Product Description

From the filmmaking team that brought us the Academy Award-winning FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA comes this spirited and often humorous documentary about the world-famous Guarneri String Quartet. Filled with the music of Haydn, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven, this provocative yet enjoyable film joins the Quartet during intimate rehearsals and recording sessions, as well as on tour to Prague, Venice, Baden-Baden, and across the United States.

An astonishing look into the inner workings of the legendary Quartet, "High Fidelity may be the best film about music and musicians since From Mao To Mozart!" (Vincent Canby, The New York Times).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24768 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-11-18
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 85 minutes

Review
EXCELLENT! Captures not only the music of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert but also, even more vividly, the music of four distinctive personalities in constantly shifting harmony and dissonance. --Joseph McLellan, Washington Post

Review
An entrancing and highly entertaining documentary about four gifted musicians who have been making beautiful music together for 25 years. --Frederic & Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice Magazine

Customer Reviews

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"High Fidelity: Adventures of the Guarneri String Quartet"

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Amos Lassen

The Guarneri String Quartet is world famous and it is brought into our homes by the wonderful new DVD from First Run Features. As we listed to great pieces by Haydn, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven we watch the quartet during rehearsals and recording sessions an on tour to places like Prague, Venice, Baden-Baden and across America. This is one of the best music films that I have ever seen and it is important because the quartet is set to retire at the end of this season.
The quartet has received many an award among which is the highly prestigious Award of Merit from the Association of Performing Arts presenters. Likewise their recordings have won many awards and their collaborations are world famous.
The film is created by Allan Miller who was part of the creative team that gave us "From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China".
The DVD captures not only the music of the masters but also the music of the quartet and the personalities that make it up. The quartet has been together for twenty-five years and what a tribute to them and a way to remember their wonderful harmony.