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Facts established about this video so far:
Pianist: Dmitri Shostakovich (...
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Facts established about this video so far:
Pianist: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Trumpeter: Leonid Yuriev (1913-1971)
Conductor: Maybe Aleksandr Gauk (1893-1963)
Orchestra: Probably Leningrad Philharmonic
Venue: Moscow Conservatory "Great Hall"
Date: This info suggests it is 1940: http://www.youtub...
Piano: Bechstein, E270. Year Built: ?
(Thanks to everyone whose comments helped in establishing some of these facts. Please, keep them coming.)
Original Note:
This is the famous surviving video of young Shostakovich playing his first piano concerto. Footage is from 1934 or 1935 (I don't know for sure (I remember hearing about those years, but if anyone knows for sure, please let me know) -- definitely not on or before this concerto's premiere on October 15th, 1933, which happened at the Leningrad Philharmonic Hall). This performance is from Moscow Conservatory's Bol'shoi Zal.
We get to hear the very end of that performance (starting with the piano cadenza) - the only footage that, supposedly, survives.
Video and audio was taken from a DVD of a movie called "Sonata for Viola".
In that movie (and most likely the way the original footage was put together) most of concerto video doesn't coincide with audio and audio is played too fast (resulting in a raised pitch).
So, I corrected as much as I could.
(The frame rate of this video is 28.534 fps, and it seems to work fine after upload).
There is even one place (towards the end of the final "stride" cadenza) where the video footage seems to have come from a different performance! (maybe a rehearsal). He hits (wrong) notes that cannot be heard on the audio. (So I tweaked it a bit there).
Either way, enjoy it.
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Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in this...
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Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in this rare 1957 performance of Brahms' Haydn Variations, Op. 56. I created this video from the LP displayed above, issued on the Angel label in 1957, serial number 35299. With the exception of the April 13, 1957 Billboard magazine review of this recording (9:35) and those of the composer, all images used to create this video were taken from the LP label (12:01) and jacket (3:02).
From the reverse side of this LP:
Schubert / Herbert Von Karajan, 1957: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished) - Complete - http://www.youtub...
To hear the original theme upon which Brahms' masterpiece is based, see the Paris Wind Ensemble, from 1958: http://www.youtub...
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More from Brahms:
Brahms / Nathan Milstein, 1974: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - Complete - http://www.youtub...
Brahms / Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, 1966: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 - Complete - http://www.youtub...
Brahms / Sviatoslav Richter, Borodin Quartet, 1958: Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 - Complete - http://www.youtub...
Johannes Brahms / Isaac Stern, 1952: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - Movement 3 - http://www.youtub...
Brahms / Isaac Stern / Leonard Rose, 1956: Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 (Allegro) - Part 1: http://www.youtub...
David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, D minor Violin Sonata, Op. 108 - http://www.youtub...
Tatiana Grindenko: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 - http://www.youtub...
Alfons und Aloys Kontarsky: Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D flat major - http://www.youtub...
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More from von Karajan: http://www.youtub...
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From von Karajan's early recordings:
Beethoven / Herbert von Karajan, 1954: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 - Complete - http://www.youtub...
Beethoven / Herbert von Karajan, 1954: Overture, "Leonora, No. 3" Op. 72A - Philharmonia Orchestra - hhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z8wmfdDXRc
Bizet / Herbert von Karajan, 1958: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Prelude (1) - http://www.youtub...
Mozart / Herbert von Karajan, VPO, 1958: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 - Movement 1 - http://www.youtub...
Tchaikovsky / Herbert von Karajan, VPO, 1964: Miniature Overture from The Nutcracker - http://www.youtub...
Bizet / Herbert von Karajan, 1958: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 - Pastorale - http://www.youtub...
Haydn / Herbert von Karajan, 1958: Symphony No. 104 in D Major - http://www.youtub...
Mozart / Herbert von Karajan, 1958: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, Movement 4 - http://www.youtub...
Bizet / Herbert von Karajan, 1958: Carmen, Suite No. 1 - Prelude, Act 1 - http://www.youtub...
Grieg / Herbert von Karajan, VPO, 1964: Anitra's Dance, Peer Gynt Suite I, Op. 46 - http://www.youtub...
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