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Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Schirmer, Vienna SO, Sandoval, Fantini [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2011-10-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Fantini, Norma; Hendricks, Scott; Kross, Tania; Plowright, Rosalind; Sandoval, Hector
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Andrea Chenier is now available for the first time on Blu-Ray. After the huge success of Aida, comes the spectacular new production from the Bregenz...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Germ...continue...

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Dvorak / Karajan, Menuhin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-11-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major, K 219 "Turkish"; Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Performers: Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 107 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Szymanowski: King Roger / Mark Elder/Vienna SO, Hendricks, Pasichnyk, Graham-Hall [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-08-31

Works: Karol Szymanowski: King Roger, Op. 46
Performers: Coliban, Sorin; Graham-Hall, John; Hartmann, Will; Hendricks, Scott; Pasichnyk, Olga; Sokolova, Liubov
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Polish Radio Choir Krakow; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

It is hard to believe that for decades Karl Szymanowski's masterpiece, his magnificent opera Ling Roger of 1926, led such a shadowy existence until it...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, ...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Santi/Vienna SO, Edelmann, Muszely, Sciutti, Hongen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Edelmann, Otto; Gorgen, Eva Maria; Grimm, Hans Gunter; Hackenberg, Wolfgang; Hongen, Elizabeth; Klaus, Erich; Muszely, Melitta; Raynor, Marshall; Sciuti, Graziella; Van Vrooman, Richard
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Verdi's musical comedy "Falstaff" in a brilliant studio recording from the early years of television. Otto Edelmann's comic Falstaff is one of the authoritative interpretations...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Verdi: Aida / Rizzi, Paterson, Tamar, Serjan, Pelizzari [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-06-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Martirossian, Tigran; Martorana, Elisabetta; Paterson, Iain; Pelizzari, Rubens; Samm, Ronald; Serjan, Tatiana; Short, Kevin; Tamar, Iano
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Camerata Silesia Singers; Polish Radio Choir Krakow; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Set against the magnificent backdrop of Lake Constance, every production at the Bregenz Festival faces strong natural competitors. But with this first-ever production of Verdi's...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French,...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio (Felsenstein Ed) / Lehmann, Gross, Pöll, Vienna Symphony[2 DVD]

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
Conductors: Lehmann, Fritz
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
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Ernst Krenek: Karl V, Kehraus Um St. Stephan / Koenigs, Axelrod [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Capriccio / 2009-09-29

Works: Ernst Krenek: Karl V, Op. 73; Kehraus Um St. Stephan
Performers: Henschel, Dietrich; Mavropoulou, Chariklia; Pesendorfer, Albert; Sadnik, Roman
Conductors: Koenigs, Lothar; Axelrod, John
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 288 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Karl Bohm in Rehearsal & Performance / Schubert [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-08-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The paternalistically strict maestro from Graz, one of the leading conductors of the 20th century, was respected and feared by his musicians as an uncompromising...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Karl Bohm in Rehearsal & Performance / Beethoven: Sym. 7; Dvorak: Sym. 9 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-01-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Karl Bohm! The Austrian conductor was respected and feared by his musicians as an uncompromising expert orchestral trainer. Seeing his precision and accuracy of interpretation,...continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Puccini: Tosca / Schirmer/Vienna SO, Bregenz Festival Choir [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Phoenix Edition / 2008-08-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Busen, Martin; Krawetz, Alexander; Michael, Nadja; Saks, Gidon; Soules, Sebastian; Todorovich, Zoran; Velletaz, Katia; Winkler, Martin
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 125 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian
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VerdiI: Il Trovatore / Fabio Luisi/Tanner/ Tamar/Lucic/Cornetti/Meek/Parodi [2DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Cornetti, Marianne; Lucic, Zeljko; Meek, Deanne; Parodi, Giovanni Battista; Tamar, Iano; Tanner, Carl
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Bregenz Festival Chorus; Moscow Chamber Chorus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

A gigantic blood-red monster, made of steel and flames, floating on the still waters of Lake Constance - this is Robert Carsen's unconventional vision of...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Austria
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Haydn: Cello Concertos; 2 Violin Concertos; Schumann Concerto / Maisky, Bernstein/VPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H 7b no 1; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op. 101/H 7b no 2; Concerto for Violin no 1 in C major, H 7a no 1; Concerto for Violin no 4 in G...
Performers: Maisky, Mischa
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

