Product Details

• Actors: Piotr Anderszewski
• Directors: Bruno Monsaingeon
• Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Video Artists Int'l
• VHS Release Date: August 7, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005NGDS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,192 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, October 16, 2001

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I. Martinez-Ybor "Ignacio Martínez-Ybor" (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piotr Anderszewski Plays Beethoven Diabelli Variations [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an extract of an email I sent a friend:

Have you seen or listened the video of Piotr Andrezewski doing the Diabelli? It's quite good..... and the video (dir. by Bruno Monsaingeon and distributed by VAI) gives him the opportunity to introduce and illustrate the music before his uninterrupted, captivating performance of the piece. There is a very clever spot where, to suggest connections between the Diabelli and other late Beethoven, Piotr begins to play a contrapuntal passage from the Missa Solemnis on the piano ..... beautifully transcribed.... (I bet some more of it could be structured as a piano transcription, akin to Lizst's views on the symphonies..) Imperceptibly at first, the orchestra/chorus parts gradually come in on the appropriate piano lines, with the audio mix first emphasizing the piano and finally allowing the piano to be absorbed by the glorious, fully realized score ..... It's a gem...... and speaks volumes on the quality of this video.

Andrezewski's introduction to the piece is intelligent, keen and accessible. He is most charming and articulate, whether in English or French, in and out of both, properly subtitled for English only speakers. The performance of the Diabelli is masterful....much thought and study have obviously gone into it, yet passion, poetry and wit are not compromised. The Diabelli is a difficult piece to put accross. Piotr totally succeeds. Picture and sound are quite fine. Get it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Piotr Anderszewski Plays Beethoven Diabelli Variations, December 8, 2001

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This review is from: Piotr Anderszewski Plays Beethoven Diabelli Variations [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have been intrigued by this young pianist since I read a review of a performance he gave in Portland, OR and this video lived up to every expectation I had! If you want to witness a true genius with amazing hands I recommend you buy this video.

5.0 out of 5 stars un modele du genre, March 6, 2003

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Bernard Cracosky (bromont, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piotr Anderszewski Plays Beethoven Diabelli Variations [VHS] (VHS Tape)

j'attendais la parution sur DVD, mais a la projection de cet enregistrement, apres l'audition du CD, je n'ai pu résister plus longtemps! Tout au plus, je regretterais une trop présente référence a Gould, que souligne la technique consommée de Monsaingeon . Quelles prises de vue saisissantes, la prise de son de cristal! On ne peut que rendre un fervent hommage au travail considérable et au talent inoui non seulement de Piotr, mais de tous les techniciens. Des DVD de musique classique de cette qualité sont si rares. Merci pour ces instants de réel bonheur.