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Kurt Masur: A Life for Music and Peace (DVD)

Label: Euroarts

Cat No: 2425053

Barcode: 0880242505385

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 27th May 2016

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Contents

Artists

Frank-Michael Erben (violin)
Kirill Troussov (violin)
David Aaron Carpenter (viola)
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Sol Gabetta (cello)
Leigh Mesh (double bass)
Yuja Wang (piano)
Harald Schmidt
MDR Radio Choir
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Verbier Festival Orchestra

Conductor

Kurt Masur

Works

Bernstein, Leonard

West Side Story
» Mambo

Bizet, Georges

Carmen
» Prelude

Brahms, Johannes

Liebeslieder-Walzer (18), op.52
» no.8 Wenn so lind dein Augen mir
» no.11 Nein, est ist nicht auszukommen

Dukas, Paul

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'Apprenti sorcier)

Dvorak, Antonin

Slavonic Dances: Series II, op.72 B147
» no.2 in E minor

Gershwin, George

Porgy and Bess
» Oh, I can't sit down
» There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York

Jobim, Antonio Carlos 'Tom'

The Girl from Ipanema

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream
» Overture
» Wedding March
Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.25
Piano Sextet in D major, op.110
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 'Scottish'
Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90 'Italian'
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Moniuszko, Stanislaw

Halka
» Mazurka

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Nicolai, Otto

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
» Overture

Stravinsky, Igor

Petrushka: 3 Movements for piano

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Capriccio italien, op.45

Artists

Frank-Michael Erben (violin)
Kirill Troussov (violin)
David Aaron Carpenter (viola)
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Sol Gabetta (cello)
Leigh Mesh (double bass)
Yuja Wang (piano)
Harald Schmidt
MDR Radio Choir
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Verbier Festival Orchestra

Conductor

Kurt Masur

About

This extensive DVD box is dedicated to maestro Kurt Masur, most famous not only as one of the greatest conductors but also for his significant role during the Peaceful Revolution in Germany and the fall of the Wall in 1989.


Kurt Masur conducted the famous Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig for many years, and later he became also chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic. This DVD box not only contains extraordinary concerts from the Gewandhaus and the Verbier Festival, but also two documentaries about his role in the Peaceful Revolution, for the first time on DVD.


DVD1

“The Peaceful Revolution and German Reunification” A film by Oliver Becker, 1999

“Two Cities – One Maestro” A film by Allan Miller, 1992

“Discovering Masterpiece: Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn” A film by Angelika Stiehler, 2007


DVD2

Kurt Masur conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Mendelssohn - Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90 “Italian”

Directed by Elisabeth Birke-Malzer, 1993


DVD3

Mendelssohn Gala Concert from the Gewandhaus, Leipzig

- “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Overture and Wedding March)

- Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64 (Frank-Michael Erben, violin)

- Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 “Scottish”

Directed by Bob Coles, 1997


DVD4

Kurt Masur: A Life in Music – The Anniversary Gala from Leipzig

Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)

Moniuszko - Halka (Mazurka)

Brahms - Liebeslieder Walzer (nos 11 and 8)

Dvořák - Slavonic Dance in E minor, op.72, no.2

Tchaikovsky - Capriccio italien, op.45

Bernstein - West Side Story (Mambo)

Gershwin - Porgy and Bess (“Oh, I can’t sit down”; “There’s a boat dat’s leaving soon for New York”)

Dukas - L’Apprenti sorcier

Bizet - Carmen (Prélude)

Jobim - The Girl from Ipanema

Directed by Georg Wübbolt, 2007


DVD5

Mendelssohn in Verbier

Verbier Festival Orchestra, Yuja Wang (piano), Kirill Troussov (violin), David Aaron Carpenter (viola), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Sol Gabetta (cello), Leigh Mesh (double bass)

Mendelssohn:

- Piano Sextet in D major, op.110

- Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.25

- Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 “Scottish”

Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka 

Directed by Francois-René Martin, Philippe Béziat and Pierre-Martin Juban, 2009


Total running time: 465 mins

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