In celebration of the piano : an all-star tribute to the Steinway / hosted by Van Cliburn ; DVD production coordinated by Raymond Edwards. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 4328 | Video Artists InternationalPublication details: New York, New York : Video Artists International, (c)1989.Description: 1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • M20
  • M20.V652.I534 1989
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Contents:
Liszt -- Etude numbers 13 in A-flat minor, Op. 72/ Moszkowski -- Etude numbers 6 in F Major, opus 72/ Moszkowski -- Odeon/ Nazareth -- Polichinello/ Villa-Lobos -- March in G Major/ Schubert -- Impromptu in A-flat Major, opus 90, numbers 4/ Schubert -- Three Andalusian dances/ Infante -- Hexentanz, opus 17, numbers 2/ MacDowell -- Moment Musicale in E minor, opus 16, numbers 4/ Rachmaninoff -- March from "The love of three oranges" / Prokofieff -- Hungarian melody in G-flat, D 817/ Schubert -- Prelude in G Major, opus 32, numbers 5/ Rachmaninoff -- Danse Russe/ Stravinsky -- Kaleidoscope/ Hofmann -- La campanella/ Paganini-Liszt -- Carnaval, opus 9/ Schumann.
Production credits:
  • Pianists: Peter Orth, Ilana Vered, Jose Feghali, Rudolf and Peter Serkin, Murray Perahia, Cipa and Mischa Dichter, Hai-Kyung Suh, Lazar Berman, Alfred Brendel, Ruth Laredo, Alec Chien, Shura Cherkassky, Robert Taub, Leon Bates, Edmund Battersby, Alexis Weissenberg, Stephen Hough, Jerome Rose, David Dubal, Navah Perlman, Barbara Nissman, Alexander Toradze, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Grant Johannesen, Christopher O'Riley.
Subject: On June 2, 1988, an extraordinary array of outstanding pianists gathered in Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 135th anniversary of the first Steinway, and the 500,000th piano manufactured by that company. Drawing on an enormous range of virtuoso piano music, the 27 pianists demonstrate the versatility and power of the instrument which has held the greatest fascination for composers, performers, and audiences alike. Hosted by Van Cliburn, this unique program reaches its climax with a dazzling performance of Schumann's "Carnaval," in which the 21 movements are divided between 19 pianists.
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Multi-media (10-day check-out) Multi-media (10-day check-out) G. Allen Fleece Library MULTIMEDIA Non-fiction M20.I5 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) M-DVD Available 31923001525407

On June 2, 1988, an extraordinary array of outstanding pianists gathered in Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 135th anniversary of the first Steinway, and the 500,000th piano manufactured by that company. Drawing on an enormous range of virtuoso piano music, the 27 pianists demonstrate the versatility and power of the instrument which has held the greatest fascination for composers, performers, and audiences alike. Hosted by Van Cliburn, this unique program reaches its climax with a dazzling performance of Schumann's "Carnaval," in which the 21 movements are divided between 19 pianists.

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Au bord d'une source/ Liszt -- Etude numbers 13 in A-flat minor, Op. 72/ Moszkowski -- Etude numbers 6 in F Major, opus 72/ Moszkowski -- Odeon/ Nazareth -- Polichinello/ Villa-Lobos -- March in G Major/ Schubert -- Impromptu in A-flat Major, opus 90, numbers 4/ Schubert -- Three Andalusian dances/ Infante -- Hexentanz, opus 17, numbers 2/ MacDowell -- Moment Musicale in E minor, opus 16, numbers 4/ Rachmaninoff -- March from "The love of three oranges" / Prokofieff -- Hungarian melody in G-flat, D 817/ Schubert -- Prelude in G Major, opus 32, numbers 5/ Rachmaninoff -- Danse Russe/ Stravinsky -- Kaleidoscope/ Hofmann -- La campanella/ Paganini-Liszt -- Carnaval, opus 9/ Schumann.

Pianists: Peter Orth, Ilana Vered, Jose Feghali, Rudolf and Peter Serkin, Murray Perahia, Cipa and Mischa Dichter, Hai-Kyung Suh, Lazar Berman, Alfred Brendel, Ruth Laredo, Alec Chien, Shura Cherkassky, Robert Taub, Leon Bates, Edmund Battersby, Alexis Weissenberg, Stephen Hough, Jerome Rose, David Dubal, Navah Perlman, Barbara Nissman, Alexander Toradze, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Grant Johannesen, Christopher O'Riley.

Recorded on June 2, 1988 in Carnegie hall.

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