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Deutsche Oper Berlin: 100 Years, 1912-2012 / Live recordings from the 1960s, treasures in black & white / Ludwig, Tebaldi, Grummer, Fischer-Dieskau et al. [6 DVD]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Don Carlos; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Dooley, James; Dooley, William; Ferr, Mario; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Grobe, Donald; Grummer, Elisabeth; Johnson, Patricia; King, James; Koth, Erika; Lo...
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc; Patané, Giuseppe; Rother, Artur; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

For its 100th anniversary the Deutsche Oper Berlin presents a special edition of live recordings. This special edition box contains the live recordings from the...continue...
Run Time: 729 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): PCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian
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Beethoven: Fidelio / Rother, Ludwig, King, Berry, Greindl [DVD]

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Berry, Walter; Dooley, William; Greindl, Josef; King, James; Ludwig, Christa; Otto, Lisa
Conductors: Rother, Arthur
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

it was Beethoven's Fidelio that featured at the opening of the Deutsches Opernhaus in 1912 - and it was also chosen for the anniversary concert...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
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Magic Moments of Opera / Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven, Strauss [11 DVD]

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

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, ...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Beczala, Piotr; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Chiara, Maria; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gambill, Robert; Garanca, Elina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Marton, Eva; Nylund, C...
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Fischer, Iván; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Maazel, Lorin; Jordan, Philippe; Campanella, Bruno; Oren, Daniel; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Zurich Opera Orchestra

For the first time, gathered together in one box set are all of your favorite operas. Feel the love and passion; wrath and wit; revenge...continue...
Run Time: 1500 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish + Italian (except Aida) + Dutch (Aida only)
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Hans Knappertsbusch: Beethoven & Wagner [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-08-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm; Nilsson, Birgit
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

When conductor Hans Knappertsbusch first met the Vienna Philharmonic he only rehearsed the first part of the program with the musicians. When asked why he...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono, Dolby Digital Mono
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A Piano Evening with Martha Argerich / Prokofiev, Schumann, Beethoven [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-01-25

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10; Robert Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 105; Ludwig van Beet...
Performers: Argerich, Martha; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre
Ensemble: Flanders Symphony Orchestra

For a significant number of people, she is simply the greatest pianist of our time. No matter what repertoire she plays, she sounds, as they...continue...
Run Time: 87 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer / Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-06-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Work(s); Franz Joseph Haydn: Work(s); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Work(s); Ludwig van Beethoven: Work(s); Luigi Boccherini: Work(s); Carl Maria von Weber: Work(s)
Performers: Aikin, Laura; Zamojska, Aleksandra
Conductors: Haselböck, Martin
Ensemble: Vienna Academy Orchestra

'The Infernal Comedy' is a stage-play for a Baroque-Orchestra, two Sopranos and one actor. It is based on the real-life story of Jack Unterweger, a...continue...
Run Time: 145 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Span...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Beethoven / Gunter Wand, NDR SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-03-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: NDR Sinfonieorchester

Recorded live at the Dom, Lubeck during the Schlewsig-Holstein Musik Festival, 24 June 1990....continue...
Run Time: 87 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
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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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Beethoven: Fidelio / Dohnanyi/Royal Opera, Benackova, Protschka [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-07-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Archer, Neill; Atkinson, Lynton; Beesley, Mark; Benackova, Gabriela; Ischammer, Hans; Lloyd, Robert; McLaughlin, Marie; Pederson, Monte; Protschka, Josef
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

"Those in search of a thoroughly teutonic Fidelio should speed to Covent Garden. The new production, comes via the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels....continue...
Run Time: 125 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Walter Felsenstein Edition: 7 Operas, Extensive Interviews & Documentaries [11 DVD]

12 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-11-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe ...

Walter Felsenstein (1901 – 1975), founder and general director of the Komische Oper in Berlin, was one of the twentieth century’s greatest creative theatre directors,...continue...
Run Time: 1100 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
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Cult Operas of the 1970s: Mozart; Beethoven; Weber; etc. / Hamburg State Opera [10 DVD]

11 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der F...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Ahlin, Cvetka; Blankenburg, Heinz; Blankenburg, Heinz Horst; Blankenheim, Toni; Boese, Ursula; Cassilly, Richard; Deutekom, Christina; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fliether, Herbert; Flores...
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Stein, Horst; Ludwig, Leopold; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Janowski, Marek; Maderna, Bruno; Kuntzsch, Matthias
Ensemble: Hamburg State Opera Chorus; Hamburg State Opera Orchestra; NDR Children's Chorus

