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Harvest of Sorrow: Tony Palmer's Film About Sergei Rachmaninoff

Director: Tony Palmer

Cast: Valery Gergiev, John Gielgud, Sergei Rachmaninoff

(KULTUR VIDEO) Rated: N/A

US DVD release date: 31 July 2007

[27 September 2007]

by Chadwick Jenkins

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Long, Dark Coda into the Night

Tony Palmer’s wonderfully constructed film captures the mood of “lateness” that pervaded the career of Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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Tagged as: john gielgud | sergei rachmaninoff | tony palmer | valery gergiev

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