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Harvest of Sorrow - Tony Palmer's Film About Sergei Rachmaninoff

starring: Rachmaninoff; Gielgud; Gergiev
directed by: Tony Palmer

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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0032031422391
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Label: KULTUR VIDEO
Manufacturer: KULTUR VIDEO
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: KULTUR VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 31, 2007
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 27338
Studio: KULTUR VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: 1998



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Product Description:
Specially commissioned performances conducted by VALERY GERGIEV with the Kirov Orchestra and Chorus of The Mariinsky Theater
Chorus Master Valery Borisov

Rachmaninoff s letters and other reminiscences spoken by Sir John Gielgud.

Used in films like Brief Encounter and Shine; on TV in The South Bank Show and Panorama; on radio in Semprini Serenade; and including some of the most famous melodies of the 20th century, Rachmaninoff s romantic, passionate music is as popular today as it has ever been. This 100-minute documentary film, shot in Russia, Switzerland and America, is made with the full participation of the composer s grandson, Alexander Rachmaninoff.

Featuring soloists Mikhail Pletnev (with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado, and his own Russian National Orchestra), Dmitri Hvorostovsky and young stars Valentina Igoshina, Peter Jablonski and Nikolai Putilin, the music is specially recorded with the great conductor Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra and Chorus of the Mariinsky Theater in St Petersburg, with which Rachmaninoff was intimately associated. Tony Palmer s film, with Rachmaninoff s own words spoken by Sir John Gielgud, is a unique and loving insight into a world long gone, but definitely not forgotten.

Extracts from home movies of Sergei Rachmaninoff © Alexander Rachmaninoff used by kind permission of Alexander Rachmaninoff.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good performances, dubious modern-day material
I agree with the person giving the DVD a one star rating and talking about mockery of the "motherland". ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Music Speaks to the Heart
The Harvest of Sorrow is such a compelling DVD, that I have had guests over to watch it on several ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Meaningless documentary
Musical performances in this documentary can be rated from decent to excellent. However, their mapping to ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Informative and well made
This is a very nicely produced story of Rachmaninoff's life and work, with charming home-movie footage and ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Good music but not impressive DVD
I bought this based on other reviewers' 5 star ratings.
I was somewhat disappointed.

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