These Allegro documentaries made me absolutely adore these musicians more than I can say, and not just bc we got to see them in their youthful exuberance: Ashkenazy, Barenboim, du Prey, Mehta, Zukerman, and Perlman all have a steely musical integrity at the beginnings of their careers, as well as a real affection and respect for each other, which is really an amazing thing to see. And they have continued with real friendships, with Perlman saying he couldn’t play Schubert’s “Trout” quintet for decades, bc all he could hear was Jackie and he couldn’t play with another cellist. I think the film about Ashkenazy and his wife Dodi is probably my favorite....he, Perlman, Mehta, and Barenboim also have maintained very long marriages and are devoted to their spouses and families despite their crazy lives, which shows another kind of integrity.

Jewel

What fantastic video - thank you. I don't know when the two first collaborated, but I remember one of their earliest concerts many decades ago when they performed the four Rachmaninoff concertos on four separate evenings in Carnegie Hall. My wife and I were graduate students then and even at student prices we could only afford to attend two of them (nos. 2 and 3). Many years later (2006), my choir (The Dessoff Choirs) performed Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe at SUNY Purchase with Ashkenazy conducting the NHK Symphony. His warmth, engagement, and humility were a refreshing contrast to other conductors we had worked with. Still, at first I was a hesitant even to approach him, but finally worked up the courage during a break to tell him that I remembered those concerts and how much I had enjoyed them. He broke into a big grin and said with a chuckle, "I must have been crazy."

Legend has it that every genius has a cheeky smile, be it Mozart, or Barenboim(at the end of this video).

Love Christopher Nupen's films! My aspiration is to be like him - documenting the lives of fascinating artists in an engaging way!

Beautiful !!

2 great great pianists + a noise composer.

I wrote a fanfiction about this

This is cute

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2:50 what is that? Rachmaninov?

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