On ClassicsToday: Knappertsbusch Conducts Wagner & Brahms at the Theater an der Wien
Slow Flow Beauty: A Tribute To Hans Knappertsbusch (Blu-ray)
by Jens F. Laurson
This Blu-ray titled “A Tribute to Hans Knappertsbusch” is a tribute by virtue of showing, not telling, what the conductor was about. There’s no documentary element, just two live broadcasts of concerts that Knappertsbusch gave with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Vienna Festival-Week in the... Continue Reading
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2 comments:
FYI
The 1962 concert, at least, is available as a regular DVD from Arthaus. It's been sitting in my DVD pile for at least 2 years...
By regular DVD you mean: Not-Blu-ray, right? Good to know. Perhaps this gave you a reason to pull it out and blow off the dust? :-)
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