Musical Journey: Italy - A musical tour of Tuscany, Rome and Perugia - Music by Beethoven / Zagreb PO, Edlinger; Slovak PO, Gunzenhauser1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28 Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Edlinger, RichardEnsemble: Slovak Philharmonic; Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra The journey starts in the countryside near Arezzo, and passes from there to other districts of Tuscany, to the wine-producing fields near Montalcino, and thence...continue... Run Time: 54 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo 2.0, ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Switzerland and Norway - Music by Schumann: Carnival; Scenes of Childhood / Jeno Jando and Paul Gulda, piano [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28 The tour takes us first to the carnival celebrations in Basel, with its elaborate displays. There follows a visit to Vigeland Park in Oslo, with...continue... Run Time: 59 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Austria - Hohenwerfen Castle, the Weissensee, Linz. Capella Istropolitana, Gunzenhauser [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28 Conductors: Gunzenhauser, StephenEnsemble: Capella Istropolitana The places visited include Hohenwerfen Castle, the Weissensee, Styria, Linz, Aggstein, Hallein and Baden. The music chosen for this tour of Austria consists of Mozart's...continue... Run Time: 56 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo 2.0, ...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... ![]() 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: 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... ![]() A Musical Journey - Italy: Lucca; Tivoli; tuscany; Liguria; Lake Bolsena. Music by J.S. Bach [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26 Our tour starts with the Baroque Villa Mansi in Lucca, followed by Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. Other sites include the villages of Cinque Terre on...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey - Russia & The Ukraine: St Petersburg, Crimea, Odessa [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26 Conductors: Wit, AntoniEnsemble: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra The places visited include St Petersburg, Peter the Great's new westward-looking capital, and the traditional capital, Moscow. In Ukraine we see Odessa with the famous...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Lucca, Italy - The Old City; Orsetti Palace; San Martino Cathedral: Music by Vivaldi1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26 Our journey takes us principally to the old city of Lucca, for centuries independent until seized by Napoleon, who made his sister, Elisa Baciocchi, and...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Austria - Viennese Vineyards, Steyr, Gmunden / Music by Schubert1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26 Viennese Vineyards, Steyr and Gmunden...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Norway - The Peer Gynt Road; Lake Mjosa; Oslo / Music by Grieg1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26 The Peer Gynt Road, Norwegian landscapes including Lake Mjosa, Oslo....continue... ![]() A Musical Journey - Norway: Maihaugen Open-Air Museum and Norwegian Folk Museum, Oslo / Music by Grieg [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29 The music chosen for this tour of Norway is by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, taken from his many Lyric Pieces, short piano pieces that...continue... Run Time: 51 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey -France, A musical Visit to Provence and a Carnival of Animals / Music by Saint-Saens & Bizet [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29 The music is taken from the orchestral suites derived by Georges Bizet from his music for Alphonse Daudet's melodrama L'Arlesienne (The Girl from Arles), the...continue... Run Time: 60 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey - Russia: Moscow and St. Petersburgh / Music by Tchaikovsky [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29 Tchaikovsky's disastrous marriage to an infatuated admirer in July 1877 ended after just a few weeks, when he left for his brother-in-law's estate at Kamenka...continue... Run Time: 60 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo 2.0, ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan / Music by Lyadov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Kabalevsky [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11 The music for the tour is taken from Russian composers who were, by and large, thoroughly imbued with the spirit of their country. This is...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Finland / Music by Jean Sibelius [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11 Scenes of Finland and its capital Helsinki, the interlinked islands of Savonlinna, site of an ancient castle and Kerimäki, with its wooden church, suggest a...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Switzerland, Austria, Italy & Germany / Mahler Symphony No. 1 "Titan" [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11 The journey starts in Switzerland, in the canton of Thurgau, leading from Steckborn and the Bodensee to the Rhine Falls. From Styria, in Austria, comes...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: France - Burgundy; Pays de la Loire; Franche-Momté / Beethoven: Sympony No. 6 "Pastoral" [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13 The Places: The tour of France takes us to Burgundy, to the Pays de la Loire, to Franche-Comté and elsewhere and includes glimpses of the...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Switzerland - A visit to the Canton of Ticino (Tessin) / Schumann: Piano Concerto; Intermezzi [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13 The Places The Canton of Ticino (German Tessin) is the only Swiss canton to have Italian as its official language. It is bounded on three...