| Description |
1 videocassette (150 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Physical Medium |
1/2 in. |
| Description |
analog |
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magnetic |
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stereo |
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Dolby |
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VHS |
| System Details |
VHS hi-fi, Dolby stereo; preservation copy is DVD format. |
| Note |
A film on the life of Dmitri Shostakovich from the Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich edited by Solomon Volkov; screenplay by David Rudkin. |
| Credits |
Producer, director, editor, designer, co-writer, Tony Palmer ; photographer, Nic Knowland. |
| Cast |
Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith, Terence Rigby, Ronald Pickup. |
| Performer |
Various soloists ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Rudolf Barshai, conductor. |
| Note |
Videocassette release of the 1987 film. |
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Licensed by RM Associates. |
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Notes by Derek Elley on container. |
| Contents |
Violin concerto no. 1 (Yuzuko Horigome) -- Michelangelo sonnet ; Symphony no. 13 (John Shirley-Quirk ; Golden Age Singers ; Simon Preston, conductor) -- String quartet no. 10 (Chilingirian Quartet) -- Piano concerto no. 23, K488 / Mozart (Margaret Fingerhut). |
| Summary |
" ... the script frames the whole story as a reminiscence by Shostakovich himself on his tortured relationship with Stalin - the composer and the state, the persecuted and the persecutor, the powerless and the all-powerful, the true Russian and the Georgian interloper."--Container. Includes extracts of several works by Shostakovich. |
| Subject |
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. |
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Composers -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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Soviet Union. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Svidetelʹstvo. English.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Works. Selections.
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Volkov, Solomon.
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Rudkin, David, 1936-
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Kingsley, Ben, 1943- performer.
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Palmer, Tony, 1941- director.
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Knowland, Nicolas D., photographer.
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Barshai, Rudolf, conductor.
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Film Four International.
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Connoisseur Video (Firm)
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Isolde Films Ltd.
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Mandemar Group.
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Reiner Moritz Associates.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
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| Music No. |
CR174 VHS Connoisseur Video |
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