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Soviet conductor, Russian aristocrat : Yevgeny Mravinsky / directed by Dennis Marks.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 350
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Classic archive ; 29.
- Classic archive ; 29
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Russian
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Mravinsky, Yevgeny, 1903-1988.
- Mravinsky, Yevgeny.
- Documentary films.
- Composers.
- Soviet Union.
- Composers--Soviet Union.
- Overtures.
- Symphonic poems.
- Symphonies.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Performances.
- Television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (130 min., 44 sec.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Title on menu screen: Yevgeny Mravinsky, Soviet conductor, Russian aristocrat
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : EMI Classics, 2004.
- Language Note:
- In Russian, English and German (principal narration in English); subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish.
- System Details:
- DVD-9; Dolby digital 2.0, PCM mono. 2.0; aspect ratio 16:9; dual layered disc.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby digital 2.0
- video file
- DVD video
- Contents:
- Full performances: Oberon. Overture / Carl Maria von Weber
- Francesca da Rimini : op. 32 / Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsy
- Bonus [tracks lack screen title and credits]: Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36 / Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky.
- Participant:
- Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra ; Yvegeny Mravinsky, conductor.
- Credits:
- Producers, Pierre-Olivier Bardet (Idéale Audience International) and Stephen Wright (IMG Artists). Performances [all performances conducted by Mravinsky] taking place between 1973 and 1984 produced by Andrey Zolotov. Archive research, Viktor Bocharov; sound restoration, Paul Bailey; film recordists, Sergei Sokolov, Sandy Macrae, Paul Vigars; on-line editors, Paul Ingvarrson, Mark Hanford; film editor, Alastair Mitchell; producers, Dennis Marks & Stephen Wright; director, Dennis Marks. Bonus tracks directed by Brian Large. DVD Production: film restoration producer, Kaléo Films and Idéale Audience; sound analysis and restoration, Charles Schlumberger, Lobster Films; editorial concept, Jacques Spohr.
- Notes:
- Documentary film, produced for the BBC in 2003; includes video excerpts from a number of concerts, and features full performances of two works.
- Narrators include the conductor's wife, Aleksandra Vavilina Mravinskaya, various members and former members of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra who played under Mravinsky's direction, Mariss Jansons, impresario Victor Hochhauser, Kurt Sanderling. The principal, English speaking narrator is uncredited.
- An IMG Artists Production for the BBC; in association with NRK Culture and RTSI - Television Svizzera; released with the participation of BBC, INA, CNC.
- The performances filmed: at the Grand Hall of the Philharmonic, Leningrad, April 28, 1978 (Oberon overture), March 19, 1983 (Francesca da Rimini); and the bonus tracks at the Royal Albert Hall, London, September 9, 1971.
- "This DVD contains an electronic booklet in pdf form with authoritative essay and archive photographs which can be accessed from any computer equipped with DVD-ROM and Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0"--Container. Notes by David Patmore.
- EMI Classics: 7243 5 99690 9 1 (on container: DVB 5996909)
- Contains:
- Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Oberon. Overture
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Francesca da Rimini, composer.
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Symphonies, no. 4, op. 36, F minor
- OCLC:
- 57781544
- Publisher Number:
- 724359969091
- 7243 5 99690 9 1 EMI Classics
- DVB 5996909 EMI Classics
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