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Night Music, Vol. 2 - Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland / Music by Mozart, Handel, Telemann, Fauré et al. [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13 The Places The scenes shown all breathe an air of peace and tranquility. Starting with an evening landscape in Bohemia, we move to a lake...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: France - Marseille; Tarascon Cannes; Cote d'Azur; Camargue. Music by Chabrier, Ravel & Fauré / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30 Conductors:Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra The Places - The places visited are on the coast of Southern France, from Fréjus and Cannes to Marseille. They include the Château of King...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Vienna - Austria's City fo Music / Music by J. Strauss II [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30 The Places - Vienna was already an ancient Celtic town called Vindobona when around 15 BC the Romans fortified it with a military camp. The...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Potsdam, Germany - Sanssouci and the Bach Museum in Leipzig / Music by J.S. Bach [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30 The Places - Potsdam owes its development as a garrison town to the soldier king of Prussia, Frederick William I. The park and palaces of...continue... ![]() Musical Journey: Russia, Ukraine & Uzbekistan - music by Mussorgsky & Borodin / Slovak PO, Daniel Nazareth [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25 Conductors: Nazareth, DanielEnsemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra The Places: Peter the Great founded St Petersburg in 1703 on Swedish territory, a provocation to Sweden, then the most powerful state in the region....continue... Run Time: 60 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0 ...continue... ![]() Musical Journey: France. A visit to Paris, Versailles, Chantilly - music by Beethoven / Stefan Vladar, Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25 Conductors: Wordsworth, BarryEnsemble: Capella Istropolitana The Places: The tour starts in the formal gardens of the Palace of Versailles and moves on to the Château of Chantilly. In Paris Montmartre...continue... Run Time: 57 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0 ...continue... ![]() Musical Journey: Spain. A visit to Andalusia, Sitges, Seville & Granada - music by Ravel and Albeniz / Slovak Radio SO, Kenneth Jean, Gerald Garcia [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25 Conductors: Jean, Kenneth; Garcia, GeraldEnsemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra The Places: The tour starts in the countryside near Sancti Petri, and shows other aspects of the fertile landscape of Andalusia, leading to the historic...continue... Run Time: 56 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey - Spain: A Musical visit to Madrid, La Mancha and Cordoba [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28 The Places: The musical tour of Spain starts at the present capital, Madrid, the principal city of Castile. From Madrid it is not too far...continue... Run Time: 53 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0 Country of Origin: Germany ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey - Czech Republic: A Musical visit to Prague and Lednice Castle [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don GiovanniThe Places: The churches and palaces of Prague are seen, with the great River Vltava (the Moldau), which flows through the city, the outline of...continue... Run Time: 54 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0 Country of Origin: Germany ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey - Austria & Belgium: A Musical visit to Salzburg, Vienna, Brussels and Tournai [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626The Places: The tour relates to the life of Mozart, from his native Salzburg to his final precarious independence in Vienna. There are glimpses of...continue... Run Time: 57 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0 Country of Origin: Germany ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Germany - The Benedictine Abbey Church at Ottobeuren [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31 The Places - The monastery at Ottobeuren was founded in 764 and included buildings from the succeeding centuries, subsequently destroyed by fire. The present buildings...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Russia / Ukraine - St. Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa and the Crimea [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31 The Places - Our visit starts in St Petersburg, with its palaces and gardens and strange white nights by the River Neva. It continues with...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Venice - A Visit to the Lagoons & Islands of Venice [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31 The Places - A city built on an archipelago of 117 islets, Venice is remarkable in many ways. Unsullied by modern traffic, its buildings retain...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Italy - South Tyrol / Handel [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26 Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6The Places: South Tyrol, in Northern Italy, has had a varied history, for many years as part of Austrian territory. The region remains largely German-speaking,...continue... Run Time: 56 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: France - Brittany & Normandy / Saint-Saens; Franck [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26 Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; César Franck: Prélude, choral, et fugue, for piano, M. 21; Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance for Violin and Orchestra...The Places: Brittany and Normandy, in Northern France, have a character all their own, preserving, as they do, ancient Celtic traditions in a countryside bounded...continue... Run Time: 55 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Germany - Nuremberg / Mozart [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Work(s)The Places: The city of Nuremberg owes its importance partly to its geographical position, which made it a significant centre for trade. In spite