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MENUHIN, YEHUDI: CONCERT MAGIC (NTSC) |
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Yehudi Menuhin in "Concert Magic"
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) · Adolph Baller, Marguerite Campbell, Jakob
Gimpel (piano) · Eula Beal (contralto)
Symphony Orchestra of Hollywood
Antal Dorati - conductor
Recorded at Charlie Chaplin Studios, Hollywood, 1947
Picture Format: NTSC · 4:3 fullscreen
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo
Region Code: 0
Language (bonus): English, German, French
Booklet Notes: English, German, French
Running Time: 64 mins (Concert Magic) + 57 mins (The Story behind "Concert
Magic")
Cat no.: 2054158
- Previously unreleased footage from the legendary Hollywood music film, "Concert
Magic" from the year 1947, the first ever concert filmed for movie audiences
- World premiere at the Stagedoor cinema, San Francisco
- Yehudi Menuhin - 32 years old at the height of his career - and other internationally
renowned interpreters playing classical and romantic works
Bonus: "The Story behind 'Concert Magic" - Yehudi Menuhin
in conversation with Humphrey Burton
- Exactly 50 years after the creation of the film, 1997, Yehudi Menuhin and
Humphrey Burton (director of a number of Leonard Bernstein concerts and an
expert on and biographer of Menuhin) view the film in front of cameras
- In interviews and conversations Menuhin recalls the most interesting details
regarding the filming of the concert
"As far as I know nothing like "Concert Magic" has ever appeared
on the screen before - Yet nothing could be at once simpler and more sensational.
" -- Saturday Night, March 1949
"Camera angles and lighting perpetuate interest to the eye where ordinarily
the only sustained interest would be to the ear." -- Variety, October
1948
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Composer(s):
Bach, Johann Sebastian; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Locatelli, Pietro Antonio; Paganini, Nicolo; Schubert, Franz; Wieniawski, Henryk
Conductor(s):
Dorati, Antal
Orchestra(s):
Hollywood Symphony Orchestra
Artist(s):
Baller, Adolph; Beal, Eula; Campbell, Marguerite; Gimpel, Jakob; Menuhin, Yehudi
Label: EuroArts Genre: Classical Documentary Period: Baroque; Classical; Romantic
Catalogue No: 2054158
Barcode: 0880242541581
Distribution Note(s):
Available in Europe, North & South America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and South Africa
Physical Release: 08/2005
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