Good DVD's to buy?

[musicsdarkangel]

What DVD's would you all recommend?

I prefer performances of sets (sonatas, Liszt etudes, etc.) but I want to know about everything and anything.

It is time that I started buying DVD's of performances and maybe even instruction videos?

[lenny]

i own all 8 'la roque d'antheron' dvds - these set the standard visually - and are IMO the best looking piano performances ive ever seen(awesome camera angles and great picture and sound quality)
the best ones IMO - are berezovsky, libetta, and lugansky.
i have watched these countless times, and to me they are each worth way more than they cost.

i also have many from the EMI classics range - i especially recommend cziffra- probably my favourite piano DVD(cziffra is my favourite pianist of course)

the BBC has 2 interesting sets released-
complete bach WTC - with 4 different pianists
and chopin's complete preludes and etudes , plus sonata 2 - with 3 different pianists

there are many more of course, but these spring to mind

also check out the great 'golden age of piano' and 'art of piano' - these are basically piano documentaries that show footage of horowitz, rubinstein et al.

[musicsdarkangel]

Where can I find any of these?

[Alde]

Try amazon or ebay.

[SDL]

check out Grigory Sokolov - theres another post in here about this.  He plays Beethoven, Komitas, Prokofiev, + 4 encores (couperin, chopin)

[musicsdarkangel]

bump.

[SteinwayTony]

For whatever reason the selection is extremely limited in the US.  These are my favorites:

- The Art of the Piano

- The Golden Age of the Piano

- Great Pianists of the Bell Telephone Hour

The TDK issues of Karajan performances include piano concertos.  I have one of Evgeny Kissin's first Tchaikovsky.  I don't like the performance at all, but I'm almost positive that it is because of the conductor, not the performer (even though Kissin was 17 at the time).

[krittyot]

5 DVDs by Zimerman

2 DVDs by Ashkenazy

7 DVDs by Gould

3 DVDs by Arrau

[pianobabe56]

I'm going to go ahead and be demanding here, because I would LOVE to buy some DVD's, and I'm not quite sure that I trust myself to find the right thing on amazon. Are any of you willing to put a page link for specific DVD's here?

[lenny]

youre from the USA i presume?

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001AW0CK/qid%3D1108788715/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-8379188-9672968

just use the search function and look for more

[pianobabe56]

Thank you very much, lenny. I appreciate that!

[Allan]

Outside of piano, I have several dvds of the fantastic classical organ virtuoso, Virgil Fox.  See www.virgilfoxlegacy.com.  I also have the dvd mentioned above, "The Art of The Piano," the clips of Cziffra and Horowitz make it a worthwhile purchase.

[fred smalls]

5 DVDs by Zimerman

2 DVDs by Ashkenazy

7 DVDs by Gould

3 DVDs by Arrau

Where did you find the zimerman dvds...?

[krittyot]

5 Beethoven PCs with Bernstein --- 3 DVDs.
2 Bramhs PCs --  1 DVD
Chopin's 4 Ballades, Scherzo no.2, Nocturne op.15, no.2 and Schubert's 4 impromtus in op.90 -- 1 DVD

Ebay has it sometimes. Keep ur eyes opened.