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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Itzhak Perlman - Virtuoso Violinist
This DVD contains three productions from Christopher Nupen’s famously comprehensive portraits of leading performers: the portrait film, Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist (I know I played every note) and two memorable performances of Bach partitas shot live, on stage, at a concert in London where this polyfaceted artist is at his best. It also contains two sequences in which Itzhak Perlman looks back. The first of them, The Trout Remembered looks at the making of the film The Trout, probably the most frequently broadcast classical music film in the history of television and one which has become the lasting emblem of a great age in music. The second, made especially for this DVD, "Jacqueline du Pré Remembered", recalls a friend who was very close for many years, a colleague with whom he made chamber music in many places and an artist and personality for whom he has an unbounded admiration and an enduring affection. Itzhak Perlman is one of the world’s leading musical performers, famous all over the world not only as a virtuoso violinist of the highest rank but as a much loved television personality, an honoured guest at the White House and an extremely effective spokesman for the disabled, having been handicapped himself by polio since the age of 31/2. All of these things together, plus a famously lighthearted ebullience, have won him a particularly affectionate following. “Perlman is captured on film in the 1970s at a high-point in his career. Perlman is a brilliant communicator, both with words and with the violin, because of the generous warmth of his personality.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 “…the mix of interview and music is well paced, and there's little intrusive commentary.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2008 **** “Doing what television does best, BBC2’s superb Perlman triptych – two concerts sandwiching an intimate you-are-there documentary – took us as close as it is decent and proper to go into the unexplained world of genius.” Daily Mail | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Gidon Kremer - Back to BachPartitas recorded at the Pfarrkirche Lockenhaus, March & September 2002
“at its best, the disc is dazzling” International Record Review “It is a superb account, bursting at once with piety toward the spirit of this music and sheer irreverence toward its execution…. Like a composer’s testament born, as the violinist reminds us, in a “yesterday that will always be today.” New York Times “well made and satisfying” The Strad | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Gidon Kremer: Anniversary Box-Set
Bach, J S: | Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002 Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004 Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006 | Mozart: | Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E flat major, K364 Serenade No. 6 in D major, K239 'Serenata Notturna' | Pärt: | Adagio (after Mozart) | Piazzólla: | Oblivion | Raskatov: | 5 Min. aus dem Leben von W.A.M. | Rozsa: | Theme and Variations for Violin, Cello & Orchestra, Op. 29a | Schnittke: | Stille Musik for violin and cello Moz-Art à la Haydn | Schubert: | String Quintet in C major, D956 |
DVD1: This DVD presents a very original program with hardly ever performed pieces and Kremer’s own version for string orchestra of Schubert famous Quintet which makes it particularly attractive. DVD2: It was in this spirit, that his fine young ensemble Kremerata Baltica presents music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart coupled with two contemporary works inspired by the great composer on this DVD. Recorded at the Salzburg Mozart Festival in 2002, the chamber orchestra, played Estonian Arvo Pärt’s “Mozart-Adagio” composed in the mid 1990s and “Moz-Art à la Haydn,” a humorous reflection on the two Austrian masters by Russian composer Alfred Schnittke. DVD3: His return to J. S. Bach’s partitas is a major event as Kremer’s first recording of these works was released almost a quarter of a century ago, and he hasn’t played the partitas in public for over twenty years. Those who have followed Gidon Kremer’s artistic development over the past 25 years will note how much his tone and articulation have changed.
For more than 40 years Gidon Kremer has been one of the world´s foremost violinists and - thanks to his insatiable curiosity and quest for new stimuli - one of today´s most intriguing musical personalities. In 1997 he gave himself a special present for his birthday: his own ensemble, made up of the best young musicians from the Baltic countries - his Kremerata Baltica. “For me it´s extremely important that I and my Kremerata Baltica identify with the music of our time.” This Edition is an outstanding example of his uncommonly extensive repertoire, featuring some of the greatest pieces ever composed from Bach to the whole new world of thrilling 20th century works. Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sound Formats: PCM Stereo • DD 5.1 • DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Booklet Notes: GB, D, F Subtitles DVD3: GB, D, F, E Running Time: 554 mins (DVD1 88 mins; DVD2 88 mins; DVD3 132 mins) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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