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Title:
Frederick Chopin [DVD video].
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Publication Date:
2005
Publication Information:
[Leeuwarden, The Netherlands] : Brilliant Classics, [2005?]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (52 min., 2 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 sound discs (136 min., 47 sec. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Abstract:
Freely inspired by the life of Frédéric Chopin, this documentary style film is structured around his Sonata for Piano and Cello and George Sand's Story of My Life. The romance of composer Chopin and novelist George Sand is dramatized by dancers and actors against a performance of Chopins' music.
General Note:
Title from disc label.
"Explore the life and music of Frédéric Chopin"--Container.
Performers:
Performers: Gabriela Montero, Carmen Picard, piano ; Elizabeth Dolin, violoncello.
Contents:
DVD: Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, op. 65 -- Fantaisie impromptu in C sharp minor, op. 66.
CD 1: Berceuse in D flat major, op. 57 (Alwin Bär, piano) -- Polonaise in A flat major, op. 53 "Heroic" (Folke Nauta, piano) -- Nocturne in E flat major, op. 9 no. 2 (Pieter van Winkel, piano) -- Waltz in D flat major, op. 64 no. 1 "Minute waltz" (Martijn van den Hoek, piano) -- Waltz in C sharp minor, op. 64 no. 2 (M. van den Hoek) -- Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, op. 47 (P. van Winkel) -- Souvenir de Paganini (Frank van de Laar, piano) -- Fantasie-impromptu in C sharp minor, op. 66 (P. van Winkel) -- Etude in E major, op. 10 no. 3 (M. van den Hoek) -- Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 31 (A. Bär) -- Prelude in D flat major, op. 28 no. 15 "Raindrop" (Paolo Giacometti, piano) -- Etude in C minor, op. 10 no. 12 "Revolutionary" (M. van den Hoek) -- Nocturne in B flat minor, op. 9 no. 1 (P. van Winkel) -- Barcarolle in F sharp major, op. 60 (A. Bär).
CD 2: Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11 ; Piano concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21 (Evgeny Kissin, piano ; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra ; Dmitri Kitaenko, conductor).
Technical Details:
DVD, all regions, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English, French, Italian or Spanish.
