In search of Chopin
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[Brighton, England ]: Seventh Art Productions, [2014].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
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Published
[Brighton, England ]: Seventh Art Productions, [2014].
Language
English
UPC
5060115340403

Notes

General Note
DVD release of the 2014 motion picture.
General Note
DVD extras: interview with Marc Destrubé, concert master of Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century; Nocturne in C minor, op. 48, no. 1; Mazurka in C sharp minor, op. 30, no. 4; Ballade no. 1 op. 23.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Phil Grabsky ; editor, Clive Mattock.
Participants/Performers
Daniel Barenboim, Ronald Brautigam, Nelson Goerner, Kevin Kenner, Janusz Olejniczack, piano ; Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen, Leif Ove Andsnes, Lars Vogt, conductors ; Juliet Stevenson, narrator ; David Dawson, voices of Chopin's letters.
Description
Acclaimed director Phil Grabsky will bring to the cinema around the world the life and music of Fryderyk Chopin - one of the greatest composers of all time. His grave in Paris remains a place of pilgrimage and his music continues to sell out concert halls worldwide - but who exactly was this man who was terrified of public performance, who fled his Polish homeland for Paris never to return, took up with the most notorious transvestite in France, rarely gave public performances and, despite a life of ill-health, wrote some of the deepest and most powerful music ever written? How exactly did a young Polish boy rise to such heady heights? For four years, Phil Grabsky has travelled the globe in his quest to lay bare the life and music of Chopin. By talking to acclaimed musical historians such as Jeremy Siepmann and bringing to the screen performances by such esteemed musicians as Leif Ove Andsnes, Lars Vogt, Daniel Barenboim, Ronald Brautigam and Kevin Kenner he hopes to answer those questions. Renowned stage and screen star Juliet Stevenson provides narration. David Dawson brings life to the letters of Chopin himself.
Description
A documentary about the music and life of Fřďric Chopin featuring interviews with acclaimed musical historians, readings of his letters, and performances of his works by renowned musicians.
System Details
DVD ; all regions ; anamorphic widescreen (1.77:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo.
Language
In English, Polish or French, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Japanese or Polish.