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Beethoven: Eroica - The day that changed music forever

Beethoven: Eroica - The day that changed music forever

Ian Hart (Ludwig van Beethoven); Tim Piggott-Smith (Count Dietrichstein); Claire Skinner (Josephine Deym); Jack Davenport (Prince Lobkowitz); Frank Finlay (Joseph Haydn); Fenella Woolgar (Princess Marie Lobkowitz);

"You could not hope for a stronger cast." (The Times)

British Classics - Elgar: Enigma Variations & Holst: The Planets (BBC Worldwide)

British Classics - Elgar: Enigma Variations & Holst: The Planets (BBC Worldwide)

"Sir Andrew Davis's fine performance of the Enigma Variations, with Nimrod hushed, slow and steady, was recorded in the atmospheric surroundings of Worcester Cathedral, where Elgar said everyone should hear his music. Davis introduces a highly enjoyable documentary about the work and 'the friends pictured within'. In the documentary he suggests that each variation, as well as reflecting the character of a particular friend, reveals much about Elgar himself, 'like an actor playing many roles'." (The Penguin Guide - Elgar)

Dickens: Charles Dickens (NTSC)

Dickens: Charles Dickens (NTSC)

Anton Lesser (); Timothy West (); Prunella Scales (); Daniel Radcliffe (); Ian McKellen ();

"Anton Lesser made an emotionally charged, almost tremulous, Dickens, especially recreating the writer's inspirational public readings." (The Times)

Dickens: Charles Dickens (PAL)

Dickens: Charles Dickens (PAL)

Anton Lesser (); Timothy West (); Prunella Scales (); Daniel Radcliffe (); Ian McKellen ();

"Anton Lesser made an emotionally charged, almost tremulous, Dickens, especially recreating the writer's inspirational public readings." (The Times)

Elgar: Elgar's Enigma Variations (BBC)

Elgar: Elgar's Enigma Variations (BBC)

"Sir Andrew Davis's fine performance of the Enigma Variations, with Nimrod hushed, slow and steady, was recorded in the atmospheric surroundings of Worcester Cathedral, where Elgar said everyone should hear his music. Davis introduces a highly enjoyable documentary about the work and 'the friends pictured within'. In the documentary he suggests that each variation, as well as reflecting the character of a particular friend, reveals much about Elgar himself, 'like an actor playing many roles'." (The Penguin Guide)