1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-12-15
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers:
Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Here is Giacomo Puccini’s immortal opera in a high budget feature-film version - not a staged operatic production - directed by Academy Award nominee Robert...continue...
Run Time: 109 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color ...continue...
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KUL D4601
1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-12-15
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers:
Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as KUL D4601. Here is...continue...
Run Time: 109 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color ...continue...
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KUL BD4601
1 CD / Arte Verum /
2009-11-10
Works: Gio Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Orfeo
Performers:
Hendricks, Barbara; Tenstam, Ulrika
Ensemble:
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
From the time of its creation, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater was considered the emblem of perfection and expressive beauty of 18th century Italian music - and...continue...
Recording information: Nacka Aula, Nacka, Sweden (01/07/2009-01/11/2009)....continue...
2 CD / Aeon /
2009-11-10
Works: James Dillon: Philomela
Performers:
Barriga, Luisa; Castillo, Ricardo; Harrison, Josquin; Komsi, Anu; Narucki, Susan; Peintre, Lionel
Ensemble:
Remix Ensemble
British composer James Dillon, inspired by the myth reported by Ovid and Sophocles, created his first scenic work with this visionary work. For this recording,...continue...
Recording information: Casa de Musica, Porto (10/15/2006-10/17/2006)....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...
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...
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
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...
1 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) /
2009-11-03
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Pardon de Ploërmel
Performers:
Cavallier, Nicolas; Dessay, Natalie; Ferrari, Franck; Klose, Wolfgang; Rose, Matthew [Bass Voice]; Tezier, Ludovic
Ensemble:
Concerto Cologne; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
This collection features Natalie Dessay in five scenes of coloratura madness - or near-madness - by two Italian composers, two French composers, and one satirising...continue...
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VCL 994690
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...
1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers:
Fox, Tom; Gambill, Robert; Hoffmann, Florian; Horl, Andreas; Meier, Waltraud; Milling, Stephen; Muller, Katherina; Nylund, Camilla; Reijans, Marcel; Trekel, Roman
Ensemble:
Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Vienna Philharmonic Chorus
Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s production is based on the Paris version by Richard Wagner with an extended Venusberg scene and a ballet very surprisingly choreographed by Amir...continue...
Run Time: 263 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1 Subtitles: German, English, Fr...continue...
1 Blu-Ray 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: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1 Subtitles: Russian, English, G...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 / 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 CD / Profil /
2009-10-27
Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
Performers:
Berton, Liliane; Gedda, Nicolai; Micheau, Janine
Ensemble:
Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris
Recording information: Salle de la Mutualité, Paris (03/18/1957); Salle de la Mutualité, Paris (03/20/1957-03/22/1957); Salle de la Mutualité, Paris (03/25/1957-03/27/1957)....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...
3 CD / Michael Nyman /
2009-10-27
Works: Michael Nyman: Celan Songs (6); The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi; Acts of Beauty; Exit no Exit; Lust Songs (8) "I Sonetti Lussuriosi"
Performers:
Angel, Marie; Leonard, Sarah; Sparling, Andrew; Zavalloni, Cristina
Ensemble:
Michael Nyman Band; Sentierri Selvaggi
A three-disc collection containing three previous releases from Michael Nyman's discography: "6 Celan Songs" (MNY 108), "Acts of Beauty, Exit No Exit" (MNY 109), and...continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Carl Rütti: Requiem
Performers:
Price, Edward; Robinson, Olivia; Watts, Jane
Ensemble:
Southern Sinfonia
Carl Rutti's choral music is "sensuous and exuberant by turns, combining dazzling rhythms and soaring melodies with distinctively lush harmonies" (Choir & Organ magazine). Of...continue...
Recording information: St John's, Smith Square, London, UK (01/31/2009-02/01/2009)....continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Darius Milhaud: Alissa, Op. 9; L'amour chante, Op. 409; Poèmes juifs, Op. 34
Performers:
Constable, John; Farley, Carole
One of Milhaud's finest and most expressive later scores, 'L'Amour chante' sets poems on the subject of love by various poets, making of each a...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of the Belgian Radio and Television, Bruss (02/02/1992-02/04/1992)....continue...
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...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Pérotin: Alleluia, 5. / Posui adiutorium. Organum triplum; Viderunt omnes. Organum quadruplum; Sederunt principes. Organum quadruplum; Anonymous: A vos vieg, chevalier sire / Et florebit, motet;...
Performers:
Carlsson, Susannah; Ingels, Ann-Christine Wesser; Nordtorp, Malene; Vestbo, Amy
Until recently the role of women as composers and performers of both sacred and secular music during the Middle Ages has been seriously underestimated. This...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Copenhagen, Denmark (03/01/2005-03/03/2005)....continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Les offrandes oubliées; Un sourire
Performers:
Schwanewilms, Anne
Ensemble:
Lyon National Orchestra
Love and faith, mortality and eternity are the abiding themes of these three important and beautifully shimmering works by one of the 20th century's most...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (07/16/2008-07/19/2008)....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
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Magnificat in D major; Symphony for Strings no 12 in G minor; Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D major
Performers:
Carter, Jay; Kim, David Dong-Geun; Leitner, Cecilia; Radde, Birger; Russell, Melanie Scafide; Sansoni, Michael; Steigerwalt, Jason P.
Ensemble:
Yale Collegium P;ayers
J.S. Bach's famous 'Magnificat' and that of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel were the templates for the teenage Mendelssohn's first major work for soloists, chorus...continue...
Recording information: Woolsey Hall, Yale University, Connecticut, USA (05/03/2008-09/03/2008)....continue...
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