ARTHAUS MUSIK

''1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World' is one of the most successful TV series about art. The original, with improved image quality, takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art. Comprehensively illustrated and compellingly presented – the well-known authors of ten short art surveys provide a full introduction to the masterpieces of painting. Great artists of various epochs were fascinated by dramas, myths and legends. Masters such as Millais, van Dyck, Massys or von Stuck developed their own unique interpretations of themes like passion, courage, tragedy or fate – and these have retained their magical allure right down to the present day. John Everett Millais: Ophelia [1851/52], Johann Heinrich Füssli: Titania and Bottom [1790], Niklaus Manuel Deutsch: Pyramus and Thisbe [1520], Franz von Stuck: Salome [1906], Jan Massys: Flora [1559], Fernand Khnopff: The Caresses, [1896], Paul Delvaux: Pygmalion [1939], Lucas Cranach the Elder: Venus and Cupid [1509], Mikhail Vrubel: Six-Winged Seraph [1904], Anthonis van Dyck: Samson and Delilah [1630]' (Reiner E. Moritz directs. Total running time approx. 100')

BRO Code:

173250

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2

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ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 105036

UPC:

807280503692

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GERMANY

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Analog

'In 1999 Sasha Waltz started working on her three-piece choreographic cycle about the human body. In 'Korper', following up this extraordinary research, she investigates the anatomy and the physical appearance of the human being, relating her dancers‘ bodies to architecture, science, and history, searching for the origin of life, of Eros, and of sensibility. 'noBody' asks about the metaphysical existence of humanity. PART III 'noBody' questions the metaphysical existence of humanity. It addresses the absence of the body, and confronts us with feelings that our own realization of being mortal awakes in us. Without a body, what makes us human? In 'noBody' the choreographer, accompanied by twenty-five dancers, faces the challenge of rendering the non-physical visible by using the physical body itself. 'noBody' is co-produced by the Festival d’Avignon. In July 2002, the piece was performed eight times at Cour d’Honneur, Pope Palace. Its unique historical setting, together with the Mendelsohnian architecture of the Schaubuhne, was a huge influence during the development of this production'. (Includes an eight minute bonus. Total running time approx. 93')

BRO Code:

172806

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1

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ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 101583

UPC:

807280158397

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GERMANY

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Digital

' 'I never just believed in success – I worked for it.' Faithful to this motto, Estee Lauder became one of the richest and most influential women in the world – a perfect embodiment of the American dream. She was one of the original Beauty Queens, a pioneer of the cosmetic industry whose products gave women at the turn of the twentieth century a new self-confidence. Eila Hershon and Roberto Guerra trace the career of this high-flyer who, shortly before her death in 2004, received the highest civilian honor in the US – the Presidential Medal of Freedom'. (Total running time approx. 48')

BRO Code:

172805

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1

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ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 106074

UPC:

807280607499

Country:

GERMANY

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Analog

'As a pioneer of the cosmetics industry, Elizabeth Arden built up a business worth billions. Her goal was to make decorative cosmetics – previously the preserve of actresses and ladies of ill repute – accessible to women everywhere. Eila Hershon and Roberto Guerra paint a portrait of an ambitious woman who equipped the suffragettes with red lipstick, had her own radio show and whose company still stands for innovative cosmetics today. (Total running time approx. 48')

BRO Code:

172804

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1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 106073

UPC:

807280607390

Country:

GERMANY

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Analog

'Helena Rubinstein is rightly seen as one of the pioneers of a market worth millions. Born in Krakow Rubinstein started her career in the early years of the twentieth century in Australia from where she quickly went on to conquer Europe and the United States. Eila Hershon and Roberto Guerra portray a woman from humble origins who virtually until her death was always happiest at work in her laboratory and whose vision and ambition helped create and shape what we know today as beauty care'. (Running time approx. 60')

BRO Code:

172803

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1

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ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 106072

UPC:

807280607291

Country:

GERMANY

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Analog

John Malkovich with sopranos Laura Aikin and Aleksandra Zamojska with Orchester Wiener Akademie/ Martin Haselbock. Written and directed by Michael Sturminger and Featuring music of Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Boccherini and Weber. (Includes a 43-minute documentary on the production. Total running time approx. 145')

BRO Code:

172749

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 101517

UPC:

807280151794

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Digital

John Malkovich and baritone Florian Boesch [alternately playing the part of Casanova] with Ingeborga Dapkunaite and Sophie Klussmann. With Orchestra Wiener Akademie/ Martin Haselbock. written and directed by Michael Sturminger. (Includes a 34-minute documentary on the production. Total running time approx. 173')

BRO Code:

172748

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1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 101570

