Recordings, Last 3 Months

3 DVD Video Deal: Includes Ring without Words / Van Cliburn, Concert Pianist / Jascha Heifetz in Performance [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / HBDirect / 2013-05-01

Wagner: The Ring Without Words [DVD]

Without changing a note of the Music, Lorin Maazel has created a unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring

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Arturo Toscanini: The Maestro - Documentary plus Verdi's Hymn of the Nations, Jan Peerce [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Toscanini the Maestro DVD features interviews with Robert Merrill, Jarmila Novona, Herva Nelli, Licia Albanese and others, plus photographs, documents, original recordings and a selection...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4/3, B&W and Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0,
Subtitles: German, French
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in a 2 part recital of lieder by Schubert and Schumann from the Opera Theatre of Nurenberg [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-04-30

Works: Franz Schubert: Lieder; Robert Schumann: Lieder
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich

Run Time: 158 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 1.33:1, Color
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Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 "Spring"; Documentary "La Spira Mirabilis" by Gérald Cailiat [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38

Spira Mirabilis is a new project drawing together some of Europe's finest young players and offers a radical new approach to classical music. Mostly in...continue...
Run Time: 131 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 "Spring"; Documentary "La Spira Mirabilis" by Gérald Cailiat [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38

Spira Mirabilis is a new project drawing together some of Europe's finest young players and offers a radical new approach to classical music. Mostly in...continue...
Run Time: 131 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Voice of Firestone Series: Arias from Opera and Oratorio / Eleanor Steber, soprano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-04-30

Eleanor Steber (1914-1990) is remembered as perhaps the greatest American soprano, and certainly one of the most technically refined voices of the century. Miss Steber...continue...

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Renée Fleming, Gerald Finley, Stephen Medcalf. Bernard Haitink [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

Voice of Firestone Series: George London in Opera and Song [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-04-30

Canadian-born bass-baritone George London (1920-1985) made a tremendous impact on the operatic world in the course of a fifteen-year career cut short by illness. His...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Raimondi, Lanza, Shtoda, Floris, Frittoli. Zubin Mehta [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Cantarero, Mariola; Floris, Gianluca; Frittoli, Barbara; Lanza, Manuel; Polverelli, Laura; Raimondi, Ruggero; Roni, Luigi; Shtoda, Daniil; Zilio, Elena
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

The Maggio Musicale in Florence is the oldest and one of the most famous music festivals in Italy. When director Zubin Mehta celebrated his 70th...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Renée Fleming Live at the Paris Opera in 3 complete operas: Massenet: Manon; Dvorak: Rusalka; Strauss: Capriccio / Von Otter, Finley, Trost, Alvarez et al. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Diadkova, Larissa; Finley, Gerald; Fleming, Renee; Hawlata, Franz; Henschel, Dietrich; Larin, Sergei; Sénéchal, Michel; Trost, Rainer; Urbanova, E...
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus; Conlon, James; Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 467 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Solti Centenary Concert - works by Mozart, Verdi Mahler, Strauss, Bartok / Angela Gheorghiu; René Pape. Valery Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; John Philip Sousa: Stars...
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: World Orchestra for Peace

The Solti Centenary Concert in Chicago celebrated Sir Georg Solti's 100th birthday on October 21, 2012, featuring the World Orchestra for Peace (WOP). Charmingly hosted...continue...
Run Time: 133 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, French
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Peter von Winter: Das Labyrinth, part II of The Magic Flute / Fischesser, Novikova, Hartelius, Schade. Ivor Bolton [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Mozarteumorchester Salzburg; Slzburger Bachchor

We're all familiar with Mozart's Magic Flute to the libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. However, it's not widely known that Schikaneder wrote a sequel to the...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japa...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 / Franz Welser-Most, Cleveland Orch. [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Conductors: Welser-Most, Franz
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

When it comes to shaping a musical event for the ears and the eyes, the monumental majesty of Anton Bruckner's symphonies and the exhilarating vibrancy...continue...
Run Time: 74 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
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Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Denning, Peacock, Leech, Welker, Capasso, Blasius. Deutsche Opera Berlin [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Performers: Blasius, Martin; Denning, Angela; Leech, Richard; Peacock, Lucy; Welker, Hartmut
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan
Ensemble: Deutsche Opera Berlin Orchestra

