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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations / Daniel Propper, piano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Skarbo / 2013-04-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Performers: Propper, Daniel

At an early age Daniel Propper began studying with Swedish pedagogue Gunnar Hallhagen and later worked with Tatiana Nikolaieva. Daniel won a great many awards...continue...
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J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion / Werner Gura, Stephen Morscheck, Lucy Crowe, Christine Rice, Nicolas Phan, Matthew Brook [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-03-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Brook, Matthew; Crowe, Lucy; Gura, Werner; Morscheck, Stephen; Phan, Nicolas; Rice, Christine
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Schola Cantorum of Oxford

The monumental St. Matthew Passion recounts the dramatic story of the capture and crucifixion of Jesus Christ profoundly, lyrically, and contemplatively. Conducted by John Nelson,...continue...
Run Time: 229 min.
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Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade / Gimenéz, Petrova, Yetzabel, Fernandez, Rivera, Regalis, De Marchi, Nunziata [2 DVDs]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: L'olimpiade, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Fernandez, Yetzabel Arias; Giménez, Raúl; Lozano, Antonio; Petrova, Lyubov; Rivera, Jennifer; Soloviy, Sofia; Storti, Milena
Conductors: De Marchi, Alessandro
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis

With Olimpiade the famous poet Metastasio created one of the most popular librettos of the 18th century. It was set to music by over 60...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
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J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Padmore, Harvey, Danz,Gijisbertsen, Neven. Ivan Fischer [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Arends, Renate; Danz, Ingeborg; Espada, Maria; Gijsbertsen, Peter; Harvey, Peter; Kozelj, Barbara; Neven, Henk; Padmore, Mark
Conductors: Fischer, Ivan
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Choir; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

This 2012 recording of the most wide spread oratorio by J.S. Bach features Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Fischer's...continue...
Run Time: 174 min.
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Leonardo Vinci: La Partenope / Tambascio, Prina, Schiavo, Ercolano, Ferrari, Santos. Antonio Florio [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2013-02-26

Works: Leonardo Vinci: La Partenope, opera
Performers: Ercolano, Maria; Grazia, Maria; Prina, Sonia; Schiavo, Maria Grazia; Tambascio, Gustavo
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: I Turchini di Antonia Florio

This world premiere on DVD features a superb performance presented by Antonio Florio and the cast of true Baroque Specialists such as Pino de Vittorio...continue...
Run Time: 168 min.
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Pergolesi: La Salustia / Vittorio Prato, Serena Malfi, Laura Polverelli, Giacinta Nicotra. Corrado Rovaris [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: La Salustia
Performers: Malfi, Serena; Nicotra, Giacinta; Polverelli, Laura; Prato, Vittorio
Conductors: Rovaris, Corrado
Ensemble: Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani

Pergolesi's first opera is filled with emotion and drama -- a story of deceitful plots and knotting mistrust; of two women who struggle for power...continue...
Run Time: 185 min.
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Handel: Deidamia / Sally Matthews, Veronica Cangemi, Olga Pasichnyk, Silvia Tro Santaté. Ivor Bolton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deidamia, opera
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Chiummo, Umberto; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Matthews, Sally; Pasichnyk, Olga; Santate, Silvia Tro; Schaafsma, Jan-Willem
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Concerto Koln

In Händel's last Italian opera, Deidamia, set at the time of the Trojan War, Achilles disguises himself as a woman and takes refuge at the...continue...
Run Time: 208 min.
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Pergolesi: Il Flaminio / Juan Gatell, Laura Polverelli, Marina De Liso, Serena Malfi. Ottavio Dantone [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Il Flaminio, opera
Performers: Gatell, Francisco; Malfi, Serena; Polverelli, Laura
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

The seeming simplicity of opera buffa can cause companies to take works like Il Flaminio at a cheapened face value. Not so here. This production...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
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Handel: Alcina / Catherine Naglestad, Alice Coote, Helene Schneiderman, Catriona Smith. Alan Hacker [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Coote, Alice; Naglestad, Catherine; Schneiderman, Helene; Smith, Catriona
Conductors: Hacker, Alan
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Orchestra

With this Alcina directing team Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito show just how modern Handel can be. The production is fascinating, conclusive, and full of...continue...
Run Time: 159 min.
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Handel: Giulio Cesare / Natalie Dessay, Lawrence Zazzo, isabel Leonard, Varduhi Abrahamyan et al. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Berg, Nathan; Dessay, Natalie; Dumaux, Christophe; Lefevre, Aimery; Leonard, Isabel; Visse, Dominique; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Haim, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée

Handels popular opera, Giulio Cesare, is named after the great Roman emperor, but it's most memorable character is Cleopatra. In this production by Laurent Pelly...continue...

