Carlos Kleiber: I Am Lost to the World – review

(C Major)The tragedy of the conductor Carlos Kleiber was that he was just too talented. In some musical ways a miracle, in other personal ways a monster, Kleiber was the greatest conductor of our age. This sober documentary comes on the heels of another, Traces to Nowhere, by Eric Schulz (with testimony from the conductor's sister): orchestral players explain his hold over them, and there is an electrifying rehearsal sequence from Tristan in Bayreuth. It needs to be watched alongside the preciou...

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