The Golden age of the piano / written and narrated by David Dubal ; Peter Rosen Productions.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Dubal, David, narrator, screenwriter.

Arrau, Claudio, 1903-1991, performer.

Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-1991, performer.

Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989, performer.

Gould, Glenn, performer.

Landowska, Wanda, performer.

Hess, Myra, Dame, 1890-1965, performer.

Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982, performer.

Brailowsky, Alexander, 1896-1976, performer.

Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941, performer.

Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957, performer.

Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961, performer.

Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, performer.

Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013, performer.

Rosen, Peter, 1943- producer, director, editor.

Maarse, Job, producer.

Peter Rosen Productions, producer.

Series:

Philips video classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piano--History.

Piano.

History.

Piano music.

Genre:

Piano music.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (81 min) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 12 in.

Place of Publication:

[The Netherlands] : Philips ; New York, N.Y. : Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Video Inc., [1993]

System Details:

CX encoded; CLV, NTSC.

digital

optical

stereo

CX encoded

NTSC

video file

Summary:

Side 1 describes piano's invention, how it differs from a harpsichord, names important composers and pianists, shows how the industrial revolution affected the origin of the piano, and points out how the work of certain pianists influenced the following generations of pianists, with many musical/video illustrations, principally excerpts. Side 2 contains complete videotaped performances of several compositions (the first 11+ bars of the 1st work are missing), and completes one work, an excerpt from which appears on side 1.

Contents:

Side 1: Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'este / Liszt (Claudio Arrau)

Sonata in Eb, op. 81 a "Les adieux" / Beethoven (Rudolf Serkin)

Etude in D♯ minor / Scriabin (Vladimir Horowitz)

Partita in E minor, BWV 830 / Bach (Glenn Gould)

Folk dance (Wanda Landowska)

Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Beethoven (Myra Hess)

Song without words, op. 67, no. 4 "Spinning song" / Mendelssohn (Arthur Rubinstein)

Valse brillante in Ab, op. 34 no. 1 / Chopin (Alexander Brailowsky)

Gnomenreigen / Liszt (Claudio Arrau)

Minuet in G / Paderewski (Paderewski)

Side 2: Rondo capriccioso in E, op. 14 / Mendelssohn (Claudio Arrau)

Widmung / Schumann ; [arr.] Liszt (Van Cliburn)

Children's corner. Serenade for the doll ; Golliwog's cake-walk / Debussy (Alfred Cortot)

Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata". First movement / Beethoven.

Polonaise in Ab / Chopin (Ignacy Jan Paderewski)

Prelude in C♯ minor, op. 3 no. 2 / Rachmaninoff (Josef Hofmann)

Maguire's kick / Grainger (Grainger)

Children's corner. [Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum] / Debussy (Alfred Cortot)

Sonata in Bb, D. 960 / Schubert (Rudolf Serkin)

Ballade no. 2 in B minor / Liszt (Claudio Arrau)

Piano concerto no. 1 in Bb minor, op. 23 / Tchaikovsky (Van Cliburn)

Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Beethoven (Van Cliburn)

Credits:

Produced, directed, and edited by Peter Rosen; Job Maarse, executive producer.

Notes:

"Underwritten, in part, by Steinway & Sons"--slipcase.

The spoken portions digital, and stereo.; the musical examples analog, and many recorded monaurally.

Program notes by Duval, adapted from the introduction to his The art of the piano, in English, with German, French, and Italian translations, (4 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Side one also includes brief excerpts from other works whose titles and composers are given in the closing credits.

OCLC:

271768109

Publisher Number:

440 070 253-1 Philips