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Justus Frantz DVD 2006 First Night Of the Proms / Directed by Rolf Sturm / Brahms, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Strauss / Weton-Wesgram - Perform 033
UPC 8717423028703
REGION 0 PAL DVD (All regions)
MADE IN Hungary
AUDIO: LPCM Stereo, Dobly 5.1
TOTAL RUNTIME: 72 MINUTES
Justus Frantz
Frantz began playing piano at the age of ten and later studied with Eliza Hansen and Wilhelm Kempff at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg under a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, or German National Scholarship Foundation.[1] In 1967, Frantz and Claus Kanngießer won the second prize at the international music competition of the ARD playing as a cello and piano duo, marking the beginning of his international career. He first played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan in 1970. In 1975, he played in his United States debut concert with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein, who became his lifelong friend. Other conductors with whom he has played include Carlo Maria Giulini and Rudolf Kempe. He founded the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in 1986 and became a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in 1989, a post from which he has since retired. He also founded the Philharmonia of the Nations in 1995. From September 2013 Maestro Frantz serves as musical director of The Israel Sinfonietta Beersheba.
He has two sons, Christopher Tainton, whom he had with pianist Carol Tainton, and Justus Konstantin Frantz, whom he had with Xenia Dubrowskaja.
Tracklist:
1. Michael Glinka Overture to “Buslan and Ludmilla”
2. Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5, G minor
3. Antonin Dvorak Slavic Dance No. 2 in D Major
4. Peter Iljitsch Tchaikovsky Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,
5. D major op. 35 Ist movement, Allegro moderato - Soloist: Jozsef Lendvai
6. Aram Khachaturian Sabre Dance From “Gayane"
7. Peter Iljitsch Tchaikovsky Flower Waltz from “Nutcracker Suite” op. 71a
8. Johann Strauss (Son) Emperor's Waltz op. 437
9. Edward Elgar “Pomp & Circumstance” Military March No.1 op. 39
10. Grigoras Dinicu “The Larch”
11. Johann Strauss (Father) Radetzky March
Production: Video Company, Kolin
Presto Konzertpromotion GmbH, Gésfeld
Musical Director & Conductor: Prof. Justus Frantz
Producer: Frank SplettstéRer, Jorg Weiland, Dirk Klapsing
Director: Rolf Sturm
Senior Cameraman: Giinter Wedde
Production Manager: Wilfried Luchtenberg
Technical Operations Manager: Peter Gstalter
Sound Engineer: Dirk Botschen, Martin Mallach
Tape Editor: Petra Miller
