Filmography
Classification by opus number
- Opus 1: Yehudi Menuhin. Eastern Europe and the violin
French title: L'Europe orientale et le violon
4 instalments : "The Gipsy phenomenon"; "The Jewish people and the violin"; "Two great figures: Enesco and Bartok"; including a complete performance of Bartok's "Contrasts" Date: 1972
- Opus 2: Glenn Gould
4 instalments: "La retraite", "L'Alchimiste", "Glenn Gould 1974", "Sixth Bach Partita" Date: 1974
Issued on DVD under the title "Glenn Gould, the Alchemist". EMI
- Opus 3: Paul Tortelier
Three 26 minute instalments: "L'eau", "La terre" et "Le feu"
Date: 1972
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 4 : Renato Capecchi, une vie en musique
Two 26 minute instalments Date: 1973
- Opus 5 : Hommage à Julius Katchen
Two 26 minute instalments Date: 1972
- Opus 6: Paul Badura Skoda, The Vienese spirit in music
French title: l'esprit viennois en musique
Two 26 minute instalments Date: 1975
- Opus 7: Louis Kentner, Franz Liszt
Two 26 minute instalments Date: 1974
Opus 1 to 7 are part of a series entitled "Chemins de la musique"
- Opus 8: Gregorian chant at Solesmes
French title: Le chant grégorien à Solesmes
60' Date: 1975
- 0pus 9: Requiem for a talent. Friederich Gulda
French title: Requiem pour un talent. Friederich Gulda
45' Date: 1976
- Opus 10: The kings' bow
French title: L'archet des Rois
Featuring Yehudi Menuhin, Rostropovitch, Oïstrakh, Milstein, Stern
60' Date: 1976
- Opus 11: Mademoiselle
A portrait of Nadia Boulanger. 60' Date: 1977
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 12: Le temps d'un silence. Yehudi Menuhin
A profile of Yehudi Menuhin at 60. 60' Date: 1976
- Opus 13: Double Portrait; Zoltan Kocsis and Deszö Ranki
60' Date: 1977
- Opus 14: Michael Tilson-Thomas
60' Date: 1978
- Opus 15: The Soviet school of violin playing , Vladimir Spivakov
French title: L'Ecole soviétique de violon, Vladimir Spivakov
60' Date: 1979
- Opus 16: Bruno Laplante
26' Date: 1980
- Opus 17: Murray Perahia
60' Date: 1981
- Opus 18: Viktoria Postnikova, a woman in her country
60' Date: 1982
- Opus 19: Viktoria and Guennadi
Viktoria Postnikova and Gennady Roshdestvensky playing a four hand Recital, with the participation of Alfred Schnittke
28' Date: 1982
Opus 13 to 19 are part of a series entitled "Opus One"
- Opus 20: The Question of instrument
1st episode of the series "Glenn Gould plays Bach". 58' Date: 1979
- Opus 21: An Art of the Fugue
2nd episode of the series "Glenn Gould plays Bach". 58' Date: 1980
- Opus 22: The Goldberg Variations
3rd episode of the series "Glenn Gould plays Bach". 58' Date: 1981
Opus 20 to 22: films of the series: "Glenn Gould plays Bach"
These three films were issued on Dvd by Sony.
Unavailable at present.
- Opus 23: The Four Seasons
Yehudi Menuhin performs with his School Orchestra the Four Seasons by Vivaldi.
52' Date: 1979
- Opus 24: Stravinsky's violin Concerto
Played by Yehudi Menuhin and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Erich Leinsdorf.
26' Date: 1981
- Opus 25: Brahms violin Concerto
Played by Yehudi Menuhin and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur. 57' Date: 1982
- Opus 26: The Open Wall
French title: La muraille ouverte
A documentary film on Yehudi Menuhin in China. 56' Date: 1982
- Opus 27: A summer concert for His Holiness John Paul II
Performed by Yehudi Menuhin and the Polish Chamber Orchestra
58' Date: 1983
- Opus 28: Bach at the Barbican
Yehudi Menuhin and the English Chamber Orchestra
56' Date: 1985
- Opus 29: The Glenn Gould cycle
A series of 22 twenty six minute episodes, and one 52' episode
Date: 1985-1988
- Opus 30: Rostropovitch Clip
Mstislav Rostropovitch plays 2 Rococo Variations by Tchaïkovsky
6' Date: 1986
- Opus 31: Menuhin at Harrt
A documentary film on Yehudi Menuhin's residency at the Harrt School of music of Hartford University
88' Date: 1987
- Opus 32: Beethoven 9th Symphony
Menuhin conducts the student orchestra of Hartford University in Beethoven's 9th Date: 1987
- Opus 33: Barbara Hendricks Recital in Leningrad
with Dmitri Alexeev 86' Date: 1987
- Opus 34: Barbara Hendricks Recital in Paris
at the Champs-Elysées Theater, with Andras Schiff
62' Date: 1988
- Opus 35: Yehudi Menuhin returns to the USSR
French title: Retour aux sources
Three 52' films Date: 1988
- Opus 36: Menuhin Moscow and Leningrad concerts
Violin Concertos by Bach, Beethoven and Bartok / Tchaïkovsky's Sérénade mélancolique (with Guennadi Roshdestvensky).
