1 CD / Analekta /
2009-11-10
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Cantata BWV 191 "Gloria in excelsis Deo"; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 589
Performers:
Butterfield, Benjamin; Doyle, Julia; Lamoreaux, Rosa; Lichti, Daniel; Taylor, Daniel [Countertenor]
Ensemble:
Bach Festival Orchestra
The oldest American Bach Choir, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem performs, on their first recording on the Analekta label, works celebrating the Creator. Such renowned...continue...
Recording information: First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA (05/05/2009-05/07/2009)....continue...
3 CD / Harmonia Mundi /
2009-11-10
Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung
Performers:
Kleiter, Julia; Schmitt, Maximilian; Weisser, Johannes
Ensemble:
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
If one believes an anecdote from the early 1790s, it was with his oratorio 'Die Schopfung' (The Creation) that Haydn, in the autumn of his...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (01/2009)....continue...
2 CD / Hyperion /
2009-11-10
Works: Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes
Performers:
Bott, Catherine; Campbell, Colin; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Gibbs, Charles; Hyde, Philippa; Partridge, Ian; Robson, Christopher; Spence, Patricia
Ensemble:
Parley of Instruments
Thomas Arne's 'Artaxerxes' was the first opera seria libretto in English. Arne's work was a huge success in large part because it was an excellent...continue...
Recording information: 03/25/1995-03/30/1995....continue...
2 CD / Hyperion /
2009-11-10
Works: George Frideric Handel: Messiah
Performers:
Clayton, Allan; Davies, Iestyn; Doyle, Julia; Foster-Williams, Andrew
Ensemble:
Britten Sinfonia
"Polyphony and its director Stephen Layton are bona fide, well-seasoned Messiah experts, whose more than 10 years of annual London Messiah concerts have conferred a...continue...
Recording information: St John's, Smith Square, London (12/22/2008-12/23/2008)....continue...
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HYP 67800
2 DVD Video / EMI Classics /
2009-11-03
Works: George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers:
Clayton, Allan; Coote, Alice; Rose, Matthew; Tynan, Ailish
Ensemble:
Academy of Ancient Music; King's College Choir
In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, and the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge, the first ever...continue...
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2 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) /
2009-11-03
Works: George Frideric Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesú Cristo, HWV 47
Performers:
Haim, Emmanuelle; Pisaroni, Luca; Royal, Kate [Soprano]; Spence, Toby; Tilling, Camilla
Ensemble:
Le Concert d'Astrée
Continuing the Handel series from Le Concert d'Astree and Emmanuelle Haim is 'La resurrezione', composed during the young Handel's period in Rome and first performed...continue...
Recording information: Opéra de Lille (04/15/2009); Opéra de Lille (04/17/2009-04/18/2009)....continue...
2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, Op. 29
Performers:
Bomstein, Leonid; Charbonnet, Jeanne-Michele; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Kunaev, Sergej; Matorin, Vladimir; Miriani, Nana; Petrinksy, Natascha; Rodescu, Julian; Vaneev, Vladimir
Ensemble:
Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the most heinous crime...continue...
Run Time: 170 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: Russian, English, Ge...continue...
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-10-27
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Gambler, Op. 24
Performers:
Didyk, Misha; Ognovenko, Vladimir; Opolais, Kristine; Toczyska, Stefania
Ensemble:
Staatskapelle Berlin
Based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel of the same name, 'The Gambler' is a dark study of human failings and the corruptive power of money. The...continue...
Run Time: 135 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Subtitles: English ...continue...
1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers:
Berger, Fritz; Holm, Richard; Laszlo, Magda; Poll, Alfred; Rehfuss, Heinz; Schoner, Sonja; Wieter, Georg
Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra
When Walter Felsenstein is offered to shoot at adaptation of the story about Fidelio / Leonore in the early fifties, he accepts. Together with Hanns...continue...
Run Time: 85 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish ...continue...
