Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Kultur Video
• VHS Release Date: March 30, 1999
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0769720102
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,071 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars JUST A GENERIC BIOGRAPHY, NOTHING INTERESTING, August 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Russian Composers: Rachmaninov [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A huge disappointment, no live footage of Rachmaninoff, nothing but a short biography. 30 minutes only. A waste of money.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars False Advertising! AVOID!, August 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Russian Composers: Rachmaninov [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It is claimed that this video shows footage of Rachmaninoff, and it was primarily for this reason that I bought two copies (one for another pianist friend). Moreover, Rostropovich is supposed to be the primary contributor with Alexis Weissenberg also participating.

Nothing of the kind! There is no Rachmaninoff footage, no evidence of Rostropovich or Weissenberg. Instead, it is an amateurish 30 minutes of facts and photos gleaned from biographies.

I am asking for my money back!

2.0 out of 5 stars IT'S RACHMANINOV! Not Rachmaninoff., June 4, 2002

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Boris Gontarev (LA, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Russian Composers: Rachmaninov [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I only have to rectify - for your reviewers - the huge but deep-rooted mistake: this RUSSIAN composer's name should be transliterated from Russian as RACHMANINOV, or even better - RAKHMANINOV and not with this obsolete old-fashioned French-inspired ending "-off". Please, please let's collectively return to this great man and the greatest composer his true identity! And let's continue enjoying his great music!