Great Composers (1997) | Full Cast

Kriss Rusmanis

DIRECTOR

Simon Broughton

DIRECTOR

Chris Hunt

DIRECTOR

Francesca Kemp

DIRECTOR

Jill Marshall

DIRECTOR

James Runcie

DIRECTOR

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator

Georg Solti

Conducted by: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Charles Rosen

Self

Zuzana Parmova

Dancers of the Prague National Ballet: 'Adagietto'

Michael Tilson Thomas

Self

Imogen Cooper

Piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Music performed by

Robert Levin

Fortepiano

Eric Wyrick

Violin

Thomas Hampson

Soloists

Charlotte Hellekant

Soloists

Vysocanka

Music performed by

Filip Himmer

Violin

Karel Untermuller

Viola

David Havelik

Self - Cello Player

Michael Trenker

Accordion

Joseph Cipolla

Dancers: 'Das Lied von der Erde'

Leticia Muller

Dancers: 'Das Lied von der Erde'

Jirí Polorny

Dancers of the Prague National Ballet: 'Adagietto'

Brian Cox

Beethoven

Ian McKellen

Tchaikovsky

Simon Callow

Self

Ken Russell

Self

Stephen Hawking

Scientist

Peter Hall

Self

Julia Migenes

Self - Soloist

Peter Shaffer

ACTOR

Jonathan Miller

Self - director, St. Matthew Passion

Daniel Barenboim

Conductor

Cecilia Bartoli

ACTOR

Jacques Loussier

ACTOR

Leontina Vaduva

Self - Soloist

Natalia Makarova

Self

John Eliot Gardiner

Self - Conductor

Valery Gergiev

Self - Conductor

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Self

Karen Armstrong

ACTOR

András Schiff

Pianist

Colin Davis

Self - Conductor

Siegfried Jerusalem

Soloists

Lillian Watson

Self - Soprano

José Cura

Self - Soloist

Peter Hurford

Self - Organist

Graham Clark

Soloists

Riccardo Chailly

Self

Evgeny Kissin

Self - Pianist

Deborah Polaski

Soloists

Colin Matthews

Self

Neal Zaslaw

Self

Ton Koopman

Self - Keyboard Player

Howard Carter

Self

Charles Mackerras

Conductor

Oliver von Dohnanyi

Conductor

Tini Mathot

Self - Keyboard Player

Tim Carter

Self

Roger Norrington

Conductor

Moritz Csáky

Self

Maxim Vengerov

Self - Violinist

H.C. Robbins Landon

Self

Joanna MacGregor

Self - Keyboard Player

William Kinderman

ACTOR

Mikhail Rudy

Self - Pianist

Yuri Temirkanov

Self - Conductor

Nicholas Till

Self

Falk Struckmann

Soloists

Vanessa Latarche

Self - Pianist

Symfonický orchestr hl. m. Prahy Fok

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