Karajan conducts, Mutter burns, your soul levitates. Classical music as nuclear event.
Famed conductor Herbert Von Karajan leads the Berlin Philharmonic in a performance of what may be Vivaldi's best-known composition -- "The Four Seasons" -- in this sparkling video. Recorded in 1987 at the Chamber Music Hall, this concert features Anne-Sophie Mutter as a guest violin soloist.
Cinematography
Karajan's hair alone deserves its own Oscar category.
Acting
Mutter's physicality — she BECOMES the seasons.
Direction
Hermanns captures intimacy in a massive hall.
Director
Günter Hermanns
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