Ken Russell: The Great Composers (Region B)
THE KEN RUSSELL COLLECTION: THE GREAT COMPOSERS (Dual Format Edition)
Three films by Ken Russell
A Dual Format Edition collection bringing together the career defining work of Ken Russell at the BBC. Russell's work during the sixties for award-winning arts documentary seriesĀ MonitorĀ andĀ OmnibusĀ were critically-acclaimed and often seen as a high point in his filmmaking.
The first of the three films,Ā ElgarĀ (1962), portrays in vigorous style the life of the English composer Sir Edward Elgar, with Huw Wheldon narrating his life story over beautiful mountain scenery.Ā The Debussy FilmĀ (1965), Russell's penultimate film forĀ MonitorĀ was an ambitious work about the composer's life, written by Melvyn Bragg and starring Oliver Reed as Claude Debussy.Ā Song of SummerĀ (1968) is generally regarded (not least by its director) as Russell's best television film with many critics citing it as his finest work in any medium. The story traces Eric Fenby and is based on his memoirs of trying to help the blind and paralysed composer Frederick Delius.
The films in this collection have been remastered to High Definition, and are presented on Blu-ray for the very first time
Special features
- Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
- Michael Bradsell InterviewĀ (2015, 10 mins): the film editor talks about working with Ken Russell
- Land of Hope and GloryĀ (1931, 3 mins): footage of Sir Edward Elgar conducting the LSO at the opening of the new HMV Studios (now Abbey Road Studios)
- Elgar and the Three Choirs FestivalĀ (Harold Brooke, 1929-1932, 9 mins): amateur footage of Elgar at home and at the Three Choirs Festival
- Ken Russell and Michael Kennedy audio commentary forĀ ElgarĀ (2002)
- Newly commissioned commentary by Kevin Flanagan forĀ The Debussy Film
- Ken Russell audio commentary for Song of Summer (2002)
- Illustrated booklet featuring new essays by Kevin Flanagan, John Hill, John C Tibbetts, Paul Sutton and Michael Brooke, and full credits
UK | 1962-1968 | black and white | English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | 211 minutes | original aspect ratio 1.33:1
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1 x BD50: 1080, 50i, LPCM 2.0 audio (48kHz/16-bit) | 2 x DVD9 x 2: PAL, 25fps, Dolby Digital 2.0 audio (320kbps)
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Ken Russell: The Great Composers (Region B)
Ken Russell: The Great Composers (Region B)
THE KEN RUSSELL COLLECTION: THE GREAT COMPOSERS (Dual Format Edition)
Three films by Ken Russell
A Dual Format Edition collection bringing together the career defining work of Ken Russell at the BBC. Russell's work during the sixties for award-winning arts documentary seriesĀ MonitorĀ andĀ OmnibusĀ were critically-acclaimed and often seen as a high point in his filmmaking.
The first of the three films,Ā ElgarĀ (1962), portrays in vigorous style the life of the English composer Sir Edward Elgar, with Huw Wheldon narrating his life story over beautiful mountain scenery.Ā The Debussy FilmĀ (1965), Russell's penultimate film forĀ MonitorĀ was an ambitious work about the composer's life, written by Melvyn Bragg and starring Oliver Reed as Claude Debussy.Ā Song of SummerĀ (1968) is generally regarded (not least by its director) as Russell's best television film with many critics citing it as his finest work in any medium. The story traces Eric Fenby and is based on his memoirs of trying to help the blind and paralysed composer Frederick Delius.
The films in this collection have been remastered to High Definition, and are presented on Blu-ray for the very first time
Special features
- Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
- Michael Bradsell InterviewĀ (2015, 10 mins): the film editor talks about working with Ken Russell
- Land of Hope and GloryĀ (1931, 3 mins): footage of Sir Edward Elgar conducting the LSO at the opening of the new HMV Studios (now Abbey Road Studios)
- Elgar and the Three Choirs FestivalĀ (Harold Brooke, 1929-1932, 9 mins): amateur footage of Elgar at home and at the Three Choirs Festival
- Ken Russell and Michael Kennedy audio commentary forĀ ElgarĀ (2002)
- Newly commissioned commentary by Kevin Flanagan forĀ The Debussy Film
- Ken Russell audio commentary for Song of Summer (2002)
- Illustrated booklet featuring new essays by Kevin Flanagan, John Hill, John C Tibbetts, Paul Sutton and Michael Brooke, and full credits
UK | 1962-1968 | black and white | English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | 211 minutes | original aspect ratio 1.33:1
Ā
1 x BD50: 1080, 50i, LPCM 2.0 audio (48kHz/16-bit) | 2 x DVD9 x 2: PAL, 25fps, Dolby Digital 2.0 audio (320kbps)
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THE KEN RUSSELL COLLECTION: THE GREAT COMPOSERS (Dual Format Edition)
Three films by Ken Russell
A Dual Format Edition collection bringing together the career defining work of Ken Russell at the BBC. Russell's work during the sixties for award-winning arts documentary seriesĀ MonitorĀ andĀ OmnibusĀ were critically-acclaimed and often seen as a high point in his filmmaking.
The first of the three films,Ā ElgarĀ (1962), portrays in vigorous style the life of the English composer Sir Edward Elgar, with Huw Wheldon narrating his life story over beautiful mountain scenery.Ā The Debussy FilmĀ (1965), Russell's penultimate film forĀ MonitorĀ was an ambitious work about the composer's life, written by Melvyn Bragg and starring Oliver Reed as Claude Debussy.Ā Song of SummerĀ (1968) is generally regarded (not least by its director) as Russell's best television film with many critics citing it as his finest work in any medium. The story traces Eric Fenby and is based on his memoirs of trying to help the blind and paralysed composer Frederick Delius.
The films in this collection have been remastered to High Definition, and are presented on Blu-ray for the very first time
Special features
- Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
- Michael Bradsell InterviewĀ (2015, 10 mins): the film editor talks about working with Ken Russell
- Land of Hope and GloryĀ (1931, 3 mins): footage of Sir Edward Elgar conducting the LSO at the opening of the new HMV Studios (now Abbey Road Studios)
- Elgar and the Three Choirs FestivalĀ (Harold Brooke, 1929-1932, 9 mins): amateur footage of Elgar at home and at the Three Choirs Festival
- Ken Russell and Michael Kennedy audio commentary forĀ ElgarĀ (2002)
- Newly commissioned commentary by Kevin Flanagan forĀ The Debussy Film
- Ken Russell audio commentary for Song of Summer (2002)
- Illustrated booklet featuring new essays by Kevin Flanagan, John Hill, John C Tibbetts, Paul Sutton and Michael Brooke, and full credits
UK | 1962-1968 | black and white | English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | 211 minutes | original aspect ratio 1.33:1
Ā
1 x BD50: 1080, 50i, LPCM 2.0 audio (48kHz/16-bit) | 2 x DVD9 x 2: PAL, 25fps, Dolby Digital 2.0 audio (320kbps)
