Pierre Fournier / Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Chopin, Beethoven.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Fournier, Pierre, 1906-1986, instrumentalist.

Contributor:

Fonda, Jean, instrumentalist.

Gendron, Maurice, instrumentalist.

Ivaldi, Christian, instrumentalist.

Martinon, Jean, 1910-1976, conductor.

Girard, André, 1913-1987, conductor.

Leroux, André, director, director.

Benamou, Roger, director.

Herzog, Gérard, director.

Ventura, Claude, director.

Bardet, Pierre-Olivier, producer.

Wright, Stephen, producer, producer.

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

Orchestre de chambre de l'O.R.T.F.

Idéale Audience International, producer.

IMG Artists (Firm), producer.

British Broadcasting Corporation, producer.

EMI (Firm), distributor.

Series:

Classic archive ; 32.

Classic archive ; 32

Language:

English

French

German

No linguistic content

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Concertos (Cello).

Cello and piano music.

Variations (Cello and piano).

Sonatas (Cello and piano).

Genre:

Performances.

Television programs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : EMI Classics, 2004.

System Details:

DVD-9; linear PCM mono. 2.0; aspect ratio 4:3; dual layered disc; NTSC, no region coding.

digital

optical

mono

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Contents:

Cello concerto in A minor, op. 129 / Robert Schumann

Cello concerto in A minor, op. 33 / Camille Saint-Saëns

Introduction and polonaise brillante, op. 3 / Frédéric Chopin

Twelve variations on a theme from Handel's oratorio Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45 ; Cello sonata in C major, op. 102 no. 1 ; Cello sonata in D major, op.102 no. 2 / Ludwig van Beethoven

Bonus: Cello sonata in D minor / Claude Debussy (Maurice Gendron, cello ; Christian Ivaldi, piano).

Participant:

Pierre Fournier, violoncello ; Orchestre national de l'ORTF, Jean Martinon, conductor (1st work) ; Orchestre de chambre de l'ORTF, André Girard, conductor (2nd work) ; Jean Fonda, piano (3rd-5th works). In the bonus track: Maurice Gendron, violoncello ; Christian Ivaldi, piano.

Credits:

Producers, Pierre-Olivier Bardet (Idéale Audience International) and Stephen Wright (IMG Artists). Directed by André Leroux (1st work), Roger Benamou (2nd, 5th works), Gérard Herzog (3rd-4th, 6th works), and Claude Ventura (bonus tracks) Film restoration producers, Kaléo Films, Idéale Audience. Sound analysis and restoration, Charles Schlumberger, Lobster Films. Editorial concept (DVD production), Jacques Spohr.

Notes:

EMI Classics: 7243 5 99694 9 7 (on container spine: DVB 5996949)

Title from disc surface.

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

Filmed at the ORTF (1st-2nd, 4th-5th, bonus) and Salle Gaveau (3rd-4th), Paris from Dec. 17, 1966 (1st work), July 3, 1969 (2nd, 5th works), November 18, 1965 (3rd-4th works), June 24, 1970 (6th work), and Mar. 14, 1967 (bonus).

"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 Jean Fonda Fournier in French with English, German, and Spanish translations.

Contains:

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Concertos, cello, orchestra, op. 129, A minor

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Concertos, m violoncello, orchestra, no. 1, op. 33, A minor.

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Introduction et polonaise brillante.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Variations sur un thème de Händel.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, cello, piano, no. 4, op. 102, no. 1, C major

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, cello, piano, no. 5, op. 102, no. 2, D major

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Sonatas, cello, piano

OCLC:

57761958

Publisher Number:

724359969497

7243 5 99694 9 7 EMI Classics

DVB 5996949 EMI Classics