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Caruso for All: The Story of the Gramophone

Caruso for All: The Story of the Gramophone

Documentary

Dir. Reiner E. Moritz

Production Date: 01/01/1998

Duration57 Min

Video Formats

  • Available in 4K

"Caruso for All: The Story of the Gramophone" looks back to the moment when recorded sound first reshaped musical life. The film traces Emil Berliner's invention of the disc and the birth of a new industry, showing how the gramophone carried voices into homes across the world and turned Enrico Caruso into the first truly global recording star. With rare archival material and insight from Berliner's grandson Oliver, the documentary captures the excitement of an era when technology transformed listening – and changed the course of music history.

Soloists
Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin), Christine Schäfer (Soprano), Enrico Caruso (Tenor), Wilhelm Kempff (Piano), José Carreras (Tenor), Fred Gaisberg (Music Production), Jan Kubelík (Violin), Bruno Seidler-Winkler (Piano)
Ensembles
Berliner Philharmoniker, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductors
John Eliot Gardiner, Pierre Boulez, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Wilhelm Furtwängler