Product Overview
Alfred Brendel: Plays and Introduces Schubert, Vol. 3: Sonata D894/Impromptus D899 & D935 / recording: Radio Bremen, Germany June 1976, June 1977 & December 1977 / Directed by Peter Hamm / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 137 Minutes
UPC: 880242578280
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 4 Ounces
- Item model number : D935
- Director : Hamm
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Classical, Color, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours and 19 minutes
- Release date : July 28, 2009
- Actors : Schubert, Brendel
- Subtitles: : German, English, French, Spanish
- Language : English (PCM Stereo), German (PCM Stereo), French (PCM Stereo), Unqualified (PCM Stereo), Spanish (PCM Stereo)
- Studio : EuroArts
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 1
Alfred Brendel is arguably the most outstanding exponent of Schubert's piano music currently before the public, a man capable of bringing to vibrant life not only the verve of this music but also its poetic intensity and intellectual depth. On Volume 3 of the 5 DVD series he plays Schuberts Sonate in G major D894, completed in October 1826 and known as one of the rare completely serene sonatas that he wrote with an overall mood of peace and luminosity, and the Impromptus D899 & D935, interpreted with Brendel distrinctive definition and accurancy. There is a 10-15 mins introduction by Alfred Brendel himself, throwing light on its compositional substance and at the same time revealing his own highly personal relationship with these masterpieces of Romantic music, and complete performances under studio conditions. The series, shot in 1976/1977, has never been shown ever since and therefore embodies a document of unmitigated fascination. The way Brendel plays Schubert gives us all the reasons to believe he is a living legend and the dean of today's pianists. For those who are not familiar with him or his approach of Schubert this is a good start. It is a most rewarding experience!