Recital with Viktoria Postnikova (Sonatas by Brahms, Beethoven and Bartok, "Liebesleid" by Kreisler) /
1st piano Concerto by Beethoven played by Jeremy Menuhin and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Date: 1988
- Opus 37: Andras Schiff plays Bach
56' Date: 1988
- Opus 38: 24 Caprices by Paganini, performed by Alexander Markov
86' Date: 1989
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 39: Fragments d'un portrait
Profile of Glenn Gould. 56' Date: 1988
- Opus 40: Profile of a player, Andreï Chesnokov
French title: Portrait d'un joueur, Andreï Chesnokov
A filmed portrait of the 1st great Russian tennis player
56' Date: 1988/1989
- Opus 41: Tchaïkovsky's Trio
Played by Yehudi Menuhin, Viktoria Postnikova and Marc Coppey
+ Sonatas by Mozart and Brahms
Date: 1989
- Opus 42: Organs, Toccatas and Fantaisies
Marie-Claire Alain plays on Bach's organs. Documentary + Bach Recital
52' + 60' Date: 1990
- Opus 43: The birth of a singer
French title: La naissance d'un chanteur
Portrait of a young singer, Nicolas Rivenq. 54' Date: 1990
- Opus 44: Roméo et Juliette
Tchaïkovsky's masterpiece conducted by Guennadi Roshdestvensky.
18' Date: 1991
From Opus 45 onwards, all these films have been produced by the french company Idéale Audience :
- Opus 45: The David Oïstrakh Cycle
French title: La Collection David Oïstrakh
A series of three 58' archival programmes featuring David Oïstrakh Date:1992/1993
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 46: A Schubert Recital
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings 26 Schubert songs
85' Date: 1990
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 47: A Schumann Recital
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Schumann's "Liederkreis" et "Dichterliebe"
Date: 1990
- Opus 48: Die schöne Müllerin
Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Christoph Eschenbach in Paris Date: 1991
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 49: The Master Singer I
Fischer-Dieskau teaches Schumann. 52' Date: 1992
- Opus 50: The Master Singer II
Fischer-Dieskau teaches Schubert. 52' Date: 1992
- Opus 51: The Master Singer III
Fischer-Dieskau teaches Mozart. 28' Date: 1992
- Opus 52: The unknown fiddler of Santa Barbara
French title: L'inconnu de Santa Barbara
Portrait of Gilles Apap. 54' Date: 1993
- Opus 53: Gilles Apap and Friends
82' Date: 1993
- Opus 54: David Oïstrakh, People's Artist?
French title: David Oïstrakh, Artiste du peuple?
Portrait of David Oïstrakh. 74' Date: 1994
Issued on DVD. Warner, Newly issued by EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 55: Autumn journey
French title: La voix de l'âme
Portrait of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. 106' Date: 1995
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 56: The violin of the Century
French title: Le violon du siècle
Portrait of Yehudi Menuhin. 120' Date: 1995
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 57: Death and the Maiden
French title: La jeune fille et la mort
With the Alban Berg Quartet + the Artemis Quartet, Julia Varady and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
58' Date: 1996
Issued on DVD. EMI
- Opus 58: Richter, the Enigma
French title: Richter l'insoumis
Russian title: Richter niepokorionnyi
German title: Richter der Unbeugsame
Portrait of Sviatoslav Richter. 160' Date: 1995/1998
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 59: Julia Varady, Song of passion
French title: Julia Varady, le chant possédé
Portrait of Julia Varady. 56' Date: 1999
- Opus 60: Wagner Récital
Performed by Julia Varady and Viktoria Postnikova
With a Tchaïkovsky encore. 32' Date: 1999
Opus 59 and 60 issued on one DVD. EMI
- Opus 61: 3rd Concerto by Mozart played by Gilles Apap and the Sinfonia Varsovia
48' Date: 1999
- Opus 62: The Art of Violin
French title: L'Art du Violon
Two 56' films Date: 2000
Issued on DVD. Warner
- Opus 63: The Diabelli Variations
Performed by Piotr Anderszewski. 86' Date: 2000
Issued on DVD. Virgin classics
- Opus 64: Strings attached
French title: Scènes de quatuor
With the Artemis quartet, around Beethoven's "Grosse Fuge"
56' Date: 2001
- Opus 65: Artemis quartet concert at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris
Quartets by Beethoven: opus.18 #2 and "Grosse Fuge" / Verdi's quartet / "6 Bagatelles" by Webern / 3 quartet pieces by Stravinsky
Date: 2001
Opus 64 and 65 issued on one single DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 66: Piotr Anderszewski joue deux concertos de Mozart
Concertos in D minor K.466 and in G major K.453. With the Sinfonia Varsovia, conducted by P.Anderszewski
66' Date: 2003
- Opus 67: Grigori Sokolov. Recital at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris
Beethoven: Sonatas op.14 #1 and 2; Sonata op.28 / Komitas: 6 Dances / Prokofiev: 7th Sonata / Chopin: 2 Mazurkas / Couperin: "Tic-Toc-Choc", "Sœur Monique" / Bach-Siloti: Prelude in B minor
126' Date: 2002
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 68: Francesco Libetta Recital at "Roque d'Anthéron"
Strauss-Gieseking: "Ständchen" / Strauss-Risler: "Till Eulenspiegel" / Chopin-Godowski: Etudes #22, 28,47 / Debussy:"L'ile joyeuse" / Hummel: Rondo in B flat / Liszt: "Danse macabre" / Ligeti: "L'escalier du diable" / Saint-Saëns: "Etude en forme de valse" / Tchaïkovsky-Libetta: 3 excerpts from "the Sleeping Beauty" / Delibes: "Pizzicato Polka" from "Sylvia" / Alkan: 1st Sonata.