UPC:

807280157093

Country:

GERMANY

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Digital

'Titian’s genius and significance in European art are undisputed. Trained at the Giovanni Bellini workshop and influenced by working together with Giorgione, he came to a masterly use of colour, light and shade. His oeuvre contains everything his times demanded: drama, carnal lust, religious fervour, mythology and portraits. Didier Baussy-Oulianoff takes us to the places where the renaissance artist devised his works and worked for the most influential courts. Contemporaries of Titian’s, such as Vasari and Aretino, also get a look in and we see that, in addition to being a gifted portrait-painter, Titian was also a skilled businessman'. (Total running time approx. 57')

BRO Code:

172747

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1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 100632

UPC:

807280063295

Country:

GERMANY

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Analog

Masters of German Art is a series of ten-minute programmes examining some of the greatest names in the history of German painting. From Caspar David Friedrich to Lucas Cranach, from Johann Tischbein to Käthe Kollwitz – these miniportraits offer an insight into the unique character of each artist’s work and an understanding of the context in which it was created. In his ten films, Reiner E. Moritz visits galleries throughout Germany, as well as including contributions from leading art historians and drawing on interesting archive documentation. He presents the essential quality of the following fascinating artists: Matthias Grunewald, Caspar David Friedrich, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Ignaz Gunther, Hans Holbein the Younger, Albrecht Altdorfer, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Otto Dix, Ernst Barlach and Kathe Kollwitz. (Total running time approx. 100')

BRO Code:

172746

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 106042

UPC:

807280604290

Country:

GERMANY

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Analog

'1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World is one of the most successful TV series about art. The original, with improved image quality, takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art. Comprehensively illustrated and compellingly presented – the well-known authors of five short art surveys provide a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. The MoMA in New York is the first choice for aficionados of modern and contemporary art. Art collectors Abby Rockefeller, Lillie Bliss and Mary Sullivan laid the foundations for the museum, which opened its doors under the directorship of Alfred Barr on 7th November 1929. The MoMA presents here an astonishing range of modern art, including key works such as Umberto Boccioni - Farewells [1911], Joan Miro - Dutch Interior I [1928], Jasper Johns - Flag [1954-55], Richard Lindner - The Meeting [1953] and Andrew Wyeth - Christina´s World [1948].' (Reiner E. Moritz directs. Total running time approx. 50')

BRO Code:

172744

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 105021

UPC:

807280502190

Country:

GERMANY

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Analog

'1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World' is one of the most successful TV series about art. The original, with improved image quality, takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art. Comprehensively illustrated and compellingly presented – the well-known authors of five short art surveys provide a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. Throughout all the different epochs artists have been inspired by their personal environment. It is no wonder therefore that the city or metropolis has often played a key role in art. Estes, Delaunay, Stella, Caillebotte and Dahl also worked up their urban impressions in painting – with surprisingly different results. Featured works include Richard Estes - Ansonia [1977], Robert Delaunay - Eiffel Tower Champs de Mars [1911], Johann Christian Dahl - View of Dresden under a Full Moon [1839], Joseph Stella - The Brooklyn Bridge [1939] and Gustave Caillebotte - Paris Street Scene in the rain [1877]'. (Reiner E. Moritz directs. Total running time approx. 50')

BRO Code:

172743

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 105037

UPC:

807280503791

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Analog

Per its title, the documentary series 1000 GREAT MASTERPIECES FROM THE WORLD OF ART leads viewers on a systematic journey through art history, with each installment focusing on a specific school or collection. The programs draw on insights by the authors of short art surveys, who provide incisive commentaries that are then illustrated onscreen with specific works. This particular volume travels to the end of the Belle epoque, when a rise in global industrialization prompted artists to rebel against classicism in a diverse series of ways. Among these rebels were the Symbolists, who set out to create visual depictions of such elusive areas as subjective emotional states and the dream world. Meanwhile, the Jugendstil emerged, offering a linear, planar style which meshed with that of the Symbolists even as it stood on its own. Artworks glimpsed here include 'Salome' by Franz von Stuck, 'Madonna with Lilies' by Alfons Mucha and 'Spring Awakening' by Arnold Bocklin. (Reiner E. Moritz directs. Total running time approx. 50')

BRO Code:

172742

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 105018

UPC:

807280501896

Country:

