The Art of violin [videorecording] : the devil's instrument, transcending the violin : a film / written and directed by Bruno Monsaingeon
- Additional Titles
- Devil's instrument and Transcending the violin
- Published
- [Place of publication not identified] : NVC Arts : Warner Music Vision, [2001]
- Copyright Date
- ℗2001
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (113 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 1/2 in. + 1 pamphlet (26 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
- Additional Creators
- Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999, Oistrakh, David, 1908-1974, Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001, Ferras, Christian, 1933-1982, Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962, Grumiaux, Arthur, Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987, Elman, Mischa, 1891-1967, Markov, Alexander, 1963-, Gitlis, Ivry, Ricci, Ruggiero, 1918-2012, Szigeti, Joseph, 1892-1973, Francescatti, Zino, 1902-1991, Golʹdshteĭn, Boris Ėmmanuilovich, 1921-, Rabin, Michael, 1936-1972, Ysaÿe, Eugène, 1858-1931, Korcia, Laurent, Enesco, Georges, 1881-1955, Neveu, Ginette, 1919-1949, Thibaud, Jacques, 1880-1953, Haendel, Ida, 1928-2020, Kogan, Leonid, Szeryng, Henryk, Monsaingeon, Bruno, NVC Arts (Firm), Warner Music Vision (Firm), Idéale Audience International, and IMG Artists (Firm)
- Language Note
- English, French or Russian commentary; subtitles in English, French, Spanish & Japanese.
- Summary
- Drawing on archival performance footage and interviews... evokes the vast panorama of the world of the violin in the 20th century and its most outstanding performers. ... some silent, and later resynchronised, film footage ..."--Container.
- Subject(s)
- Note
- Previously released in Europe in 2000.
- Creation/Production Credits Note
- Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Stephen Wright, producers ; Clive Sugars, executive producer. "An Idéale Audience, IMG Artists Production, in co-production with La Sept-Arte, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Thirteen/WNET & AVRO with the participation of NVC Arts, La cinquième, Mezzo, Fernsehen DRS, Televisione Svizzera-TSI, Télévision suisse romande-TSR, SWR, Sverige Television, YLE, ORF, NRK, ERT-NET, RTV Slovenia and with the support of Procirep, CNC & Media II"--Container.
- Participant/Performer Note
- Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Isaac Stern, Fritz Kreisler, Nathan Milstein, Arthur Grumiaux, Jasha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, Alexander Markov, Ivry Gitlis, Ruggiero, Ricci, Joseph Szigeti, Zino Francescatti, Ruggiero Ricci, Boris Goldstein, Michael Rabin, Joseph Hassid, Eugène Ysaÿe, Laurent Korcia, George Enescu, Ginette Neveu, Jacques Thibaud, Ida Haendel, Leonid Kogan, Henryk Szerying, violin ; with contributions from Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Hilary Hahn, Laurent Korcia, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich.
- Technical Details
- VHS.
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