Mstislav Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable (The Indomitable Bow) [Blu-ray]

Французский режиссер Бруно Монсенжон представляет документальный фильм "Мстислав Ростропович. Непокоренный смычок", работа над созданием которого заняла более 30 лет. В фильме есть много архивного видео, воспоминания дочерей и друзей Ростроповича, которые рассказали о судьбе легендарного музыканта (обладателя свыше 130 высших наград и премий более чем 30 стран мира). Премьера картины состоялась в конце 2017 года, она была показана в Париже, Милане и Нью-Йорке.

The Indomitable Bow is a unique portrait of Mstislav Rostropovich, a formidable personality as well as a complex, deeply political musician constantly engaged in a whirlwind of activities. Including unreleased documents, archive films, interviews and concert performances from this key figure of the 20th century, The Indomitable Bow is a remarkable testimony of the life and work of the legendary ‘Slava’. Mstislav Rostropovich remains one of the greatest cellists of the twentieth century. In addition to his lauded interpretations and impeccable technique, he was well known for inspiring and commissioning new works, which grew the cello repertoire more than any other cellist before or since. In fact, he inspired and premiered more than one hundred pieces, and formed long-standing partnerships with composers including Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Messiaen, Penderecki, Bernstein, and Britten, to name a few.

Some archival items of exceptional interest: Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’ Trio, played at a UNESCO concert in Paris in January 1974, by Rostropovich, Yehudi Menuhin and Wilhelm Kempff; two of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations which I filmed with Rostropovich in 1986 and had remained unreleased, and Bach’s D minor Sarabande.

Треклист:
1. Mstislav Rostropovich - L'archet indomptable (The Indomitable Bow) (Blu - ray, HD) (01:18:34)

2. Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33 (00:05:01)

3. Beethoven, Ludwig van
Piano Trio No. 7 in B - Flat Major, Op. 97, "Archduke" (00:37:10)

4. Bach, Johann Sebastian
Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008: IV. Sarabande (00:05:42)