Mission / Cecilia Bartoli sings the music of Agostino Steffani at Versailles. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-12-18

Works: Agostino Steffani: Work(s)
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: I Barocchisti

Cecilia Bartolia returns with another spellbinding adventure - exploring the music and mystery of the maverick priest Agostino Steffani.

Oliver Simonnet (Sacrificum, 2009) presents his

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Handel: Agrippina / Geb, Matsui, Wiles, Braun, Cordier, Simper, Wachter, Baehr. Saarlandisches Staatsorchester. Konrad Junghanel [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Intergroove Media / 2012-11-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina, HWV 6
Performers: Cordier, David; Geb, Susanne; Matsui, Hiroshi
Conductors: Junghanel, Konrad
Ensemble: Saarlandisches Staatsorchester

Recorded live at the Saarbrucken State Theatre in 2008 this spectacular new production of the baroque masterpiece has received critical recognition, with reviewer Frank Herkommer...continue...

Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Caldara: Cantatas / Max Emanuel Cencic; ornamente 99; Karsten Erik Ose [3 CD & DVD]

4 DVD Video / Capriccio / 2012-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: O mie porpore più belle, cantata for voice, strings & continuo, RV 685; Cessate omai cessate, RV 684; Care selve amici prati, RV 671; Alla caccia, alla caccia, RV 670; Amor ha...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel
Conductors: Ose, Karsten Erik
Ensemble: Ornamente 99

Max Emanuel Cencic was a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir from 1987 to 1992. Following his re-training as a counter tenor, he has performed...continue...

Handel: Rinaldo / David Walker, Deborah York, David Daniels. Bavarian State Opera, Harry Bicket [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Daniels, David; Walker, David; York, Deborah
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Opera-goers were quick to latch onto such a glittering and star-studded production. David Alden's production of Rinaldo was a riot from beginning to end, brilliantly...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
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Murray Perahia: First 40 Years [63 CDs & 5 DVD-Videos]

73 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze for Piano, Op. 6; Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13; Symphonic Etudes in Variation Form, WoO 6; Moderato; Songs (5) for voi...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Brainin, Norbert [Violin]; Cole, Vinson; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Cox, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fleming, Renée; Frank, Pamela; Glennie, Evelyn; Kremer, Gidon; Kroyt...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Perahia, Murray; Mehta, Zubin; Haitink, Bernard; ; Davis, Colin; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

In recognition of his 40th anniversary with the label, Sony Classical is proud to present Murray Perahia: The First 40 Years. This limited edition box...continue...

Pergolesi: Il Prigionier Superbo / Antonio Lozano; Marina Cusi; Marina De Liso. La serva padrona / Alessandra Marianelli; Carlo Lepore; Jean Meningue. Corrado Rovaris [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-10-30

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Il prigionier superbo; La Serva Padrona
Performers: Cusi, Marina Rodriguez; De Liso, Marina; Lepore, Carlo; Lozano, Antonio; Meningue, Jean
Conductors: Rovaris, Corrado
Ensemble: Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani

Both operas were directed by Henning Brockhaus, who placed Il prigionier superbo within a contemporary setting inside a cave and La serva padrona in a...continue...
Run Time: 177 min.
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Glenn Gould Plays Bach: The Goldberg Variations; The Question of Instrument; An Art of the Fugue / Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon [DVD]

3 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Performers: Gould, Glenn

Gould's thinking takes center stage in Glenn Gould Plays Bach. This three-part series of performances and conversations was crafted by the pianist with French violinist...continue...

