TONY PALMER FILMS

NTSC/Region 0. DVD containing a documentary from British bassist (and former Cream member) Jack Bruce. In 1970, Jack released a Jazz-orientated LP of his own compositions called Songs for a Tailor...

Shostakovich Testimony: The Story Of Shostakovich CD1. Lady MacBeth of the Mtsensk District, Opera, Op. 29: Entr'acte 2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: 2nd Movement 3. Symphony No. 11 in G...

Silent Wagner DVD

This Symphony's inspiration came from a book Gorecki found during the Nazi occupation of Poland that showed examples of the different messages scratched on the walls of a Gestapo prison. One message...

Osborne saw himself as a lone voice screaming protest against successive governments destroying England. But this protest was maintained at a terrible cost.

Brahms' first musical experience had been playing an upright piano in the brothels of Hamburg where he had grown up, and at the end of his life he had lived as a bachelor in Vienna having his every...

This two-hour DVD from director Tony Palmer celebrates the extraordinary life of Bobby Moore. Described by veteran sports journalist, the late Ian Wooldridge, as "the best sports documentary I have...

After starring on stage and screen in the UK, Michael Crawford joined Barbra Streisand in the film version of Hello, Dolly!, earned the title role in Barnum and won the lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber's...

The creator of the immortal Symphony Fantastique was one of the most revered French composers of the 19th century, and yet even many classical lovers know little about his life. Based on Berlioz's...

This film by Tony Palmer features Fonteyn in excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Giselle, the Sleeping Beauty, Marguerite and Armand, and the Nutcracker, with Rudolf Nureyev, Frederick Ashton,...

This documentary is an intimate look into the story of Doria Manfredi and of her relationship with Puccini, and the opera that came about as a result. "Turandot" tells the story of a local girl that...

Robert Stevens and Virginia McKenna stars in this Charles Wood film about Puccini. Included is music performed by the Scottish Opera Chorus and Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander...