First Release DVD: RCA 82876 60942 9   The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary  "PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA"

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 1. W. A. Mozart   Sonata in C major, K.521 for Piano for 4 hands

@@@@@@@Piano 1: Evgeny Kissin,    Piano 2: Martha Argerich

 2. Smetana   Sonata Movement for 2 Pianos for 8 Hands in E minor

@@@@@@@Piano 1-1: Evgeny Kissin,    Piano 1-2: James Levine,    Piano 2-1: Emanuel Ax,    Piano 2-2: Leif Ove Andsnes

 3. Heidrich   Happy Birthday Variations

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 4. J. S. Bach   Concerto for 4 harpsichords and strings in A minor, BWV.1065

@@@@@@@Piano: Martha Argerich,  Evgeny Kissin,  Mikhail Pletnev,  James Levine

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 5. Rossini (arr. by Carl Czerny and Rico Gulda)   Semiramide Overture

@@@@@@@Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes,  Nicolas Angelich,  Emanuel Ax,  Evgeny Kissin,

@@@@@@@@@@@Lang Lang,  James Levine,  Mikhail Pletnev,  Staffan Scheja

 6. Wagner (arr. for 8 pianos: Richard Blackford)@@The Ride of the Valkyries

@@@@@@@Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes,  Claude Frank,  Emanuel Ax,  Evgeny Kissin,

@@@@@@@@@@@ Lang Lang,  James Levine,  Mikhail Pletnev,  Staffan Scheja

 7. Benjamin (arr. for 8 pianos: Patrick Russj@@Jamaican Rumba

 8. Souza/Gould (arr. for 8 pianos: Michael Rotj@@The Stars and Stripes Forever Suite

 9. Gottchalk (arr. for 8 pianos: Patrick Russ, based on the arr. by Samuel Adlerj@@L'Union: Paraphrase de concert sur les airs nationaux

10. Rimsky-Korsakov   The Flight of the Bumblebee

@@@@@@@Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes,  Nicolas Angelich,  Emanuel Ax,  Evgeny Kissin,

@@@@@@@@@@@ Lang Lang,  James Levine,  Mikhail Pletnev,  Staffan Scheja

11. "Happy Birthday"

@@@@@@@Sop: Barbara Hendricks

@@@@@@@Piano: Leif Ove Andsnes,  Nicolas Angelich,  Emanuel Ax,  Evgeny Kissin,

@@@@@@@@@@@ Lang Lang,  James Levine,  Mikhail Pletnev,  Staffan Scheja

12. The documentary and Interviews

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@@@@@@@Birthday Festival Orchestra

                        Violin: Renaud Capouçon  Sarah Chang,  Ilya Gringolts,  Gidon Kremer,  Vadim Repin,

                                  Dimitry Sihcovetsky,  Christian Tetzlaff,  Nikolaj Znaider

                        Viola: Yuri Bashmet,  Noboko Imai

                        Cello: Mischa Maisky,  Boris Pergamenschikow,

                        Contrabass: Patrick de los Santos

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                       Recording Date:  22 July, 2003

@@@@@@@@@ Recording Place:  Salle Médran, Verbier, Suisse

                              Conceive‚’:  Martin T:son Engstroem

                                 Lighting:  Vincent Bataillon

                                   Editing:  Toby Trotter

                 Executive Producer:  François Duplat

                                Director:  Andy Sommer

                          Coproduction:  Verbier Festival & Academy

                                               Bel Air Media

                                               ARTE France

                                               Thirteen/WNET New York

                                               NHK

                  

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