Vanished Britten & Richter

[Karafan]

Good afternoon all - Hope you're all enjoying your sunny long weekend!

I recall a while ago stumbling on some colour footage (newsreel?) on Youtube of Richter and Britten at Snape playing (I think) a Mozart sonata for 2 keyboards (K448 perhaps) which was completely exhilarating. It dated from the late 1960s, I think.

I have searched online now for this clip and cannot see it anywhere. I am pretty sure it was Mozart and IIRC it wasn't a duet but a piece for two pianos. Does the video clip ring bells with anyone out there - and has anyone seen it on their travels?

Thanks

Karafan

[Karafan]

Thanks Mercia -that's the one, I wasn't dreaming, then! I will look at the Tony Palmer film - thanks.

Karafan

[Karafan]

Hmmm... have had a quick scan through the Tony Palmer film and couldn't see the clip, will try "The Hidden heart".....

[Mary Chambers]

I haven't checked, but I'm pretty sure it is in 'A Time There Was'.

[Alf-Prufrock]

If film of Britten and Richter playing together at Aldeburgh exists, why can't we buy a DVD of their performances? What an important record!

[Norfolk Born]

...and why is there (still) only one 40+ year-old DVD of the War Requiem? There is another, recorded some years ago in Peenemunde, that can now be pre-ordered but isn't due for release until December 2012. Is it too much to hope for a new(er) recording for, or during, the centenary year?

[Suffolkcoastal]

It is in 'A time there was' I watched it a few weeks ago, I think the clip dates from about 1967, which I think was around the time that Richter performed at the Aldeburgh Festival and recorded the Piano Concerto.

[Barbirollians]

Karafan - didn't Decca release a CD of this performance in 2000 ?

[PJPJ]

Britten Richter Mozart is available at a price! Low resolution download is still available.

[Karafan]

Thanks everyone for your help!

K.

[Bryn]

If you include the Jarman film, which used the Decca recording, there are at least 2, I guess: