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The Art of Piano - Great Pianists of 20th Century

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0639842919920
Format: Black & White, Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Nvc Arts
Manufacturer: Nvc Arts
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Nvc Arts
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 33978
Studio: Nvc Arts
Theatrical Release Date: 1999

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
The Art of the Piano is a feature-length, 106-minute documentary that presents in refreshingly straightforward fashion a portrait of 20th-century piano playing. The format is simple: short segments on virtually all of the great pianists who have ever been captured on film, augmented by extracts from interviews, sometimes with the pianists themselves, or with later conductors and musicians of international stature, including specially filmed contributions from Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, Evgeny Kissin, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, and Tamás Vásáry. The narration by John Tusa offers an overview of piano music through the century, though the heart of the film is the great quantity of rare archive historic footage, with extracts from performances by Gould, Horowitz, Paderwski, Rachmaninoff, Richter, Rubinstein, and many others. The interviews are short, but offer considerable insight, while the film of so many revered pianists brought together is a literal eye-opener, especially for those who have previously only known these masters from LP and CD. This is, like the companion program The Art of Singing, as close to definitive as a single film can get, even going so far as to include footage from the 'silent' era with sound from corresponding recordings. --Gary S. Dalkin, Amazon.co.uk




Rating: - Very Informative Without the boringness
This is a really nice dvd to own if you're a pianist or plan to become one. My jazz piano teacher ... Read More

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Rating: - Interesting Video of Great Players
Great players playing and interesting commentary regarding what makes a great player. Daniel Barenboim ... Read More

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Rating: - Providing very useful information to its watchers
This DVD contains a lot of wonderful informations about renowned pianists including Rubinstein, Cziffra, ... Read More

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Rating: - great pianists dvd
this is an awesome video with great historical footage of some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. ... Read More

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Rating: - Wonderful DVD for pianists and music lovers
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