First Release DVD: RCA 82876 60942 9 The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary "PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA"
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1.
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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
@@@@@@@Birthday Festival Orchestra
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 Russj@@Jamaican Rumba
8. Souza/Gould (arr. for 8 pianos: Michael Rotj@@The Stars and Stripes Forever Suite
9. Gottchalk (arr. for 8 pianos: Patrick Russ, based on the arr. by Samuel Adlerj@@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