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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major "Leningrad" / Andris Nelsons

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-02-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

A new chapter in this exciting performance history of the symphony has now been written by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under its music...continue...
Recording information: Symphony Hall, Birmingham (11/10/2011-11/12/2011)....continue...

Vive Offenbach!: Famous Operetta Arias & Overtures / Jane Rhodes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole; Barbe-Bleue; La vie parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; La belle Hélène
Performers: Rhodes, Jane
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Benzi, Roberto; Frémaux, Louis
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitaine

No other composer depicted the typical French effervescence and easy-going Parisian lifestyle so accurately, coupled with biting satire of the powers-that-be, as Jacques Offenbach. This...continue...

Britten: War Requiem / Erin Wall, Mark Padmore, Hanno Muller-Brachmann. City Of Birmingham SO - Andris Nelsons [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-10-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Padmore, Mark; Wall, Erin
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus

2012 brings the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Britten's War Requiem, one of the most powerful pacifi st statements in music. The anniversary performance...continue...
Run Time: 97 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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Britten: War Requiem / Erin Wall, Mark Padmore, Hanno Muller-Brachmann. City Of Birmingham SO - Andris Nelsons [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-10-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Padmore, Mark; Wall, Erin
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus

2012 brings the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Britten's War Requiem, one of the most powerful pacifi st statements in music. The anniversary performance...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS-HD 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" / Simon Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Symphony Hall, Birmingham (06/2004)....continue...

Debussy: Jeux; Images; Music for "King Lear" / Rattle CBSO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Claude Debussy: Le roi Lear; Jeux; Images for Orchestra
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Before Sir Simon Rattle took over the helm of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, he poured all his resources as the conjurer of Early Modern music...continue...
Recording information: Arts Centre, University of Warwick (02/1989)....continue...