I wanted to watch this after seeing Herbie Hancock perform this on PBS. I was amazed at how fast his hands moved. I wanted to listen to Oscar Levant play it. He considered himself the definitive interpreter of his friend Gerswin's work. Levant was a genius who crossed over to crazy (Howard Hughes perhaps another). Levant said himself, "there is a fine line between genius and insanity, I have erased this line."
The performance of "Rhapsody in Blue" in the movie is about twelve minutes long.. I have the whole film digitized from TCM.. if I get a chance, I'll clip out the full performance (including the conversation Robert Alda has with Oscar Levant before the concert, and the nightclub sceen afterwards) and post it.. by the way, Oscar Levant (visible in two balcony scenes) does the actual piano performance.. Alda was only "lip-sync-playing"..
@hrlaser Actually, the piece is longer, about seventeen minutes. But all of Leonard Bernstein's performances, live or otherwise, leave out two small chunks, and others also skip certain parts, including Gershwin's own. Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, Andrew Litton and other conductors perform the whole thing, and Erich Kunzel's recording even restores some parts that were never heard before.
I wanted to watch this after seeing Herbie Hancock perform this on PBS. I was amazed at how fast his hands moved. I wanted to listen to Oscar Levant play it. He considered himself the definitive interpreter of his friend Gerswin's work. Levant was a genius who crossed over to crazy (Howard Hughes perhaps another). Levant said himself, "there is a fine line between genius and insanity, I have erased this line."
theswoogie 1 month ago
ほんとに最高傑作だな
sunomono1126 2 months ago
ありがとー☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆最コーダ
yasuhiromonji 2 months ago
fast....very good
SSATCHAN1122 3 months ago
まぶし過ぎる！
格好良過ぎる！
そして素晴らしい！
1920kwbtb 4 months ago in playlist 1920kwbtb さんのお気に入り
wow sounds beautiful
gizmopaws101 6 months ago
サイコー!!!!
ROBback13 8 months ago
I loved this movie.The great video in youtube!!!
:)
sibelycooper 9 months ago
格好いい
モノクロの映像大好き(´ω`)
lightinglove 10 months ago
The performance of "Rhapsody in Blue" in the movie is about twelve minutes long.. I have the whole film digitized from TCM.. if I get a chance, I'll clip out the full performance (including the conversation Robert Alda has with Oscar Levant before the concert, and the nightclub sceen afterwards) and post it.. by the way, Oscar Levant (visible in two balcony scenes) does the actual piano performance.. Alda was only "lip-sync-playing"..
hrlaser 1 year ago
@hrlaser Actually, the piece is longer, about seventeen minutes. But all of Leonard Bernstein's performances, live or otherwise, leave out two small chunks, and others also skip certain parts, including Gershwin's own. Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, Andrew Litton and other conductors perform the whole thing, and Erich Kunzel's recording even restores some parts that were never heard before.
al1936ful 10 months ago
Violin solo @5:48 always gets me:)
derek47 1 year ago
brilliant!!!!!!!
peteandpare 1 year ago
ちょうど終戦の年の映像か・・・
miraikarano2043 1 year ago
Good morningu
hayatuyuuya 1 year ago
listen LA MAGIA DEL SAX by Minicillo
Valerio960 2 years ago
I meant video.
jakethepianist 2 years ago
I LOVE the interpretation (except for the skipped parts). I really liked bars 73 and 74 ( Sorry, can't to back to the videos.)
jakethepianist 2 years ago
Bravo again!!!
meneses48 2 years ago
good technique, but i realllyyyy don't like the interpretation...
:(
tembeckchigan 2 years ago
ノスタルジックの所がとても良い味を出しています！。古いレコード何かを聴きたくなりました！。
susahsusahyoko 2 years ago 3
AHHHH!!!!!!! He skipped one of the best parts!!!!
jakethepianist 2 years ago
Bravo!!
modybick 2 years ago 14
great!!!!
yfa18705 2 years ago 7
Interesting film. Is this by any chance availabe on DVD at an online store or somewhere else?
Abriggs500 3 years ago 2