"Actor: Jascha Heifetz"

• 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

• Carnegie Hall (1947 Feature Film) | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The only version with all the musical selections.A feature film shot in Carnegie Hall in 1947.The basic plot: A Carnegie Hall employee played by Marsha Hunt wants her son to be a musician and raises him in the hall. They attend performances by many of the greats of the day.

• Various Composers - Heifetz in Performance | DVD | (05/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Features: 1.Bach J S: Chaconne (from Partita No. 2) 2.Bruch: Scottish Fantasy 3.Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Pleudes Book 1) 4.Dinicu: Hora Staccato 5.Gershwin: It Ain't Necessarily So (from ""Porgy and Bess"" 6.Mozart: Rondo (from ""Haffner"" Serenade 7.Prokofiev: March (from ""The Love for Three Oranges"") 8.Rachmaninov: Daisies