Igor Markevitch.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Markevitch, Igor, 1912-1983, conductor.

Billon, Denise, director.

Large, Brian, director.

Bardet, Pierre-Olivier, producer.

Wright, Stephen, producer, producer.

Orchestre national de l'O.R.T.F., performer.

Radiodiffusion-Télévision française. Orchestre national, performer.

Orchestre philharmonique de l'O.R.T.F., performer.

Radiodiffusion-Télévision française. Chœurs, performer.

New Philharmonia Orchestra, performer.

Idéale Audience International, producer.

IMG Artists (Firm), producer.

EMI (Firm), distributor.

Series:

Classic archive ; 10.

Classic archive ; 10

Language:

English

French

German

Latin

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Overtures.

Symphonies.

Psalms (Music).

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.

Ballets--Excerpts.

Ballets.

Suites (Orchestra).

Genre:

Television programs.

Performances.

Video recordings.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Hayes, Middlesex] : EMI Classics, 2003.

Language Note:

The 5th work sung in Latin. Titles available in English, French, German and Spanish.

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; 4:3 aspect ratio.

digital

optical

mono

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Contents:

Tannhäuser. Overture (14:04) ; Tristan und Isolde. Prelude (10:58) ; Liebestod (7:46) / Richard Wagner

Symphony no. 1 in F minor, op. 10 / Dmitri Shostakovich (28:58)

Symphony of Psalms (20:04) ; The firebird. Suite (1945) (31:03) / Igor Stravinsky.

Participant:

Orchestre National de l'ORTF (Wagner) ; Orchestre National de la RTF (Shostakovich); Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœurs de l'ORTF (Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms) ; New Philharmonia Orchestra (Stravinsky Firebird) ; Igor Markevitch, Igor Stravinsky (last work), conductors.

Credits:

Producers, Pierre-Olivier Bardet (Idéale Audience International) and Stephen Wright (IMG Artists). Directed by Denise Billon, except the Firebird directed by Brian Large. Film restoration producer, Kaléo Films. Sound analysis and restoration, Charles Schlumberger, Lobster Films. Editorial concept (DVD production), Jacques Spohr.

Notes:

Filmed for television at the Besançon XXI International Festival, Sept. 15, 1968 (Wagner); in Paris, June 15, 1963 (Shostakovich); at the ORTF, Paris, June 14, 1967 (Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms); and at the Royal Festival Hall, London, Sept. 14, 1965 (Stravinsky Firebird).

Linear PCM mono sound remastered for DVD.

An Ideale Audience International & IMG Artists production, released with the participation of BBC, INA, CNC.

Program notes by Alan Sanders in English with French, German, and Spanish translations, and text of the 5th work in Latin with English translation (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

EMI Classics: 7243 4 90111 9 9 (on container spine: DVB 4901119)

Contains:

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. Ouvertüre

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. 1. Aufzug. Einleitung

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod, composer.

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Symphonies, no. 1, op. 10, F minor, composer.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Symphonie de Psaumes.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Zhar-ptit︠s︡a. Suite (1945)

OCLC:

52849387

Publisher Number:

724349011199

7243 4 90111 9 9 EMI Classics

DVB 4901119 EMI Classics