The Chromatic Scale

BORIS GILTBURG | THE CHROMATIC SCALE

The Chromatic Scale

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Behind the scales in the music history.

Executive producer and original idea · Lars Fenger
Directed by Stéphan Aubé
Image · Cécile Trelluyer
Edited by Sarah Levine
Sound production, engineering and mix · Mette Due, TimbreMusic
Camera and video assistant · Kale Jessen

Musical extracts:
Mozart – Sonata for piano No. 16 in C major K 545
Beethoven - Piano concerto n°1 in C major op. 15
Tchaikovsky - Pas de Deux (The Nutcracker op. 71)
Bartok - Dance in Bulgarian Rhythm No. 1 (from Mikrokosmos)
Gershwin - Rhapsody in blue
Liszt - La leggierezza
Bach - Busoni - Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004
Bartok - Piano concerto n°3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127

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