The art of piano L'art du piano = El arte del piano = Āto ofu piano

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Location	Collection	Call #
CLP - Main Library	Second Floor Film & Audio - Nonfiction Video	(DVD) ML397.A78 1999bx
Location	CLP - Main Library
Collection	Second Floor Film & Audio - Nonfiction Video
Call Number	(DVD) ML397.A78 1999bx

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Summary

Explores the worlds of the piano's greatest exponents through performance footage taken from film and television archives; includes commentary by Piotr Anderszewski, Daniel Barenboim, Schuyler Chapin, Sir Colin Davis, Gary Graffman, Evgeny Kissin, Zoltan Kocsis, Stephen Kovacevich, Paul Myers, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, György Sandor, and Tamás Vásáry.

Contents

Opening sequence. Prelude to the Transcendental etudes / Liszt (Julian Jacobson, London, 1998) ; Sonata no. 23 in F minor, op. 57 : Appassionata / Beethoven (Solomon, 1956; Claudio Arrau, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1983; Myra Hess, London, 1945; Sviatoslav Richter, Vienna, 1992; Artur Rubinstein, Pasadena, 1975)
Ignaz Jan Paderewski. Hungarian rhapsody : no. 2 in C sharp minor / Liszt (from the film, Moonlight sonata, 1936)
Josef Hofmann. Prelude no. 2 in C sharp minor, op. 3 / Rachmaninoff (New York, 1945)
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Piano concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30 / Rachmaninoff (Philadelphia Orchestra; Ormandy, conductor, 1940)
Benno Moiseiwitsch. Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 / Rachmaninoff (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Lambert, conductor, 1944) ; Prelude no. 10 in B minor, op. 32 / Rachmaninoff (London, 1963)
Vladimir Horowitz. Etude no. 10 in B minor, op. 25 / Chopin (silent film, c. 1928) ; Etude no. 12 in D sharp minor, op. 8 / Scriabin (1968). Variations on a theme from Carmen / Bizet ; arr. Horowitz (Carnegie Hall, New York, 1968)
György Cziffra. Grand galop chromatique / Liszt (Paris, 1963)
Myra Hess. Piano concerto no. 17 in G, K453 / Mozart (Royal Air Force Orchestra, London, 1942) ; Sonata no. 23 in F minor, op. 57 : Appassionata / Beethoven (London, 1947)
Artur Rubinstein. Polonaise in A flat, op. 53 : Heroic / Chopin (1953) ; Etude no. 5 in E minor, op. 25 / Chopin (silent film, c. 1928) ; Piano concerto no. 4 in G, op. 58 / Beethoven (London Philharmonic Orchestra; Dorati, cond., 1968)
Francis Planté. Etude no. 7 in C, op. 10 / Chopin (Mont de Marsan, 1928)
Alfred Cortot. Waltz no. 1 in A flat, op. 69 : La valse de l'adieu / Chopin (1944) ; Etude no. 1 in C, op. 10 / Chopin (silent film, c. 1928) ; Der Dichter spricht : from Kinderszenen : op. 15 / Schumann (Paris, 1953)
Wilhelm Backhaus. Etude no. 9 in G flat, op. 25 / Chopin (silent film, c. 1928) ; Piano concerto no. 4 in G, op. 58 / Beethoven
Edwin Fischer. Prelude no. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 / Bach (Paris, 1953) ; Bach. Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846 / Bach (Paris, 1953) ; Clavier concerto / Bach (1953) ; Piano concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58 / Beethoven (without orchestra, Paris, 1953)
Emil Gilels. Prelude no. 5 in G minor, op. 23 / Rachmaninoff (USSR, 1943) ; Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat, op. 23 / Tchaikovsky (Orchestre national de la RTF; Cluytens, conductor, Paris, 1959)
Sviatoslav Richter. Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23 / Tchaikovsky (Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, conductor, USSR, 1958) ; Etude no. 12 in C minor, op. 10 / Chopin (Moscow, c. 1960)
Arturo Benedetto Michelangeli. Sonata in B minor / Scarlatti (Italy, 1949)
Glenn Gould. Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 / Bach (Canada, 1959) ; La valse / Ravel ; arr. Gould (Toronto, 1974) ; Piano concerto no. 1 in D minor / Bach (New York Philharmonic; Bernstein, conductor, 1960)
Claudio Arrau. Piano concerto no. 2 in B flat, op. 83 / Brahms (Rozhdestvensky, conductor, 1958) ; Sonata in C minor, op. 111 / Beethoven (Paris, 1970)
Annie Fischer. Waltz no. 1 in D flat major, op. 64 / Chopin (Budapest, 1976).

Additional Information

Subjects	Pianists. Piano -- Performance. Documentary films.
Publisher	[United States] :NVC Arts :1999 Warner Music Vision : Manufactured and distributed in the U.S. by WEA Manufacturing,
Edition	Full screen.
Other Titles	Art du piano Arte del piano Āto ofu piano Art of piano :
Contributors	Labrande, Christian, screenwriter. Sturrock, Donald, screenwriter, director. Bardet, Pierre-Olivier, producer. Wright, Stephen, producer. Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941, performer. Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957, performer. Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, performer. Moiseiwitsch, Benno, 1890-1963, performer. Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989, performer. Cziffra, Georges, 1921-1994, performer. Hess, Myra, Dame, 1890-1965, performer. Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982, performer. Planté, Francis, 1839-1934, performer. Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, performer. Backhaus, Wilhelm, 1884-1969, performer. Fischer, Edwin, 1886-1960, performer. Gilels, Emil, performer. Richter, Sviatoslav, 1915-1997, performer. Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti, 1920-1995, performer. Gould, Glenn, performer. Arrau, Claudio, 1903-1991, performer. Fischer, Annie, performer. Idéale Audience International, production company. IMG Artists (Firm), production company. Sept/Arte (Firm), production company. NVC Arts (Firm) Warner Music Vision (Firm)
Other Contributors	Narrator, John Tusa.
Language	English French Japanese Spanish Audio tracks in English and French; subtitles in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese.
Notes	Program notes by Hélène Pierrakos and biographical notes, in English, French, and Spanish (22 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
System Details	DVD-5; screen format 4:3; Dolby digital 2.0 mono.
Description	1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Other	Classic View