Liszt's Rhapsody

Liszt's Rhapsody
Directed by	Richard Mozer
Written by	Heather Conkie
Story by	David Devine
Produced by	David Devine Richard Mozer
Starring	Geordie Johnson Drew Jurecka Peter Keleghan Ida Carnevali Fab Filippo
Cinematography	David Perrault
Edited by	Michael Pacek
Production company	Devine Entertainment
Distributed by	HBO Original Films
Release date	1996 (1996)
Running time	49 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Liszt's Rhapsody is a 1996 HBO Original Film produced and directed by Richard Mozer, with co-production by David Devine.

Cast

• Geordie Johnson as Franz Liszt
• Drew Jurecka as Josy
• Peter Keleghan as Count Teleky
• Ida Carnevali as Fanny
• Fab Filippo as Janka
• Dylan Gray as Rom

Production

The film was shot in the small mountain town of Labin, in Istria, Croatia.

The film was released on DVD and has been watched in over 100 countries on television. The film and its corresponding Teacher's Guide is used in numerous U.S. elementary and middle schools by music teachers for music classes. Liszt's Rhapsody was one of seven films made for HBO for the 7- to 14-year-old set, introducing them to the joys and the wonders of classical music and their composers.

Soundtrack

The CD and soundtrack, produced by Richard Mozer for Sony MUSIC of New York, was composed by Franz Liszt, and was recorded at the Slovak Philharmonic, with an 88-person symphony orchestra conducted by Ondrej Lenárd.

1. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 ("Carnival in Pest") 12:11
2. Mephisto Waltz 11:32
3. Liebestraum (Dream of Love) 4:27
4. Orpheus, symphonic poem 10:38
5. Les préludes, symphonic poem 15:28
6. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 9:52

External links

• Liszt's Rhapsody at IMDb