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Barenboim is very focussed and totally involved. These almost 60-minute lessons are amongst the best ever pertaining to Beethoven piano playing. Seven highly talented pianists performed for him and the public, each playing a Beethoven movement, including Lang Lang, Jonathan Biss, David Kadouch. Topic “Daniel Barenboim on the Beethoven Piano Sonatas” (Chicago/Symphony Hall).ĭaniel Barenboim held public piano master classes in Chicago in January 2005. A special treat is the sequentially spliced-in comparison of the mysterious transition to the Finale as of 23:23ff.ġst movement: as of 2:45 2nd mvt.: as of 14:48 3rd mvt.: as of 21:40 4th mvt.: as of 24:50. As in the first part, having their say about questions of interpretation are besides Muti himself: Maazel (in perfect Italian), Solti, Abbado, from the Vienna Philharmonic (Herzer and Resel), Liebermann interpolated are comparison recordings by Karajan (19), Harnoncourt (1990), Bernstein (1983), Toscanini (1952), Furtwängler (19), Strauss. Riccardo Muti’s rehearsal with the Vienna Philharmonic of all the 5th Symphony’s movements forms the framework of the second part (which is somewhat grandiosely headed “The Eagle’s Fervour. Commenting on tempo issues in interviews are also Gardiner, Boulez, Liebermann, Abbado, Muti, from the Vienna Philharmonic (Herzer and Schulz) and Mikhail Kopelman (formerly of the Borodin Quartet).ġst movement: as of 4:25 2nd mvt.: as of 14:38 3rd +4th movements: as of 23:11. Highly interesting is the assimilated comparison of recordings (also for the 7th Symphony, 1st movement) by Furtwängler, Giulini, Norrington, Kleiber, Karajan, Toscanini, Walter. His concern is often with tempo issues in conjunction with Beethoven’s very fast metronome markings.
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The framework of the first part of this wonderful TV production by the channel “ Mezzo” is provided by rehearsal excerpts of all four movements of the 2nd Symphony with Sir Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic in the Great Hall of the Salzburg Mozarteum. Language English, German, Italian, French, Russian (with French subtitles) Genre Public rehearsal, interviews, concert excerpts

Topic “In Search of Beethoven.” Approach of various famous conductors to Beethoven’s music
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40 minutes of excerpts from rehearsals of the Vienna “Fidelio” production (13:10 – 53:20) – this could have been a bit shorter, but certainly gives wonderful insights into Bernstein’s highly professional and often ecstatic work, together with insights into Beethoven’s only and “problematic” opera then, from 53:25, comes the focus of the film, the 9th Symphony (Finale), initially with Bernstein’s marvellous words about the universal meaning of Beethoven’s music, followed by the magnificent live recording with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna State Opera chorus, and soloists Martti Talvela, Plácido Domingo, Shirley Verrett and Gwyneth Jones.

– and, of course, there are also plenty of excerpts of his conducting and piano playing (including the 9th Symphony Fidelio, Piano Concerto no. Bernstein reports off-screen about Beethoven’s (unhappy) life, supporting it with numerous (more or less suitable) excerpts and profusely illustrated with portraits, city maps, landscapes, manuscripts, etc. Lavishly produced TV show (CBS, Amberson Production and ORF) on the anniversary of Beethoven’s 200th birthday. “Beethoven: The greatest composer, let’s face it, who ever lived” (Bernstein). Genre Brief biography, rehearsal, performances, commentariesīook Leonard Bernstein and Humphrey Burton
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1, Fidelio, and Finale of the 9th Symphony – in a movie called “Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein” Topic Bernstein performs, rehearses and explains: Piano Concerto no.