The grand opera Les Huguenots was one of the greatest operatic successes if the 19th century, and its creator was the foremost composer of his...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Span...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Brocheler, Merritt, Smit, Runkel, Keyes, Rydl, Kruse, Schone, Altmeyer. Hartmut Haenchen [11 DVDs]

11 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Altmeyer, Jeanine; Brocheler, John; Clark, Graham; Gjevang, Anne; Keyes, John; Kruse, Heinz; Merritt, Chris; Mikulas, Peter; Runkel, Reinhild; Rydl, Kurt; Secunde, Nadine; Smit, Henk; Stabell, Carsten
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: Hague Philharmonic; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

This 1999 production of The Ring was the first to be based on the definitive complete edition of Wagner's music. Pierre Audi's production for the...continue...
Run Time: 1008 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Benjamin Luxon, Stafford Dean, Horiana Branisteanu, Rachel Yakar, Leo Goeke. Bernard Haitink [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Branisteanu, Horiana; Dean, Stafford; Gale, Elisabeth; Goeke, Leo; Luxon, Benjamin; Rawnsley, John; Thau, Pierre; Yakar, Rachel
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 174 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italia...continue...

Solti Centenary Concert - works by Mozart, Verdi Mahler, Strauss, Bartok / Angela Gheorghiu; René Pape. Valery Gergiev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; John Philip Sousa: Stars...
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: World Orchestra for Peace

The Solti Centenary Concert in Chicago celebrated Sir Georg Solti's 100th birthday on October 21, 2012, featuring the World Orchestra for Peace (WOP). Charmingly hosted...continue...
Run Time: 133 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, French
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Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 "Romantic" & 7 / Christian Thielemann, Munich PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Christian Thielemann is widely regarded as the leading Brucknerian of our age, and his performances with the Munich Philharmonic, of which he has been music...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
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Verdi: La Traviata / Vassileva, Giordano, Stoyanov, Pini, Trevisan, Floris. Yuri Temirkanov [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Floris, Gianluca; Gabba, Armando; Giordano, Massimo; Pini, Daniela; Polinelli, Filippo; Stoyanov, Vladimir; Tagliavini, Roberto; Trevisan, Antonella; Vassileva, Svetla; Zennaro, Iorio
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

La traviata is Verdi's most popular opera and one of the best-loved of all stage works. Romance, tragedy and unforgettable tunes - it has it...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, S...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Vassileva, Giordano, Stoyanov, Pini, Trevisan, Floris. Yuri Temirkanov [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Franci, Francesca; Nikolic, Katarina; Nucci, Leo; Siwek, Rafal; Surian, Giorgio; Villari, Angelo
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

La traviata is Verdi's most popular opera and one of the best-loved of all stage works. Romance, tragedy and unforgettable tunes - it has it...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani / Leo Nucci, Fabio Armiliato, Giacomo Prestia, Daniela Dessi. Massimo Zanetti [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Battiato, Alessandro; Dessi, Daniela; Mastroni, Andrea; Nucci, Leo; Prestia, Giacomo; Russo, Dario; Virgili, Roberto Jachini
Conductors: Zanetti, Massimo
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Not until 1855 did Verdi have a chance to try his hand at French grand opera. A setting of a libretto by Eugene Scribe, Les...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korea...continue...

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani / Leo Nucci, Fabio Armiliato, Giacomo Prestia, Daniela Dessi. Massimo Zanetti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Battiato, Alessandro; Dessi, Daniela; Mastroni, Andrea; Nucci, Leo; Prestia, Giacomo; Russo, Dario; Virgili, Roberto Jachini
Conductors: Zanetti, Massimo
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Not until 1855 did Verdi have a chance to try his hand at French grand opera. A setting of a libretto by Eugene Scribe, Les...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, ...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Leo Nucci, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola, Tamar Iveri, Francesco Meli. Daniele Callegari [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Casalin, Luca; Iveri, Tamar; Kharachko, Olena; Meli, Francesco; Nucci, Leo; Piazzola, Simone; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chrous; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

None of Verdi's operas were subjected to as radical revisions as Simon Boccanegra. The initial 1857 version was not a success, so in 1880/81 Verdi...continue...
Run Time: 148 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, S...continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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A Musical Journey: Crimea, Russia, Uzbekistan - Music by Khachaturian, Borodin, Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

The tour starts in Uzbekistan, of which there are later glimpses. There is a visit to the historic Russian town of Suzdal and scenes from...continue...

