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An Evening of Chamber Music:
Gruppman, Gruppman, Itin

The Guarneri String Quartet
Plays Beethoven

Here to Make Music
- 8th Van Cliburn Competition


In Celebration of the Piano
Hosted By Van Cliburn,
at Carnegie Hall.

Great Pianists -
of the Bell Telephone Hour


Great Violinists -
of the Bell Telephone Hour


Producers' Showcase:
Festival of Music, Vol 1 & 2


Istomin, Stern, Rose Trio
Beethoven & Brahms

Miami Int'l Piano Festival
Masters of the Keyboard, Vol. 1
Masters of the Keyboard, Vol. 2

Piano Trios
Gruppmann, Kosower,
Itin, Neiman

by artist last name:

Argerich, Martha
Martha Argerich

Arrau
, Claudio
Plays Mozart & Beethoven

Cheung, Rachel
Keyboard Prodigy


Ciccolini
, Aldo
Aldo Ciccolini
Homage to Debussy
Saint-Saëns & Ravel Concertos

Cliburn, Van
Van Cliburn - A Portrait
(documentary)
Live in Moscow, Vol 1-5

Dacic, Mischa
In Recital

De Larrocha
, Alicia
Glory of Spain

Eckardstein von, Severin
In Recital, 2007
Live in Recital, 2009

Ferras, Christian
In Recital

Firkusny, Rudolf
Dvorak Concertos
with Suk: In Recital

Fliter,
Ingrid
In Recital

Fournier, Pierre
The Art of

Freire, Nelson
In Concert

Galway, Sir James
Vivaldi: Concerti for Flute

Gavrylyuk, Alexander
Live in Recital
In Recital, May 8, 2007

Giltberg,
Boris
Live in Recital


Gilels
, Emil
The Art of
Live in Moscow, Vol 1-5
In Concert

Haendel, Ida
The Art of Ida Haendel
In Recital
with Misha Dacic in Recital

Itin, Ilya
In Recital

Iturbi
, José
The Art of

Jia, Ran
Live in Recital

Kempff, Wilhelm
Plays Beethoven

Kraus, Lili
In Recital

Landowska
, Wanda
Uncommon Visionary

Libetta, Francesco
Libetta in Lecce
Live at Roque d'Antheron

Lifschitz, Konstantin
Well-Tempered Clavier
with Eugene Ugorski

Michelangeli, Arturo
Two Titans
Plays Beethoven

Milstein
, Nathan
With the CSO

Moravec,
Ivan
Dvorak Concertos

Neiman, Adam
Piano Works of Chopin

Nelsova
, Zara
Grand Dame of the Cello

Oistrakh,
David
with Sviatoslav Richter

David Oistrakh, Vol 1
Shostakovich 2nd Violin Cto


in Recital

Onay,
Gülsin
In Concert
In Recital

Prats, Jorge Luis
In Recital

Rampal
, Jean-Pierre
CBC telecasts

Richter, Sviatoslav
Two Titans
With David Oistrakh

Rivinius,Gustav
Dvorak Concertos


Rosand
, Aaron
Live at Mills College
Celebrating a Life of Music

Rose,
Jerome
Plays Chopin: Live in Recital

Plays Beethoven: Live in Concert
Plays Schumann, Live in Recital
Plays Liszt, Live in Recital
Plays Schubert, Live in Concert

Rubinstein
, Arthur
Plays Chopin, & Rachmaninoff

Rzewski, Frederic
Plays Rzewski

Slenczynska, Ruth
Tribute to Rachmaninoff


Segovia
, Andres
Glory of Spain

Stern, Isaac
The Art of

Suk, Josef
with Firkušný: In Recital

Szeryng
, Henryk
The Art of

Szigeti, Joseph
Plays Tartini, Prokofiev
& Beethoven

Tortelier, Paul
Complete Cello Suites

Tureck
, Rosalyn
Goldberg Variations
The Art of
On Television

Wild, Earl
Wild About Liszt

 

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Van Cliburn - A Portrait
VAI DVD 4291, $29.95

Van Cliburn is one of the most celebrated pianists this country has produced. Though he will always be remembered as the winner of the first Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition (and remains the only American ever to have won it), this 1966 documentary from the archives of the Bell Telephone Hour highlights Cliburn’s true distinction as a musician of remarkable range and depth. Cliburn himself narrates the film, and offers many personal insights on music.

Van Cliburn’s dedication to the development of young artists is shown in his work with the Interlochen Music Camp. Leading a student orchestra, Cliburn rehearses the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 for a concert in which he will both conduct and be piano soloist. The Russian composer Dmitri Kabalevsky also makes an appearance during this segment.

Other highlights include recording sessions of the Chopin B minor Sonata; a visit with his parents, followed by a trip to the site of his very first recital at age 5; Cliburn practicing the Liszt B minor Sonata at his home in Tucson; hosting a White House concert of the winners of the Tchaikovsky Competition at which Erich Leinsdorf also performs; in rehearsal with Kirill Kondrashin for a Hollywood Bowl performance of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2. At the conclusion of the Hollywood Bowl concert, Cliburn and Kondrashin offer the final movement of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 as an encore - a thrilling climax to this fascinating profile.

A Production of Henry Jaffe Enterprises, Inc.
©2000 Jaffe Partners Limited Partnership (All Rights Reserved)
Originally produced for the Bell Telephone Hour television series
Producer: Nathan Kroll
Narrated by Van Cliburn

54 minutes, USA, 1966, Color54 minutes, USA, 1966, Color

 

 

 

 

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