Product Details

• Directors: Bernar Hebert
• Format: Import, Box set, Color, NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 3
• Studio: Brilliant Classics
• Run Time: 52.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0009ZENGI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #564,520 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

DVD String Quartet No.10 in E flat major, Op 74 Movement I - 10'08 Movement II - 10'47 Movement III - 5'20 Movement IV - 7'14 Total time: 52'53 CD 1 SYMPHONY No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 1. Allegro con brio 8:05 2. Andante con moto 11:21 3. Allegro 8:53 4. Allegro-presto 8:52 5. MONDSCHEIN SONATA in C sharp minor Op. 27/2: Adagio 5:34 6. FRÜHLINGS SONATA in F major Op. 24 for violin & piano: Allegro 10:07 7. OVERTURE EGMONT Op. 84 8:22 8. FÜR ELISE 2:46 9. ROMANCE for violin & orchestra in F major Op. 50 9:09 Total: 73:14 Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt (1-4) Misha Goldstein, piano (5,8) Emmy Verhey, violin Carlos Moerdijk, piano (6) Berliner Symphoniker, Peter Wohlert (7) Emmy Verhey, violin Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Vonk (9) CD 2 1. PIANO CONCERTO No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 "Emperor": Allegro 20:13 2. VIOLIN CONCERTO in D major Op. 61: Larghetto 9:49 3. MASS in C major Op. 86: Gloria 7:55 4. SONATA PATHETIQUE in C minor Op. 13: Adagio 4:42 5. CORIOLAN OVERTURE Op. 62 8:40 6. ROMANCE for violin and orchestra in G major Op. 40 7:38 7. SYMPHONY No. 6 "PASTORAL' in F major Op. 68: Szene am Bach 12:40 8. VIOLIN SONATA in G major Op. 30/3: Allegro assai 6:47 Total: 78:34 Shoko Sugitani, piano Berliner Symphoniker, Gerard Oskamp (1) Emmy Verhey, violin Utrecht Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk (2,6) Slovak Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Anton Nanut (3) Misha Goldstein, piano (4) Berliner Symphoniker, Peter Wohlert (5) Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt (7) Emmy Verhey, violin Carlos Moerdijk, piano (8)

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1.0 out of 5 stars A Disgrace the Beethoven's Greatness, September 11, 2011

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azey47 (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Composers - Ludwig van Beethoven (DVD + 2 CD) (DVD)

Having watched this DVD, I must inform all of you that it is simply a travesty. It starts out in a promising way, seeming to be a biographical documentary, but then deviates to a strange incomprehensible silent drama. The main actor makes Beethoven appear to be an angry buffoon who just throws everything in his apartment in a rage and is constantly breaking and tearing everything. The acting and choreography completely clashes with the musical background, and is also filled up with incorrect/questionable details about Beethoven's life.

This "documentary" is a total disgrace to Beethoven, who by all accounts was a great man. Bernard Hebert (the writer and director) should be ashamed of himself.

Stay away from this terrible series.