GERMANY

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Analog

'1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World is one of the most successful TV series about art. The original, with improved image quality, takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art. Comprehensively illustrated and compellingly presented – the well-known authors of five short art surveys provide a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. In 1874, a group of artists nicknamed the Impressionists scandalized Paris with its first exhibition. The spirit of these young en plein air painters, who declared that the essence of their art was about capturing the impression of the moment in the colourful play of light, was too revolutionary. Cassatt, Caillebotte, Liebermann, Krøyer and Edelfelt represented a worldwide revolt that ushered in modernism by breaking with conventional ways of seeing the world. Albert Edelfelt: Luxembourg Gardens [1887], Peter Severin Kroyer: Summer evening at Skagen [1892], Gustave Caillebotte: Paris street scene in the rain [1877], Max Liebermann: Women mending nets [1887- 1889], Mary Cassat - The bath [1891 - 1892]' are among the featured works. (Reiner E. Moritz directs. Total running time approx. 50')

BRO Code:

172741

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 105009

UPC:

807280500998

Country:

GERMANY

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Analog

'This documentary program finds filmmaker Jan Schmidt-Garre accompanying acclaimed photographer Andreas Gursky, as Gursky creates his work 'Hamm, Bergwerk Ost'. The film observes virtually every aspect of the creative process, from Gursky's first viewings of the motive to taking the photographs themselves and digitally processing the final image. Schmidt-Garre also follows the photograph to its final resting place, in the collection of Ukrainian art connoisseur Viktor Pinchuk. Along the way, experts turn up for commentary including Hilla Becher, Werner Spies and Gursky himself. Also includes Gursky in conversation with Schmidt-Garre. (English subtitles. Total running time approx. 100')

BRO Code:

172740

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 106064

UPC:

807280606492

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Analog

Performances from the Komische Oper in Berlin of Beethoven's 'Fidelio', Mozart's 'Don Giovanni', Janacek's 'The Cunning Little Vixen', Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro', Offenbach's 'Barbe-bleue', Verdi's 'Othello' and Offenbach's 'Tales of Hoffmann'.

Review: Seven of Felsenstein's productions were filmed under his supervision, some remodeled from their stage versions, some filmed 'straight'. None of them represent 'authentic' versions of the operas at hand; some are in black & white, only one of the seven [Fidelio] is sung in its proper language, and that one is drastically cut [for the better]. But there is a level of dramatic creativity here that is so fascinating, so worth your study and your ponder, that this handsomely produced Art-Haus box cannot be dismissed. And in the case of the 'drastically cut' Fidelio, which is furthermore played in fresh German air rather than on a stodgy stage set, I cannot see anyone going back to all that silly operetta stuff at the beginning of the original score, once we learn the essence of Beethoven's true drama. But it is the Vixen that really sells this set. Felsenstein moved his production from the opera house to East German TV studios, where he could have a free hand with the forest insects and animals, and with the yokels of the human story as well. The interaction among the species is simply fabulous in the literal sense; the wooing of the two foxes will take you to within earshot of Tristan. Rudolf Asmus, who sings the Forester, was one of the few notable stars of Felsenstein's East German company; a few Americans had also slipped through the Curtain and show up in minor roles. Nobody in his company is less than competent; the once-famous Magda Laszlo is Fidelio's Fidelio, the voice-over for a handsome lad who actually looks the part. -- SoIveHeard.com, Alan Rich, February 2009

BRO Code:

172062

Units:

12

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 101345

UPC:

807280134599

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Mono

Der Bauer als Millionar oder Das Madchen aus der Feenwelt ['The girl from the Fairy World or The Farmer as a Millionaire']. A 3-act play with music. (Otto Schenk, Elisabeth Rath, Elisabeth Schwarz et al. Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg/ Tassilo Jelde. Directed by Jurgen Flimm. Recorded 'live', Salzburg Festival, 1988. Total running time approx. 161'. PLEASE NOTE: THIS DVD IS 'PAL' FORMATTED AND REQUIRES A MULTI-REGIONAL PLAYER)

BRO Code:

171707

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 101836

UPC:

807280183696

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Analog

Mozart, Sonata for Piano 4-Hands {with Nicolas Economou, piano}. Schumann, Fantasy Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op.73 Nos. 1-3 {with Mischa Maisky, cello}. Rachmaninov, Suite No.2 for Two Pianos. Ravel, La Valse {with Nelson Freire, piano} [all with Martha Argerich, piano] + pianist Nelson Freire performs Chopin [Trois Nouvelles Etudes, Op. Posth.] and Debussy [Estampes]. A concert from the Munich Klaviersommer, 1982. (Total running time approx. 85')

BRO Code:

171706

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 101671

UPC:

807280167191

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Analog

With the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Directed by Agnes Meth. (Total running time approx. 123')

BRO Code:

171705

Units:

1

Record Label:

ARTHAUS MUSIK

Record Number:

DVD 102188

UPC:

807280218893

Country:

GERMANY

D/A Code:

Analog