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Daniel Barenboim: 50 Years On Stage |  | Artist: Daniel Barenboim
Studio: Euroarts
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 77305
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Running Time: 230 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 880242504272
UPC: 880242504272
EAN: 0880242504272
ASIN: B0007DA4G0
Release Date: February 22, 2005
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
 Poor July 25, 2010
Ghost(Ghost(M))
Here Barenboim offers a badly selected program (too many toy pieces suitable for encores but not the meat of a solo recital, like Schumann's Musical Moment, for example, or the slow part of Mozart's K545, or a Scarlatti sonata) -- and he plays it all poorly. He even makes mistakes -- which would be tolerable if he played well what he played correctly. He plays his Scarlatti as if it were Chopin or Berlioz, with overflowing rubatos, sforzandos, and ritards, yet Scarlatti was Bach's coeval and didn't even write for the piano (which did not exist in his times); he was a Baroque composer who played and wrote for the harpsichord, idiomatically to a fault (unlike Bach). Barenboim takes his re-minor sonata and, tastelessly, makes a Chopin piece out of it. His Beethoven, otoh, is kinda monotonous, all in the middle dynamically, except for a few disconnected crashes. All very anti-climatic, especially considering the expectations any listener is bound to have.
The other disk holds a hagiographical and fairly empty documentary. There's no reason whatsoever to watch this video.
 Daniel shows his stuff May 28, 2009
Gerard Dionne
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've always preferred the music one hears in rehearsals to that of the performance. I learned this in the days when I couldn't afford concert tickets. Now that I can, I'd rather not. Why? The real stuff doesn't happen in concerts, or only rarely. The magic is in the life details. Yo Yo Ma mugging in an attempt to loosen up the young section cellists; Daniel cajoling, rather than conducting, a Beethoven scherzo - and letting the orchestra finish the movement entirely without his direction; the Brunello di Montalcino passed at the dinner table; his balance of pain and hope in Israel; the slightly inebriated tango; the crystal-clear intellection. Here for us to witness is a special life; art without angst or neurosis; and a healthy, life-affirming approach to piano playing and music making. The film illustrates how music could add to diplomatic effort in the world if only we could expand it. Don't wait. Take your three-year-old to Suzuki violin lessons.
Learning More About an Old Friend August 27, 2007
Martin H. Kahn (Boston, MA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had enjoyed Daniel Barenboim, both as a pianist and conductor. It was interesting to see both the Buenos Aires Concert, and his interaction with various Orchestras. I had known of his marriage to Jacqueline DuPrez, but not his Argentine birth ot brave stands in Israel.
 Defective August 9, 2007
Richard C. Haring (u.s.a.)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
I really wanted this dvd for my collection, but after sending for it 4 times, each time I was sent a dvd with skips in exactly the same spot as all eariler dvd's. The dvd skipped over several pieces, and out of frustration I've have given up on this dvd. I do not know why they continue to sell this item when it must be known it is defective! Buyer Beware!!!
Great! May 31, 2007
R. Machado (Sao Paulo, SP Brazil)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Here's something really great! This is a double set DVD box that shows Mr. Barenboim in a very complete way. There is a concert in the Colon theater (Argentina). The place is very famous for its exuberant beatifull, and it really is. The concert is at live and there is lots of encores. We have more than 2 hours of recording! We can see an intensive participation of the public in the concert, asking pieces directly to him and the charisma of Mr Barenboim answering them. There is a great performance of the appassionata (Beethoven op57), suites by Albeniz, and so on. The footage is great and the sound too.
The other DVD contains a very well done documentary film about Mr. Barenboim. Here you can know better this great musician. You have interviews and excerpts of him as a conductor, with several orchestras and others musicians, like Boulez for example. You will know the history of his life too. The childhood in Argentina and the live in Germany and other countries.
In fact something historic, very interesting!
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