| Description |
1 DVD (100 min., 12 sec.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Series |
Classics archive ; 49
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Classics archive ; 49.
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| System Details |
DVD, not region coded; 4:3 aspect ratio. |
| Performer |
Complete performer listing on container. |
| Note |
Title from main DVD menu screen. |
| Credits |
Programs originally produced by Olivier Charvet for Idéale Audience and IMG Artists. |
| Event |
Performances recorded 1954-1972 in London (1st-2nd, 5th-7th sessions), Paris (3rd session), and Manchester, England (4th session). |
| Note |
Includes program notes by David Patmore in English, French, German, and Spanish on disc. |
| Summary |
Musical performances selected from BBC's Classic archive TV series. |
| Contents |
[1st session], Jacqueline du Pré, cello. Song without words : in D major : op. 109 / Mendelssohn. Goyescas. Intermezzo / Granados ; Cassadó. Allegro appassionato in B minor, op. 43 / Saint-Saëns -- [2nd session], Benjamin Britten, piano & Peter Pears, tenor. Go not, happy way / Bridge. Down by the Salley Gardens / traditional ; Britten. The shooting of his dear / traditional. Piano quartet no. 1 in G minor, K478. Andante / Mozart. The plough boy / traditional ; Britten -- [3rd session], Alfred Deller, counter-tenor. What then is love but mourning? / Philip Rosseter. Have you seen but the white lily grow / anonymous. Ah, heaven, what is't I hear / John Blow. Sound the trumpet / Henry Purcell -- [4th session], Sir John Barbirolli, conductor. Scherzo capriccioso : op. 66 / Dvorák -- [5th session], John Ogdon, piano. Après une lecture de Dante : (fantasia quasi sonata) : S161 no. 7 / Liszt -- [6th session], Solomon, piano. Impromptu in A flat major, D899 no. 4 / Schubert -- [7th session], Dame Myra Hess, piano. Cantata BWV147. Jesu, joy of man's desiring / Bach ; Hess. Sonata no. 31 in A flat major, op. 110 / Beethoven. Toccata, adagio, and fugue in C major, BWV564. Adagio / Bach. |
| Language |
Vocal selections sung in English. |
| Subject |
Cello and piano music.
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Cello and piano music. |
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Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Songs (High voice) with piano. |
| Genre/Form |
Orchestral music.
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| Subject |
Piano music.
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Piano music. |
| Genre/Form |
Piano music.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Du Pré, Jacqueline, 1945-1987, performer.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, performer.
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Pears, Peter, 1910-1986, performer.
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Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970, conductor.
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Ogdon, John, 1937-1989, performer.
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Solomon, 1902-1988, performer.
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Hess, Myra, Dame, 1890-1965, performer.
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Charvet, Olivier.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Idéale Audience International.
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IMG Artists (Firm)
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EMI (Firm)
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| Music No. |
DVB 38846192 EMI Classics |
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