Filmography
Classification by opus number
- Opus 1:
Yehudi Menuhin
. Eastern Europe and the violin
French title:
L'Europe orientale et le violon
4 instalments : "The Gipsy phenomenon"; "The Jewish people and the violin"; "Two great figures: Enesco and Bartok"; including a complete performance of Bartok's "Contrasts" Date: 1972
- Opus 2:
Glenn Gould
4 instalments: "La retraite", "L'Alchimiste", "Glenn Gould 1974", "Sixth Bach Partita" Date: 1974
Issued on DVD under the title "Glenn Gould, the Alchemist". EMI
- Opus 3:
Paul Tortelier
Three 26 minute instalments: "L'eau", "La terre" et "Le feu"
Date: 1972
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 4 :
Renato Capecchi, une vie en musique
Two 26 minute instalments Date: 1973
- Opus 5 :
Hommage a Julius Katchen
Two 26 minute instalments Date: 1972
- Opus 6:
Paul Badura Skoda, The Vienese spirit in music
French title:
l'esprit viennois en musique
Two 26 minute instalments Date: 1975
- Opus 7:
Louis Kentner, Franz Liszt
Two 26 minute instalments Date: 1974
Opus 1 to 7 are part of a series entitled "Chemins de la musique"
- Opus 8:
Gregorian chant at Solesmes
French title:
Le chant gregorien a Solesmes
60' Date: 1975
- 0pus 9:
Requiem for a talent. Friederich Gulda
French title:
Requiem pour un talent. Friederich Gulda
45' Date: 1976
- Opus 10:
The kings' bow
French title:
L'archet des Rois
Featuring
Yehudi Menuhin
, Rostropovitch, Oistrakh, Milstein, Stern
60' Date: 1976
- Opus 11:
Mademoiselle
A portrait of
Nadia Boulanger
. 60' Date: 1977
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 12:
Le temps d'un silence.
Yehudi Menuhin
A profile of Yehudi Menuhin at 60. 60' Date: 1976
- Opus 13:
Double Portrait; Zoltan Kocsis and Deszo Ranki
60' Date: 1977
- Opus 14:
Michael Tilson-Thomas
60' Date: 1978
- Opus 15:
The Soviet school of violin playing , Vladimir Spivakov
French title:
L'Ecole sovietique de violon, Vladimir Spivakov
60' Date: 1979
- Opus 16:
Bruno Laplante
26' Date: 1980
- Opus 17:
Murray Perahia
60' Date: 1981
- Opus 18:
Viktoria Postnikova, a woman in her country
60' Date: 1982
- Opus 19:
Viktoria and Guennadi
Viktoria Postnikova and Gennady Roshdestvensky playing a four hand Recital, with the participation of Alfred Schnittke
28' Date: 1982
Opus 13 to 19 are part of a series entitled "Opus One"
- Opus 20:
The Question of instrument
1st episode of the series "
Glenn Gould
plays Bach". 58' Date: 1979
- Opus 21:
An Art of the Fugue
2nd episode of the series "
Glenn Gould
plays Bach". 58' Date: 1980
- Opus 22:
The Goldberg Variations
3rd episode of the series "
Glenn Gould
plays Bach". 58' Date: 1981
Opus 20 to 22: films of the series: "
Glenn Gould
plays Bach"
These three films were issued on Dvd by Sony.
Unavailable at present.
- Opus 23:
The Four Seasons
Yehudi Menuhin
performs with his School Orchestra the Four Seasons by Vivaldi.
52' Date: 1979
- Opus 24:
Stravinsky's violin Concerto
Played by
Yehudi Menuhin
and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Erich Leinsdorf.
