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Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Berlioz, Roussel, Ravel, Gluck [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray 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.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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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.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Alban Berg: Wozzeck. Georg Nigl, Mardi Byers, Paster; Migunov; Tcherniako. Bolshoi Theatre Orch. & Chorus, Teodor Currentzis [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-10-30

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7
Performers: Byers, Mardi; Nigl, Georg
Conductors: Currentzis, Teodor
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Chorus; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

In 2010, for the first time in its history, the Bolshoi Opera presented Alban Berg's masterpiece Wozzeck. This bold, sensitive, and truly historic production by...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Weill: Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny / Brueggergosman, Henschel [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-11-15

Works: Kurt Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Performers: Brueggergosman, Measha; Henschel, Jane; Konig, Michael; White, Willard
Conductors: Heras-Casado, Pablo
Ensemble: La Fura dels Baus

A hard-hitting new production by the Catalan collective La Fura dels Baus at the Teatro Real. Composed in the '30s by Weill and Brecht, this...continue...
Run Time: 138 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Weill: Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny / Brueggergosman, Henschel [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-11-15

Works: Kurt Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera
Performers: Brueggergosman, Measha; Henschel, Jane; Konig, Michael; White, Willard
Conductors: Heras-Casado, Pablo
Ensemble: La Fura dels Baus

A hard-hitting new production by the Catalan collective La Fura dels Baus at the Teatro Real. Composed in the '30s by Weill and Brecht, this...continue...
Run Time: 138 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Span...continue...

Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites / Nagano, Griotton, Brunet, Isokoski [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-06-28

Works: Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des carmélites
Performers: Brunet, Sylvie; Gritton, Susan; Guilmette, Hélène; Isokoski, Soile; Resmark, Susanne; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsorchester

On stage for the first time at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich comes the opera which solidified Poulenc's reputation as a composer of fine vocal...continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites / Nagano, Griotton, Brunet, Isokoski [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-06-28

Works: Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des carmélites
Performers: Brunet, Sylvie; Gritton, Susan; Guilmette, Hélène; Isokoski, Soile; Resmark, Susanne; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]; Vernhes, Alain
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsorchester

On stage for the first time at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich comes the opera which solidified Poulenc's reputation as a composer of fine vocal...continue...
Run Time: 152 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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The Flames of Paris / Bolshoi Ballet, Osipova, Vasiliev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-01-25

Works: Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev: The Flames of Paris
Performers: Osipova, Natalia; Vasiliev, Ivan
Conductors: Sorokin, Pavel
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

Boris Asafiev's 'The Flames of Paris', which is set in the midst of the French Revolution, appropriately premiered in 1932 on the eve of the...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German
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The Flames of Paris / Bolshoi Ballet, Osipova, Vasiliev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-01-25

Works: Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev: The Flames of Paris
Performers: Osipova, Natalia; Vasiliev, Ivan
Conductors: Sorokin, Pavel
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

Boris Asafiev's 'The Flames of Paris', which is set in the midst of the French Revolution, appropriately premiered in 1932 on the eve of the...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

The Paris Opera Ballet / Le Parc, Signes, Proust [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-01-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto(s) for Piano; Aubry, Rene: Signes; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131; Claude Debussy: La mer; Syrinx
Performers: Belarbi, Kader; Bullion, Stephane; Ganio, Mathieu; Gillot, Marie-Agnes
Conductors: Denève, Stéphane; Kessels, Koen
Ensemble: Paris Opera Orchestra

One of the most famous dance companies in the world, the Paris Opera Ballet has always danced both classical ballets from the ''repertoire", as well...continue...
Run Time: 318 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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The Bolshoi Ballet / The Pharaoh's Daughter, Pique Dame, Bolt [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2010-01-26

Works: Cesare Pugni: La Fille du Pharaon; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades); Dmitri Shostakovich: Bolt, Op. 27
Conductors: Sotnikov, Alexander; Andropov, Vladimir; Sorokin, Pavel
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

Run Time: 408 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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Stravinsky And The Ballets Russes / Mariinsky Ballet, Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2009-10-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, St. Petersburg

Today it is difficult to imagine the impact on audiences at the beginning of the 20th century of Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) and his Ballets Russes....continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: French, English
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Stravinsky And The Ballets Russes / Mariinsky Ballet, Gergiev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2009-10-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, St. Petersburg

Today it is difficult to imagine the impact on audiences at the beginning of the 20th century of Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) and his Ballets Russes....continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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New Years Concert At The Mariinsky Theater / Gergiev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2007-11-01

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla; Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka, Op. 117; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Pi...
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri; Bronfman, Yefim
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, St. Petersburg

For the 2007 New Year’s Concert in St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev led the orchestra and chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre in a riveting program captured...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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Britten: Turn of the Screw / Harding/Mahler CO, Delunsch [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2007-10-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Turn of the Screw, Op. 54
Performers: Delunsch, Mireille; McLaughlin, Marie; Miller, Marlin; Schaer, Hanna
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra

"BelAir Classiques' DVD of a performance staged at the 2001 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence may not have (Petr Weigl's) consistent dramatic punch, but musically it's one of...continue...
Run Time: 108 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: France
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Shostakovich: The Bolt / Sorokin, Bolshoi Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2007-03-01

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Bolt, Op. 27
Conductors: Sorokin, Pavel
Ensemble: Bolshoi Ballet

Composed in 1931 by Dmitri Shostakovich, The Bolt, based on a book by Viktor Smirnov, has been revived for the first time in more than...continue...
Run Time: 145 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Signes: Ballet by Carolyn Carlson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2007-02-01

Works: Aubry, Rene: Signes
Conductors:
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Ballet

At the meeting point between painting and dance, Signes is the result of two successive and complementary creative processes: the artist Olivier Debre first conceived...continue...
Run Time: 113 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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