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1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 30 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color |
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013057 |
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digital |
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video file |
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polychrome |
| Performer |
Lang Lang, piano. |
| Event |
Recorded Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France. |
| Summary |
Famous for his interpretations of Chopin's works, Lang Lang chose to play the Polish romantic composer's famous Scherzi. The pianist would also perform The Seasons by Tchaikovsky, another composer dear to his heart since he played his Concertos in his first recording for Deutsche Grammophon in 2003. Chopin's Scherzi are richly ornate, creating an ever more creative sense of fantasy and are tinted with tumultuous, passionate and tragic touches. In the words of Alfred Cortot: "These are games, but they are terrifying; dances, yet feverish, haunting; they only appear to punctuate the bitterness surrounding human torment." The Seasons by Tchaikovsky represent a cycle of twelve pieces written between 1875 and 1876. Each of the pieces represents a month of the year, which some have called "nbspalmanac chromos¡" and are among the Russian composer's most performed works. |
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Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, op. 20 ; Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 31 ; Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, op. 39 ; Scherzo no. 4 in E major, op. 54 / Frederic Chopin -- Seasons, op. 37b / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. |
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Piano music.
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Piano music. |
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Piano music.
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Scherzos.
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Scherzos. |
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Months -- Songs and music.
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Months. |
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Songs and music.
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Internet videos.
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Music.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Music.
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| Added Author |
Sommer, Andy, film director.
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Lang, Lang, 1982- instrumentalist.
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Container of (work): Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
Scherzos, piano.
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Container of (work): Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
Vremena goda.
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Bel Air Media (Firm), production company.
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ZDF/Arte (Firm), production company.
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ARTE France, production company.
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Sony Classical (Firm), production company.
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| Added Title |
Recital in the Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles) |
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