Pierre Fournier : Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Chopin, Beethoven / an Idéale Audience International & IMG Artists production ; released with the participation of BBC, INA, CNC.
Publisher:
EMI Classics,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
1 videodisc (109 min., 31 sec.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
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). Filmed at the ORTF and Salle Gaveau, Paris from November 18, 1965 to June 24, 1970. Picture format 4:3. Booklet with program notes in English (3 pages) inserted in container. "This DVD contains an electronic booklet in pdf form with an authoritative essay and archive photographs which can be accessed from any computer equipped with DVD-ROM and Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0"--Container.
Contents:
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in A minor, op. 129 / Robert Schumann -- Concerto for violoncello and orchestra 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 ; Sonata for violoncello and piano in C major, op. 102 no. 1 ; Sonata for violoncello and piano in D major, op. 102 no. 2 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Bonus: Maurice Gendron plays Debussy: Sonata for violoncello and piano, accompanied at the piano by Christian Ivaldi.
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