The golden age of the piano a documentary on the great pianists of the twentieth century

1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in

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"Underwritten, in part, by Steinway & Sons."
Written and narrated by David Dubal ; produced, directed, and edited by Peter Rosen
Claudio Arrau, Rudolf Serkin, Vladimir Horowitz, Glenn Gould, Myra Hess, Arthur Rubinstein, Alexander Brailowsky, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Josef Hofmann, Percy Grainger, Alfred Cortot, Van Cliburn, piano ; Wanda Landowska, harpsichord
DVD ; full screen presentation
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Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'este / Franz Liszt (Claudio Arrau
Sonata in E♭, op. 81a "Les adieux" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Rudolf Serkin)
Etude in D♯ minor / Alexander Scriabin (Vladimir Horowitz)
Partita in E minor, BWV 830 / Johann Sebastian Bach (Glenn Gould)
Folk dance (Wanda Landowska)
Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Myra Hess)
Song without words, op. 67, no. 4 "Spinning song" / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Artur Rubinstein)
Valse brillante in A♭, op. 34 no. 1 / Chopin (Alexander Brailowsky)
Gnomenreigen / Liszt (Claudio Arrau)
Minuet in G / Paderweski (Ignacy Jan Paderewski)
Polonaise in A♭ / Chopin (Ignacy Jan Paderewski)
Prelude in C♯ minor, op. 3 no. 2 / Rachmaninoff (Josef Hofmann)
Maguire's kick (Percy Grainger)
Children's corner / Debussy (Alfred Cortot)
Sonata in B♭, D. 960 / Schubert (Rudolf Serkin)
Ballade no. 2 in B minor / Liszt (Claudio Arrau)
Etude in D♯ minor / Scriabin (Vladimir Horowitz)
Piano concerto no. 1 in B♭ minor, op. 23 / Tchaikovsky (Van Cliburn ; Kiril Kondrashin, conductor)
Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Beethoven (Van Cliburn)
Rondo capriccioso in E, op. 14 / Mendelssohn (Claudio Arrau)
Widmung / Schumann (Van Cliburn)
Children's corner ; Serenade for the doll ; Golliwog's cake-walk / Claude Debussy (Alfred Cortot)
Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Beethoven (Myra Hess)
Bonus feature: Piano concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58 / Beethoven (Claudio Arrau ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor)

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Arrau, Claudio, 1903-1991
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 4, op. 58, G major
Brailowsky, Alexander, 1896-1976
Cliburn, Van, 1934-2013
Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962
Dubal, David
Gould, Glenn
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961
Hess, Myra, Dame, 1890-1965
Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957
Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989
Landowska, Wanda
Muti, Riccardo
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941
Peter Rosen Productions
Philadelphia Orchestra
Philips Classics Productions
Rosen, Peter, 1943-
Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982
Serkin, Rudolf, 1903-1991