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Paganini: Violin Concerto Op. 6/1 / Shlomo Mintz, violin; Limburg SO Maastricht - Yoel Levi [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Challenge Classics / 2007-10-25

This live concert is performed on a very unique instrument. Shlomo Mintz is regarded as one of the foremost violinists of our time. Spoken commentary...continue...

Handel: Agrippina / Combattimento Consort Amsterdam [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Challenge Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: George Frideric Handel: Agrippina, HWV 6
Performers: Alofs, Jan; Arends, Renate; de Lang, Quirijn; Hart-Davis, Michael; Kremer, Annemarie; Micinski, Piotr; Muuse, Robert; van der Linde, Clint
Conductors: de Vriend, Jan Willem
Ensemble: Combattimento Consort

"Agrippina" is one of Handel’s earlier operas, written in 1709. This brilliant DVD production includes a complete staged performance of the opera, interviews, backstage photos,...continue...
Run Time: 173 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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St: Matthew Passion: Durmuller / Agnew / Koopman: Cnd [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Challenge Classics / 2006-03-14

The magnificent series of complete Bach cantatas by Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque is crowned here with their definitive recording of Bach's greatest choral...continue...
Run Time: 163 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: Netherlands
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Markus Passion (1731): Koopman, Ton, Cnd / Amsterdam. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Challenge Classics / 2005-05-10

Koopman's procedure involves using some of Bach's own music from other religious works that fit the surviving libretto, plus connecting music he has written himself...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: Amsterdam
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