THE ART OF CHOPIN

A film by Gerald Caillat

Garrick Ohlsson,

Bella Davidovich,

Evgeny Kissin,

Piotr Anderszewski,

Yuja Wang

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Warsaw Philharmonic / Antoni Wit

Bonus: Garrick Ohlsson playing Chopin Piano Concertos

Recorded at the Warsaw Philharmonic, 2009

This documentary pays tribute to Chopin’s art to his highly original writing and show how much of a contribution it made to 20th century music and modern-day piano music.

To this end we are combining two approaches: a narrative approach with a biographical account, which focuses on the composer’s most creative periods. And an analytical approach with first-hand accounts by some of the greatest performers of his works. Among them: Garrick Ohlsson, Bella Davidovich, Evgeny Kissin, Piotr Anderszewski and Yuja Wang.

The first approach captures Chopin’s genius in his time by evoking his life, his work, his existential concerns and his musical influences.

The second approach, which forms the mainstay of this documentary, conveys the passion artists have for performing Chopin and their understanding of his music today, which appears to be so easy and is yet so difficult to play.

Filmed archives of prestigious pianists, some of whom are no longer with us, complete this portrait of Chopin’s art.

Bonus: full concert programme including both Chopin Concertos with Garrick Ohlsson and the Warsaw Philharmonic under the baton of Antoni Wit.

Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9

Sounds formats DVD Documentary: PCM Stereo

Sounds formats DVD Concert: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1

Region code: 0

Original Language: English

Subtitle Languages: English, Français, Deutsch, Polski, Japanese

Booklet notes: English, German, French

Running time: DVD 1: 53 min (documentary, DVD2: 82 min (performance)

FSK: 0

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