Product Details

• Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: May 29, 2007
• Run Time: 76 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000O1714I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,196 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #35 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Mazurkas
  • #51 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Polonaises
  • #61 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Short Forms > Nocturnes

Editorial Reviews

Pianist Yevgeny Kissin recorded live at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo on May 12th, 1987. Kissin's musicality, the depth and poetic quality of his interpretations have put him in the forefront of today's pianists. He makes regular recital tours of Europe, America and Asia to sold-out houses. He has performed with all the leading orchestras of the world under such conductors as Abbado, Ashkenazy, Barenboim, Davis, Gergiev, Giulini, Jansons, Karajan, Levine, Maazel, Muti, Ozawa, Solti, Svetlanov and Temirkanov. Kissin has also performed chamber music with Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, James Levine, Alexander Knyazev, Mischa Maisky, Thomas Quasthoff, Isaac Stern and others.

LILACS
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)

from ETUDES TABLEAUX, Op. 39
VARIOUS

No. 5 in E-flat minor

No. 1 in C minor

SONATA NO. 6 IN A MAJOR, Op. 82
SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

I - Allegro moderato
II – Allegretto
III - Tempo di valzer lentissimo
IV – Vivace

from TROIS ETUDES DE CONCERT
FRANZ LISZT

"La leggierezza", No. 2 in F minor

from ZWEI KONZERTETUDEN
FRANZ LISZT

"Waldesrauschen," No. 1 in D-Flat Major

NOCTURNE IN A-FLAT MAJOR, Op. 32, No. 2
FRYDERYK CHOPIN

POLONAISE IN F-SHARP MINOR, Op. 44

MAZURKA IN E MINOR, Op. 25
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN

ETUDE IN C-SHARP MINOR, Op. 42, No. 5

NATU-WA KINU (Coming Summer)
SAKUNOSUKE KOYAMA

TODAI-MORI (Lighthouse Keeper)
English folksong

USAGI (Rabbit)
Japanese folksong

Customer Reviews

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable performance, January 6, 2008

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This review is from: Kissin in Tokyo - Yevgeny Kissin (DVD)

This is a beautifully filmed with terrific audio of young Yevgeny Kissin displaying his pianistic talent in Tokyo. The camera work is wonderful and you can watch his fingers fly across the keyboard with every composition. The Japanese audience was clearly in awe and appreciative of what they were hearing. This is as far as I know the only DVD of full-length performance where you can watch his fingerwork. He looks so young here like a babe in the woods and clearly very shy. His Chopin was already very mature and well established. My personal favorite was Rachmaninov's "Lilacs." Highly recommended for all piano fans.