Ballad for Edvard Grieg [DVD Video]
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Artist: Leif Ove AndsnesDVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-01-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: EMI Classics
Movie Reviews of Ballad for Edvard Grieg [DVD Video]
Movie Review: Great for Piano Students and Music philes
Summary: 5 Stars
This new DVD from EMI with Leif Ove Andsnes playing the music of Edvard Grieg would make an excellent gift for any young piano student or for yourself, if you like Grieg or great pianism. The sound and picture quality are superior, and the camera work provides many shots of Andsnes' keyboard technique. Andsnes has already made a critically acclaimed studio recording of the Piano Concerto, but the live performance presented here, with the Bergen Philharmonic under Ole Kristian Ruud, is even better. The element of spontaneity adds warmth and the DVD sound allows you to hear every nuance in the score. The only slight drawback is that you need to go to the menu to find the titles of the three encores Andsnes plays (three Lyric Pieces). The performance of the Ballad is equally splendid, certainly on par with the historic recording by Artur Rubinstein in the 1950s (available on RCA). In addition, there is a charming recital of six Lyric Pieces on Grieg's own great old Steinway in Grieg's beautiful home. The documentary at the beginning of the disc may be a bit wearing for some, but I liked the easy-going pace of this journey in the footsteps of Grieg, and Andsnes is a friendly guide here as in the recital in Grieg's house. The shot of Andsnes on top of a mountain in Norway playing a piano is a bit of nice symbolism which must have cost EMI or whoever paid for the helicoptor a nice piece of change. All of the wonderful video footage of waterfalls and fjords will be nice to watch when the temperature soars this summer.
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