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Women Pianists on Video
VHS formats featuring or including women classical pianistsSuggestions for additions to this page are welcome,
particularly access to the many recitals recorded and produced
by local public broadcasting stations.
Martha Argerich (1941-)
- Martha Argerich
VAI, VHS: cat# 69425
VAI, DVD: cat# 4210
Video Artists International. Recorded in 1976 in the studios of the CBC Montreal network. Pieces performed are the Schumann Piano Concerto, Liszt’s Funérailles and Ravel’s Jeux d’eau. A rare video appearance of this remarkable artist.
- The Cliburn - Playing on the Edge (2001)
PBS Documentary produced by Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., and KERA-TV, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas. This video won the George Foster Peabody Award for 2002, broadcasting and cable industry's most prestigious honor. Women featured include the award-winning performances of Olga Kern.
- Ninth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (1993)
PBS Documentary .
- The Art of Piano: Great Pianists of the 20th Century
NTSC 29199-3
NVC Arts 1999 (A Warner Music Group Company). Also available in DVD.
Annie Fischer performs Chopin's Waltz No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 64, filmed in Budapest in 1976. 18 historic pianists are included on this video.
- The Art of Piano: Great Pianists of the 20th Century
NTSC 29199-3
NVC Arts 1999 (A Warner Music Group Company). Also available in DVD.
Hess performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K 453, with the Royal Air Force Orchestra in London in 1942; and Beethoven's Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata), filmed in London in 1947. 18 historic pianists are included on this video.
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Memories
NVC Arts 3984 25386-2
Igoshina is one of several artists who perform the soundtrack for this documentary. She plays from Rachmaninoff's Preludes in C# minor, G minor, and B minor. You can read more about this film at the Mikhail Pletnev Unofficial Web Site.
- The Mystery of Chopin/The Strange Case Of Delphina Potocka
Arthaus Musik DVD
Igoshina's notable performances in this DVD have garnered much excitement among those following the career of this rapidly rising star.
- performed and appeared as herself in the following movies (all filmed in England):
Battle for Music, 1943, a story about the war-time concerts and tours of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Girl in a Million, 1945, Joyce appears in live performance in a concert in the movie performing Franck's Variations Symphonique.
Wherever She Goes, 1951, a biography of her life in Australia, Joyce appears in concert at the beginning and the end performing the Grieg piano concerto, and plays the soundtrack.
Trent's Last Case, 1952, Joyce appears in live performance in a concert in the movie performing the slow movement of Mozart's c minor concerto, K491.
performed the soundtrack in the following movies:
The Seventh Veil,1945, story of a young concert pianist, Joyce performed the soundtrack and her hands are the close-up shots in the movie.
Brief Encounter, 1945, soundtrack includes Joyce performing the Rachmaninoff second piano concerto.
Men of Two Worlds, 1945, Joyce performed the soundtrack of original compositions by Arthur Bliss.
Quartet, 1947, one story is about a pianist and Joyce performed the soundtrack.
- The Cliburn - Playing on the Edge (2001)
Live footage of this competition includes Olga Kern's top prize winning performances.
- Piano GRAND: a Smithsonian celebration
CMV, VHS: cat# CV 50230
Columbia Music Video, 2000. This is a live, all-star musical concert celebrating the 300th anniversary of the invention of the piano. The Labeque sisters perform excerpts from Ravel's Mother Goose Suite as well as "America" from Bernstein's West Side Story, in thier inimitable, energetic style.
- Wanda Landowska – Uncommon Visionary
VAI, VHS: cat# 69223
Video Artists International. "A fascinating documentary about the life and art of the woman who single-handedly revived interested in the harpsichord. As a bonus, following the documentary, Landowska is seen in brief solo performances of Bach: Concerto in D major, 3rd mvt. (excerpt), Italian Concerto, 1st mvt., Concerto in D major (after Vivaldi), 2nd mvt.; and Bransle Simple by the early 17th-century French composer Antoine Francisque."
- The Music of Rachmaninoff
This video features one of Laredo's very popular "Concerts with Commentary," sponsored by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Freeing the Caged Bird
A teaching video featuring her techniques for reducing injury and improving performance.
- Pamela Ross in "CARRENO"
A "one-piano play" and one-woman show about the life of the great pianist, Teresa Carreno. Ross wrote, dramatizes and performs at the piano a dynamic portrayal of this much misunderstood woman. Not only is the playing first rate, but the insights into Carreno's life are thought-provoking.
- The Virtuoso Pianist
A piano recital featuring the music of Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Ravel with anecdotes between pieces. Began showing on A&E television in 1997.
- Song of Love
Released in 1947 this film stars Katharine Hepburn as Clara.
Besides including several reviews, the webpage for this film (http://www.geneva.edu/~dksmith/clara/clarafilms.html) presents an exhaustive list of other films/videos of Clara including:
Spring Symphony:1983 film starring Nastassja Kinski, this English version is dubbed over the original German film entitled Fruehlingssinfonie.
Clara Schumann at the Piano: a recital/drama performed by Beverly Serra-Brooks; and
Virtuosa: a one-person play written by Diane Seymour and performed by Dianna Nixon.
- Mozart Recital
PBS-TV Video JDT3001
This recital includes the Phantasie in D minor K 397; Sonata in F major K 280; Adagio Sonata in C major K545; Phantasie in C minor K 475; and Sonata in A major K 331.
- Nelita True at Eastman
SH Productions Company of Kansas City. A set of four videos featuring her performances, lectures, and teaching:
Vol. 1 -- "Developing Musical Fingers - Portrait of a Pianist"
Vol. 2 -- "Becoming a True Music Maker - The Studio Lesson
Vol. 3 -- "Reading with a Dash of Rote - Technique Through Listening"
Vol. 4 -- "Principles of Style for the Young Pianist"
- Rosalyn Tureck Plays Bach - Goldberg Variations
VAI, VHS: cat# 69220
Video Artists International. "The legendary Bach interpreter Rosalyn Tureck in her most technically dazzling and emotionally powerful interpretation of Bach's monumental work. This performance, on piano, was taped live at the great hall of the Philharmonic in St. Peterburg during Tureck's historic tour of Russia. A stunning achievement by one of the keyboard giants of the century. 1995. approx. 95 minutes."
- Rosalyn Tureck - Live at the Teatro Colón
VAI, VHS: cat# 69081
Video Artists International. 1992 piano recital. Works by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Brahms.
- Rosalyn Tureck: High Priestess Of Bach
VAI, VHS: cat# 69225
Video Artists International. "Tureck’s historic first television appearances, 1961-62, feature performances on the harpsichord and piano, as well as Tureck’s insightful commentary on Bach and his music. Works include Gigue in B-flat Major from Partita No. 1; Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major from Well-Tempered Clavier; the Italian Concerto; Prelude and Fugue in A minor; and selections from the Goldberg Variations. 60 minutes."