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Salzburg Festival 2012: Opening Concert - Stravinsky; Prokofiev; Mussorgsky / Semishkur, Sergei [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-06-25

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and dances of death; Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
Performers: Semishkur, Sergey
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

The opening concert of the Salzburger Festival is an annual highlight and features the vibrant heart of the festival - the Wiener Philharmonikere. The 2012...continue...
Run Time: 90 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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Wiener Staatsoper Live - Mozart; Verdi; Massenet / Giovanni, Alvarez, Pieczonka, Garanca, Erod, et al. [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-06-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Alvarez, Marcelo; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Erod, Adrian; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Garanca, Elina; Hampson, Thomas; Jordan, Philippe; Kirch...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper

Run Time: 454 min.
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Verdi: Macbeth / Paskalis, Barstow, Morris, Erwen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Barstow, Josephine; Morris, James; Paskalis, Kostas
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: The London Philharmonic Orchestra

This production features an outstanding international cast, with the Greek baritone Kostas Paskalis in the title role and British star Josephine Barstow making an exciting...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
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Verdi: Aida / Pentcheva, Branchini, Fraccaro, Andguladze, Gazale, Malinverno [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Andguladze, George; Branchini, Susanna; Fraccaro, Walter; Gazale, Alberto; Pentcheva, Mariana
Conductors: Fogliani, Antonino
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma

Commissioned by the Viceroy of Egypt, Aida is Verdi's only opera written for a non-European house. Although set in 19th century BC Egypt, it borrows...continue...
Run Time: 165 min.
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Verdi: Otello / Antonenko, Poplavskaya, Alvarez, Di Castri, Costello, Ceron, Petrenko [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Antonenko, Aleksandrs; Castri, Barbara Di; Ceron, Antonello; Costello, Stephen; Petrenko, Mikhail; Poplavskaia, Marina
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Oberto was Verdi's first staged operas and was heard for the first time at La Scala, Milan in November 1839. As a young and unknown...continue...
Run Time: 153 min.
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Verdi: Falstaff / Maestri; Salsi; Gandia; Bargnesi; Tomasoni; Pini; Vassileva [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Bargnesi, Barbara; Gandia, Antonio; Maestri, Ambrogio; Pini, Daniela; Salsi, Luca; Vassileva, Svetla
Conductors: Battistoni, Andrea
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma

Based in part on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and King Henry IV, Falstaff is Verdi's last stage work and his only comic opera....continue...
Run Time: 142 min.
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Bruckner: The Mature Symphonies, Symphonie No. 5 / Daniel Barenboim; Staatskapelle Berlin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Accentus / 2013-06-25

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

"Both Bruckner's belief in God, as it majestically wells up out of the chorale of the Fifth, and his deeply tragic world view, collide with...continue...
Run Time: 77 min.
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Dance & Quartet: Three Ballets - Janacek; Dvorak, Schubert / Hagen Quartett [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-06-25

Works: Leos Janácek: Quartet for Strings no 2 "Intimate letters"; Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 12 in F major, Op. 96/B 179 "American"; Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D mi...
Performers: Mehrabyan, Arsen
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hagen Quartett

The Salzburg Festival presented a unique production in 2012: the renowned Hagen Quartett appeared together with the Zurcher Ballett. The Swiss grand master of dance,...continue...
Run Time: 94 min.
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Wagner: The Colón Ring: Wagner in Buenos Aires / Watson, Rasilainen, Zakhozhaev, Shore, Andersen, Ammann [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-06-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Rasilainen, Jukka; Watson, Linda
Conductors: Paternostro, Roberto
Ensemble: Teatro Colón Orchestra

The composer's great-granddaughter was keen to stage Cord Garben's abridged version of the cycle at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, but in the event...continue...
Run Time: 93 min.
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Wagner: The Colón Ring: Der Ring des Nibelungen in 7 hours / Watson, Rasilainen, Zakhozhaev, Shore, Andersen, Ammann [5 DVD]

5 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Andguladze, George; Branchini, Susanna; Fraccaro, Walter; Gazale, Alberto; Guanqun, Yu; Pentcheva, Mariana; Vassallo, Cosimo
Conductors: Paternostro, Roberto
Ensemble: Teatro Colón Orchestra

For the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, C Major releases Der Ring des Nibelungen from Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires in an edited version which is...continue...
Run Time: 489 min.
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A Musical Journey: Italian Festival - A Musical Celebration of Italy; Leoncavallo, Cui, Liszt, et al. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-06-25