of...continue... Run Time: 53 min. Region: 0 Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Switzerland, Abbey of Einsiedeln / Bach & Vivaldi [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Antonio Vivaldi: Work(s)The Places - The scenes shown are of the Benedictine Abbey and Church at Einsiedeln, in the Swiss canton of Schwyz. The monastery, in origin...continue... Run Time: 49 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Italy, South Tyrol / Mozart [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Work(s)The Places - Northern Italy has been variously ruled, over the centuries. South Tyrol, seen here, retains much of its Austrian past, with some regions...continue... Run Time: 59 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Germany / Munich's Puppet & Toy Museums [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29 The Places - The Puppet Museum in Munich houses a remarkable display of puppets of all kinds, from string and hand puppets to the shadow...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Germany Majestic Marches [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24 The Places * On a hill above the ancient town of Kulmbach stands the imposing 12th century Hohenzollern fortress of Plassenburg. Among various collections on...continue... Run Time: 53 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Germany & Italy / Wagner [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24 Works: Richard Wagner: Work(s)The Places: Ludwig II of Bavaria followed family precedent in undertaking an extravagant building program during his relatively short reign from 1864 to 1886. The...continue... Run Time: 51 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Italy / Beethoven [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27 Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Work(s)The Places - The Tuscan city of Siena has a long history and is the site of one of the earliest great Gothic churches of...continue... Run Time: 56 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Switzerland, Austria, Germany & Italy / Music by Mahler [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-02-28 Works: Gustav Mahler: Work(s)The Places: The journey starts in Switzerland, in the canton of Thurgau, leading from Steckborn and the Bodensee to the Rhine Falls. From Styria, in...continue... Run Time: 54 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Italy / Music by Mendelssohn [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-02-28 Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Work(s)The Places: Our tour of Italy starts in the countryside near Orvieto, moves to the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, then to Montalcino and its...continue... Run Time: 57 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Norway / Music by Grieg [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-02-28 Works: Edvard Grieg: Work(s)The Places: The tour of Norway takes us to the countryside, with its mountains, lakes, fjords, rivers and waterfalls. We see Edvard Grieg's house at...continue... Run Time: 56 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Czech Republic, Bohemia and Moravia / Mozart [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-01-31 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Work(s)The visit to the Czech Republic starts with Hluboká Castle, a massive building that for over three hundred years belonged to the Schwarzenberg family. The...continue... Run Time: 53 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: The South of France / Debussy, Satie, Ravel [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-01-31 Works: Claude Debussy: Work(s); Erik Satie: Work(s); Maurice Ravel: Work(s)The tour opens with views of the Camargue, the marshy region near Arles with its wild life. Views of the Côte d'Azur are intercut with...continue... Run Time: 57 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() A Musical Journey: Night Music, Vol. 1 / Italy, Switzerland, German, France [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-01-31 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Work(s); Ludwig van Beethoven: Work(s); Frédéric Chopin: Work(s)Most of the places visited reflect a spirit of calm and tranquility, although the glimpse of Venice dwells briefly on carnival revelers. Other scenes range...continue... Run Time: 56 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue... ![]() Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh / Vedernikov, Kazakov, Panfilov, etc [2 DVD]2 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13 Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden FevroniyaPerformers: Gubsky, Mikhail; Gulordava, Marika; Hakobyan, Gevorg; Kazakov, Mikhail; Monogarova, Tatiana; Panfilov, Vitaly Conductors: Vedernikov, Alexander Ensemble: Cagliari Theater Chorus; Cagliari Theater Orchestra The Invisible City of Kitezh, completed in 1905, is a remarkable opera that fuses folklore, mysticism and realism. Its subject is the story of the...continue... Run Time: 187 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 5.0, DTS 5.0 Subtitles: English ...continue... ![]() Carlo Colombara: The Art of The Bass [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13 Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Attila; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Sergey Rachma...Performers: Colombara, Carlo Conductors: Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Milani, Fabrizio; Rath, Gyorgy G. Ensemble: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra Described as "the great Verdian bass" (Le Figaro) and a "Mefistofele who stood out over all the others" (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some...continue... Run Time: 68 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Russian ...continue... ![]() Christmas Goes Baroque / A Musical Tour of Switzerland, Germany & Belgium / Peter Breiner [DVD]1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15 The tour lingers for some time in Zurich, in its celebration of Christmas. There is a visit to the famous Toy Museum at Nuremberg, a...continue... |
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