[ Seventh Art DVD / DVD ]
Release Date: Friday 31 July 2015
Presented by one of the world's leading pianists, this series of short films journeys through the history of piano music from JS Bach to Frederic Chopin.
Directed by award-winning film-maker Phil Grabsky.
Ronald Brautigam is an internationally respected musician, remarkable not only for his virtuosity and musicality but also for the eclectic nature of his musical interests.
Much admired for his contributions to the feature documentaries In Search of Mozart, In Search of Beethoven and In Search of Haydn, Brautigam discusses and performs a specific piano piece in each short film, demonstrating not only his skill as a pianist but his insightful and humorous knowledge of musical history.
Featuring the following pieces:
01 Scarlatti
Sonata in B minor (L33 / K87)
Sonata in C major (L104 / K159)
02 J.S. Bach
Prelude & Fugue no.6 in D minor
(BWV 851)
French Suite no.5 in G major, Sarabande
& Gavotte (Schmieder-Verz 816)
03 Haydn
Andante con Variazioni in F minor
(Hob.XVII:6)
04 Haydn
Sonata no.62 in E-flat major (Hob.
XVI:52) "Allegro"
05 Mozart
Sonata in A minor (KV310)
"Andante cantabile"
06 Mozart
12 Variations in C on 'Ah, vous dirai-je,
Maman' (KV265)
07 Beethoven
Sonata no.14 in C-sharp minor Op.27/2
"Adagio sostenuto" (Moonlight sonata)
08 Beethoven
Sonata no.25 in G major (Op.79) "Vivace"
Sonata no.30 in E major (Op.109)
"Vivace, ma non troppo"
09 Schubert
2 Scherzi (D593)
10 Mendelssohn
3 Songs without Words:
Op.19b/1 in E major
Op.38/6 in A-flat major
Op.53/3 in G minor
11 Chopin
Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23
12 Chopin
Berceuse in D-flat major Op.57
Nocturne in D-flat major Op.27 no.2
13 Schumann
From 'Waldszenen' Op.82
- Eintritt
- Einsame Blumen
- Vogel als Prophet