Glenn Gould : The alchemist / a film by Bruno Monsaingeon ; réalisation, directed by François-Louis Ribadeau.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gould, Glenn, instrumentalist.

Monsaingeon, Bruno, production personnel.

Ribadeau, François-Louis, director.

Bardet, Pierre-Olivier, producer.

Wright, Stephen, producer, producer.

Hirvy, Michael, videographer.

Idéale Audience International, producer.

IMG Artists (Firm), producer.

EMI (Firm), distributor.

Series:

Classic archive ; 9.

Classic archive ; 9

Language:

English

French

German

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Gould, Glenn.

Pianists--Canada.

Pianists.

Piano music.

Canada.

Genre:

Piano music.

Performances.

Television programs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 video disc (158 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[England] : EMI Classics, [2002]

Language Note:

Opening commentary in French, interviews in English; sub-titles available in German, English, French and Spanish. Commentary on bonus tracks in English, French, German, and Spanish.

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; 4:3 aspect ratio.

digital

optical

stereo

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Contents:

Part 1. The retreat (incl. Lord of Salisbury pavane / Gibbons ; Gaillard no. 6 / Byrd ; Suite, op. 25. Intermezzo / Schoenberg)

Part 2. The alchemist (incl. English suite no. 1 in A major, BWV 806. Sarabande ; Bourree ; Désir ; Caresse dansée / Scriabin)

Part 3. Glenn Gould 1974 (incl. So you want to write a fugue?. excerpt / Gould ; Variations for piano, op. 27 / Webern ; Sonata for piano, op. 1 / Berg

Part 4. Partita no. 6 in E minor / Johann Sebastian Bach

Bonus: The piano revealed on film : Trials with Glenn Gould = Le piano révélé par le film : Essais avec Glenn Gould.

Participant:

Glenn Gould, piano.

Credits:

Interviewer, Bruno Monsaigeon. Producers, Pierre-Olivier Bardet (Idéale Audience International) and Stephen Wright (IMG Artists). A film by Bruno Monsaingeon. Directed by François-Louis Ribadeau. The bonus track filmed by Michael Hirvy. Film restoration producer, Kaléo Films. Sound analysis and restoration, Charles Schlumberger, Lobster Films. Editorial concept (DVD production), Jacques Spohr.

Notes:

The bonus track is a silent film study in slow motion of the motion of Gould's hands as he performs excerpts from the Goldberg variations by Bach, from the Variations, op. 27 by Webern, and the from the Two-part invention in F major by Bach (with dubbed commentary). It is one of a number of such films made with the purpose of teaching piano technique.

Title from menu screen.

Filmed for French television as a 4-part series on Gould titled 'Chemins de la musique' in Toronto in 1974. Originally broadcast on 30 Nov, 7, 14, 21 Dec 1974.

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

Dolby digital 2.0 mono sound remastered for DVD.

Program notes by Bruno Monsaingeon in German, English, French and Spanish (27 p. : ill.) in container.

EMI Classics: 7243 4 90128 9 0

Contains:

Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625. Lord of Salisbury his pavin.

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Galliards, keyboard instrument, MB 32b

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Suites, piano, op. 25. Intermezzo

Webern, Anton, 1883-1945. Variations, piano, op. 27

Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Sonata, piano, op. 1

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Partitas, harpsichord, BWV 830, E minor

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Englische Suiten. Nr. 1. Selections.

Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Morceaux, piano, op. 57

OCLC:

52719241

Publisher Number:

724349012890

DVB 4901289 EMI Classics

7243 4 90128 9 0 EMI Classics