Gidon Kremer Anniversary Edition - Schubert: String Quintet in C; Bach: Partitas for solo violin; Mozart; Piazzolla; Rozsa; Part; Schnittke et al. / Gidon Kremer, violin; Kremerata Baltica [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-10-30

Works: Franz Schubert: Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956; Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion; Alfred Schnittke: Stille Musik; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat ...
Performers: Kremer, Gidon; Ulijona, Ula
Conductors: Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica

For more than 40 years Gideon Kremer has been one of the world's foremost violinists and musical personalities. This edition - performed alongside his own...continue...
Run Time: 308 min.
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Handel: Rodelinda / Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe. Harry Bicket, MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Davies, Iestyn; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Linn, Moritz; Scholl, Andreas; Shenyang
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth's celebrated production of Handel's Rodelinda from the Metropolitan Opera - based on the...continue...

Goat Rodeo Sessions / Yo-Yo- Ma, Stuart Cuncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - Deluxe Edition [CD & DVD-Video]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-10-22

Works: Chris Thile: Attaboy, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Quarter Chicken Dark, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Helping Hand, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Where's My Bow?, for bass, cello,...
Performers: Duncan, Stuart; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar; O'Donovan, Aoife; Thile, Chris

The Goat Rodeo Sessions has sold over 160,000 albums, debuted at #23 on the Billboard Top 200 chart (Yo-Yo Ma's highest debut), #1 on Billboard's...continue...
Recording information: The Barn, Lenox, Massachusetts (2011-06-12_2011-06-15&2011-).

The last time cellist Yo-Yo Ma teamed with bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin player Chris Thile (of Nickel Cr...continue...

Francesco Cavalli: La Didone / Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata. William Christie, Les Arts Florissants [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: Pier Fancesco Cavalli: La Didone
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Sabata, Xavier; Sanchez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

One of the first operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the...continue...

Handel: Rinaldo / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan. Ottavio Dantone, Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Fritsch, Anett; Mead, Tim; Pisaroni, Luca; Prina, Sonia; Rae, Brenda
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Skin-tight rubber and lacrosse sticks bring contemporary chic to this timeless fantasy of warriors and witches in Robert Carsen's fun-filled transformation of Handel's first London...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
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J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Christina Landshamer, Stefan Kahle, Wolfram Lattke, Martin Lattke, Klaus Mertens. St. Thomas Boys Choir [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Accentus / 2012-09-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Kahle, Stefan; Landshamer, Christina; Lattke, Martin; Lattke, Wolfram; Mertens, Klaus; Schwarz, Gotthold
Conductors: Biller, Georg Christoph
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; St. Thomas Boys Choir

The renowned St. Thomas Boys' Choir of Leipzig, which boasts J.S. Bach as a former cantor, celebrates its 800th anniversary with an extraordinary interpretation of...continue...

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria / Vesselina Kasarova, Dietrich Henschel, Malin Hartelius, Jonas Kaufmann - Zurich Opera, Harnoncourt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Performers: Hartelius, Malin; Henschel, Dietrich; Jankova, Martina; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Rey, Isabel; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Orchestra La Scintilla of the Zurich Opera House

Run Time: 155 min.
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Andras Schiff plays Bach: Italian Concerto; French Suite no 5; Capriccio in B flat et al. / Andras Schiff, piano (1989) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-07-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Capriccio in B flat major on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother, BWV 992; French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816; Chromatic Fantasia...
Performers: Persson, Miah; Schiff, Andras

With this release from the 1989 Metropolitan Munich programs, the audience is afforded a glimpse of Andras Schiff as a young interpreter of Bach's most...continue...
Run Time: 54 min.
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A Musical Journey: Italy - South Tyrol / Handel [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6

The 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.
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Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Bicket, Persson, Connolly, Domenech [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-05-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Beaumont, Maite; Connolly, Sarah; Domenech, Jordi; Persson, Miah; Rosique, Ruth; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Baroque Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Love conquers all - ruthlessly and irresistibly - as Emperor Nero and his mistress Poppea remove the obstacles to their union. At Barcelona's Gran Teatre...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
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Cavalli: Il Giasone / Sardelli, Dumaux, Bradic, Johannsen [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-05-29

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Giasone
Performers: Bradic, Katarina; Dumaux, Christophe; Johannsen, Robin
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra of Vlaamse Opera Antwerp

World Premiere on DVD! Francesco Cavalli was the most successful Venetian opera composer of the mid-seventeenth century. This new production is orchestrated and conducted by...continue...
Run Time: 198 min.
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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.
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Death in Venice: A Dance of Death by John Neumeier / Hamburg Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Richard Wagner: Work(s)
Performers: Bouchet, Helene; Cazzaniga, Laura; Cooper, Elizabeth; Riggins, Lloyd; Urban, Ivan

