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Salzburg Biennale: Festival for New Music 2009 [DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2012-03-13

Pelleas et Melisande / Film by Philippe Beziat / Marc Minkowski [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2011-04-26

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

Run Time: 108 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: PAL, 16:9, Color
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Gregorian: Christmas Chants Live in Berlin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-30

Works: Various: Work(s)
Conductors:
Ensemble: Gregorian

Region: All
Picture Format: PAL, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Katherine Jenkins: Believe Live From The 02 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

Region: All
Picture Format: PAL, Color
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The Beethoven Project: Symphonies / Paavo Jarvi [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Conductors: Järvi, Paavo
Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

Region: All
Picture Format: PAL, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
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Gregorian: Masters of Chant / Live at Kreuzenstein Castle [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-09

Works: Various: Work(s)
Conductors:
Ensemble: Gregorian

Region: All
Picture Format: PAL, Color
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The Beethoven Project: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Paavo Jarvi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Conductors: Järvi, Paavo
Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

Region: All
Picture Format: PAL, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
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The Beethoven Project: Symphonies Nos. 5-8 / Paavo Jarvi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93
Conductors: Järvi, Paavo
Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

Region: All
Picture Format: PAL, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
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The Beethoven Project: Symphony No. 9 / Paavo Jarvi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Conductors: Järvi, Paavo
Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

Region: All
Picture Format: PAL, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
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The Beethoven Project: Music Documentation / Paavo Jarvi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Work(s)
Conductors: Järvi, Paavo
Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Andre Rieu / My African Dream [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2010-08-31

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Rieu, Andre

Haydn: The Creation / Bernstein/Bavarian RSO, Blegen, Popp, Moser [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2009-07-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Blegen, Judith; Moll, Kurt; Moser, Thomas; Ollmann, Kurt; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Haydn's 'Creation', the culmination of his life's work, in a legendary 1986 performance conducted by Leonard Bernstein in the exquisite Baroque splendor of the Benedictine...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese
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Gay/Britten: Beggar's Opera / Janet Baker, Kenneth McKellar [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2009-07-14

Works: John Gay: Beggar's Opera
Performers: Baker, Janet; McKellar, Kenneth

Originally broadcast in 1963 and now meticulously restored by the BBC, this film features a superb cast, including Janet Baker as Polly Peachum and the...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono, Enhanced Dolby Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Britten: Owen Wingrave / Pears, Baker, Harper, Luxon, Shirley-Quirk [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2009-07-14

Works: Benjamin Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame; Harper, Heather; Luxon, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir; Shirley-Quirk, John

Based on a story by Henry James, 'Owen Wingrave' was commissioned by the BBC as an opera for television. Originally broadcast in color in 1971,...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono, Enhanced Dolby Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Handel: Messiah / Teddy Tahu Rhodes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2009-01-27

Works: George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56

Region: 4: Australia, S America (This DVD will not play on typical North American DVD players)

Language: English

33:1 4:3 Fullscreen

Antony Walker, conductor

Artists: MacLiver,...continue...

Musical Renegades / Teddy Tahu Rhodes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2009-01-27

Claudio Abbado / Mozart, Rossini, Schubert, Brahms / Pollini, Hadley [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Kyrie in D minor, K 341 (368a); Grabmusik, K 42 (35a); Laudate Dominum; Franz Schubert: Mass no 6 in E flat major, D 950; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat m...
Performers: Hadley, Jerry; Holl, Robert; Lipovsek, Marjana; Mattila, Karita; Pita, Jorge Antonio; Pollini, Maurizio
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: La Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

DVD 1 contains the 1986 edition of the "All Saints' Day Concert" - second only to the New Year's concert in that most musical of...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Britten: Billy Budd / Mackerras, Pears, Glossop [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Glossop, Peter; Langdon, Michael; Luxon, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir; Shirley-Quirk, John; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

This recording was the first film of any Britten opera and is the only version to star Peter Pears, who originated the role of Captain...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Schubert: Winterreisse; Britten: Folksongs / Sir Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Benjamin Britten: Folksong Arrangement(s)
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

Produced by legendary Decca producer John Culshaw, 'Winterreise' is staged, and introduced with a brief voice-over. The 'Folk Songs' originate in a 'Celebrity Recital' film,...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum / Magdalen Choir - Oxford [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2008-02-26

