Nobody is better suited to undertake such a challenge than Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Orchestra. Over a period of a year all 15 Symphonies and 6 Concertos have been recorded at Salle Pleyel in Paris. What an adventure for the artists and the big production team! Never before in the history of television has something like this been undertaken including the very first “Ring” for television at Bayreuth. • Dmitri Shostakovich is arguably one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. To understand his music one needs to see it in the context of his life, his social environment, the political situation, the unbelievable brutality with which the Communist Party enforced its ideological credo and the subtle ways with which Shostakovich succeeded in combining his innermost thoughts with the demands of Socialist Realism. He was a man of many faces. And beyond any doubt Dmitri Shostakovich was a musical genius.

一位伟大的艺术家，如何战胜一个暴君。

Valery Gergiev is widely recognised as the greatest modern interpreter of Tchaikovsky’s music and the Mariinsky holds a peerless reputation in the repertoire. Together they deliver definitive interpretations of Tchaikovsky’s most popular symphonies. These acclaimed performances were filmed at Salle Pleyel in Paris during January 2010, directed by Andy Sommer. The themes of fate and death pervade Tchaikovsky’s final symphonies. The composition of the Fourth Symphony coincided with the breakdown of Tchaikovsky’s marriage and a failed suicide attempt, yet he considered it to be his greatest. In contrast he believed his Fifth to be flawed and uninviting, yet today this heartfelt work is widely regarded as one of his finest. The subject of fate is further instilled in the Sixth Symphony, premiered shortly before Tchaikovsky’s death. It was posthumously entitled ‘Pathétique’ by his brother and is a deeply melancholic work, full of dynamic extremes and an inherent sense of finality.

在这部历史人物传记片中，本·金斯利饰演著名俄罗斯作曲家肖斯塔科维奇。他和指挥家普罗科菲耶夫一起被认定是20世纪作曲界中的精英分子。由于努力奋斗不断忠实于自己的艺术形式，他曾在斯大林统治时期陷入政治的困境，并因政治立场不明而遭受非议。在如此压力之下，肖斯塔科维奇以沉默应对大部分的批评，在纳粹围攻时生活在列宁格勒，完成了激动人心的第七号交响乐。

有好多大师级的珍贵音像资料。譬如：普鲁科菲耶夫、里赫特、伯恩斯坦、穆拉文斯基、大卫奥伊斯特拉赫，当然还有肖斯塔科维奇的本尊。 另外值得赞许的是这个片子没有站在西方的立场来描绘肖斯塔科维奇的一生，只是就事论事的描述了他生涯中某些重要的场景，不像另一部描写肖斯塔科维奇的纪录片用了Against这个强烈主观意愿的单词！

Valery Gergiev (Gala Mariinsky II)

袁喆（吴佩慈饰）一直暗恋着弟弟袁浩（彭于晏饰）的家庭教师冯尚宁（李威饰），然而，令姐弟两人感到震惊的是，他们发现身为一家之母的周崇兰（陈谊饰）竟然也对冯尚宁情有独钟，袁浩又急又气索性离家出走，之后遇见了名为高苓（刘品言饰）的美丽女孩，一段错综复杂的情缘就此展开。多年之后，袁喆已经成为了一名男孩的母亲，在和丈夫左亚夫（陈宇凡饰）分手之后，她回到了久违的故乡，重新见到了曾经的初恋情人冯尚宁，可是，时光的匆匆流逝让珍贵的重逢充满了物是人非的伤感，袁喆会怎样面对自己的感情呢？与此同时，冯尚宁亦站在人生的十字路口前，爱情尚未尘埃落定，他和弟弟冯尚羽（东明相饰）之间的亲情亦需要关注与修复。

贵苍翔（木村拓哉 饰）的理想是成为一名建筑师，尽管现实和梦想之间距离颇远，但贵苍翔从未产生过放弃理想的念头。一次偶然中，他和女友小花（宫泽理惠 饰）一同结识了著名建筑家耕介（田村正和 饰），耕介十分欣赏贵苍翔的理想和抱负，决心助他一臂之力。 之后，贵苍翔的生活豁然开朗，同时，他与小花之间稳定而又平和的关系开始发生了改变。让贵苍翔没有想到的是，随着时间的推移，小花竟然渐渐地和年长她许多的耕介走到了一起，深感遭到背叛的贵苍翔将全部精力投入到了工作之中，哪知道再次节骨眼上，他的事业亦遭遇了瓶颈，贵苍翔深深感到了何为绝望。