Product Details

• Actors: Friedrich Gulda
• Directors: Janos Darvas, Benedict Mirow
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (PCM Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
• DVD Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Run Time: 165 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000UVLJJU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #88,182 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Friedrich Gulda, January 10, 2009

By	Antonia Brentano (Leiden, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

Ths DVD gives you a very good impression of the multi-talented Austrian pianist/musician Friedrich Gulda. It consists of a documentary, an interview and, of course, lots of music.

The documentary (running time one hour) shows the different aspects of the man and artist Gulda. Apart from being an incredible classical pianist he was also an accomplished jazz-pianist, musical thinker and avant-garde artist. Althoug not everything he did was equally interesting, or was at the same level of quality, the documentary still makes it crystal-clear why Friedrich Gulda was (and still is) a world-famous artist.

The musical programme consists of the following:
J.S. Bach:
Prelude and Fugue in Aminor BWV 889
Brelude and Fugue in C major BWV 846
Prelude and Fugue in A flat major BWV 886
(the above works are played on the clavichord)

Franz Schubert, arr. Gulda:
Der Wanderer

Claude Debussy
Reflets dans l'eau
La soirée dans Grenade

Gulda:
Übungsstück no. 9 from Play Piano Play
Für Paul
Prelude and Fugue
Für Rico

Mozart, arr. Gulda
Sarastro's aria "In diesen heil'gen Hallen"
J.S. Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor BWV 849
Karl Föderl / Ernst Marischka
Die Reblaus

The interview is a real bonus. Although the interviewer likes to hear himself speak, I must admit that he is also very knowledgeable, so let's not be too critical here. Instead of many tv interviews nowadays, they take their time (36 minutes) and explore many interesting issues (Gulda on Chopin, on Cortot, on Schubert, etc. ). This interiew, for me, really adds to the value of this DVD.

All in all: a disc really worth buying.

Enjoy!