Samson François.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

François, Samson, 1924-1970, instrumentalist.

Frémaux, Louis, conductor.

Pollini, Maurizio, 1942-2024, performer.

Loursais, Claude, director.

Soria, René, director.

Leroux, André, director, director.

Bardet, Pierre-Olivier, producer.

Wright, Stephen, producer, producer.

Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Orchestre national, performer.

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

Idéale Audience International, producer.

IMG Artists (Firm), producer.

EMI (Firm), distributor.

Series:

Classic archive ; 19.

Classic archive ; 19

Language:

English

French

German

Spanish

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Concertos (Piano, 1 hand).

Concertos (Piano).

Piano music.

Genre:

Piano music.

Performances.

Television programs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Hayes, Middlesex] : EMI Classics, 2003.

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; 4:3 aspect ratio.

digital

optical

mono

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Contents:

Concerto for the left hand / Maurice Ravel (19:07)

Piano concerto in A minor, op. 16 / Edvard Grieg (33:21)

Bonus: Maurizio Pollini plays Chopin: Préludes, op. 28. No. 8 in F sharp minor (1:51) ; No. 6 in B minor (1:57) ; No. 24 in D minor (2:15).

Participant:

Samson François (1st-2nd works), Maurizio Pollini (3rd-5th works), pianos ; Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo (1st work) ; Orchestre National de l'ORTF (2nd work) ; Louis Frémaux, conductor.

Credits:

Producers, Pierre-Olivier Bardet (Idéale Audience International) and Stephen Wright (IMG Artists). Directed by Claude Loursais (Ravel), René Soria (Grieg), and André Leroux (Chopin). Film restoration producer, Kaléo Films. Sound analysis and restoration, Charles Schlumberger, Lobster Films. Editorial concept (DVD production), Jacques Spohr.

Notes:

Filmed for television in Paris, at the Salle Pleyel, Oct. 24, 1964 (1st work), at the ORTF, June 17, 1967 (2nd work), and May 4, 1960 (3rd-5th works).

Titles available in English, French, German and Spanish.

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

Linear PCM mono sound remastered for DVD.

Program notes by Jean-Charles Hoffelé in French with English, German, and Spanish translations (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

EMI Classics: 7243 4 90438 9 3 (on container spine: DVA4904379

Contains:

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Concertos, piano, 1 hand, orchestra, D major, composer.

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907. Concertos, piano, orchestra, op. 16, A minor, composer.

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Preludes, piano, op. 28. No. 8

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Preludes, piano, op. 28. No. 6, composer.

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Preludes, piano, op. 28. No. 24

OCLC:

55100277

Publisher Number:

724349043794

7243 4 90438 9 3 EMI Classics

DVA4904379 EMI Classics