THE RECORDING OF CHOPIN – YUNDI LI

CATEGORY: culture, music, music programme, portrait, Thomas Grube
STATUS: in distribution

THE RECORDING OF CHOPIN

Yundi Li in Berlin

In the Teldec Studios in Berlin 19-year-old Yundi Li records his solo album with Chopin’s piano concerts. This is a documentary of the outstanding first recording by the Chinese pianist for the Deutsche Grammophon.
Runtime: 25 min.
| Recording format: Digital Beta
Audio format: Stereo
| Picture ratio: 16:9, 4:3 letterbox
Cast

Yundi Li (piano), Christopher Alder

Team

directed by: Thomas Grube, Uwe Dierks
camera: René Dame
sound: Michael Laube
montage: Martin Hoffmann
original music: Frédéric Chopin

recording producer: Christopher Alder (DG)

producer: Uwe Dierks
in co-operation with Deutsche Grammophon

World distribution
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Synopsis

THE RECORDING OF...
documentary series

CHOPIN | Yundi Li

VERDIS ‚FALSTAFF’ Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Bryn Terfel
SACRED SONGS | Placido Domingo, Sissel
TANGO, SONG AND DANCE | Anne-Sophie Mutter, André Previn
BACH CONCERTOS | Hilary Hahn

Pure music pleasure and a thrilling look behind the scenes. Five journeys into the international world of classical music, to famous concert halls, opera stars, soloists and maestros, to be near them when the red lamp begins glowing and artistry is eternalised.

Five of Deutsche Grammophon’s important recording projects. Each in its own right is a tale of artistic passion and precision, of self-reliance and shared experiences, of small gestures and big feelings in and around the recording sessions.