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; César Cui: Tarentella; Jules Massenet: Scènes napolitaines; Charles Gounod: Saltarello; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; Benjamin Godard: Sc&e...
Conductors: Lenárd, Ondrej
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Scenes of Italy range from the bay of Sestri Levante in Liguria to the Tuscan vineyards of Montepulciano, Florence and Venice. The music chosen for...continue...
Run Time: 53 min.
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Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration - Copland; Bernstein; Haydn; Tchaikovsky; Sarasate; Ravel; Beethoven / Ma, Lockhart, Mutter, Ax, et al. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-06-25

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Leonard Bernstein: Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile for Cello and Strings, Op. 11; Pablo d...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Serkin, Peter
Conductors: Lockhart, Keith; Williams, John; Asbury, Stefan; Nelsons, Andris; Zinman, David;
Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra

Located in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, Tanglewood is one of the world's most beloved music festivals and serves as the summer home for...continue...
Run Time: 112 min.
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Wagner: Der Frankfurter Ring: Ring des Nibelungen / Sebastian Weigle [8 DVD]

8 DVD Video / Oehms / 2013-06-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Aken, Frank von; Bullock, Susan; Dike, Martina; Mahnke, Claudia; Ryan, Lance
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

On eight DVDS, the complete Frankfurt Ring can finally be heard and seen. There is an extremely interesting and exciting "Making Of" to The Rhinegold...continue...
Run Time: 941 min.
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Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, PCM Stereo
Subtitles: English, German
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The Verdi Edition - 12 Great Operas / Gavanelli, Alvarez, Schaefer, Cura, Hvorostovsky, Fleming, Hampson [17 DVD]

17 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Simon Boccanegra; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Calleja, Joseph; Cura, José; Fleming, Renée; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hampson, Thomas; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Naef, Yvonne; Wade, Eddie
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Rizzi, Carlo; Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Celebrating the work of Italy's greatest musical dramatist, this set of 12 operas includes definitive performances from some of the finest Verdi singers of our...continue...
Run Time: 2050 min.
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Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
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Verbier Festival 2012: Charles Dutoit and Manfred Honeck Conduct - Tchaikovsky; Brahms [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-06-25

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Honeck, Manfred
Ensemble: Verbier Festival Orchestra

This DVD features highlights from the Verbier Festival 2012 with outstanding conductors, Charles Dutoit and Manfred Honeck. Dutoit is the music director of the Verbier...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
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Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda / Kalmandi, Theodossiou, Monaco, Roy, Mauro, Marletta. Brockhaus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2013-05-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Brockhaus, Henning Hermann; Kalmandi, Michele; Marletta, Alfio; Mauro, Michele; Monaco, José Maria lo; Pirolli, Antonio; Roy, Alejandro; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Brockhaus, Pirolli
Ensemble: Teatro Massimo Bellini Chorus; Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra

Beatrice di Tenda is a tragic opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. In Beatrice very diverse elements coexist: there are music patterns already experimented...continue...
Run Time: 161 min.
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Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Adam, Glazunov: Ballet Classics / Zakharova, Bolle, Tuggle, Burmeister, Ivanov, Coleman. Corps de Ballet and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Jurowski [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-05-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda Suite, Op. 57a
Performers: Bolle, Roberto; D'Amato, Vittorio; Novikova, Olesia; Romagna, Marta; Sutera, Antonino; Vogel, Friedemann; Zakharova, Svetlana; Zeni, Mick
Conductors: Jurowski, Michail
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

This box set from the Teatro alla Scala includes the 2004 production of Swan Lake, the 2005 production of Giselle and the 2011 production of...continue...
Run Time: 405 min.
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Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Meli, Stoyanov, Lewis, Fiorillo, Gamberoni. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Gelmetti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-05-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Fiorillo, Elisabetta; Gamberoni, Serena; Lewis, Kristin; Meli, Francesco; Stoyanov, Vladimir
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

In 1792 King Gustavus III of Sweden was shot at a masked ball, and this was the starting point for Verdi's Un ballo in maschera....continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
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Verdi: Falstaff / Gale, Luxon, Gramm, Griffel. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Pritchard [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-05-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Gale, Elizabeth; Gramm, Donald; Griffel, Kay; Luxon, Benjamin
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

This legendary Glyndebourne-production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle from 1976 stars the outstanding baritone Donald Gramm, who had few equals among bass-baritones and who perfectly embodies the...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
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Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Theodossiou, Stoyanov, Machado, Pentcheva, Scandiuzzi, Lepore. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Gelmetti [DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-05-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Lepore, Carlo; Machado, Aquiles; Pentcheva, Mariana; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Stoyanov, Vladimir; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

For La forza del destino, Verdi created one of his most famous melodies, the "fate" motif that permeates the whole score. Music and action alternate...continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
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Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese...continue...

