Product Overview
Casadesus - The First Family of the Piano / Beethoven: "Appassionata" Sonata, 3rd mvt. - J. S. Bach: Concerto for 3 pianos in D Minor, 3rd mvt. / Bonus Bell Telephone Hour Performances Debussy: Fireworks; Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd mvt. / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 76 Minutes
UPC: 089948427698
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 Ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Classical, Color, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 16 minutes
- Release date : March 30, 2004
- Actors : Robert Casadesus, Gaby Casadesus
- Studio : Video Artists International
- Number of discs : 1
"Casadesus: First Family of the Piano" is a documentary that chronicles a true musical family dynasty. Though Robert Casadesus (1899-1972) had the most visible career as a performing and recording artist, his wife, Gaby (1901-1999), and son, Jean (1927-1972), were fine musicians in their own right and frequently concertized independently. In "First Family of the Piano", narrated by Jean, we observe the Casadesus family as performers and as devoted family members. The film moves between the idyllic country haven that was home to the family to the various concert venues providing the musical segments of the program.
Augmented by selections from the regular Bell Telephone Hour series, this DVD offers performances by all three pianists. Robert is heard in movements from sonatas of Beethoven and Chopin; Jean performs solo music of Debussy and a movement of the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2; and Robert, Gaby and Jean join together in movements of concerti for three keyboards by Bach and by Casadesus, whose work as a composer figures prominently in this glowing tribute to an immensely gifted trio of musicians.
Casadesus
"First Family of the Piano"
Bonus Bell Telephone Hour Performances Debussy: Fireworks; Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd mvt.
(Jean Casadesus, 1963) Beethoven: "Appassionata" Sonata, 3rd mvt. (Robert Casadesus, 1964)
J. S. Bach: Concerto for 3 pianos in D Minor, 3rd mvt. (Robert, Gaby and Jean Casadesus, 1964)
A Production of Henry Jaffe Enterprises, Inc.
©2004 Jaffe Partners Limited Partnership (All Rights Reserved)
All selections originally produced for the Bell Telephone Hour Television series
Packaging, design and DVD authoring © 2004 Video Artists International, Inc.
Digital photo editing: Edward Cardona DVD production coordinator: Raymond Edwards