This DVD box set contains ten historical studio productions from the Hamburg State Opera....continue...
Run Time: 1320 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Concert in Honour of Pope Benedict XVI / Jansons/Bavarian RSO, Palestrina, Beethoven Ninth / Documentary [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-04-29

Works: Giovanni Palestrina: Tu es Petrus; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Braun, Lioba; Schade, Michael; Stoyanova, Krassimira; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

With this DVD Arthaus Musik presents the live recording of an extraordinary concert: the Bavarian Radio Choir and Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons perform Palestrina's...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Furtwangler's Love / A film about Furtwangler's love of conducting, composing and of his wife Elisabeth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-04-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Franz Schubert:...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

'Furtwangler's Love' is a film essay on Wilhelm Furtwangler, the great conductor; on Furtwangler, the dedicated composer and on Furtwangler, the loving partner. It is...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Walter Felsenstein Edition / Limited Edition: 7 Operas & Extensive Interviews and Documentaries [12 DVD]

12 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe ...

Walter Felsenstein (1901 – 1975), founder and general director of the Komische Oper in Berlin, was one of the twentieth century’s greatest creative theatre directors,...continue...
Run Time: 1092 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W and Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Kent Nagano Conducts Classical Masterpieces (Boxed Set) / [7 DVD]

7 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-11-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhen...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Six masters of the art of musical composition, six symphonies, one of the world’s top orchestras and a star conductor – these are the main...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Prometheus: Musical Variations on a Myth / Abaddo/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Franz Liszt: Prometheus, S 99; Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus, Op. 60 "Poem of Fire"; Luigi Nono: Prometeo Suite
Performers: Argerich, Martha
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

According to the ancient Greek legend, Prometheus brought fire and culture to mankind, thus saving the world from being destroyed by Zeus. Christopher Swann's film...continue...
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Nagano Conducts Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 / Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-07-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Interviews with Nagano and the musicians combine with footage of the orchestra in rehearsal to offer an insight into the close collaboration that takes place...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Vaclav Neumann in Rehearsal: Beethoven, Smetana / Sudfunk Sinfonieorchester [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-06-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Sudfunk Sinfonieorchester

The conductor Vaclav Neumann is hugely popular with musicians and audiences alike. Always radiating good humour and camaraderie, he has the orchestra on his side...continue...
Run Time: 99 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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5 Operas from Glyndebourne 1972-1979 / Fidelio, Macbeth, Falstaff, The Rake's Progress, Il Ritorno d'Ulisse [5 DVD]

5 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-06-26

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Falstaff; Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Allman, Robert; Appelgren, Curt; Baker, Janet, Dame; Barstow, Josephine; Burrows, Brian; Caley, Ian; Condo, Nucci; Cosotti, Max Rene; De Ridder, Anton; Dickerson, Bernard; Elias, Rosalind; Erwen, Kei...
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Glyndebourne Diamonds is a choice of five highly acclaimed opera productions from the famous Glyndebourne Festival. Everything about these specially selected productions is unique, with...continue...
Run Time: 681 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Beethoven: Fidelio / Ludwig/Hamburg Phil. State Orch., Popp, Wiemann, Adam, Cassilly, Silja [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-04-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Adam, Theo; Cassilly, Richard; Popp, Lucia; Silja, Anja; Sotin, Hans; Wiemann, Ernst; Wohlfahrt, Erwin
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra; Hamburg State Opera Chorus

The latest in this series of vintage Hamburg Opera films focuses on Beethoven's only opera in another staging by Rolf Liebermann, regarded as "one of...continue...
Run Time: 115 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Ludwig Van Beethoven: Fidelio / Elisabeth Soderstrom, Curt Appelgren, Elizabeth Gale, Robert Allman

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2006-01-17

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Allman, Robert; Appelgren, Curt; De Ridder, Anton; Gale, Elisabeth; Söderström, Elisabeth
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Soderstrom's tour de force of suffering and deliverance, Hall's realistic intimate yet intellectually driven production, and Haitink's vivid conducting makes this the best version on...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, French, English, Spanish
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Dvorak: Serenade In D Minor Op. 44 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2005-02-22

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op. 44; Ludwig van Beethoven: Octet for Winds in E flat major, Op. 103
Conductors:
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Winds

The Berlin Philharmonic has for many years been one of the premier orchestras of the world. In this recording, a wind ensemble consisting of members...continue...
Run Time: 58 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Germany
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Various: Live Concert From The Church [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2000-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Felix Mendels...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Mullova, Viktoria
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Run Time: 116 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: French, En...continue...