2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers:
Bauer, Vladimir; Blasberg, Erich; Kaschel, Horst-Dieter; Noack, Christa; Nocker, Hanns; Rogge, Hans-Otto; Rossler, Herbert; Schmoock, Hanna; Seufert, Peter
Ensemble:
Komische Opera Chorus; Komische Opera Orchestra
For Walter Felsenstein, Verdi's "Othello" was one of the most significant works in the history of opera. This was why he chose it to shoot...continue...
Run Time: 121 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish ...continue...
2 CD / /
2009-10-27
Works: Henry Purcell: Hail Bright Cecilia; George Frideric Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day; Franz Joseph Haydn: St Cecilia Mass, Hob. 22
Performers:
Baker, Neil; Barriere, Jean-Baptiste; Bates, David [Countertenor]; Caserio, Gilberto; Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard; Crowe, Lucy; Dahlin, Anders J.; Mazzoleni, Nicolas; Nadra, Die...
Ensemble:
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Recording information: MC2, Grenoble, France (01/2009)....continue...
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NAI 5183
1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers:
Alvarez, Carlos; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Ragazzo, Lorenzo; Schade, Michael; Selig, Franz-Joseph
Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra
For his production of "Don Giovanni" at the Vienna International Festival (Vienna Festival), Roberto de Simone does not want to follow in the footsteps of...continue...
Run Time: 173 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian ...continue...
4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 7...
Performers:
Barenboim, Daniel; Denoke, Angela; Fritz, Burkhard; Meier, Waltraud; Pape, Rene; Salminen, Matti; Seiffert, Peter; Stabell, Carsten
Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Chorus; Juilliard String Quartet; Staatskapelle Berlin; Valencian Community Choir; Valencian Community Orchestra; West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Overture, symphony, concerto, chamber music, opera: this unique set of DVDs offers a representative overview of the works of one of the greatest of all...continue...
Run Time: 437 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9,
4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...
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EUA 2057958
2 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers:
Anger, Ain; Botha, Johan; Erod, Adrian; Merbeth, Ricarda; Schade, Michael; Selinger, Michaela; Struckmann, Falk
Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Wagner’s Meistersinger is a festive opera in its own right, but at the unforgettable performances of the work at the Vienna State Opera in January...continue...
Run Time: 274 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...
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EUA 2072488
4 DVD Video / TDK /
2009-10-27
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Performers:
Antoine, Guillaume; Ballestra, Jean-Luc; Banks, Barry; Bogatcheva, Irina; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Galouzine, Vladimir; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Jenis, Dalibor; Minutillo, Hanna Esther; Papian, H...
Ensemble:
Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra
TDK presents three exceptional recordings of superb operas from productions by the Opéra national de Paris, that reflect an operatic history of over 100 years:...continue...
Run Time: 446 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0 Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...
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TDK GOLDBOX8
2 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) /
2009-10-27
Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers:
Beaulieu, Delphine; Braun, Romaric; Cachemaille, Gilles; Cavallier, Nicolas; Deletre, Bernard; Denize, Nadine; Doufexis, Stella; Harnisch, Rachel; Huchet, Eric; Laho, Marc; Petibon, Patricia; Riccard...
Ensemble:
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Offenbach's masterpiece, based on three stories by the German author E.T.A. Hoffmann, is both a three-act opera and a trilogy of taut, individual dramas, all...continue...
Run Time: 171 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: French, English, German,...continue...
2 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) /
2009-10-27
Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers:
Dunaev, Andrey; Gilmanov, Valery; Kasrashvili, Makvala; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Mamsirova, Margarita; Monogarova, Tatiana; Sarkisyan, Emma
Ensemble:
Bolshoi Theater Chorus; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, recognised as one of the leading baritones before the public today, opened the 2008-2009 season in Paris with his Bolshoi Theatre...continue...
Run Time: 150 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: French, English, Ger...continue...
