Alexis Weissenberg plays Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Chopin : archives from the 1960s / Idéale Audience, INA ; Pierre-Martin Juban, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Juban, Pierre-Martin, film director.

Weissenberg, Alexis, instrumentalist.

Idéale Audience International, production company.

Institut national de l'audiovisuel (France), production company.

Language:

French

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Piano music.

Sonatas (Piano).

Sonatas (Piano)--Excerpts.

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 23 sec.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Archives from the 1960s

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Idéale Audience : INA, [2008]

Language Note:

Introduction to first work in Swedish; interview in French.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Alexis Weissenberg's spectacular technique and individual style have made a lasting impression on the art of twentieth-century piano playing. Some of his recordings of the Russian repertoire especially have set a benchmark and are often cited as top recommendations in this field. On stage he has a commanding presence, although he never uses theatrical or other non-musical gestures to deliver his message. Born in 1929 in Bulgaria, Alexis Weissenberg studied there and in Jerusalem before going on to study in New York. These recordings, made in the 1960s and sourced from various broadcast archives, span the repertoire from Bach through Brahms and Chopin to Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Scriabin. This famous film took two entire weeks to shoot and a special piano was designed and constructed to conform to the film director's vision. The effort proved worthwhile and the film had a considerable impact on Weissenberg's career. When Herbert von Karajan saw it in 1965 he immediately invited Weissenberg to play regularly with the Berliner Philharmoniker, which consolidated the pianist's international career.

Contents:

Three movements from Petrushka / Igor Stravinsky

Piano sonata no. 3 in A minor, op. 28 / Sergei Prokofiev

Nocturne for the left hand in D-flat major, op. 9 no. 2 / Alexander Scriabin

Preludes, op. 23. No. 6 in E-flat major / Sergei Rachmaninov

Piano sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58. Largo ; Études, op. 25. No. 7 in C-sharp minor ; Nocturne in C minor, op. posth. / Frederic Chopin.

Participant:

Alexis Weissenberg, piano.

Notes:

Recorded 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Mouvements de Pétrouchka.

Container of: Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Sonatas, piano, no. 3, op. 28, A minor

Container of: Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Prélude et nocturne, piano, 1 hand, op. 9. Nocturne

Container of: Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Preludes, piano, op. 23. No. 6

Container of: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Sonatas, piano, no. 3, op. 58, B minor. Largo

Container of: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Etudes, piano, op. 25. No. 7

Container of: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, B. 108, C minor

OCLC:

956370781

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