26' Date: 1981
- Opus 25:
Brahms violin Concerto
Played by
Yehudi Menuhin
and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur. 57' Date: 1982
- Opus 26:
The Open Wall
French title:
La muraille ouverte
A documentary film on
Yehudi Menuhin
in China. 56' Date: 1982
- Opus 27:
A summer concert for His Holiness John Paul II
Performed by
Yehudi Menuhin
and the Polish Chamber Orchestra
58' Date: 1983
- Opus 28:
Bach at the Barbican
Yehudi Menuhin
and the English Chamber Orchestra
56' Date: 1985
- Opus 29:
The
Glenn Gould
cycle
A series of 22 twenty six minute episodes, and one 52' episode
Date: 1985-1988
- Opus 30:
Rostropovitch Clip
Mstislav Rostropovitch plays 2 Rococo Variations by Tchaikovsky
6' Date: 1986
- Opus 31:
Menuhin at Harrt
A documentary film on Yehudi Menuhin's residency at the Harrt School of music of Hartford University
88' Date: 1987
- Opus 32:
Beethoven 9th Symphony
Menuhin conducts the student orchestra of Hartford University in Beethoven's 9th Date: 1987
- Opus 33:
Barbara Hendricks Recital in Leningrad
with Dmitri Alexeev 86' Date: 1987
- Opus 34:
Barbara Hendricks Recital in Paris
at the Champs-Elysees Theater, with Andras Schiff
62' Date: 1988
- Opus 35:
Yehudi Menuhin
returns to the USSR
French title:
Retour aux sources
Three 52' films Date: 1988
- Opus 36:
Menuhin Moscow and Leningrad concerts
Violin Concertos by Bach, Beethoven and Bartok / Tchaikovsky's Serenade melancolique (with
Guennadi Roshdestvensky
).
Recital with Viktoria Postnikova (Sonatas by Brahms, Beethoven and Bartok, "Liebesleid" by Kreisler) /
1st piano Concerto by Beethoven played by Jeremy Menuhin and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Date: 1988
- Opus 37:
Andras Schiff plays Bach
56' Date: 1988
- Opus 38:
24 Caprices by Paganini, performed by
Alexander Markov
86' Date: 1989
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 39:
Fragments d'un portrait
Profile of
Glenn Gould
. 56' Date: 1988
- Opus 40:
Profile of a player,
Andrei Chesnokov
French title:
Portrait d'un joueur,
Andrei Chesnokov
A filmed portrait of the 1st great Russian tennis player
56' Date: 1988/1989
- Opus 41:
Tchaikovsky's Trio
Played by
Yehudi Menuhin
, Viktoria Postnikova and Marc Coppey
+ Sonatas by Mozart and Brahms
Date: 1989
- Opus 42:
Organs, Toccatas and Fantaisies
Marie-Claire Alain plays on Bach's organs. Documentary + Bach Recital
52' + 60' Date: 1990
- Opus 43:
The birth of a singer
French title:
La naissance d'un chanteur
Portrait of a young singer, Nicolas Rivenq. 54' Date: 1990
- Opus 44:
Romeo et Juliette
Tchaikovsky's masterpiece conducted by
Guennadi Roshdestvensky
.
18' Date: 1991
From Opus 45 onwards, all these films have been produced by the french company Ideale Audience :
- Opus 45:
The
David Oistrakh
Cycle
French title:
La Collection
David Oistrakh
A series of three 58' archival programmes featuring David Oistrakh Date:1992/1993
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 46:
A Schubert Recital
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
sings 26 Schubert songs
85' Date: 1990
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 47:
A Schumann Recital
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
sings Schumann's "Liederkreis" et "Dichterliebe"
Date: 1990
- Opus 48:
Die schone Mullerin
Performed by
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
and Christoph Eschenbach in Paris Date: 1991
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 49:
The Master Singer I
Fischer-Dieskau teaches Schumann. 52' Date: 1992
- Opus 50:
The Master Singer II
Fischer-Dieskau teaches Schubert. 52' Date: 1992
- Opus 51:
The Master Singer III
Fischer-Dieskau teaches Mozart. 28' Date: 1992
- Opus 52:
The unknown fiddler of Santa Barbara
French title:
L'inconnu de Santa Barbara
Portrait of
Gilles Apap
. 54' Date: 1993
- Opus 53:
Gilles Apap
and Friends
82' Date: 1993
- Opus 54:
David Oistrakh
, People's Artist?
