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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...

Glyndebourne: Comedy & Tragedy / Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi, etc. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Sergei Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op 24
Performers: Auty, Peter; Battaglia, Paolo; Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Best, Jonathan; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Corbelli, Alessandro; Daza, Alfredo; Di Pasquale, Luciano; Elliott, Alasdair; Giordano,...
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir; Benini, Maurizio; Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world's most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and...continue...
Run Time: 750 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
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Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Romantic Violinist: Celebration Of Joseph Joachim / Daniel Hope, violin

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-03-22

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Clara Wieck Schumann: Romance, for violin & piano in D flat major, Op. 22/1; Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "F...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Knauer, Sebastian; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari

Daniel Hope reveals yet another facet with this recording honoring Joseph Joachim, a central figure of 19th-century musical life. The central piece is Bruch's Violin...continue...

Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center / Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-06-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Daniels, Barbara; Diaz, Justino; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Heilmann, Uwe; Hornik, Gottfried; Kilduff, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prey, Hermann;...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates 25 years at Lincoln Center with "one of the most exquisitely refined and extravagant assemblages of vocal artistry the Met stage...continue...
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Bizet: Carmen / Jordan/Glyndebourne Opera, von Otter, Haddock [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Best, Jonathan; Haddock, Marcus; Hayes, Quentin; Hegarty, Mary; Judson, Colin; Lopez, Franck; Milne, Lisa; Naouri, Laurent; Rice, Christine; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Voschezang, Hans; Wise, Anthony
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

David McVicar's exhilarating production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, restores the Opera Comique to Bizet's masterpiece. Philippe Jordan, in his Glyndebourne...continue...
Run Time: 229 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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The Blu-Ray Experience: Opera & Ballet Highlights [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi,...
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berg, Nathan; Cirillo, Lucia; Dahlin, Anders; Damrau, Diana; di Pasquale, Luciano; Donose, Ruxandra; Machado, Aquiles; Matthews, Sally; Mironov, Maxim; Papian, H...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pahn, Vello; Davis, Colin, Sir; Lopez-Cobos, Jesus; Jordan, Philippe; Kershaw, Stewart; Jurowski, Vladimir; Rousset, Christophe; Reynolds, Julian; Connelly, Paul; Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra; Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra; Les Talens Lyriques; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Netherlands Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchest...

'Opera & Ballet: The Blu-ray Experience' includes opera and ballet highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue, and gives everyone the opportunity to experience the stunning...continue...
Run Time: 50 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio, Dolby True HD
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Haitink, Morris, Marton, Jerusalem, Adam, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, et al

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Eaglen, Jane; Falcon, Ruth; Goldberg, Reiner; Haage, Peter; Hagen, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Herman, Sylvia; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Johanss...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Richard Wagner's tetralogy 'The Ring of the Nibelung' remains, quite simply, one of the largest-scale works of art ever conceived. With a total performance time...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 ...

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Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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Best of Grieg

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-08-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Norwegian Dances (4) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 35; Kulok and Stabbelåten (Cow Call and Peasant Dance), Nordic melody for orchestra (o...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Eklof, Marianne; Forsberg, Bengt; Gavrilov, Andrei; Pletnev, Mikhail; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Zilberstein, Lilya
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

This generous 2-CD compilation offers the most popular music of Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Norway's greatest composer. Featuring Anne Sofie von Otter, Mikhail Pletnev, Herbert von...continue...

Grand Prix - Grieg: Songs / Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67; Songs (6), Op. 48; Songs (4), Op. 21; Songs (5), Op. 26; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Songs (5), Op. 60; Children's songs (7), Op. 61; Romances (6), Op. 39; Heart's melodie...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; von Otter, Anne Sofie

"For every mood, for every nuance of meaning, von Otter finds the right expressionwill unquestionably be one of my discs of the year and is...continue...

Hélène Grimaud - Reflection

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Clara Wieck Schumann: Lieder (3), Op. 12; Am Strande ("Traurig schau ich von der Klippe"), for voice & piano; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello...
Performers: Grimaud, Helene; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

"This is Grimaud's second go-around with the Schumann Concerto. Her Erato recording (11727, July/Aug 1996) is still available, though I am not familiar with it....continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Haitink, Jerusalem, Marton

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Eaglen, Jane; Hagen, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Herman, Sylvia; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kaufmann, Julie; Lipovsek, Marjana; Marton, Eva; Nes, Jard van; Tomlinson, Joh...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Hector Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust / Anne Sofie Von Otter, Keith Lewis, Jose Van Dam [DVD]

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

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Lewis, Keith; Rose, Peter [bass voice]; Van Dam, Jose; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Berlioz masterpiece is brilliantly performed by Anne Sophie von Otter, Keith Lewis, Jose van Dam, Peter Rose, the Chicago Symphony Chorus under Margaret Hillis and...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, French, English, Spanish
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The Greatest Opera Show on Earth / Bartoli, Carreras, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-01-04

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tos...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Burrowes, Norma; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; Domingo, Placido;...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Mauceri, John; Mehta, Zubin; Dutoit, Charles; Fischer, György; Chailly, Ricca...

Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra [Hybrid SACD]

2 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-09-14

Works: Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Ellens Gesang II, D 838/Op. 52 no 2; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; An Sylvia; Im Abendrot, D 799; Nacht und...
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Bizet: Carmen [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2003-03-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Haddock, Marcus; Milne, Lisa; Naouri, Laurent; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

An exhilarating new Carmen from Glyndebourne. Director David McVicar describes Carmen as 'the first ever musical', and in his new production, with Anne Sofie van...continue...
Run Time: 220 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English
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Ma Vie Parisienne - Anne Sofie Von Otter Sings Offenbach

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-09-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Fantasio, comic opera in 3 acts; Le carnaval des revues, revue; Madame l'archiduc, operetta in 3 acts; Gaîté Parisienne; La bell...
Performers: d'Oustrac, Stéphanie; Keck, Jean-Christophe; Naouri, Laurent; Ragon, Gilles; von Otter, Anne Sofie

"Anne Sofie von Otter immediately stamps her brilliance on this fascinating collection as Offenbach's voluptuous Grand-Duchess. Her commanding projection and phrasing in 'Ah que j'aime...continue...

Various: New Year's Gala '97: Berlin Philharmonic [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2000-07-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43; Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Manue...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Pletnev, Mikhail; Shaham, Gil; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

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Abbado in a brightly festive mood can be observed on this DVD of the Berlin Philharmonic's 1997 New Year's Gala, a rather...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 2.0
Country of Origin: Germany
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Best of the Millennium - Top 40 Classical Hits

2 CD / UTV Records / 2000-02-08

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp min...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Gilels, Emil; Kaufmann, Eduard; Laubin, Bernhard; Levine, James; Maisky, Mischa; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Schmitt,...
Conductors: ; Karajan, Herbert von; del Mar, Norman; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Ahronovitch, Yuri; Bychkov, Semyon; Marin, Ion; Pletnev, Mikhail; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Bolshoi Theater Violin Ensemble; Lucerne Festival Strings; The English Concert

Home for Christmas / Anne Sofie von Otter, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-10-12

Works: Hugh Martin: Meet Me in St. Louis; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; William Mathias: Sweet Was The Song; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Traditional: Tomorro...
Performers: Agnas, Joakim; Agnas, Urban; Bengtson, Jan; Bylund, Jonas; Danielsson, Göran; Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Helander, Torbjörn; Henrikson, Leif; Henryson, Svante; Jansson, Bengan; Jansson...
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Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass

"Home for Christmas" is Anne Sofie von Otter's first holiday album. "Home for Christmas" is a rich selection of popular international Christmas songs, including a...continue...

The All-Star Christmas Album / Battle, Brightman, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald an...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Brightman, Sarah; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Carlene; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gardiner, John Eliot; Herrick, Christopher [Organ]; ...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Davis, Carl; Karajan, Herbert von; Ocejo, José Luis; Gardiner, John Eliot; Daniel, Paul; Maazel, Lorin; ; Minkowski, Marc; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Northern Philharmonia; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; London Sym...

Personnel: Ambrosian Singers (vocals); Paul Miles-Kingston (soprano, treble); Sarah Brightman, Kathleen Battle, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone, b...continue...

Schubert: Lieder / Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-11-11

Works: Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Geheimes, D 719/Op. 14 no 2; Suleika no 1, D 720; Daß die hier gewesen, D. 775; Refrainlieder (4), D 866/Op. 95; Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3; Viola ("Schneegl&...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; von Otter, Anne Sofie

"...In this Schubert recital, [von Otter] sings with such variety and involvement that she wins me over completely. 'Was ist Silvia,' she asks rhetorically in...continue...

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, etc / von Otter, Forsberg

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1996-01-23

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Gedichte (12), Op. 35; Lieder und Gesänge (5), Op. 127; Songs (3) for voice & piano (Chamisso), Op. 31; Gesänge (6), Op. 107; Heitere Ges&aum...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; von Otter, Anne Sofie

Verdi: Requiem; Quattro Pezzi Sacri

2 CD / Philips Import / 1995-04-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Brown, Donna; Canonici, Luca; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Monteverdi Choir; Orgonasova, Luba; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Schubert: Rosamunde / Abbado, von Otter, CO of Europe

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1991-06-18

Works: Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26
Performers: von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin / Levine, Allen, Freni, Von Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1989-03-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Emmerlich, Gunter; Engert, Ruthild; Freni, Mirella; Hartfiel, Jurgen; Lang, Rosemarie; Senechal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; Shicoff, Neil [Tenor Vocal]; Vocals], Paata Burchuladze [Bass; v...
Conductors: Levine, James