Bellini: Katia Ricciarelli - My Favourite Opera: I Capuleti / Ricciarelli, Teatro la Fenice, Campanella [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-05-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Performers: Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno
Ensemble: Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

World-famous and distinguished Italian soprano, Katia Ricciarelli stars as Giulietta in this new release for the successful series My Favourite Opera. This intimate portrait of...continue...
Run Time: 58 min.
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Verdi: Don Carlo / Prestia, Malagnini, Piazzola, Montanaro, Costea, Pozniak. Coro Lirico Amadeus, Orchestra Regionale Dell'Emilia-Romagna. Fabrizio Ventura [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-05-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Costea, Cellia; Malagnini, Mario; Montanaro, Luciano; Piazzola, Simone; Pozniak, Alla; Prestia, Giacomo
Conductors: Ventura, Fabrizio
Ensemble: Coro Lirico Amadeus; Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena; Orchestra Regionale Dell'Emilia-Romagna

Based on Schiller's play of the same name, Don Carlos was written for the Paris Opera between 1865 and 1867 in the tradition of a...continue...
Run Time: 184 min.
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Legacy: Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony - Mozart: Symphony No.39; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4; Debussy: Fetes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2013-05-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra
Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Released for the first time on DVD, this concert is the last in Sir Georg Solti and his beloved CSO's European tour in 1985. Solti...continue...
Run Time: 83 min.
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Sound Format(s): Enhanced Mono,
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Legacy: Vladimir Ashkenazy - Schubert: Impromptus, Wanderer Fantasy; Schumann: Arabeske, Piano Sonata No.1 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2013-05-28

Works: Franz Schubert: Fantasy for Piano in C major, D 760/Op. 15 "Wanderer"; Robert Schumann: Arabeske for piano in C major, Op. 18; Sonata for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir

Captured at the BBC's Glasgow Studios in 1987 for their Music in Camera series, Ashkenazy demonstrates his versatility and musical skill through the extreme contrasts...continue...
Run Time: 82 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Enhanced Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence - A life dedicated to music / Berlin PO, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, et al. [8 DVD]

8 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-05-28

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Brendel, Alfred; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Eric Ericson Chamber Choir; Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra; Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Orchestra Mozart; Swedish Radio Choir

This extensive DVD collection presents Claudio Abbado's most important musical stages, his comprehensive repertoire and his work with some of the most important orchestras and...continue...
Run Time: 749 min.
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Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Verdi: Lux Aeterna: Claudio Abbado in Rehearsal / Caballe, Caschia, Terrani, Dvorsky, Merritt, Ramey. La Scala di Milano, Abbado [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-05-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Caschia, Cecelia; Dvorsky, Peter; Merritt, Chris; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: La Scala di Milano Chorus; La Scala di Milano Orchestra

This DVD offers an inside look at Abbado rehearsing Verdi's Messa da Requiem with world famous singers Monsterrat Caballé, Cecilia Caschia, Lucia Valentini Terrani and...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
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Gustavo Dudamel - The European Concert: works by Brahms, Haydn, Beethoven / Gautier Capucon, Berliner PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-05-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H 7b no 1; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor...
Performers: Capucon, Gautier

Every year the Berliner Philharmoniker invite artist for the orchestra's traditional birthday concert on May 1st.

