Academic Festival Overture 4 - DVD

Winner of six Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, and Actor, Robert Zemeckis' modern-day InchCandideInch stars Tom Hanks as the simple-minded but good-hearted Forrest, whose life is a series of accidental encounters with the memorable people and pivotal events of the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Endearing mix of comedy and drama also stars Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field as Mama Gump. 141 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks English Dolby Digital Atmos, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Japanese Dolby Digital stereo, Portuguese Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles Cantonese, Mandarin, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish; audio commentary; featurettes. Two-disc set.

The Cleveland Orchestra is the Incharistocrat among American orchestrasInch (The Telegraph) and the ensemble's music director, Franz Welser-Möst, leads them with verve and precision. This three DVD set from Belvedere features a 'cycle' of all the major orchestral works by Johannes Brahms. Included are the complete symphonies and piano concertos, the violin concerto, the Tragic Overture, the Academic Festival Overture and the Haydn Variations. Soloists include violinist Julia Fischer and pianist Yefim Bronfman.

Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace live from the 26th BBC Prom at Royal Albert Hall with soloists Camilla Tilling.