"Actor: Hans Werner Henze"

• Hans Werner Henze - Memoirs Of An Outsider - A Portrait And Concert | DVD | (25/03/2003) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Henze pours his very soul in to this portrait. Interviewed at his home just outside Rome his life story is one of political protest and struggle in many guises. It is clear that his many experiences both terrible and wonderful are deep-dyed into the fabric of his music.Henze's dramatic and moving Requiem begins in gentle tender mood and ends with a radiant hymn-like Sanctus. It contains fierce and satirical passages but also ones which express penetrating or suppressed sorrow.

• Hans Werner Henze - Memoirs Of An Outsider - A Portrait And Concert | DVD | (28/03/2003) from £15.94   |  Saving you £5.31 (36.17%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Memoirs Of An OutsiderHans Werner HenzeRequiem (1990 - 1992)

• Fischer-Dieskau-Autumn Journe | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Autumn Journey is a filmed portrait of the life and work of the great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau one of the great musical giants of the 20th century. Along with Richter Oistrakh Menuhin Rostropovich Casals and Callas he represents a truly golden era of great artists not only remembered for their extraordinary live performances but whose musicianship has also left to the world an unrivalled legacy of recordings. Filmed on the occasion of his 70th birthday Fischer-Dieskau reveals for the first time many of the secrets of his outstanding success. In typically modest style this prolific singer talks about his life the remarkable influences which have guided his career musical interpretation his colleagues and his attitude towards Italian Russian and French repertoire. Performance extracts include works by Schubert Schumann Strauss Brahms Mahler Wolf Bach Verdi Mozart Wagner Reimann Berg Henze and Britten. This special DVD package includes an 85-minute recital of 23 songs by Franz Schubert from the Opera Theatre of Nuremberg in which Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is accompanied by Hartmut H''ll.