French title:
David Oistrakh
, Artiste du peuple?
Portrait of
David Oistrakh
. 74' Date: 1994
Issued on DVD. Warner, Newly issued by EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 55:
Autumn journey
French title:
La voix de l'ame
Portrait of
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
. 106' Date: 1995
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 56:
The violin of the Century
French title:
Le violon du siecle
Portrait of
Yehudi Menuhin
. 120' Date: 1995
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 57:
Death and the Maiden
French title:
La jeune fille et la mort
With the Alban Berg Quartet +
the Artemis Quartet
,
Julia Varady
and
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
58' Date: 1996
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 58:
Richter, the Enigma
French title:
Richter l'insoumis
Russian title:
Richter niepokorionnyi
German title:
Richter der Unbeugsame
Portrait of
Sviatoslav Richter
. 160' Date: 1995/1998
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 59:
Julia Varady
, Song of passion
French title:
Julia Varady
, le chant possede
Portrait of
Julia Varady
. 56' Date: 1999
- Opus 60:
Wagner Recital
Performed by
Julia Varady
and Viktoria Postnikova
With a Tchaikovsky encore. 32' Date: 1999
Opus 59 and 60 issued on one DVD. EMI
- Opus 61:
3rd Concerto by Mozart played by
Gilles Apap
and the Sinfonia Varsovia
48' Date: 1999
- Opus 62:
The Art of Violin
French title:
L'Art du Violon
Two 56' films Date: 2000
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 63:
The Diabelli Variations
Performed by
Piotr Anderszewski
. 86' Date: 2000
Issued on DVD. Virgin classics
- Opus 64:
Strings attached
French title:
Scenes de quatuor
With the
Artemis quartet
, around Beethoven's "Grosse Fuge"
56' Date: 2001
- Opus 65:
Artemis quartet
concert at Theatre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris
Quartets by Beethoven: opus.18 #2 and "Grosse Fuge" / Verdi's quartet / "6 Bagatelles" by Webern / 3 quartet pieces by Stravinsky
Date: 2001
Opus 64 and 65 issued on one single DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 66:
Piotr Anderszewski
joue deux concertos de Mozart
Concertos in D minor K.466 and in G major K.453. With the Sinfonia Varsovia, conducted by P.Anderszewski
66' Date: 2003
- Opus 67:
Grigori Sokolov
. Recital at Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris
Beethoven: Sonatas op.14 #1 and 2; Sonata op.28 / Komitas: 6 Dances / Prokofiev: 7th Sonata / Chopin: 2 Mazurkas / Couperin: "Tic-Toc-Choc", "Sœur Monique" / Bach-Siloti: Prelude in B minor
126' Date: 2002
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 68:
Francesco Libetta
Recital at "Roque d'Antheron"
Strauss-Gieseking: "Standchen" / Strauss-Risler: "Till Eulenspiegel" / Chopin-Godowski: Etudes #22, 28,47 / Debussy:"L'ile joyeuse" / Hummel: Rondo in B flat / Liszt: "Danse macabre" / Ligeti: "L'escalier du diable" / Saint-Saens: "Etude en forme de valse" / Tchaikovsky-Libetta: 3 excerpts from "the Sleeping Beauty" / Delibes: "Pizzicato Polka" from "Sylvia" / Alkan: 1st Sonata.
96' Date: 2003
Issued on DVD. Naive
- Opus 69:
Guennadi Roshdestvensky
. The Dead Souls
French title:
Guennadi Rojdestvensky
. Les Ames mortes
Rojdestvensky/Schnittke: "The Dead Souls". Prokofiev: "Zdravitsa"
42' Date: 2002
- Opus 70:
Guennadi Roshdestvensky
, Conductor or Conjurer?