96' Date: 2003
Issued on DVD. Naïve
- Opus 69: Guennadi Roshdestvensky. The Dead Souls
French title: Guennadi Rojdestvensky. Les Ames mortes
Rojdestvensky/Schnittke: "The Dead Souls". Prokofiev: "Zdravitsa"
42' Date: 2002
- Opus 70: Guennadi Roshdestvensky, Conductor or Conjurer?
French title: Guennadi Rojdestvensky, profession chef d'orchestre
Portrait of Guennadi Roshdestvensky
56' Date: 2003
- Opus 71: The Red Baton, scenes from musical life in Soviet Russia
French title: Notes interdites; scènes de la vie musicale en Russie soviétique
With Guennadi Roshdestvensky, Viktoria Postnikova, and Rudolf Barchaï.
56' Date: 2004
Opus 69 to 71 issued on one single DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 72: Valeriy Sokolov, natural born fiddler
French title: Valeriy Sokolov, le violon dans l'âme
A Recital by Valeriy Sokolov (with Svetlana Kozenko, piano)
Beethoven: 7th Sonata / Prokofiev:2nd Sonata / Ysaÿe:3rd Sonata / Saint-Saëns:Introduction and Rondo Capricioso / Bartok-Szigeti:Hungarian Songs / Skorikh:Spanish Dance / Dvorak-Persinger: "Song my mother taught me".
92' Date: 2004
Issued on DVD. Virgin classics
- Opus 73: Glenn Gould, hereafter
French title: Glenn Gould, au-delà du temps
106' Date: 2006
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 74: Julia Varady, Master Class
French title: Julia Varady, le passage du flambeau
56' Date: 2008
- Opus 75: Julia Varady, Master Classes
120' Date: 2008
Opus 74 and 75 issued on one single DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 76: Swing, sing and think. David Fray records J.S.Bach
92' Date: 2008
Issued on DVD. Virgin classics
- Opus 77: Piotr Anderszewski Recital
Bach: Partitas 1 et 2 / Szymanowski: "Masques" / Schumann: Humoresque
Date: 2008
- Opus 78: Piotr Anderszewski, unquiet traveller
French title: Piotr Anderszewski, voyageur intranquille
86' Date: 2009
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 79: Rakastava and Valse triste by Sibelius, Schumann's 2nd Symphony, with the European Chamber Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Sibelius violin Concerto played by Valeriy Sokolov
Date: 2008
Issued on DVD. EuroArts / Naxos
- Opus 80: Valeriy Sokolov / David Fray in Recital at the Verbier Festival
Beethoven's 6th Sonata in A major and 7th Sonata in C minor / Bach's 4th Sonata in C minor.
Date: 2009
- Opus 81: Piotr Anderszewski gra Schumanna
Piotr Anderszewski plays Schumann
Date : 2010
- Opus 82: David Fray records two Mozart Concertos
K.482 et K.503.
Date : 2010
- Opus 83: Valeriy Sokolov plays Tchaïkovsky's Concerto
Date : 2010
- Opus 84: Valeriy Sokolov records Bartok's 2nd Concerto
Date : 2011
- Opus 85: Maurizio Pollini Recital
Sonatas op.78,79,81,90 by Beethoven
Klavierstück X by Stockhausen
Date : 2012
- Opus 86: "Paroles ultimes. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau". "Letzte Worte". "Last words"
Date : 2008-2013
Published on Dvd by EuroArts
- Opus 87: De main de maitre, Maurizio Pollini
Date : 2013
- Opus 88: Grigori Sokolov Recital at the Berlin Philharmonie
Impromptus op.90 and Drei Klavierstücke by Schubert
Sonate op.106 by Beethoven
5 pieces by Rameau
Intermezzo op.117 #2 by Brahms
Date : 2013
- Opus 89: Conversations with Menuhin
Date : 1994-2014
- Opus 90: Do you realize how much I love music. Monsaingeon on Menuhin
Date : 2014
- Opus 91: Conversations with Guennadi Rojdestvensky
Date : 1995-2015
- Opus 92: Grigori Sokolov, Recital at Roque d'Anthéron
Bach (1st Partita), Beethoven (Sonate op.10 #3),
Schubert (A minor Sonata, Six Moments musicaux),
Chopin (4 Mazurkas and 1 Prelude), Debussy ("Canope")
Date : 2015
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