Product Overview
The Art of Karl Bohm / CBC "Festival" Orchestra / The Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Karl Böhm, conductor / A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Production / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 117 Minutes
UPC: 089948423393
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Item model number : 89948423393
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Black & White, Classical
- Run time : 1 hour and 57 minutes
- Release date : April 8, 2003
- Actors : Karl Bohm, Jon Vickers
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Video Artists Int'L
- Number of discs : 1
In this home video release of two concert performances originally telecast on April 1, 1963 and October 10, 1965, conductor Karl Böhm leads the CBC Festival Orchestra and The Toronto Symphony Orchestra through performances of Beethoven, Mozart, and Wagner's best-loved works.
The Art of Karl Böhm
Part One: "Birth of a Symphony"
(telecast date: April 1, 1963)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Rehearsal and Complete Performance
CBC "Festival" Orchestra
Part Two: "In Concert"
(telecast date: October 10, 1965)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, "Haffner", K.385 Beethoven: Fidelio - God! What darkness here!*
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Wagner: The Valkyrie - My father promised me a sword
Jon Vickers
Wagner: Die Walküre - winter storms gave way to the blissful moon
Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Karl Böhm, conductor
with Jon Vickers, teror
117 minutes, CANADA, 1963/1965
Black & White, Optional English subtitles
A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Production © 1963/1965 (All Rights Reserved)
Packaging and Design ©2003 Video Artists International, Inc.
Cover photo of Karl Böhm courtesy of the CBC
Vickers photo by Fayer-Wien, courtesy of Jon Vickers
DVD Production Coordinator: Allan Altman
