Humphrey Burton Movies

  • 1987
    Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven

    Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven

    Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven

    01987HD

    Pianist Ivo Pogorelich in a 1987 studio recital of works by Bach, Scarlatti, and Beethoven, recorded at historical palaces of Veneto Villa Caldogno...

    Ivo Pogorelich: Bach, Scarlatti, Beethoven
  • 1972
    Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

    Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

    Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

    01972HD

    During a break in rehearsals with the Israel Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein sat down at the piano to film an introduction to the poetry and music of...

    Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
  • 1991
    Candide

    Candide

    Candide

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    Candide
  • 1978
    Marevna and Marika

    Marevna and Marika

    Marevna and Marika

    81978HD

    Documentary on 84-year old Marevna; painter, friend of Picasso and one-time mistress of Diego Rivera; and her daughter by Rivera, Marika; former...

    Marevna and Marika
  • 2006
    Glenn Gould: Hereafter

    Glenn Gould: Hereafter

    Glenn Gould: Hereafter

    82006HD

    A retrospective of the life and work of Glenn Gould, Hereafter synthesizes an incredible wealth of archival material from various sources.

    Glenn Gould: Hereafter
  • 1982
    Verdi: Requiem

    Verdi: Requiem

    Verdi: Requiem

    01982HD

    Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet of soloists under the baton of Claudio Abbado,...

    Verdi: Requiem
  • 1991
    War and Peace

    War and Peace

    War and Peace

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    The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's...

    War and Peace
  • 1996
    Lulu

    Lulu

    Lulu

    7.81996HD

    Alban Berg's black, satirical opera is one of the masterpieces of the 20th Century. It charts the rise and fall of a femme fatale "created to make...

    Lulu
  • 2003
    Vincent in Brixton

    Vincent in Brixton

    Vincent in Brixton

    62003HD

    Based on Nicholas Wright's 2002 play exploring the life of the young Vincent Van Gogh during a stay in Brixton, London in 1873. In the play, which is...

    Vincent in Brixton
  • 2002
    The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

    The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

    The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland

    8.22002HD

    Claudio Monteverdi's operatic adaptation of this story from Homer's The Odyssey receives a modern and distinctive staging in this 2002 production...

    The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
  • 1970
    Pelléas and Mélisande

    Pelléas and Mélisande

    Pelléas and Mélisande

    51970HD

    Tragic story of Golaud, his marriage to the long-haired Mélisande, her subsequent love for Pélleas, and their deaths.

    Pelléas and Mélisande
  • 1973
    Trouble in Tahiti

    Trouble in Tahiti

    Trouble in Tahiti

    01973HD

    Leonard Bernstein's 1952 opera is a biting satire on the emptiness of materialist values and the false promise of suburban comforts. This production,...

    Trouble in Tahiti
  • 2008
    Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

    Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

    Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen

    02008HD

    Documentary on conductor Herbert van Karajan, focusing on his early adoption of audio and video recording technology and his impetus to make use of...

    Herbert von Karajan: Maestro for the Screen
  • 1994
    Eugene Onegin

    Eugene Onegin

    Eugene Onegin

    91994HD

    The cynical young Onegin rejects Tatyana, a dreamy, bookish country girl. But Onegin lives to regret it when, years later, he re-encounters Tatyana,...

    Eugene Onegin
  • 1990
    Prince Igor

    Prince Igor

    Prince Igor

    81990HD

    TV movie version of the famous Prince Igor opera

    Prince Igor