The Art of Conducting I: Great Conductors of the Past

A 1994 Documentary Film narrated by Michael Gambon. Directed by Gerald Caillat, Sue Knussen and Peter R. Smith. Additional interviews, as an extra bonus material, at the end of the documentary.

This is a fascinating documentary on some of the greatest conductors of all time. A unique program featuring sixteen of the great conductors of the last century in rehearsal and performance. Revealing archive footage is complemented by first-hand recollection's of these legendary conductors by some of the most eminent musicians.

With commentary by John Eliot Gardiner, Isaac Stern, Jack Brymer, Sir Thomas Beecham, Yehudi Menuhin, Oliver Knussen, Suvi Raj Grubb, George Szell, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer, Hugh Bean, Werner Tharichen, Richard Mohr, Leopold Stokowski, Julius Baker, Herbert von Karajan.

Featuring in archive footage: Thomas Beecham, Leonard Bernstein, John Barbirolli, Fritz Busch, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, Arthur Nikisch, Serge Koussevitzky, Otto Klemperer, Jascha Heifetz, Arturo Toscanini, Herbert von Karajan, Serge Koussevitzky, Georg Solti (in TV Broadcast version), Marsha Hunt as Nora Ryan (in clip from 1947 film Sinfonie eterne 'Carnegie Hall'), Leopold Stokowski (Clip from 1947 film Sinfonie eterne 'Carnegie Hall', Frank McHugh as John Donovan (in clip from 1947 film Sinfonie eterne 'Carnegie Hall'), Bruno Walter, Felix Weingartner.