Works: Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum

Though Paul McCartney is known around the world for his pop music compositions, he is quickly forging a name for himself in the classical world...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: England
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Mozart: Zaide / Bolton/Mozarteum Orch. Salzburg, Ainsley, Erdmann, Fischer, Frenkel [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b); Adama
Performers: Erdmann, Mojca; Lehtipuu, Topi; Windmuller, Yaron
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Osterreichisches Ensemble fur Neue Musik

"Ivor Bolton drew fresh, immediate playing from the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra in the pit, Johannes Kalitzke brought expressive precision to the Freiburg Experimentalstudio at the...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Honeck/Vienna PO, Martinez, Koch, Mathey, Degout, Donath, Allen [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Degout, Stephane; Donath, Helen; Koch, Sophie; Martinez, Ana Maria; Mathey, Shawn
Conductors: Honeck, Manfred
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"A musical and vocal pleasure . . . A major festival event in the anniversary year." -Donaukurier, Ingoldstadt...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto / Marc Minkowski/Musiciens du Louvre, Croft, Or, Persson, Mehta, Bohlin [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a)
Performers: Bertin, Pascal; Bohlin, Ingela; Croft, Richard; Lee, Colin; Mehta, Bejun; Or, Netta; Persson, Miah
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

"A maximum of furious orchestral power . . . An opera of shattering emotions and volatile hyperexcitement with exuberant passion." -Suddeutsche Zeitung, Munchen...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Betulia Liberata / Poppen/Munich CO, Ovenden, Mijanovic, Kleiter / [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Betulia Liberata
Performers: Bespalovaite, Irena; Kleiter, Julia; Mijanovic, Marijana; Ovenden, Jeremy; Selig, Franz-Joseph
Conductors: Poppen, Christoph
Ensemble: Munich Chamber Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung

"Most memorable of all were the arias for contralto, a voice that Mozart otherwise tended to ignore, sung by Marijana Mijanoviæ with glowing dark timbre...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Il Sogno Di Scipione / Ticciati/Karntner SO, Nacoski, Fribo, Bobro, Paton, Sellier, Kovalko [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il sogno di Scipione, K 126
Performers: Bobro, Bernarda; Fribo, Louise; Kovalko, Anna; Nacoski, Blagoj; Paton, Iain; Sellier, Robert
Conductors: Ticciati, Robin
Ensemble: Chor des Stadttheaters Klagenfurt; Kartner Symphonieorchester

"Mozart's music blossoms here into the most intense arioso . . . This unusual Mozart dream makes for wonderfully refreshing theatre." -Salzburger Nachrichten...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Lo Sposo Deluso / L'Oca del Cairo / Hofstetter/Salzburg Camerata, Murray, Hamre, Smith, Wagner, Martins, Ovedden, Turk [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Lo sposo deluso, K 430 (424a); Abendempfindung, K 523; Rex tremendus
Performers: Hartelius, Malin; Ovenden, Jeremy
Conductors: Hofstetter, Michael
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg; Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele

" . . .one could become addicted to these ethereal sounds." -Salzburger Nachrichten...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail / Farcas, Castronovo, Bolton, Mozarteum [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Aikin, Laura; Castronovo, Charles; Farcas, Valentina; Kershbaum, Dietmar
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Mozarteum Orchester

"A thrilling cast of singers . . . The Salzburg Entfuhrung is a great pleasure." -Suddeutshe Zeitung, Munchen...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Massenet: Manon / Gruberová, Araiza, Fischer/VSO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-01-09

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon

This DVD features soprano Edita Gruberova in 'Manon,' a comic opera in five acts by Jules Massenet. 'Manon' is Massenet's most popular and enduring opera,...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Il Re Pastore / Spicer, Dasch, Petersen, Hengelbrock [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208
Performers: Dasch, Annette; Karasiak, Andreas; Petersen, Marlis; Rahdjian, Arpine; Spicer, Kresimir
Conductors: Hengelbrock, Thomas
Ensemble: Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble

"The 19-year-old Mozart wrote Il re pastore for the visit of an archduke; its plot, based on hypothetical moments from the life of Alexander the...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Lucio Silla / Sacca, Massis, Bacelli, Cangemi, Netopil [DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Lucio Silla, K 135
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Cangemi, Veronica; Ferrari, Stefano; Kleiter, Julia; Massis, Annick; Sacca, Roberto
Conductors: Netopil, Tomas
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

