"Actor: Ivry Gitlis"

• The Story Of Adele H | DVD | (04/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Story of Adele H is Francois Truffaut's dramatisation of the true story of Adele Hugo, the daughter of French author-in-exile Victor Hugo, and her romantic obsession with a young French officer. It's a cinematically beautiful and emotionally wrenching portrait of a headstrong but unstable young woman. Adele (Isabelle Adjani, whose pale face gives her the quality of a cameo portrait) travels under a false name and spins half-a-dozen false stories about herself and her relationship to Lieutenant Pinson (Bruce Robinson), the Hussar she follows to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Pinson no longer loves her, but she refuses to accept his rejection. Sinking further and further into her own internal world, she passes herself off as his wife and pours out her stormy emotions into a personal journal filled with delusional descriptions of her fantasy life. Beautifully shot by Nestor Almendros in vivid colour, Truffaut's re-creation of the 1860s is accomplished not merely in impressive sets and locations but in the very style of the film: narration and voiceovers, written journal entries and letters, journeys and locations established with map reproductions, and a judicious use of stills mixing old-fashioned cinematic technique with poetic flourishes. The result is one of Truffaut's most haunting portraits, all the more powerful because it's true. --Sean Axmaker

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• The Art Of Violin | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A documentary film by Bruno Monsaingeon devoted to the 20th century's greatest violinists, The Art of Violin really cannot be faulted. The same, incidentally, can also be said of the similar volumes which cover the piano and singing, so there's never been a better time to collect a personal audio-visual archive of some wonderful historical performers. The added dimension provided by the painstakingly collected film material (here featuring no fewer than 20 outstanding soloists) is of course of exceptional value when observing violin technique, and the diversity of approaches presented here in loving detail is in itself a subject for endless comparison. The material mixes archive performance footage, much of which one might never have dreamed existed, with interviews and documentary commentary. However, rather than turn the project into a museum piece, Monsaingeon includes contributions from contemporary figures such as Perlman and, shrewdly, Hilary Hahn--not that there'd be any doubt of the huge relevance of the material to any contemporary player or lover of the repertoire. An absolute must. --Roger Thomas

• The Classic Archive - Strings | Blu Ray | (10/01/2014) from £14.69   |  Saving you £24.30 (165.42%)   |  RRP £38.99

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• Ivry Gitlis and the Great Tradition | DVD | (19/03/2012) from £14.55   |  Saving you £-0.56 (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Tony Palmer's film about the legendary violinist Ivry Gitlis, who has been at the top of his profession for over sixty years. Probably the last of a great tradition, he is both our link to the past and our guide for the future. For most musicians, he is the violinist.

• Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Classic Archive): Ivry Gitlis | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Tracklisting 1. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra Op. 35 (1878) 2. Sonata For Violin And Piano No. 3 Op. 108 (1886-88) 3. Sonata For Solo Violin Sz117 (1944) 4. (La) Capricieuse Op. 17 : Violin And Piano (1891) 5. Polonaise No. 1 Op. 4 : Violin And Piano (1853) 6. Capriccio-Valse Op. 7 : Violin And Piano (1852) 7. Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso Op. 28 : Violin And Orchestra (1863) 8. Guitarre Op. 45 No. 2 9. Espana Op. 165 : Piano (Pub 1890) 10. Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 2 MS48 (Op. 7) (1826)

• Arthur Grumiaux | DVD | (10/09/2007) from £28.53   |  Saving you £-14.54 (-103.90%)   |  RRP £13.99