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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
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I enjoyed the other pianist's comments of about fellow pianist's. Their detailed descriptions of playing styles are very interesting. Hoffman was great as was many others. This is the type of DVD that I enjoy watching over and over. The violin DVD is also very good. 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 told me to buy this dvd and watch certain players and how they play because i wasn't using my arm correctly. Watching their movements really helped me and I'm playing the right way now! So it's worth buying! Also some great music to listen to on your television. Interesting Video of Great Players
Great players playing and interesting commentary regarding what makes a great player. Daniel Barenboim provides some particularly cogent commentary. Rudolph Serkin was not profiled, but otherwise a complete survey of the big 20th Century pianists. Worth the time. Providing very useful information to its watchers
This DVD contains a lot of wonderful informations about renowned pianists including Rubinstein, Cziffra, Horowitz, and Rachmaninoff. The commenters of the pianists are well-informed and experienced pianists. The focus on each pianists featured is clear. Also the DVD provides valuable old documentaries of each pianists. Although each section does not last long and some performances are cut shortly after the beginning of performances, the DVD is very good and well-made. It worths full 5 stars. Enjoy your DVD! great pianists dvd
this is an awesome video with great historical footage of some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. My only problem with the video is that is was predominantly male. The only woman featured was Myra Hess. I should think that they would have included material on Gina Bachauer and Clara Haskil as well as Guiomar Novaes. |
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