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Festival of Music Volume 1 | VAI DVDVAI4244

Festival of Music Volume 1

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Label: VAI

Cat No: DVDVAI4244

Barcode: 0089948424499

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 28th August 2007

Contents

Works

Leoncavallo
Pagliacci - excerpt(s)

Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto - 3rd mov.

Puccini
“Vissi d’arte” from Tosca

Puccini
Act 1 finale from La Boheme

Offenbach
“Barcarolle” from Tales of Hoffmann

Offenbach
“Olympia’s Song” from Tales of Hoffmann

Chopin
Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53

Weber
Adagio & Rondo

Traditional
Three spirituals

Bizet
“Card Scene” from Carmen




Artists

Charles Laughton
Leonard Warren
Jan Peerce
Isaac Stern
Zinka Milanov
Roberta Peters
Blanche Thebom
Mildred Miller
Gregor Piatigorsky
Marian Anderson
Rise Stevens
Renata Tebaldi
Jussi Bjoerling
Arthur Rubinstein
Showcase Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Max Rudolf

Works

Leoncavallo
Pagliacci - excerpt(s)

Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto - 3rd mov.

Puccini
“Vissi d’arte” from Tosca

Puccini
Act 1 finale from La Boheme

Offenbach
“Barcarolle” from Tales of Hoffmann

Offenbach
“Olympia’s Song” from Tales of Hoffmann

Chopin
Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53

Weber
Adagio & Rondo

Traditional
Three spirituals

Bizet
“Card Scene” from Carmen




Artists

Charles Laughton
Leonard Warren
Jan Peerce
Isaac Stern
Zinka Milanov
Roberta Peters
Blanche Thebom
Mildred Miller
Gregor Piatigorsky
Marian Anderson
Rise Stevens
Renata Tebaldi
Jussi Bjoerling
Arthur Rubinstein
Showcase Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Max Rudolf

About

This complete live telecast, recorded in the winter of 1956, showcases an array of classical talent so unmatched that the production has become legendary. This first volume of the Festival of Music, hosted by Charles Laughton, features such stars as Leonard Warren, Jan Peerce, Marian Anderson, Zinka Milanov and Roberta Peters performing the works of Bizet, Puccini, Chopin, and many others.

The telecast of January 30, 1956.

Charles Laughton, host.
- Leonard Warren, Jan Peerce (Pagliacci)
- Isaac Stern (Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto - 3rd mov.)
- Zinka Milanov (“Vissi d’arte”)
- Roberta Peters (“Olympia’s Song” from Tales of Hoffmann)
- Blanche Thebom & Mildred Miller (“Barcarolle” from Tales of Hoffmann)
- Gregor Piatigorsky (Weber: Adagio & Rondo)
- Marian Anderson (three spirituals)
- Risë Stevens (“Card Scene” from Carmen)
- Renata Tebaldi & Jussi Bjoerling (Act 1 finale from La Bohème)
- Arthur Rubinstein (Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53)

Picture Format: PAL Black & White / Sound Format: PCM Audio / Region Code: 0
Digitally restored using newly discovered audio sources.
Can be programmed to watch whole show, with commercials, or just the musical selections.
89 min. B&W. Subtitles are optional and in English.

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