Live recordings from the Klavier-Festival Ruhr

Conrad Tao, Francesco Tristano, Leif Ove Andsnes & Bertrand Chamayou in concert at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr.

Summertime is festival time. The next weeks, our production team is going to film a fine selection of the most cherished events in the classical music world. We will have a busy summer full of new festival and open-air productions.

Three concerts have already been recorded at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr and will be soon available for distribution:
- Conrad Tao (with music from Sergei Rachmaninoff and Billy Strayhorn over Stephen Sondheim and Robert Schumann to Harold Arlen)
- Francesco Tristano "Oscillate" (piano & electronic & light)
- Leif Ove Andsnes & Bertrand Chamayou (works for piano by Schubert and Kurtág)

English title of music work Conrad Tao (Salzlager, UNESCO-Welterbe Zeche Zollverein, Essen, 1.6.): Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 32 No. 1 & Op. 23 No. 8 Op. 32 No. 5; Strayhorn: Take the “A” Train; Sondheim: In Buddy’s Eyes; Schumann: Auf einer Burg, Op. 39; Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 No. 2; Berlin: All by Myself; Tao/Rachmaninoff: Improvisation on Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43, Var. 15; Arlen/Tatum: Over the Rainbow, 1953 recording (transcr. Tao); Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43, Var. 18; Strayhorn: Lush Life; Rachmaninoff: Daisies Op. 38 No. 3; Strayhorn: Day Dream; Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux Op. 33 No. 3; Rachmaninoff (arr. Barnatan): Symphonic Dances Op. 45 ; Kaye/Mossman: Full Moon and Empty Arms (96’)
English title of music work Francesco Tristano Oscillate (piano & electronics) (Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Gelsenkirchen, 6.6.): Tristano: Introit – Hello; Frescobaldi: Il secondo libro di toccate: 4, 9, 8; Tristano: Ritornello; Berio: Sequenza IV; Franceschini: Gravity; Bach: English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808, Prélude; Tristano: Electric mirror – Neon City – The third bridge at Nakameguro – Nogizaka (83’)
English title of music work Leif Ove Andsnes & Bertrand Chamayou (Robert-Schumann-Saal, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, 26.6.): Schubert: Rondo in A Major, D 951, Allegro in A minor, D 947, Fugue in E minor, D 952, Fantasy in F minor, D 940; Kurtág: Selections from Játékok (Games) (90’/ 43’)
TV Director David Unger, Beatrix Conrad
Production Company EuroArts Music International
Co-Production Company WDR, Medici, Heliox in collaboration with ARTE
Video format HD