1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon /
2009-10-27
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers:
Carreras, Jose; Monk, Allan; Morris, James; Scotto, Renata; Stilwell, Richard; Stratas, Teresa
Ensemble:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon is proud to present Franco Zeffirelli's iconic staging of 'La Boheme' as recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera on January 16, 1982, available...continue...
Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Chinese ...continue...
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DGG B001347209
2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon /
2009-10-27
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G m...
Performers:
Holl, Robert; Perry, Janet; Schreier, Peter
Ensemble:
Concentus Musicus Wien
Deutsche Grammophon celebrates Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday with this 2-DVD release of rare, vintage, period Bach performances for the first time. Never released on DVD...continue...
Run Time: 270 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanis...continue...
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DGG B001347009
1 DVD Video / Decca /
2009-10-27
Works: George Frideric Handel: Partenope, HWV 27
Performers:
Dam-Jensen, Inger; Dumaux, Christophe; Jensen, Bo Kristian; Knudsen, Palle; Scholl, Andreas; Semmingsen, Tuva
Ensemble:
Concerto Copenhagen
A major contribution to the 'Handel Year': countertenor star Andreas Scholl returns to the Decca label in a new high-definition film of Handel's comedy 'Partenope',...continue...
Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese ...continue...
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DEC B001343309
2 DVD Video / Decca /
2009-10-27
Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers:
De Simone, Bruno; DiDonato, Joyce; Florez, Juan Diego; Menendez, David; Mentxaka, Itxaro; Obregon, Cristina; Orfila, Simon
Ensemble:
Barcelona Teatro Liceu Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra
Tenor superstar Juan Diego Florez adds the role of Prince Ramiro in Rossini's sparkling comedy La Cenerentola to his rapidly growing catalog of performances on...continue...
Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese ...continue...
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DEC B001337409
4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: George Frideric Handel: Serse, HWV 40; Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Persée, LWV 60
Performers:
Ainsworth, Colin; Auvity, Cyril; Bardon, Patricia; Bayrakdarian, Isabel; Bonney, Barbara; Coulombe, Alain; Hallenberg, Ann; Laquerre, Olivier; Lenormand, Marie; Lippi, Marcello; Novacek, Stephanie; P...
Ensemble:
Concentus Musicus Wien; Les Talens Lyriques; Ludwigschafener Theaterchor; Tafelmusik; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir; Vienna State Opera Chorus
This box contains a collection of three masterpieces of Baroque Opera. Three geniuses of the kind, three dazzling productions with highly acclaimed artists. Purcell's 'King...continue...
Run Time: 437 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9,
4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...
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EUA 2057938
4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers:
Bolognese, Mario; Borodina, Olga; Borras, Jean-Francois; Camastra, Marco; Chausson, Carlos; Dessi, Daniela; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Guleghina, Maria; ...
Ensemble:
Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra
This box contains four splendid productions of masterpieces of Italian opera: Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata, Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'...continue...
Run Time: 554 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: Italian, English, German...continue...
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EUA 2057928
4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers:
Blaze, Robin; Elsner, Christian; Fantini, Norma; Genz, Christoph; Henschel, Dietrich; Larsson, Anna; Macleod, Stephan; Meli, Francesco; Nylund, Camilla; Pape, Rene; Remmert, Birgit; Siwek, Rafal; Smi...
Ensemble:
Bach Collegium Japan; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Symphonica Toscanini
This DVD box combines the most known and beloved works in sacred music of three of the greatest composers of all time: Giuseppe Verdi, Ludwig...continue...
Run Time: 419 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, German, French ...continue...
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EUA 2057918
2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte /
2009-10-27
Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers:
Gadd, Stephen; Gambill, Robert; Karneus, Katarina; Mosley-Evans, Richard; Pape, Rene; Robinson, Timothy; Skovhus, Bo; Stemme, Nina
Ensemble:
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra
"Heading the cast as an ideal Isolde is Swedish soprano Nina Stemme. A more completely satisfying performance of the role could not be imagined. She...continue...
Run Time: 358 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby True HD 2.0, Dolby True HD 5.0 Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...
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BOA 7039D
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