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: 60062                                              upcoming! Famous Composers of the Modern Age:   M. Ravel   R. Strauss   I. Strawinsky   Richard Strauss: “A veritable musician must be able to compose a menu. “   Igor Strawinsky: “Too many oeuvres stop too long after their end.“     Images of the modern age create a kind of mental scrapbook that almost everyone preserves. We might amplify these images by listening to the diversified musical works of the time that bring the full force of the complex modern age to mind.   Maurice Ravel, Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky rank among the most remarkable composers of the beginning 20th century.   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.