Film

Beethoven Piano Concertos 1-5

0.0

3h 0m

1974

Synopsis

These recordings, filmed in March and April 1974 for the BBC, occurred at the tail end of the old performance era and the very start of the new. Vladimir Ashkenazy was a graduate of the same Soviet school of piano playing that produced Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, Lazar Berman and a host of others of that era. There are simularities that unite them, including a broad romanticism, a degree of Lisztian showmanship coupled with periods of introspection, powerful technique that occasionally borders on pounding and an intellectual streak that produces some deeply insightful playing. Ashkenazy was younger than the others, more modern in his playing.

Director

Brian Large

Music

classical concert

Cast & Crew

Vladimir Ashkenazy

as Himself

Bernard Haitink

as Himself

London Philharmonic Orchestra

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