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations / Daniel Propper, piano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Skarbo / 2013-04-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Performers: Propper, Daniel

At an early age Daniel Propper began studying with Swedish pedagogue Gunnar Hallhagen and later worked with Tatiana Nikolaieva. Daniel won a great many awards...continue...
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Berlioz, Roussel, Ravel, Gluck [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, piano transcription Giovanni Sgambati;...
Performers: Freire, Nelson
Conductors: Bringuier, Lionel
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

On this brilliant recording leading Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire delivers a deft, impeccable performance of Chopin's lyrical Second Piano Concerto. On the podium the young...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Charpentier: David & Jonathas / Pascal Charbonneau, Ana Quintans, Neal Davis, Frédéric Caton, Kresimir Spicer. William Christie [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Gustave Charpentier: David and Jonathas
Performers: Caton, Frederic; Charbonneau, Pascal; Davies, Neal [Bass Baritone]; Quintans, Ana; Spicer, Kresimer; Visse, Dominique
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

The deepest of male friendships must contend with jealousy, a witch's premonition, and, ultimately war in the biblical tale of the King Saul's banishment of...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Berlioz, Roussel, Ravel, Gluck [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, piano transcription Giovanni Sgambati;...
Performers: Freire, Nelson
Conductors: Bringuier, Lionel
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

On this brilliant recording leading Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire delivers a deft, impeccable performance of Chopin's lyrical Second Piano Concerto. On the podium the young...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Christina Landshamer, soprano; Riccardo Chailly [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Accentus / 2013-04-30

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Landshamer, Christina
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchestra Leipzig

"The greatest mix of colors that ever existed" was Mahler's description of the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra transformed...continue...
Run Time: 61 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Christina Landshamer, soprano; Riccardo Chailly [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Accentus / 2013-04-30

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Landshamer, Christina
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchestra Leipzig

"The greatest mix of colors that ever existed" was Mahler's description of the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra transformed...continue...
Run Time: 61 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 / Franz Welser-Most, Cleveland Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Conductors: Welser-Most, Franz
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

When it comes to shaping a musical event for the ears and the eyes, the monumental majesty of Anton Bruckner's symphonies and the exhilarating vibrancy...continue...
Run Time: 74 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
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Choreography by Bournonville: La Sylphide: Flemming Flindt, Luette Aldous, Shirley Dixon; Flower Festival in Genzano: Rudolf Nureyev, Merle Park [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Downes, Edward; Lawrence, Ashley
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Orchestra

This DVD features two of the legendary Danish choreographer August Bournonvillfe's most celebrated ballets. In La Sylphide, Flemming Flindt and Lucette Aldous do full justice...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): Enhanced Mono,
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Leo Nucci, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola, Tamar Iveri, Francesco Meli. Daniele Callegari [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Casalin, Luca; Iveri, Tamar; Kharachko, Olena; Meli, Francesco; Nucci, Leo; Piazzola, Simone; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chrous; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

None of Verdi's operas were subjected to as radical revisions as Simon Boccanegra. The initial 1857 version was not a success, so in 1880/81 Verdi...continue...
Run Time: 148 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

A Musical Journey: Norway, Finland, Nordic Landscapes - Music by Sibelius, Svendsen, Halvorsen, Sinding [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Scenes of Finland and its capital Helsinki, the interlinked islands of Suomenlinna, site of an ancient castle and fortifications, and the hills, valleys and fjords...continue...

A Musical Journey: Salzburg, Austria, City of Mozart - Music by Mozart [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

The places visited are associated in one way or another with Mozart. He was born in 1756 in Salzburg, where his father was a leading...continue...

Massenet: Don Quichotte / Anastasov, Sarambelieva, Rosa, Kartaloff, Teneva. Francesco Rosa [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2013-04-30

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts
Performers: Anastasov, Orlin; Dinev, Krasimir; Papazikov, Plamen; Pavlova-Indzheva, Rositsa; Sarambelieva, Tsveta; Teneva, Silvia
Conductors: Rosa, Francesco
Ensemble: Sofia National Opera Chorus; Sofia National Opera Orchestra

This new recording on DVD is featuring a lively and enjoyable performance features an amazing cast and a superb staging by Plamen Kartaloff. Massenet composed...continue...
Run Time: 125 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Peter von Winter: Das Labyrinth, part II of The Magic Flute / Fischesser, Novikova, Hartelius, Schade. Ivor Bolton [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Mozarteumorchester Salzburg; Slzburger Bachchor

We're all familiar with Mozart's Magic Flute to the libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. However, it's not widely known that Schikaneder wrote a sequel to the...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese,...continue...

