I'm wondering if any motion pictures were every made of Sergei
Rachmaninov performing his own or other works on the piano? Since he
was also a well-known conductor, maybe one or another of his concerts
might have been filmed as well. There are, of course, countless sound
recordings of his performances but it would be great to find a visual
record of a performance or two.

Dear pgloeckner-ga (and other researchers)
I was unable to find any vidoes of substantial length but others may
be more successful. Amazon & others sites sell a 30 minute video
biography of him but the reviews are mixed and it is unclear whether
there is footage of Rachmaninov playing. Title: Great Russian
Composers: Rachmaninov
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/video/0769720102/customer-reviews/ref=cm_cr_dp_2_1/002-1663102-7491249
answerfinder

Motion pictures of performances or parts of performances must exist.
There was a PBS Great Performances episode titled "The Art of Piano"
that was first broadcast in June 2000 in which some footage of
Rachmaninov was included. The episode is not available on tape,
however. The source for the motion picture excerpts could probably be
located in the credits or by contacting the producers.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/artofpiano.html

                       The Art of Piano


                       WEB CREDITS

                       Producer: David McCarthy
                       Art Director: Sabina Daley
                       Associate Producer: Anu Krishnan
                       Designer: Lenny Drozner
                       Graphic Art: Meiza Fleitas
                       Technical Director: Brian Lee
                       Production Assistance: Peter Tierney
                       Intern: Omar Tejada
                       Writer: John Ardoin

                       Thirteen Online is a production of the
Interactive & Broadband Group at the Kravis
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                       About the Writer
                       John Ardoin is former music critic of the
Dallas Morning News and has been music
                       consultant for GREAT PERFORMANCES for 20 years,
as well as a writer for many of its
                       presentations. He is author of six books,
including THE CALLAS LEGACY, CALLAS AT
                       JUILLIARD, THE STAGES OF MENOTTI, and THE
FURTWAENGLER RECORD.

                       GREAT PERFORMANCES Web pages copyright © 2000
Educational Broadcasting
                       Corporation.

                        
                       TELEVISION CREDITS

                       A film written by 
                       CHRISTIAN LABRANDE & DONALD STURROCK

                       With contributions from 
                       PIOTR ANDERSZEWSKI 
                       DANIEL BARENBOIM
                       SCHUYLER CHAPIN
                       SIR COLIN DAVIS
                       GARY GRAFFMAN

                       EVGENY KISSIN
                       ZOLTAN KOCSIS
                       STEPHEN KOVACEVICH
                       PAUL MYERS
                       GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
                       GYÖRGY SANDOR
                       TAMÁS VÁSÁRY

                       Narrated by
                       JOHN RUBINSTEIN

                       AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVE SOURCES
                       American Federation of Musicians
                       BBC Worldwide
                       BMG Classics
                       British Pathé
                       Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
                       Carlton International
                       Clasart Film
                       Estate of Glenn Gould
                       EUROARTS International
                       FILM IMAGES
                       Gosteleradiofond
                       Fond Michel Hirvy with permission of 
                       Neil Chotem-National Archives of Canada
                       THE IMAGE BANK
                       Imperial War Museum
                       INA Actualités
                       INA Programme
                       Istituto Luce
                       Krasnogorsk
                       Kultur International Films Ltd, Inc.
                       LWT
                       Magyar TV
                       Miris Films
                       Musicians' Union
                       NHK International, Inc.
                       Office National du Film du Canada
                       ORF
                       Pathé Télévision
                       Peter ROSEN Productions, Inc.
                       REPUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT INC.
                       SOFRACIMA
                       "Glenn Gould, Leonard Bernstein and the New
York Philharmonic: The Creative
                       Performer." Used by permission of Amberson,
Inc.
                       Wiener Philharmoniker

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