Samson François / an Idéale Adience International production ; in association with Medici Arts Limited ; directors, Roger Benamou, Jacques Planche, André Leroux, Jean Kerchbron, and Gérard Herzog.
Publisher:
EMI Classics,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Samson Françis, Alfred Cortot (in Bonus selection), piano ; Orchesetre national de la RTF, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor (1st work) ; Orchestre national de l'ORTF, John Pritchard, conductor (3rd work). Filmed all in Paris, between 1944 and 1964. Picture format 4:3, NTSC. Booklet with program notes in English translation (7 pages : portrait) inserted in container; notes in French and German with PDF files included, which can be accessed from any computer equipped with DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat 7.0.
Contents:
Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11 ; Waltz no. 11 in G flat major, op. 70, no. 1 / Frederic Chopin -- Concerto fro piano and orchestra in G major ; Le tombeau de Couperin. Forlane / Maurice Ravel -- Pour le piano. Toccata ; La plus que lente ; L'Isle Joyeuse / Claude Debussy -- Bonus: Waltz no. 9 in A flat major, op. 69, no. 1 / Frederic Chopin.
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