In 2012, the guests were Gustavo Dudamel, conducting, and

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Brahms: Piano Trios nos 1-3; Clarinet Trio / Elena Baschkirova; Maxim Vengerov; Boris Pergamenschikow; Dietmar Schwalke (1988) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B major, Op. 8; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C major, Op. 87; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 101; Trio for clarinet (or viol...
Performers: Baschikirova, Elena; Baschkirova, Elena; Fuchs, Wenzel; Pergamenschikow, Boris; Schwalke, Dietmar; Vengerov, Maxim

This DVD includes Brahms outstanding Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello and piano as well as Trios Nos. 1, 2 and 3 for piano...continue...
Run Time: 117 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
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Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Berlioz, Roussel, Ravel, Gluck [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, piano transcription Giovanni Sgambati;...
Performers: Freire, Nelson
Conductors: Bringuier, Lionel
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

On this brilliant recording leading Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire delivers a deft, impeccable performance of Chopin's lyrical Second Piano Concerto. On the podium the young...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 / Franz Welser-Most, Cleveland Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Conductors: Welser-Most, Franz
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

When it comes to shaping a musical event for the ears and the eyes, the monumental majesty of Anton Bruckner's symphonies and the exhilarating vibrancy...continue...
Run Time: 74 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in a 2 part recital of lieder by Schubert and Schumann from the Opera Theatre of Nurenberg [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-04-30

Works: Franz Schubert: Lieder; Robert Schumann: Lieder
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich

Run Time: 158 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 1.33:1, Color
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Brocheler, Merritt, Smit, Runkel, Keyes, Rydl, Kruse, Schone, Altmeyer. Hartmut Haenchen [11 DVDs]

11 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Altmeyer, Jeanine; Brocheler, John; Clark, Graham; Gjevang, Anne; Keyes, John; Kruse, Heinz; Merritt, Chris; Mikulas, Peter; Runkel, Reinhild; Rydl, Kurt; Secunde, Nadine; Smit, Henk; Stabell, Carsten
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: Hague Philharmonic; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

This 1999 production of The Ring was the first to be based on the definitive complete edition of Wagner's music. Pierre Audi's production for the...continue...
Run Time: 1008 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Raimondi, Lanza, Shtoda, Floris, Frittoli. Zubin Mehta [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Cantarero, Mariola; Floris, Gianluca; Frittoli, Barbara; Lanza, Manuel; Polverelli, Laura; Raimondi, Ruggero; Roni, Luigi; Shtoda, Daniil; Zilio, Elena
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

The Maggio Musicale in Florence is the oldest and one of the most famous music festivals in Italy. When director Zubin Mehta celebrated his 70th...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Verdi: La Traviata / Vassileva, Giordano, Stoyanov, Pini, Trevisan, Floris. Yuri Temirkanov [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Floris, Gianluca; Gabba, Armando; Giordano, Massimo; Pini, Daniela; Polinelli, Filippo; Stoyanov, Vladimir; Tagliavini, Roberto; Trevisan, Antonella; Vassileva, Svetla; Zennaro, Iorio
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

La traviata is Verdi's most popular opera and one of the best-loved of all stage works. Romance, tragedy and unforgettable tunes - it has it...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, S...continue...

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 "Spring"; Documentary "La Spira Mirabilis" by Gérald Cailiat [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38

Spira Mirabilis is a new project drawing together some of Europe's finest young players and offers a radical new approach to classical music. Mostly in...continue...
Run Time: 131 min.
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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani / Leo Nucci, Fabio Armiliato, Giacomo Prestia, Daniela Dessi. Massimo Zanetti [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Battiato, Alessandro; Dessi, Daniela; Mastroni, Andrea; Nucci, Leo; Prestia, Giacomo; Russo, Dario; Virgili, Roberto Jachini
Conductors: Zanetti, Massimo
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Not until 1855 did Verdi have a chance to try his hand at French grand opera. A setting of a libretto by Eugene Scribe, Les...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
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Renée Fleming Live at the Paris Opera in 3 complete operas: Massenet: Manon; Dvorak: Rusalka; Strauss: Capriccio / Von Otter, Finley, Trost, Alvarez et al. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Diadkova, Larissa; Finley, Gerald; Fleming, Renee; Hawlata, Franz; Henschel, Dietrich; Larin, Sergei; Sénéchal, Michel; Trost, Rainer; Urbanova, E...
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus; Conlon, James; Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 467 min.
Region: 0
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Leo Nucci, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola, Tamar Iveri, Francesco Meli. Daniele Callegari [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Casalin, Luca; Iveri, Tamar; Kharachko, Olena; Meli, Francesco; Nucci, Leo; Piazzola, Simone; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chrous; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

None of Verdi's operas were subjected to as radical revisions as Simon Boccanegra. The initial 1857 version was not a success, so in 1880/81 Verdi...continue...
Run Time: 148 min.
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Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Bartoli, Kuebler, Quilico, Feller. Stuttgart RSO, Ferro [DVD]