This performance features Mischa Maisky playing Haydn's Cello Concertos 1 and 2 and his own transcriptions of two Haydn Violin Concertos in Vienna's Hetzendorf Palace....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Highlights Of The Vienna Symphonic Orchestra 2 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-08-28

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène; Les contes d'Hoffmann; Orphée aux enfers; La vie parisienne; Robert Stolz: Frühjahrsparade; Frühling in Wien; Wiener Café; Zwei Herze...
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Volume 2 features: Jacques Offenbach Overture: 'Fair Helen,' 'Away she flew,' 'The charming dove,' 'Barcarole,' 'Paris Life,' 'Orpheus in the underworld,' Robert Stolz 'Vienna Cafe,'...continue...
Run Time: 90 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, DD 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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Highlights Of The Vienna Symphonic Orchestra 3 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-08-28

Works: Franz von Suppé: Dichter und Bauer; Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance(s); Josef Strauss: Dorfschwalben aus Österreich, Op. 164; Johann Strauss Jr.: Tausend und eine Nacht Op. 346; F&...
Performers: Dallapozza, Adolf; Geszty, Sylvia
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Volume 3 features: Franz von Suppe Overture: 'Poet and Peasant,' Joseph Strauss 'Village swallows from Austria,' Johann Strauss' Intermezzo from the operetta 'Thousand and one...continue...
Run Time: 73 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, DD 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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Highlights Of The Vienna Symphonic Orchestra 4 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-08-28

Works: Johann Strauss Jr.: Waldmeister; Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214; Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Das Spitzentuch der Königen; Der Zigeunerbaron; Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Performers: Donath, Helen; Hollweg, Werner
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Volume 4 features: Johann Strauss' Overture from the operetta 'Waldmeister,' Waltz from the Operetta, 'The Queen's lace handkerchief,' 'Tritsch-Tratsch Polka' op. 214 'Voices of spring,'...continue...
Run Time: 122 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, DD 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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Highlights Of The Vienna Symphonic Orchestra 1 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-08-28

Works: Franz Schubert: Rosamunde, D 797/Op. 26; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: German Dances (3), K 605; Frédéric Chopin: Variations for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major on Mozart's "Là ci darem...
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Graf, Hans; Lund, Tarama
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Volume 1 features: Franz Schubert 'Overture,' W.A. Mozart 'Three German Dances,' Frederic Chopin Variation on: 'Reach me your hand,' 'my life,' Richard Strauss 'The knight...continue...
Run Time: 126 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, DD 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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Christmas In Vienna / Domingo, Carreras, Ross [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-07-31

Works: Various Composers: Works
Performers: Carreras, José; Domingo, Placido; Ross, Diana
Conductors: Sutej, Vjekoslav
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 58 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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Hérold: La Fille Mal Gardée / Lanchbery/Vienna Symphony Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-05-09

Works: Louis Joseph F. Hérold: La Fille Mal Gardee
Performers: Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gruberova, Edita; Lima, Luis; Montarsolo, Paolo; Stratas, Teresa; Ziegler, Delores
Conductors: Lanchbery, John
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

This is the comic tale of two lovers, and the only classic 18th century ballet that continues to be performed internationally. Heinz Spoerli's 1981 staging...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Requiem / Janowitz, Bohm/Vienna Symphony [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626
Performers: Berry, Walter; Janowitz, Gundula; Ludwig, Christa; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Fonteyn, Nureyev, Lanchberry [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
Conductors: Lanchbery, John
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

'Swan Lake' is well known to everyone. Here you get it in a legendary performance starring the most famous classical dance partnership of all time,...continue...
Run Time: 113 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Germany
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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Heldebrand, Efitts, Torgove, Smith/Vienna SO [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2005-06-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Evitts, David; Hildebrand, Herman; Kelley, Frank; Larson, Susan; Ommerle, Jeanne; Sylvan, Sanford; Torgove, Lynn
Conductors: Smith, Craig
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 184 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS Stereo Surround,
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