"Rosa", with a libretto by Peter Greenaway and score by Louis Andriessen, is the first in a projected series of 10 operas, each dealing with the death of a famous composer - some real, others fictional. "Rosa" falls into the latter category; it tells the story of Juan Manuel de Rosa, a Brazilian who went to study music in America but spent most of his time in the cinema instead, becoming particularly entranced by Westerns. Now 32 years old and residing in an abandoned Uruguayan slaughterhouse, Rosa has become one of Hollywood's foremost composers, specialising in Westerns. He also has a beautiful 19-year-old fiancee, Esmeralda, but he pays her little heed, instead lavishing his attentions on a black mare named Bola. One day, a group of men attired as cowboys arrive at the abattoir and kill both Rosa and Bola; an investigation is conducted, with particular suspicion!

1978 年的巴黎，在男性主导的音乐产业中，安娜借助新型电子设备争取发声机会，创造出一种将影响未来数十年的全新声音：这便是未来的音乐。

A silly-looking composer attempts to compose. He then falls asleep, and dreams of all manner of bizarre nonsense.

1963年，肯·拉塞尔(《恋爱中的女人》《马勒传》)执导音乐电视纪录片，荣获当年全英剧作家协会最佳纪录片剧本奖。导演以此片打破了BBC纪录片的惯有模式，首次尝试了在非虚构类影片中采用演员表演的方式。前提是这些演员仅仅是模特，而不能出声。此片预示了肯·拉塞尔之后一系列音乐家纪录片的风格脉络。导演在02年重新翻拍了埃尔加纪录片《Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle》，足见他对此题材的钟爱。 BBC出品.记录英国最著名作曲家爱德华·威廉(Elgar, Edward William 1857-1934)生平。父为伍斯特的音乐书商及管风琴师。埃尔加未受正规音乐教育,但学习过管风琴、小提琴和大管.他有志成为专业小提琴独奏家,在伦敦从阿道夫·波利策上过几次课,但后来放弃了这一想法。他作为浪漫派作曲家终身不渝,虽然成熟时期茂盛的风华凝聚为老年人的深思和怀旧。他喜爱色彩变化,对乐队的驾双在当时无出其右.作品的充沛感情驳斥了某些人认为英国音乐应当稳重、含蓄的看法。但对更多的人来说,他那丰富的人道主义精神犹如新的觉醒.他所创造的风格和音乐语言极为个性化,赢得了"埃尔加式"的美称。

This is a 4 pieces documentary that follow 4 different contemporary composers performing/creating/building theirs shows. Peter Greenaway lead us, with a great sense of balance between the performances and the interviews, through the creative process of 4 very different composers in style (sound and noise, repetition and discipline, vocal experimentation, poetry and musical freedom) who are all framed under the same musical genre. Contemporary music. Great way to get introduce to this music and get to understand how much of it it's intelectual or playful.

本作は、若き天才作曲家として名声をほしいままにしている城島匠の物語。城島は大学の同期で10年前にこの世を去った神野慎吾から「死後、10年かけてレクイエム（鎮魂歌）を作曲してほしい」と言い渡されていたが、神野とある女性の関係が心の傷となり、作曲が進まなかった。そしてアシスタントの不祥事なども発覚し、城島はますます追い込まれていく。

追踪谭盾和李安合作《卧虎藏龙》的过程，在纽约、湖南取景，大提琴家Maya Beiser，歌唱家Elizabeth Keusch，指挥家Erik E. Ochsner在纪录片中出镜。该纪录片获03年蒙特利尔艺术电影节最佳人物纪录片。

Musical genius, political hero and racist demon, the life of Richard Wagner reads like the ultimate Boys-own story. The Ring cycle is regarded as one of the finest achievements of the human soul. This documentary examines the connections between Wagner’s own spiritual vision and his art, including coded anti-Semitic references in his music and the techniques he used to mesmerise his audience. It is filmed in Switzerland, Italy and King Ludwig’s Bavaria. Musicians include the world’s greatest and most controversial performers: Daniel Barenboim, Roger Norrington, Siegfried Jerusalem, Deborah Polaski, Graham Clarke, Falk Struckmann with contributions from Wagner experts John Deathridge and Barry Millington as well as Stephen Hawking, George Steiner and Edward Said. Excerpts include The Ring, Rienzi, The Flying Dutchman, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde and Parsifal. GREAT COMPOSERS – THE SERIES This landmark series presents the lives and works of seven musical giants from the Baroque era to the twentieth century. It examines the backgrounds, influences and relationships that make these seven composers part of the very fabric of the history of western music. Each composer’s life and work is presented through extensive performance sequences, and through interviews and comment from some of today’s greatest artists and most respected authorities.