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Daniel Barenboim: 50 Years On Stage |  | Actor: Daniel Barenboim
Studio: Euroarts
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 29654
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 230 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2050427
UPC: 880242504272
EAN: 0880242504272
ASIN: B0007DA4G0
Release Date: February 22, 2005
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 Daniel shows his stuff May 28, 2009
Gerard Dionne
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 1 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.)
2 out of 7 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!
A Superb Tribute to Daniel Barenboim! The Man. The Maestro. April 29, 2007
Anthony J. Lomenzo (Fort Ann, New York)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My compliments forthwith to reviewers J. Anderson and J. Scott Morrison for saying essentially those things which perfectly describe this DVD! I'd only add that the focus of the DVD, Daniel Barenboim, is indeed that of the consummate maestro in every sense of the word.
Like various others, I too enjoy classical music and playing same on the piano although I'll at once confess to also using various classical piece 'arrangements' when, shall we say, certain 'sic' pieces become beyond my grasp to do justice as it was originally written. But one will immediately notice that when Barenboim went on to conducting, he obviously didn't neglect the piano one iota and his playing demonstrates that over and over again. A class musician, as it were, and a gentleman as well as an individual who speaks his mind and is not shy of taking a stand on what he strongly believes in and is prepared to defend. The Wagner music being played in Israel coming immediately to mind and Barenboim drawing a distinction between the music and the man or in some cases a matter of misdirected prejudices.
I'm reminded of Dame Myra Hess who did those war-time concerts in the UK and, as most know, her specialty was the 'German' classics which she continued to play during the war and which were well received demonstrating that, bottom line, good music 'can' transcend the times or present/past events. Daniel Barenboim, in my view, seeks more to heal and move forward with regard to past events as opposed to various and sundry who may view the slogan "Never Again!" as de facto all encompassing with no latitude for either exceptions nor mitigations or indeed with regard to 'any' composer, the music versus that of the man. In the DVD itself, there are a few who voice the view that Barenboim, himself Jewish, and when it comes specifically to the music of Richard Wagner, "should be ashamed of himself" [sic] for his alleged "Wagner pandering" [sic] and this J'accuse he thoroughly and convincingly defends! The DVD presents a man who is well versed in many areas both within and without the musical realm with an open mindedness and candor that is refreshing. And an acute intelligence to back it up! This DVD is a tribute to that man both in concert [disk #1] and in his personal life [disk #2].
I don't think the word "superb" is any sort of exaggeration in describing this two disk set DVD and what it offers. And the tribute to the man and the maestro in his many accomplishments during the last 50 years are well reciprocated by the response(s) of his audience. Both live when it was made or, in my view, subsequent DVD viewing by countless others therein.
Doc Tony
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