"Julia Kleiter sings her arias not only pitch-perfect and with bell-like clarity, but also occasionally manifests a touch of palpable involvement. And Roberto Sacca makes...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Ascanio In Alba / Kupke, Prina, Sandis, Reid, Damrau, Fischer / [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ascanio in Alba, K 111
Performers: Damrau, Diana; Kupke, Iris; Prina, Sonia; Reid, Charles; Sandis, Marie-Belle
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Nationaltheaters Mannheim Chorus and Orchestra

"One of this year's festival's lucky strokes . . . the nymph Silvia and trouser role Ascanio were portrayed with many facets of lyrical rapture...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Bastien Und Bastienne / Kleinheinz, Cojocariu, Berchtold, Fuchs [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bastien und Bastienne, K 50 (46a); Der Schauspieldirektor, K 486
Performers: Berchtold, Bernhard; Cojocariu, Radu; Kleinheinz, Alfred; Metaxaki, Evmorfia; Zamojska, Aleksandra
Conductors: Fuchs, Elisabeth
Ensemble: Junge Philharmonie Salzburg; Salzburger Marionettentheater

"The musical part is the second factor in this acclaimed premiere's success: Elisabeth Fuchs, the Junge Philharmonie of Salzburg and the dazzling team of young...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: La Finta Seplice / Hartelius, Wagner, Klink, Hofstetter [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta semplice, K 51 (46a)
Performers: Hamre, Marianne; Hartelius, Malin; Ovenden, Jeremy; Turk, Miljenko; Wagner, Josef
Conductors: Hofstetter, Michael
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg

" . . .vibrantly articulated Mozart full of elan and expressive power. A pleasure." -Kurier, Vienna...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Fritz Wunderlich / Life And Legend [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz

In close cooperation with the Wunderlich family, Deutsche Grammophon is proud to bring you the first-ever full-length documentary of the late Fritz Wunderlich. This tribute...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Russian All-Stars / Sleeping Beauty On Ice [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66

The world-famous Russian All Stars, under the direction of the Russian Olympic coach Tatiana Tarasova, present their hugely popular 'Ballet on Ice' staging of Tchaikovsky's...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Takács Quartet / Bartok: String Quartets No. 2, 3, 4 & 6 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Béla Bartók: Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 17; Quartet for Strings no 3, Sz 85; Quartet for Strings no 6, Sz 114
Conductors:
Ensemble: Takács String Quartet

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Fritz Wunderlich, Hermann Prey, Erika Koth, Hans Hotter. Keilberth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2006-01-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Koth, Erika; Prey, Hermann; Proebstl, Max; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

This is an historic account of Fritz Wunderlich's Count Almaviva in a first-time release in any format. This unique film of Rossini's comedy, sung in...continue...

Mahler: Symphonies 1-3 / Leonard Bernstein/Vienna PO [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2005-11-22

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila; Baker, Janet, Dame; Ludwig, Christa
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Edinburgh Festival Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Boys Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Falstaff / Bacquier, Armstrong, Solti/Vienna Philharmonic [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2005-11-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Armstrong, Karan; Bacquier, Gabriel; Cold, Ulrik; Cosotti, Max Rene; Ihloff, Jutta-Renate; Lanigan, John; Lindenstrand, Sylvia; Maus, Peter; Stilwell, Richard; Szirmay, Mártha
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Europe
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Barenboim, Daniel (Conductor)/Kupfer, Harry (Director) / Wagner: Die Walkure [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2005-09-27

This DVD recordings of the first installment of the 1991/1992 Kupfer/Barenboim production of Wagner's Ring Cycle, previously available on VHS, was recorded at the famous...continue...
Run Time: 237 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Kirov Ballet / The Magic Of Russian Ballet [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2004-10-12

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71; Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Pétrouchka; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35

'The Magic Russian Ballet' brings together three contrasting and best-selling ballet programs on the Philips and Decca labels, and features performances of The Nutcracker, Firebird,...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Russell Watson / Russell Watson Live [DVD]

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2003-02-11

Works: Ernesto De Curtis: Torna a Surriento
Performers: Watson, Russell

Live concert by "the voice" featuring guest artists Melanie C and Lulu....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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Various Artists / Art Of Piano - Greatest Pianists Of The 20Th Century (Classical Documentary Video:

1 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2002-08-27

Run Time: 108 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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