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1) Piano blues
Series
Martin Scorsese presents The blues volume 7
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color with black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Director and piano player Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the Fifth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs, 2007, hosted by the Van Cliburn Foundation, which gathered together 75 of the world's best amateur pianists for one week of intense competition and camaraderie. Interviews offer a glimpse into the lives of the competitors, who come from a wide variety of backgrounds and professions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 compact disc
Language
English
Description
"In a historic manor, Scott Yoo makes a landmark recording, centered around Beethoven's famous Ghost Trio. This summons Beethoven's ghost, who's spent the afterlife analyzing his output ... trailed by the ghost of Sigmund Freud, who's come to analyze him. Based on the most current research, this witty, ingenious mix of ghost story and documentary reveals the composer as you've never known him before."--Back of container
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The imagination of nine-year-old Bart Collins comes to life in this fantasy film filled with surreal landscapes and tongue-twisting rhymes. When he is lulled to sleep by the monotony of his piano lessons, he dreams of a castle ruled by his eccentric piano teacher, Dr. Terwilliker. Dr. T wants to prove that his method of teaching piano is the best method in the world. After he banishes all other musical instruments to the dungeon, he lures 500 boys...
7) Unleashed
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Danny, a slave who has lived his whole life without any sort of normal human interaction, with the mind and personality of a young child, Danny has only ever learned one lession in life: how to fight. Treated like a dog, including being forced to wear a collar, by his owner/boss, Bart, Danny has been raised to be a lethal fighting machine. Danny fights in illegal gladiator-style fight clubs, where he earns lots of money for Bart...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
In "Pavarotti and the Italian tenor, filmed in his home town of Modena, Luciano Pavarotti reveals the heritage of the Italian tenors who have directly influenced him and performs several songs himself. The narrative includes footage of his early appearances, as well as archive film of Caruso, Schipa, Gigli and Di Stefano."--Container.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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...
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
"The Places: In the peace treaty of 1919 the Tyrol was divided into three regions, Southern Tyrol being ceded to Italy. The Eastern Tyrol, Austrian territory, is bounded to the south by the Lienz Dolomites, with the town of Lienz the regional capital. The region is popular with summer visitors, its climate relatively mild, in spite of its height above sea level. There is also a glimpse of the Earth Pyramids at Ritten (Renon) in the Italian Southern...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Ludwig van Beethoven's transformative Symphony no. 9 has been described as "the world's greatest symphony," recognizable even to the most casual classical music listener. The concert was filmed during the 100th birthday celebration for scholar and philanthropist William H. Scheide.
Series
Criterion collection volume 894
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 130 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm).
Language
Français
Description
"In this riveting study of the dynamics of control, Academy Award-winning director Michael Haneke takes on Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek's controversial 1983 novel about perverse female sexuality and the world of classical music ... Erika [is] a piano professor at a Viennese conservatory who lives with her mother in a claustrophobically codepenƯdent relationƯship. Severely repressed, she satisfies her masƯochistic urges only voyeuristically until...
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first fully rounded portrait of this terribly misunderstood man and musician, the ringleader of the bebop revolution, and, after Duke Ellington, Jazz' first major composer. He remained a highly productive musician after more than thirty years of musical activity. Includes clips of international performances and interviews with artists and producers.
16) Chico & Rita
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary Cuban pianist and five-time Grammy-winning composer Bebo Valdés, Chico & Rita captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz"--Container.
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