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Music Transfigured: Remembering Ferenc Fricsay (DVD) | Euroarts 3078528

Music Transfigured: Remembering Ferenc Fricsay (DVD)

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Label: Euroarts

Cat No: 3078528

Barcode: 0899132000763

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Documentary

Release Date: 30th March 2009

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Contents

Artists

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Conductor

Ferenc Fricsay

Artists

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Conductor

Ferenc Fricsay

About

Lovingly restored, using the finest state-of-the art technology, Classic Archive features great performances from legendary artists, offering a unique historical glimpse into our classical heritage - in this case, a beautifully crafted biography of the legendary Hungarian-born conductor, Ferenc Fricsay, whose tragically early death in 1963 prevented him from earning the celebrity of the likes of Karajan or Bernstein.

This film portrays the maestro conducting rehearsals and concert performances of works by Kodaly, Smetana, Dukas and Mozart.

Tamas Vasary, Kurt Masur, Yehudi Menuhin and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, all of whom worked closely with him, talk about the man and his remarkable artistry. From archive footage, we discover the marvellous technique of this passionate and elegant conductor, who was compared to Toscanini, and the imaginative language he used to bring music to life during his rehearsals with various orchestras from Budapest to Berlin, via Munich.

Bonus:
- Rossini: La Scala di Seta Overture
- Beethoven: Leonore III Overture
International Concert Hall, London, 9/5/1961, source BBC Archive

NTSC 4:3, 2.0 LPCM
Booklet Notes :Tracklist GB, F, D
Subtitles : English, French
Running Time: 74'
FSK : all audiences

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