Arthur Rubinstein Plays Chopin and Rachmaninov

Arthur Rubinstein Plays Chopin and Rachmaninov
- Arthur Rubinstein plays Chopin and Rachmaninov
- Product type: PHYSICAL MOVIE
- Brand: Vai
In the intimate setting of his home, one of the most celebrated pianists of the 20th century performs an all-Chopin program, with the Mazurka in C Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4; Scherzo in C Sharp Minor, Op. 39; Nocturne in F Sharp Major, Op. 15, No. 2; and Polonaise in A Flat Major ("Grand Polonaise"), Op. 53. Augmenting this 1950 film are two 1956 Producer's Showcase "Festival of Music" performances: a reprise of the A-Flat Polonaise and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. "Admirers of the legendary Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) will covet this ... black-and-white salon recital done in Hollywood style, with unidentified guests - including the pianist's wife Eva - caught in medias res, with Rubinstein's playing the last fifteen bars of the Prelude in F# Minor, uncredited. Rubinstein then asks permission to play a mazurka, the piece most representative of Chopin's national character.... The camera then cuts to the Delacroix portrait hanging in Rubinstein's home as he realizes the virtues of the C# Minor Mazurka, and then proceeds to extol the masculine virtues of Chopin's pianism, exemplified in the grueling filigree of the Third Scherzo. 'A little night-music,' queries Rubinstein, and he enters in to the F# Minor nocturne. 'Now the music closest to my heart,' offers Rubinstein, and we are privy to a muscular, virile account of the Heroic Polonaise; and the camera swings from medium shot of the pianist in profile to an overhead of the keyboard, with Rubinstein's hands in full throttle."-Audiophile Audition
Country USA
Brand RUBINSTEIN,ARTHUR
Manufacturer VAI / Video Artists Int'l
Binding DVD
ItemPartNumber unknown
ReleaseDate 2004-05-25
UnitCount 1
Format Multiple Formats
UPCs 089948427599
EANs 0089948427599

Country	USA
Brand	RUBINSTEIN,ARTHUR
Manufacturer	VAI / Video Artists Int'l
Binding	DVD
ItemPartNumber	unknown
ReleaseDate	2004-05-25
UnitCount	1
Format	Multiple Formats
UPCs	089948427599
EANs	0089948427599

Arthur Rubinstein Plays Chopin and Rachmaninov

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