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Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenie en Tauride) / Véronique Gens, Salomé Haller, Nicolas Testé, Anne Sofie von Otter [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-03-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Alvaro, Laurent; Antoun, Frédéric; Cornet, Martijn; Gens, Veronique; Haller, Salome; Helmer, Christian; Testé, Nicolas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble; Netherland Opera Chorus

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of Agamemnon. In Aulis, the drama of Iphigenia rages until she is spared....continue...
Run Time: 267 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch
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Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenie en Tauride) / Véronique Gens, Salomé Haller, Nicolas Testé, Anne Sofie von Otter [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-03-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Alvaro, Laurent; Antoun, Frédéric; Cornet, Martijn; Gens, Veronique; Haller, Salome; Helmer, Christian; Testé, Nicolas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble; Netherland Opera Chorus

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of Agamemnon. In Aulis, the drama of Iphigenia rages until she is spared....continue...
Run Time: 267 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch
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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été; Harold en Italie / Anne Sofie Von Otter, Minkowski

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Tamesit, Antoine; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Antoine Tamestit and Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble have joined forces to offer a thrilling performance of two...continue...
Recording information: Opéra Royal de Versailles, France (04/2011)....continue...

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

Opera News
Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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Handel: Giulio Cesare / Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-08-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Ankaoua, Jean-Michel; Bertin, Pascal; Deuter, Florian; Ewing, Alan; Hellekant, Charlotte; Kozená, Magdalena; McDonald, Hector; Mehta, Bejun [Countertenor Vocal]; Mijanovic, Marijana; von Otter...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

"The orchestra plays brilliantly, with the (then) novelty of Handel's horn parts ringing out in special power. One would never guess there was an audience...continue...

Handel: Hercules / Minkowski, Von Otter, Croft, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-04-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: Hercules
Performers: Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, David; Dawson, Lynne; Saks, Gidon; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Hercules has never quite occupied the place it merits in the Handel canon, even though it includes some of his most powerfully...continue...

Handel: Ariodante / Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-08-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Coadou, Luc; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; Podles, Ewa; Sedov, Denis; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Lynne Dawson is the star of this show. In Act 2, where Ginevra finds herself inexplicably rejected and condemned by everyone, Dawson...continue...