At The End of The Rainbow -Blu-ray-

Product Description This documentary shows a new perspective on the personality and oeuvre of Richard Strauss, who saw himself as the last great composer at the end of an era, at the end of the rainbow. This carefully researched production presents spectacular hitherto unreleased pictures of Richard Strauss. Among others: a live recording of the premiere of the Olympic Anthem at the Berlin Olympic stadium in 1936. The very first performance of this piece ever to be heard, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic and a choir of 1000 singers, conducted by Richard Strauss himself. These spectacular and rare pictures are embedded in interviews with relatives, famous musicians and Strauss experts, including Christian Strauss, Stefan Mickisch and Brigitte Fassbaender. Director Eric Schulz is an acclaimed documentary film maker whos first two films, Carlos Kleiber Traces to Nowhere and Herbert von Karajan - The Second Life both attracted worldwide attention and were rewarded with various prizes, including the ECHO Klassik and the Gramophone Award. Review "It takes its time over the course of 97 minutes, but in such a way that it leaves us with an increased understanding of one of the major musical minds of the twentieth century... Certainly there have been few documentaries that have allowed us to see into a composer's soul the way this one does." --Eric Meyers, Opera News, October 2015