Documentary. Eric Bogosian, narrator. Stereo. or mono. sound. DVD. Additional features: Concerto-rhapsody for cello and orchestra (1963) (Mstislav Rostropovich, cello ; State Orchestra of the USSR ; Aram Khachaturian, conductor) (24:00) -- Making Khachaturian : conversations with the filmmakers (17:00) -- Piano concerto (1936) : 3rd mvt. (Dora Serviarian-Kuhn, piano ; Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra ; Lores Tjeknavorian, conductor) (9:00). Chapter index and summary ([4] pages) included. VAI: 4298.
Summary:
This film is about the life of a composer creating in the darkness of a tragic era, hiding a complex private life behind a mask of Communist loyalty. How Khachaturian's Armenian ethnicity played out against the high status of his Soviet politics is the great contradiction of his epic life story.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)60708505
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.