rise of the New German Cinema and several of its most important figures.
- 1976
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal71976HD
"Four Ways to Say Farewell" is a personal introduction to Mahler and his Ninth Symphony, during which Leonard Bernstein is seen and heard rehearsing...
- 2008
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen02008HD
Documentary on conductor Herbert van Karajan, focusing on his early adoption of audio and video recording technology and his impetus to make use of...
- 1987
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Die Entführung aus dem Serail3.81987HD
Mozart's famous Singspiel after Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's work "Belmonte und Konstanze", DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL comes to life in the...
- 1990
Prince Igor
Prince Igor01990HD
TV movie version of the famous Prince Igor opera
- 1989
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide01989HD
This is the historic concert performance of the final operatic version of Bernstein's Candide. It was recorded on December 13, 1989 at the Barbican...
- 1988
Candide
Candide91988HD
Bernstein's comic opera, based on Voltaire's classic satire, directed by Jonathan Miller and John Wells, is performed in a new production by Scottish...
- 1987
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert
Krystian Zimerman: Chopin/Schubert01987HD
As one of the youngest winners ever in the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 1975, Krystian Zimerman went on to an international...
- 1959
Gordon Jacob
Gordon Jacob01959HD
A portrait of the English composer Gordon Jacob.
- 2006
Glenn Gould: Hereafter
Glenn Gould: Hereafter82006HD
A retrospective of the life and work of Glenn Gould, Hereafter synthesizes an incredible wealth of archival material from various sources.
- 1970
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein01970HD
In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday, Leonard Bernstein illustrates his analysis with...
- 1990
Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov71990HD
This is the Andrei Tarkovsky production of the famous Pushkin/Mussorgsky opera, performed in 1990. Modest Mussorgsky's opera in prologue and four...
- 1977
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach
Leonard Bernstein conducts Stravinsky & Bach01977HD
- 2014
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Karajan's Magic and Myth02014HD
Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most...
- 1994
Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin01994HD
The cynical young Onegin rejects Tatyana, a dreamy, bookish country girl. But Onegin lives to regret it when, years later, he re-encounters Tatyana,...
- 1985
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein81985HD
This television essay from 1985 was written by Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. Recorded in Israel,...
- 2002
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland9.52002HD
Claudio Monteverdi's operatic adaptation of this story from Homer's The Odyssey receives a modern and distinctive staging in this 2002 production...
- 1976
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology
The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology91976HD
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew...
- 1971
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk
Elton John: Mr. Superfunk101971HD
Short documentary originally featured on Aquarius containing interviews, concert footage, and general information about Elton John and his career up...
- 1991
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek61991HD
Documentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in dramatic circumstances in 1967 after a bizarre childhood and...