Technical Details: Interactive Menu Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1.+ Digital Stereo Region Code: 0 Picture Format: 4:3 Specials: Famous Masterworks   Running Time: ca .105 min

Order No: 60059                                              upcoming!   Famous Composers of the Classical Period:   L. v. Beethoven   J. Haydn   W. A. Mozart     L. v. Beethoven: “Music is higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.“     From roughly 1750 to 1820 artists moved away from the heavily ornamented styles of the Baroque and the Rococo and turned towards a clean, uncluttered style reminiscent of Classical Greece.The Austrian capital of Vienna became the musical centre of Europe and the Classical period reached its majestic culmination in the masterful works of the three great composers of the Viennese school: Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn und Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.   This DVD reveals the lives, careers and times of this three major musicians. Illustrations, diary extracts, letters, conversation and their music recreate the period they lived in. As special feature video excerpts presenting some of the composers’ famous works can be selected individually.