Various: Barenboim Jubilee Conc (Euroarts 2-DVD set)

JUBILEE CONCERT IN BUENOS AIRES:
• Five decades after his first appearance on stage the legendary Barenboim plays a special anniversary concert in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires.
• A touching encounter between the pianist and the enthusiastic audience of his home country Argentina.
• Main Program includes favourite piano works by Beethoven, Mozart and Albeniz.
• Presenting not less than 13 encores by Chopin, Schumann, Villa-Lobos, Scarlatti, to name just a few.

• Mozart: Sonata C Major.
• Beethoven: Sonata F minor Appassionata.
• Albéniz: 1st and 2nd book.
• 13 encores by Chopin, Schumann, Villa-Lobos, Scarlatti, et al.
• Recorded at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, August 2000.


DOCUMENTARY, “MULTIPLE IDENTITIES”:
• The documentary follows the pianist-conductor around the world as he celebrates five decades at the top amid applause, adulation, and occasionally controversy.
• Featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Pierre Boulez, Cecilia Bartoli, Waltraud Meier, Edward Said, Staatskapelle Berlin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker and many more.
• Filmed in Buenos Aires, Berlin, Chicago, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Weimar.
• Live recording from the Gewandhaus Leipzig, November 2008.

“A transatlantic superstar, one half of the classical music world's most golden ever couple, and long-time leader of two of the world's foremost orchestras, Daniel Barenboim nevertheless maintains a work schedule that takes him all over the world. Both a pianist and conductor, he says simply, ‘I like to work and I like variety.’” BBC