classical-music
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    Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1994)

    A collage of short films blends together into a semibiographical account of the reclusive classical...

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    Amadeus (1984)

    Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), court composer in Vienna, confesses in old age to his sins...

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    Hilary and Jackie (1998)

    British cellist Jacqueline Du Pre (Emily Watson) and her sister, flutist Hilary (Rachel Griffiths),...

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    Music of the Heart (1999)

    After her husband leaves abruptly, a woman (Meryl Streep) becomes a teacher in an East Harlem school...

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    Red Hot (1993)

    Four teenagers run up against the Communist authorities when in 1959 they attempt to form the Soviet...

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    Counterpoint

    Famous orchestra conductor is captured by the Germans in WW2, is forced to put on private concerts...

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    Trog (1970)

    An anthropologist (Joan Crawford) works with her subject, an ice-age troglodyte found in an English...

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    Prophecy (1979)

    A log company's waste mutates the environment, creating a giant killer bear-monster.

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    Cheatin' Hearts (1993)

    A woman (Sally Kirkland) still loves her husband (James Brolin) despite the financial ruin their...

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    Rhythm Is It!

    Documents the most elaborate and ambitious education project of the Berlin Philharmonic in 2003:...

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    Lisztomania (1976)

    This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt ranks among...

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    Act of Piracy (1990)

    A ruthless mercenary leader hijacks the yacht of a real estate tycoon, killing his crew and...

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    The Winners (1999)

    Documentary that focuses on four brilliant musicians who won the Queen Elizabeth Competition in...

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    Chopin: The Need For Love

    The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.

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    Khatchaturian (2003)

    Filmmaker Peter Rosen profiles Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, famous for the piece ``Sabre...

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    Mozart - Aufzeichnungen Einer Jugend

    Made for German television, the "script" of this semi-documentary account of Wolfgang Amadeus...

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    The Music Lovers

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is given the Ken Russell treatment in The Music Lovers, which means that...

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    Yehudi Menuhin-Chemin de Lumiere

    This film is a portrait of the illustrious violinist Yehudi Menuhin. Born in New York April 22,...

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    Raga

    This documentary of the life of virtuoso sitarist Ravi Shankar helped satisfy the extraordinary...

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    West and East

    Documentary which explores the strength of Japanese musicians as they perform Western classical...

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    Khayal Gatha

    An exploration of the development of the Khayal, a classical music tradition of India.

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    All Things Fair (1996)

    A 15-year-old (Johan Widerberg) enters a boys school in the '40s, has an affair with a teacher...

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    Les Cachetonneurs

    Roberto is a freelance musician who has been hired by an aristocrat to put together a band to play...

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    Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles (2001)

    Examines the lesser-known musical career of 89-year-old composer Paul Bowles, most famous for...

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    Dischord (2003)

    On the brink of her world tour, and at the height of her success, alternative rock violinist, Gypsy,...

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    A Labyrinth of Time

    A study of the life and creative process of musical composer Eliot Carter.

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    Moonlight Sonata

    A concert pianist (Ignace Jan Paderewski) and two other men stay with a Swedish baroness (Marie...

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    They Shall Have Music (1939)

    A dead-end kid saves his music school by bringing a famed violinist (Jascha Heifetz) to a benefit...

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    Arms and the Man

    This first film version of George Bernard Shaw's witty comedy of questionable manners stars Barry...

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    The Bachelor's Daughters

    To help four salesgirls lure men, a floorwalker (Adolphe Menjou) poses as their father in a rented...

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    Beggar on Horseback

    This satirical film was based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Neil McRae (Edward...

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    Puccini

    The life of composer Giacomo Puccini is dramatized in this attractively produced biopic. Gabriele...

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    Fantasia (1940)

    In 1969 Hong Kong, a bumbling genie (Cecilia Cheung) sends private detectives (Louis Koo, Cecilia...

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    Tchaikovsky Concertos

    Pavel Kogan directs the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra for this virtuoso performance of two noted...

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    Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2

    Pianist Arkadi Zenziper delivers a compelling performance of "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op....

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    Hershele

    An educated European immigrant struggles to overcome culture clash in his impoverished new...

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    The Classical Music Awards (1988)

    A broadcast of the Classical Music Awards, taped October 26, 1988.

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    TV

    The Crazy Comedy Concert (1974)

    A combined live-action/animated fantasy concert of classical music.

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    Greatest Hits on Ice (1995)

    Figure skating champions skate to contemporary and classical music.

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    The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (2000)

    Once a talented classical pianist, Ingrid Green gave up her dreams for life in a small town with...