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Rosalyn Tureck - J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations / ROSALYN TURECK, piano October 1995 / dedicated to the memory of Rosalyn Tureck (1914-2003) / Video Producer: Viktor Sokolov / Video Artists International, Inc. / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 99 Minutes
UPC: 089948425298
- 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 39 minutes
- Release date : January 27, 2004
- Actors : Rosalyn Tureck
- Studio : Video Artists Int'L
- Number of discs : 1
Taped live in St. Petersburg during Rosalyn Tureck's historic 1995 tour to Russia. Because of the connection between St. Petersburg and the teachers who guided her musical development, Tureck considered her trip to the city a "return".
J.S. BACH: Aria with Thirty Variations, BWV 988, Clavierübung, Part IV Live in Concert Great Hall of the Philharmonic, St. Petersburg, July 1995 Rosalyn Tureck in St. Petersburg
Quite unexpectedly, in the Winter of 1995. I received an invitation from Russia to perform in St. Petersburg in the following June/July at the time of the famous Russian White Nights. A festival was
to be built around my performances. At first I did not see how I could accept. I was touring in the United States for five weeks with only a short period in between before conducting and lecturing in
England. Russia wanted me to perform and lecture during that period, and continually sent faxes persuading me to come, saying, "All Russia is waiting for you."
In the end, this invitation proved irresistible to me because St. Petersburg is the city of my musical ancestry. My first teacher was Sophia Brilliant-Liven, a great Russian pianist who had studied with
Anton Rubinstein and became his assistant. I worked with her from the age of nine and one half until almost fourteen. During those four years I heard her speak of Anton Rubinstein virtually all the time;
her apartment was filled with photographs of him and the great pianists of the then-named Petrograd Conservatory. The original name, St. Petersburg, has now been returned, after having been renamed
successively Stalingrad and Leningrad. Brilliant-Liven transferred to me the great tradition and high standards of musicianship and piano playing of Anton Rubinstein, and this formed a very firm and
significant foundation for my musicianship and technique.
My experiences in St. Petersburg, where Anton Rubinstein had founded its Conservatory, constituted for me a very deep emotional return. Although I had never been to St. Petersburg, the significance it
has had for me throughout my life, beginning with the profound memories of my early training, has now come full circle. After a lifetime of study and scholarly and performing experience throughout
the world, I returned with much emotion to a scene and setting that was the origin of my musical foundation and basic artistic standards.
ROSALYN TURECK, piano October 1995
This DVD edition of the Goldberg Variations is respectfully
dedicated to the memory of Rosalyn Tureck (1914-2003)
99 minutes, RUSSIA, 1995, Color, Stereo
©2004 Video Artists International, Inc. (All Rights Reserved)
Video Producer: Viktor Sokolov
Camera work: Alexander Dobriyannik, Gennady Nikolsky, Evgeny Smirnov, Vadim Petsky
Post-production video editing: Alexander Goldstein; Audio Recording Engineer: Victor Dinov
Audio digital mastering: Paul Baily at EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Cover photo of Rosalyn Tureck ©Riccardo Musacchio, re-produced by permission
