The Art of Piano - Great Pianists of 20th Century

This magnificent film includes some of the most fascinating historical and musical footage which has been selected from film and television archives around the world. From Ignace Jan Paderewski in 1936 to Claudio Arrau in 1970, the programme illustrates a broad mixture of interpretative styles, as also displayed by Horowitz, Rubinstein, Cortot, Gilels, Richter, Michelangeli and others. Fascinating and revealing commentaries on all eighteen artists are given by present-day figures such as Tamás Vásáry, György Sandor and Colin Davis. Narrated by John Tusa.

Pianists:
Ignace Jan Paderewski, Josef Hofmann, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Vladimir Horowitz, György Cziffra, Myra Hess, Artur Rubinstein, Annie Fischer, Francis Planté, Alfred Cortot, Wilhelm Backhaus, Edwin Fischer, Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Glenn Gould, Claudio Arrau.

Commentators :
Piotr Anderszewski, Daniel Barenboim, Schuyler Chapin, Colin Davis, Gary Graffman, Evgeny Kissin, Zoltan Kocsis, Stephen Kovacevich, Paul Myers, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, György Sandor, Tamás Vásáry.

The material for this film was assembled over a period of two years, and first shown at the film festival at the Louvre Museum in association with whom these programmes were made.


Enjoy!


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