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Sibelius - The Early Years / Maturity & Silence

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Label: Christopher Nupen Films

Cat No: A05CND

Barcode: 5060134470006

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 2nd October 2006

Artists

Elisabeth Soderstrom
Boris Belkin
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Artists

Elisabeth Soderstrom
Boris Belkin
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Vladimir Ashkenazy

About

Two prize-winning Christopher Nupen films - Winners of the Silver Medal in the Music Category at the 1984 New York International Film and Television Festival and Winners of the Special Jury Award – Banff Television Festival 1985.

“Christopher Nupen pioneered a style of filming musicians and music-making in which his excellence has rarely
been equalled and never excelled. Of that genre he is the undoubted master.” Sir Jeremy Isaacs

“For the Sibelius films alone Christopher Nupen’s life on this earth must be judged a life worth living.” Terence Davies (prize-winning English screenwriter)

This DVD celebrates the musical quest of one of the great symphonists of the twentieth century, Jean Sibelius, as seen through his music, his letters, his diaries and the words of his wife Aino, who was with him for more than sixty four years. It is an intimate account, using film and Sibelius’ music and words, of a great artist’s struggle with his medium, with the world and with himself – as deeply felt an artistic quest as any in the history of music and frequently expressed in memorably poetic terms.

But the quest was not an easy one and, as so often with artists who take an untrod path, critical opinion has fluctuated wildly, more perhaps than for any other composer. After receiving, in the 1930s, a degree of recognition unequalled in the lifetime of any other Western composer, critical opinion had, within 25 years, relegated him to a position of minor importance.That alone makes his music interesting to the public and, despite the criticism, his music has kept its hold on the public imagination and Sibelius retains a dedicated, popular following.

And so, on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of Sibelius’ death, (20 September 2007), the time seemed right for an intimate look at the composer’s own story, focussing on what he himself felt that he was trying to achieve. That is what Christopher Nupen gives us on this DVD.

Format: NTSC
Region: 0 (all regions)
Picture format: 16:9 and 4:3
Sound format: LPCM stereo
Subtitles: DE/ES/FR/IT
Running time: 151 minutes