Arrau: The Emperor (A film by Peter Rosen)

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This DVD traces Arrau’s life from his birth in Chile in 1903 up to his homecoming in 1984, after a seventeen-year absence, and includes his own commentary on his life and music. It concludes with Arrau performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 [‘Emperor’] with The Symphony Orchestra of the University of Chile, conducted by Victor Tevah. Filmed in Santiago’s Metropolitan Cathedral before an audience of six thousand. (Total running time approx. 85') read more