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starring: Martha Argerich List Price: $29.95 Amazon.com's Price: $26.99 You Save: $2.96 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0089948421092 Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Video Artists Int'l Manufacturer: Video Artists Int'l Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Video Artists Int'l Release Date: October 09, 2001 Running Time: 47 minutes Sales Rank: 76083 Studio: Video Artists Int'l Theatrical Release Date: 1977 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: There is not much video documentation of the great pianist Martha Argerich in her prime, so it is fortunate that this program, taped for Canadian television in 1977, gives a three-dimensional view of her various strengths. Ravel's Jeux d'Eau, which translates a fountain's flow and glitter into piano music, exemplifies the quality that most people notice first in her playing: dexterity and precision at breathtaking speeds. But there is also a fine awareness of the music's descriptive power. Liszt's moody Les Funerailles, in contrast, requires the ability to hold the music together as a coherent structure at very slow speeds, evoking a carefully defined atmosphere. This, too, she does splendidly. But the heart of the program is Schumann's Concerto in A Minor, one of the 19th century's greatest works in that form, rich in virtuoso display and heart-on-sleeve emotion and requiring fine rapport between soloist and orchestra. This disc fulfills all the music's potentials. --Joe McLellan Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Martha Argerich performance on DVDFor a 1976 appearance on Radio Canada, Martha Argerich made a rare video recording of herself playing a concerto, in this case the Schumann A minor, op. 54. For the year this recording was made the sound is very good and the director keeps the camera mostly on Argerich's hands, as if we were standing over her right shoulder. Argerich plays the famous dotted rhythms of the opening bars like percussive jabs at the keyboard, with martial, clipped articulation and flawless accuracy. Her attack is ultra ... Read More Rating: - Stunning PianismThe audio quality of this DVD, while not the best, is adequate, and is more than compensated by the rare opportunity of witnessing Argerich on the keyboard when she was young (this is a performance from the 1970s). Schumann's Piano Concerto is a standard piece in the repertory, and Argerich's rendition is sumptuous and satisfying. For me, however, the two solo pieces are the truly revelation. The camera person gets an A for capturing the chameleonic changes of Argerich's hands on the keyboard. ... Read More Rating: - A unique, must-have item for any Martha Argerich fanYes, this DVD is just a copy of the original video. No, it's not in Dolby 5.1. Yes, there is some hiss and the sound quality is about right for 1977. No, it hasn't been "cleaned up" or restored (as far as I can tell) and no, there aren't any of the "extras" that we have all become accustomed to on DVD. Five minutes into watching this, you won't care. There are musicians. Then there are great musicians. And every so often in human history, someone comes along who seems to have a line ... Read More Rating: - One of the Best Martha Argerich PerformancesI have just watched the same Schumann Concerto conducted by Bernstein with Vienna Philharmonic and the pianist was impressing. The pianist's name spells Justus Frantz who played with so with so much grace. But his name doesn't ring a bell! I ran a search and discovered that he had only recorded some four hands piano pieces with Eschenbach. And then only a couple of days later I go back to Martha's Schumann Concerto. The Canadian orchestra was no match for Berlin Philharmonic. Even the recording is inferior. ... Read More Rating:  - ou la technique est indigentetres belle prestation de Martha Argerich malheureusement gachée par une technique de prises de vue indigente et surtout une prise de son de médiocre qualité que ne sauraient excuser une prise télévisuelle pour une émission en direct de Radio Canada, ni mëme la date de production 1977. Mieux vaut écouter son enregistrement sur CD avec Harnoncourt, en fermant les yeux : le film n'en sera que meilleur! |
