Emil Gilels and Yakov Flier in 1941 playing two pianos on film.

[piano...@gmail.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yr2JBaM_I

TD

[Mort]

piano...@gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yr2JBaM_I
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> TD

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the great post, which also lists other videos at the right
side. (If only I could read Russian.)

Mort Linder
>

[JohnGavin]

On Friday, May 24, 2013 3:55:53 PM UTC-4, piano...@gmail.com wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yr2JBaM_I
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>
>
> TD

Very unusual - 2 Russians in 1941 playing Albeniz' Navarra in a very flowery arrangement.
I'm wondering if Albeniz himself made this 2-piano arrangement.

Gilels was certainly one of the most truly versatile pianists of the 20th century.

[Mort]

JohnGavin wrote:
> Very unusual - 2 Russians in 1941 playing Albeniz' Navarra in a very flowery arrangement.
> I'm wondering if Albeniz himself made this 2-piano arrangement.

During World War II, many top Russian musicians gave recitals and
concerts to entertain the troops,as well as the folks in harms way. I do
not know the source of this nice video clip, but wonder if it was such
entertainment, somewhat analogous to our V-discs.

Mort Linder

[Mr. Mike]

Looks like an example of piano-lip-synching. At 1:35 you can see the
entire keyboard of the second pianist, for example. And there are
numerous shots which don't show cameras in locations where they were
previously filming.

[Mr. Mike]

On Fri, 24 May 2013 16:18:26 -0400, Mort <mo...@cloud9.net> wrote:

>Thanks for the great post, which also lists other videos at the right
>side. (If only I could read Russian.)

This URL will find YouTube videos featuring Gilels, including those
with his name in Russian:

http://bit.ly/178E8sj

[Steve Emerson]

In article <bks2q89riq0ll816m...@4ax.com>,

Thanks, Mr. Mike -- valuable. EG's Debussy Etude is a delight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZYKcY0jbEY

SE.