The Alchemy of The Piano : A Film by Jan Schmidt-Garre With Francesco Piemontesi. [Blu-ray]

In this documentary by Jan Schmidt-Garre, filmed over one year, Francesco Piemontesi talks with some of the world’s leading performers, including his mentor Alfred Brendel, Maria João Pires, Stephen Kovacevich and Antonio Pappano, in a series of revealing encounters that illuminate their individual approaches to the instrument, its colour and form. The film is complemented by a bonus 60-minute recital by Yulianna Avdeeva, Zlata Chochieva and Francesco Piemontesi, played on Rachmaninoff’s Steinway piano at Villa Senar, his home in Switzerland during the 1930s.

Blu-ray Disc

Edition Number: NBD 0186V
Distributor Number: NBD0186V
UPC: 730099018661