Francic Poulenc: La Voix Humaine / Felicity Lott, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano [2 DVD & Blu-Ray]

2 DVD Video / Champs Hill Records / 2013-04-30

Works: Francis Poulenc: La voix humaine, opera, FP 171
Performers: Lott, Felicity

For the first time permission has been given for a performance of Poulenc's one-woman tour de force La Voix Humaine with piano accompaniment, in recognition...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray and NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French
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Brahms: Piano Trios nos 1-3; Clarinet Trio / Elena Baschkirova; Maxim Vengerov; Boris Pergamenschikow; Dietmar Schwalke (1988) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B major, Op. 8; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C major, Op. 87; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 101; Trio for clarinet (or viol...
Performers: Baschikirova, Elena; Baschkirova, Elena; Fuchs, Wenzel; Pergamenschikow, Boris; Schwalke, Dietmar; Vengerov, Maxim

This DVD includes Brahms outstanding Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello and piano as well as Trios Nos. 1, 2 and 3 for piano...continue...
Run Time: 117 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
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Alban Berg: Wozzeck / Grundheber, Meier, Clark, von Kannen, Wottrich, Vogel, Trekel, Schaechter. Barenboim [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7
Performers: Baker, Mark; Clark, Graham; Grundheber, Franz; Meier, Waltraud; Menzel, Peter; Schaechter, Dalia; Trekel, Roman; Vogel, Siegfried; von Kannen, Gunter; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsoper Berlin

Berg is recasting Buchner's fragmentary drama in the form of three self-contained acts by drawing on existing musical genres and traditional styles, by quoting various...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Haydn Handel Bach - Helmuth Rilling, van Swieten; Stumhius; Stevenson; Schone; Kallisch, Sacca, Miles [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Helmuth Rilling, founder and director of the International Bachakademie Stuttgart, is a worldwide well-acclaimed conductor. Rilling has conducted all the major American orchestras and the...continue...

1000 Masterworks: European Romanticism

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

1000 Masterworks from the Great Museums of the World is one of the most successful TV series about art. The original, with improved image quality,...continue...

Messier Catalogue of Star Clusters and Nebulae / Bruce Lazarus

1 CD / Composers Concordance / 2013-04-30

Composed by Bruce Lazarus between 2004 and 2011, Messier Catalogue of Star Clusters and Nebulae is a series of piano pieces based on the work...continue...

Así es mi Tierra / Irasema Terrazas, soprano; Gustavo Cuautli, tenor; Anastasia Guzman, guitar

1 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2013-04-30

Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Alice Coote; Burkhard Fritz. Marc Albrecht

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-04-30

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Coote, Alice; Fritz, Burkhard
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Das Lied is considered the most personal of Mahler's works. It represents a synthesis of the two great pillars in Mahler's oeuvre, the symphony and...continue...
Recording information: Beurs van Berlage, Yakult zaal, Amsterdam (06/21/2012-06/22/2012)....continue...

I Want to Live: Contemporary Works for Women's Choir by David Lang, William Brooks, Paul Fowler / The Crossing

1 CD / Innova / 2013-04-30

Works: David Lang: I live in pain, for chorus; I Lie; This condition, for chorus; Evening Morning Day; I want to live, for chorus; William Brooks: Mediaeval Lyrics (6), for 3 solo voices (or chorus); Paul F...
Conductors: Nally, Donald
Ensemble: ; The Crossing

The Crossing offers a recording that is as virtuosic as it is emotional, resonating with recurring themes of desire and strength, peace, and longing. The...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chestnut Hill (06/29/2011-07/02/2011)....continue...

Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony No. 8 / Frederic Ledroit at the Organ in the Church of St. Etienne in Mulhouse

1 CD / Skarbo / 2013-04-30

French organist Frederic Ledroit the artistic director of the International Organ Festival in Charente and the Professor of Organ at the Conservatoire class of Angouleme....continue...

David Lang: Death Speaks / Shara Worden, Bryce Dessner, Owen Pallett, Nico Muhly

1 CD / Canteloupe / 2013-04-30

Commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Stanford Lively Arts to go on a program with his piece the little match girl passion, death speaks draws its...continue...
Recording information: Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT....continue...