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My Life in Music (119:30) original soundtrack and alternate director's commentary
new recordings of Britten's Nocturnal and Falla's Homenaje made especially for this edition of the film with alternate camera angles over one half hour of "bonus chapters"
Four archival music clips of Bream (18:00)
Dionisio Aguado: Rondo in a minor, Op.2
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etude No.11
Thomas Morley: Galliard to the Sacred End Pavan (with the Julian Bream Consort)
Sir William Walton: Bagatelle No. 5
An interview with the makers of My Life in Music (10:40)
Bibliography, discography compiled by Judy Caine and Graham Wade, research notes and an illustrated Guitar Timeline examining guitars from the renaissance to the 20th Century
A Rare Stills Photo Montage accompanied by Tárrega: Mazurka in G (2:49)
First release of Richard Rodney Bennett: Sonata for Solo Guitar, recorded in the chapel at Wardour Castle for BBC Radio 3 in 1986 (23:39)
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Julian
Bream, considered by many as the greatest classic guitarist of the 20th century,
tells the remarkable story of his life in music.Over three hours of material,
illustrated with over one hour of complete musical performances, includes contributions
from John Williams, Peter Pears, Igor Stravinsky, William Walton, George Malcolm,
Richard Rodney Bennett and Ali Akbar Khan. Bream's influence has resulted in a
repertoire rich in contributions from Britten, Walton, Henze, Takemitsu, Tippett,
Rawsthorne, Lennox Berkeley and countless others. Bream enthusiastically communicates
his musical passions which are celebrated in this generously documented DVD.
Highlights
include Julian's return from retirement to the concert hall for a performance
of Britten's Nocturnal, written for the guitarist, an emotional return to the
composer's home in Aldeburgh, and – as a special bonus in a disc already
rich with features – an exclusive BBC Radio 3 recording of Bennett's Sonata
for Solo Guitar. Previously offered as a limited edition only through the producers,
Avie makes My Life in Music commercially available for the first time to the general
public.