French title:
Guennadi Rojdestvensky
, profession chef d'orchestre
Portrait of
Guennadi Roshdestvensky
56' Date: 2003
- Opus 71:
The Red Baton, scenes from musical life in Soviet Russia
French title:
Notes interdites; scenes de la vie musicale en Russie sovietique
With
Guennadi Roshdestvensky
, Viktoria Postnikova, and Rudolf Barchai.
56' Date: 2004
Opus 69 to 71 issued on one single DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 72:
Valeriy Sokolov
, natural born fiddler
French title:
Valeriy Sokolov
, le violon dans l'ame
A Recital by Valeriy Sokolov (with Svetlana Kozenko, piano)
Beethoven: 7th Sonata / Prokofiev:2nd Sonata / Ysaye:3rd Sonata / Saint-Saens:Introduction and Rondo Capricioso / Bartok-Szigeti:Hungarian Songs / Skorikh:Spanish Dance / Dvorak-Persinger: "Song my mother taught me".
92' Date: 2004
Issued on DVD. Virgin classics
- Opus 73:
Glenn Gould
, hereafter
French title:
Glenn Gould
, au-dela du temps
106' Date: 2006
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 74:
Julia Varady
, Master Class
French title:
Julia Varady
, le passage du flambeau
56' Date: 2008
- Opus 75:
Julia Varady
, Master Classes
120' Date: 2008
Opus 74 and 75 issued on one single DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 76:
Swing, sing and think.
David Fray
records J.S.Bach
92' Date: 2008
Issued on DVD. Virgin classics
- Opus 77:
Piotr Anderszewski
Recital
Bach: Partitas 1 et 2 / Szymanowski: "Masques" / Schumann: Humoresque
Date: 2008
- Opus 78:
Piotr Anderszewski
, unquiet traveller
French title:
Piotr Anderszewski
, voyageur intranquille
86' Date: 2009
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 79:
Rakastava and Valse triste by Sibelius, Schumann's 2nd Symphony, with the European Chamber Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Sibelius violin Concerto played by
Valeriy Sokolov
Date: 2008
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 80:
Valeriy Sokolov
/
David Fray
in Recital at the Verbier Festival
Beethoven's 6th Sonata in A major and 7th Sonata in C minor / Bach's 4th Sonata in C minor.
Date: 2009
- Opus 81:
Piotr Anderszewski
gra Schumanna
Piotr Anderszewski
plays Schumann
Date : 2010
- Opus 82:
David Fray
records two Mozart Concertos
K.482 et K.503.
Date : 2010
- Opus 83:
Valeriy Sokolov
plays Tchaikovsky's Concerto
Date : 2010
- Opus 84:
Valeriy Sokolov
records Bartok's 2nd Concerto
Date : 2011
- Opus 85:
Maurizio Pollini Recital
Sonatas op.78,79,81,90 by Beethoven
Klavierstuck X by Stockhausen
Date : 2012
- Opus 86:
"Paroles ultimes.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
". "Letzte Worte". "Last words"
Date : 2008-2013
Published on Dvd by EuroArts
- Opus 87:
De main de maitre, Maurizio Pollini
Date : 2013
- Opus 88:
Grigori Sokolov
Recital at the Berlin Philharmonie
Impromptus op.90 and Drei Klavierstucke by Schubert
Sonate op.106 by Beethoven
5 pieces by Rameau
Intermezzo op.117 #2 by Brahms
Date : 2013
- Opus 89:
Conversations with
Menuhin
Date : 1994-2014
- Opus 90:
Do you realize how much I love music. Monsaingeon on
Menuhin
Date : 2014
- Opus 91:
Conversations with
Guennadi Rojdestvensky
Date : 1995-2015
- Opus 92:
Grigori Sokolov
, Recital at Roque d'Antheron
Bach (1st Partita), Beethoven (Sonate op.10 #3),
Schubert (A minor Sonata, Six Moments musicaux),
Chopin (4 Mazurkas and 1 Prelude), Debussy ("Canope")
Date : 2015
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