John Neumeier's free adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice for the marvelous dancers of the Hamburg Ballet walks a fine line between astute...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
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Handel: Sing-Along Messiah / Ivars Taurins, Tafelmusik Baroque [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Tafelmusic / 2012-04-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers: Chung, Locky; LeBlanc, Suzie; Muller, Rufus; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Taurins, Ivars
Ensemble: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

Resplendent in his powdered wig and 18th-century garb, Maestro Handel (aka Director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Ivars Taurins) leads Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber...continue...
Run Time: 76 min.
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The Tokyo Concerts: Alfredo Kraus (1996) & Franco Corelli (1971) [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-04-24

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Flavio; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Paride ed Elena; Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Le Cid; Fernando J. Obradors: Del cabello más sutil, for voi...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edemiro; Corelli, Franco; Kraus, Alfredo; Polo, Asier; Suga, Emiko; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Mori, Tadashi
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

This collection box consists of the Franco Corelli 1971 Tokyo Concert and the Alfredo Kraus 1996 Tokyo Recital. Two wonderfully historic performances for the price...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: 1
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Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Christie, de Niese, Jaroussky [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Bonitatibus, Anna; Cencic, Max Emanuel; De Niese, Danielle; Jaroussky, Philippe; Quintans, Ana
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

The culmination of a three-year Monteverdi project led by conductor William Christie and director Pier Luigi Pizzi at Madrid's Teatro Real, L'incoronazione di Poppea brings...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
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Philippe Herreweghe: And the Word Became Song / Film by Sandrine Willems [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-03-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Ludwig van Beethoven: Work(s)
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe

Philippe Herreweghe is first and foremost the choir-master who put back all the freshness and purity into Baroque choral music. He is also the orchestra...continue...
Run Time: 56 min.
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Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4; Handel, Beethoven, Britten / Marriner, ASMF [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Concerto Grosso in A major, Op.6/11, HWV 329; Ludwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major Op. 133; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A maj...
Performers: Rolfe-Johnson, Anthony
Conductors: Marriner, Neville, Sir
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

The brainchild of Neville Marriner, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields was founded in 1959, quickly becoming an example of the highest level...continue...
Run Time: 86 min.
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Handel: Xerxes / Mackerras, Murray, Garrett, Masterson, Robson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-03-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Xerxes, HWV 40
Performers: Booth-Jones, Christopher; Garrett, Lesley; Masterson, Valerie; Murray, Ann; Rigby, Jean; Robson, Christopher
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus; English National Opera Orchestra

Nicholas Hytner's highly innovative production of Handel's comic opera won the coveted Laurence Olivier Opera Award. This live recording from the English National Opera stars...continue...
Run Time: 186 min.
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Daniel Barenboim Plays Bach Goldberg Variations [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-03-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel

This new release anticipates the great Celibidache and Barenboim Anniversaries to come in 2012. In 1992 Daniel Barenboim had just been appointed Artistic Director and...continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
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Francois-Frederic Guy in Recital: Beethoven, Bach & Brahms [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-02-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite no 1 in A major, BWV 806; Johannes Brahms: Ballades (4) for Piano, Op. 10
Performers: Guy, Francois-Frederic

Since his induction with the Paris Orchestra under the direction of Wolfgang Sawallisch and followed by a live recording of the Brahms Second Concerto with...continue...
Run Time: 50 min.
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Handel: Water Music Suite; Mozart / Charles Munch, Boston Symphony [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz"; Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Munch launched the BSO into television in 1955. He was an immensely popular conductor and well suited to being filmed. This material represents some of...continue...
Run Time: 62 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
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Monteverdi: L'Incoronatione di Poppea / Christensen, Laszczkowski [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-02-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Aldenheim, Amelie; Bardon, Patricia; Christensen, Birgitte; Kringlebotn, Ina; Kruse, Tone; Laszczkowski, Jacek; Mead, Tim; Sølberg, Marita
Conductors: De Marchi, Alessandro
Ensemble: Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Poppea like you've never seen it before!

This is the debut of the critically acclaimed stage director Ole Anders Tandberg with the Norwegian Opera & Ballet,...continue...
Run Time: 180 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Japanese, No...continue...

Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso / Spinosi, Lemieux, Larmore, Cangemi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naïve / 2012-02-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, RV 728
Performers: Basso, Romina; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarstrom, Kristina; Jaroussky, Philippe; Larmore, Jennifer; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Senn, Christian
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus

Available for the first time on DVD, Nanve presents the 2011 world premiere staged recording of Orlando Furioso, seven years after the CD release that...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French
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Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria / Dantone, Comparato, Cirillo, dell'Oste, Heaston [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-01-31

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Adriano in Siria
Performers: Cirillo, Lucia; Comparato, Marina; Dell'Oste, Annamaria; Ferrari, Stefano; Heaston, Nicole; Lombardi, Francesca
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

For the festivities marking the Pergolesi's tercentenary in his native Jesi, Ignacio García created a new staging of the imperial drama Adriano in Siria. His...continue...
Run Time: 188 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Handel: La Resurrezione / Gasdia, Koroneos, Biavati, Attanasi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-01-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47
Performers: Biavati, Elena; Gasdia, Cecilia; Koroneos, Stefano; Lana, Carla; Nardis, Marcello
Conductors: Attanasi, Walter
Ensemble: Coro Aramus Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio

George Frideric Handel’s 1708 oratorio is performed in the magnificent Chiesa del Gesù in Rome, Italy. Walter Attanasi conducts the Coro Aramus Orchestra di Roma...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Dijkstra, Harnisch, Vondung, Schmitt, etc. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BR Klassik / 2011-11-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), BWV 248
Performers: Harnisch, Rachel; Immler, Christian; Schmitt, Maximilian; Vondung, Anke
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; Bavarian Radio Chorus

Run Time: 157 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
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Lully: Atys / Christie, Azzaretti, Daneman, de Negri, d'Oustrac [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / FRA Musica / 2011-11-08

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Atys, LWV 53
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Auvity, Cyril; Azzaretti, Jael; DAEOustrac, Stephanie; Daneman, Sophie; de Negri, Emmanuelle; Mauillon, Marc; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]; Rivenq, Nicolas
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

Lully’s Atys was so dear to Louis XIV that it became known as the “the King’s opera.” With its unprecedented dramatic intensity, Atys was the...continue...
Run Time: 295 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, DTS
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Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platee / Minkowski, Agnew, Delunsch, Beuron [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Beuron, Yann; Delunsch, Mireille; Le Texier, Vincent; Naouri, Laurent
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

The creative team that triumphed with the Théâtre du Châtelet production of Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, turned their talents to Platée in this Opéra de...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: French, English, Ger...continue...

Cavalli: La Virtu de'strali d'Amore / Biondi/Europa Galante, Nicotra, Bertagnolli [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: Francesco Cavalli: La virtù dei strali d'Amore
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Adami, Filippo; Arcari, Cristiana [vocals]; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Invernizzi, Roberta; Lombardi, Donatella; Morace, Filippo; Nicotra, Giacinta; Piccinini, Monica; Sancho, Juan; Sca...
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio
Ensemble: Europa Galante

La virtù de' strali d'Amore was the first of ten operas Cavalli wrote with librettist Giovanni Faustini. Set in Cyprus, the plot involves enchanted and...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: Italian, English
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The Grand Organ of Canterbury Cathedral / John Robinson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Priory / 2011-10-11

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Alfred Hollins: Song of Sunshine for organ; Orlando Gibbons: Ground for Keyboard in A m...
Performers: Robinson, John [organ]

The Cathedral Organ was built in 1886 by Henry Willis and has been enlarged four times since then, with the latest rebuild having taken place...continue...

Vivaldi: Montezuma / Alan Curtis, Priante, Nesi, Cherici [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-10-03

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Montezuma, opera in 3 acts, RV 723
Performers: Cherici, Laura; Gottwald, Franziska; Nesi, Mary-Ellen; Priante, Vito
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Run Time: 153 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
Subtitles: French, Englsih, German, Spanish, Italian
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Handel: Alcina / Minkowski, Harteros, Kasarova, Hammarstrom [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Bruns, Benjamin; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarström, Kristina; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mühlbacher, Alois; Plachetka, Adam
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

In its first Baroque opera since the 1960s, the Vienna Staatsoper presents an absorbing new production of Handel's Alicina. An all-star cast of specialists tell...continue...
Run Time: 226 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Span...continue...