Filmography
Robert Casadesus, pianiste et compositeur
1999
Color – 52mn.
Written by Olivier Bellamy and directed by Thierry Paul Benizeau – ALLER-RETOUR Production
Works : sonata for violin and piano op.47 (9e) “to Kreutzer” by L.Van Beethoven (extract) (Robert Casadesus and Zino Francescatti).
Works by Robert Casadesus (extracts) : sonata for piano et cello op.22, Capriccio for piano and string orchestra op.49, Trio for piano, violin and cello op.6, Concerto for 3 pianos op.65, Etude N°2, op.28, Three Rondels for voice and piano op.21.
A report about and with the Casadesus family around the memory of Robert. Participation of Pierre Boulez, Jean Roy, Philippe Bianconi, Alain Delot, Henri Dutilleux, Claude Helffer, Didier Lockwood, Charles Recht.
Musique en 33 tours : Gabriel Fauré
1971
INA archives (Black and white)
Director : Gérard-Guillaume
Presenter : Jacqueline Muller
Contributors : Robert Casadesus, Quatuor Calvet, Joseph Calvet and Vladimir Jankelevitch
Work : Thème and variations by Gabriel Fauré
Robert, in his house in the country of Recloses, converse with Jacqueline Muller about Fauré. A document full of anecdotes.
L’Année Beethoven
9/23/1970
INA archives (color)
Directors : Pierre Nivollet and Yvonne Courson
Presenters : Max-pol Fouchet, Brigitte and Jean Massin
Piano : Robert Casadesus.
Work : sonata op. 101 by L.Van Beethoven (16mn46)
Studio recording.
L’Année Beethoven
7/1/1970
INA archives (color)
Directors : Pierre Nivollet and Yvonne Courson
Presenters : Max-pol Fouchet, Brigitte and Jean Massin
Piano : Robert Casadesus.
Work : sonata op 10 n°3 by L.Van Beethoven (18mn39)
Studio recording.
L’Année Beethoven
10/28/1970
INA archives (color)
Directors : Gérard Herzog and Yvonne Courson
Presenters : Max-pol Fouchet, Brigitte and Jean Massin
Performers : Robert Casadesus and Zino Francescatti.
Works : sonata for violin and piano op.47 (9th) “to Kreutzer” by L.Van Beethoven (32 mn10)
A unique document in which Jean Casadesus turns over the pages.
L’Année Beethoven
12/2/1970
INA archives (color)
Directors : Gérard Herzog and Yvonne Courson
Presenters : Max-pol Fouchet, Brigitte and Jean Massin
Performers : Robert Casadesus and Zino Francescatti.
Work : sonata for violin and piano n°10 in G major op.96 by L.Van Beethoven (25 mn)
A unique document in which Jean Casadesus turns over the pages.
First Family of the Piano (version US) / Casadesus, une Dynastie de Pianistes (version française)
1967
“The Bell Telephone Hour” (color)
Director : James Lipscomb
Works : Sonata n°3 op. 58 in B minor (Final) by Chopin ; Concerto for 3 pianos by J.S. Bach (extract); Concerto for 3 pianos (extract) by Robert Casadesus.
Numerous sequences from the private and professional lives of Robert, Jean and Gaby, including a large part in the US In English. The narrator is Jean Casadesus.
Festival of performing arts
1965
Serie : I grandi interpreti
RAI archives (Black and white)
A public concert in the USA
Director : Kirk Browning
“Robert Casadesus con la partecipazione di Gaby Casadesus”
Works : 6 Epigraphes antiques by Claude Debussy (13:48)
In a crowded room, Robert presents the concert while Gaby accompanies him.
Public Concert in Japan
1963
NHK archives (black and white).
Osaka.
Piano recital : Casadesus
1960
BBC archives
Director : Walter Todds
Works : Sonatine by Maurice Ravel (9mn40) ; La Cathédrale engloutie by Claude Debussy (5mn) ; Ondine by Claude Debussy (2mn30) ; Feux d’artifice by Claude Debussy (3mn30) ; Bourrée Fantasque by Emmanuel Chabrier (5mn30).
In a plain studio atmosphere, Robert Casadesus performs essential pages of his repertoire.