Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphonies Nos 1 2 5 & 7 - DVD

Haydn is generally seen as one of the main originators of the InchViennese soundInch, the inimitable style of playing which is still very much alive today and is particularly cultivated by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. This orchestra has Haydn's music in it's blood, and it's interpretation of his symphonies demonstrates a supreme confidence, musical sophistication and lightness of touch. As a noted American music critic remarked following a performance of the Oxford Symphony conducted by Leonard Bernstein InchLet's have no further argument the Vienna Philharmonic is the world's greatest orchestra. Bernstein's interpretations of the symphonies have consistently met with unreserved critical acclaim. He, of all conductors, possessed precisely the qualities which Haydn's music requires grace, charm and a generous measure of wit.Inch The present recording was recorded at Grosser Musikvereinssaal Wien in 1984 and 1985. This is truly documentation of a master at work.

Ten-disc set includes Saboteur (1942)Robert Cummings is wartime factory worker Barry Kane who sees a Nazi spy bomb his plant, but finds himself wrongly accused of the sabotage. To prove his innocence and bring the guilty man to justice, Kane embarks on a daring cross-country manhunt that leads him from Colorado to New York City, culminating in the classic sequence atop the Statue of Liberty. Priscilla Lane, Norman Lloyd, Otto Kruger also star. 109 min. BW/Rtg PG Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)A young woman, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the InchMerry WidowInch killer sought by the authorities. Classic film noir, Alfred Hitchcock's favorite of all his films, made all the more chilling by the small town ambience supplied by co-scripter Thornton Wilder, stars Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, and Hume Cronyn. 108 min. BW/Rtg NR The Trouble With Harry (1955)Harry's trouble is that he's dead, his corpse can't stay in one place, and four people are taking credit for his demise. Director Alfred Hitchcock deftly blends suspense and humor in this dark comedy starring John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine (her film debut), Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick, and Jerry Mathers as the boy who discovers Harry's body. 99 min. C/Rtg PG Marnie (1964)A critical and financial misfire when first released, Hitchcock's psychodrama about a gorgeous young kleptomaniac (Tippi Hedren) and her employer (Sean Connery), who falls for her and tries to discover the reasons behind her compulsions, is now recognized as a subtle thriller of sexual symbolism. Co-stars Diane Baker and Bruce Dern. 131 min. C/Rtg PG Family Plot (1976)Alfred Hitchcock's final film is a light-hearted thriller involving two couples-phony psychic Blanche Tyler (Barbara Harris) and cab driver beau George Lumley (Bruce Dern), and kidnappers Arthur Adams

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