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bruch, Klaus; Feller, Carlos; Kappeler, Paul; Kertesz-Gabry, Edith; Kuebler, David; Lloyd, Robert; Quilico, Gino
Conductors: Ferro, Gabriele
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Rossini was 24 when he wrote his 17th and most famous opera Barber of Seville in an astonishing three weeks. Hampe's humorous direction of his...continue...
Run Time: 157 min.
Region: 0
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Verdi: La forza del destino / Urmana, Guelfi, Giordani, Gertseva, Scandiuzzi. Zubin Mehta [DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Dal Monte, Duccio; De Simone, Bruno; Gertseva, Julia; Giordani, Marcello; Guelfi, Carlo; Luongo, Alessandro; Polinelli, Filippo; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Trevisan, Antonella; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chorus; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra

La forza del destino was originally set in 18th century Spain, however Nicolas Joël establishes the action in a slightly later period, in the time...continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
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The Ballet Classics - Works by Delibes, Delvedez, Minkus, Adam / Opéra National de Paris, Ganio, Letestu, Martinez, Pujol, Le Riche [3 DVD]

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

Works: Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Léon Minkus: Paquita, ballet; Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Paris National Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Run Time: 345 min.
Region: 0
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Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Italian, Spanish
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Verdi: Stiffelio / Aronica, Guanqun, Frontali, Gabriele, Mangione. Andrea Battistoni [DVD]]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Stiffelio
Performers: Andguladze, George; Aronica, Roberto; Frontali, Roberto; Guanqun, Yu; Mangione, Gabriele; Solis, Lorelay; Vassallo, Cosimo
Conductors: Battistoni, Andrea
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Coro; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

When the wife of a Protestant preacher is an adulterer, problems are inevitable from the outset of Verdi's Stiffelio. Even today the finale seems astonishingly...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Demuro, Nucci, Machaidze, Spotti, Iranyi. Massimo Zanetti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Buffoli, Mauro; Cristiano, Scilla; Demuro, Francesco; Iranyi, Stefanie; Machaidze, Nino; Mori, Orazio; Nikolic, Katarina; Nucci, Leo; Spotti, Marco; Tagliavini, Roberto; Tisi, Ezio Maria
Conductors: Zanetti, Massimo
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

For Verdi, Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse was "arguably the greatest drama of the present day." However many of his contemporaries were appalled by...continue...
Run Time: 141 min.
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Verdi: Il Travatore / Sgura, Romano, Nioradze, Alvarez. Yuri Temirkanov [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Giannelli, Cristina; Nioradze, Mzia; Paek, Seung Hwa; Rinaldo, Enrico; Romano, Teresa; Sgura, Claudio; Vatchkov, Deyan; Virgili, Roberto Jachini
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Love and revenge are fatally interwoven in Il trovatore, and barely any character survives the somber action. Based on a Spanish play in the tradition...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
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Verdi Opera Selection, Vol. 2 - Aida with Pavarotti & Chiara; Nabucco with Leo Nucci; Simon Baccanegra with Domingo / Guleghina; Harteros [4 DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cavalletti, Massimo; Chiara, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Guleghina, Maria; Harteros, Anja; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; ...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Luisi, Fabio; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arthaus Musik celebrates Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday, who is especially known for his numerous opera compositions, and undoubtedly one of the most famous romantics. This...continue...
Run Time: 513 min.
Region: 0
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Wagner: Siegfried / Terfel; Voigt; Morris; Siegel. Fabio Luisi, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Morris, Jay Hunter; Siegel, Gerhard; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walkure / Terfel, Kaufmann, Voigt, Westbroek. Levine, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Kaufmann, Jonas; Konig, Hans-Peter; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Deborah; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Terfel; Croft; Owens; Blythe. Levine, Met Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Croft, Richard; Owens, Eric; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Voigt, Morris, Konig, Meier, Paterson. Fabio Luisi, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Harmer, Wendy Bryn; Konig, Hans-Peter; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, Jay Hunter; Paterson, Iain; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim / 70th Birthday Concert - Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 2; Carter: Dialogues II; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Elliott Carter: Dialogues; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

The incomparable, charismatic Daniel Barenboim celebrated his 70th birthday on November 15th 2012, by performing a gala concert a Berlin's Philharmonic, where he was joined...continue...