Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 & Mendelssohn Violin Concerto & Walton Cello Concerto / Rubinstein, Heifetz, Piatigorsky (EMI Classic Archive 4)
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Actor: Artur Rubinstein, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jascha HeifetzDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: EMI Classics
Movie Reviews of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 & Mendelssohn Violin Concerto & Walton Cello Concerto / Rubinstein, Heifetz, Piatigorsky (EMI Classic Archive 4)
Movie Review: Truly, truly awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one amazing DVD. I loved every minute of it. The only thing I regret is that there wasn't any footage of the short-lived R-H-P trio playing (although the Rubinstein Kultur DVD does...but I think this is the only other one; Rubinstein and Heifetz never saw eye-to-eye and did not speak after about 1955). Heifetz's portion of this DVD is unjustly brief, great though it is. I've heard the Bell Telephone Hour recordings for years and never knew they were filmed (I didn't grow up during that time, so never saw them live either.) Kinda wish the whole Mendelssohn had been included, not just Mvt. 1. The Debussy "Flaxen Hair" is great - I doubt it's been played with orchestra since this recording - but eegads, the flaxen-haired girl shown superimposed is fake-brushing her hair. Weird stuff. But the ensuing Dinicu "Hora Staccato", with Heifetz's impeccable up and down bow staccato, makes up for it. Piatigorsky is at his usual best in the Walton, and this was one of the first performances of it (made like 1 month after the premiere performance.) Like the violin concerto (written for Heifetz), the melodies are sad and beautiful - but the cello concerto has a much more prominent cadenza. Piatigorsky was one of the several best cellists when it came to expression and making the instrument speak to the listener, and Walton undoubtedly knew this when he wrote the concerto. You can tell that the audience was spellbound. Rubinstein was an old man of 80 when he played this live performance of the Beethoven Concerto #4 and the Chopin A-flat major Polonaise, but this is irrelevant. This was surely one of his best concerts. The Beethoven #4 is one of those concertos that, when performed extremely well, just leaves the listener glad that they're alive. Case in point, Rubinstein's performance. And ditto for the Chopin, which was one of his signature pieces. Highly, highly recommended.
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