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Verdi: Attila / Abdrazakov, Markarova, Sulimsky, Shorokhodov. Mariinsky Orchestra, Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Mariinsky / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Orchestra

O'Riley's Liszt - Transcriptions for piano solo of Symphonie Fantastique; Prelude & Liebestod et al. / Christopher O'Riley, piano

1 Blu-Ray Video / Oxingale Productions / 2013-05-07

Pianist Christopher O'Riley's virtuosity, showmanship and iconoclast status make him the Franz Liszt of our time. In O'Riley's Liszt, Chris delves into the transcriptions of...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Kupfer, Putsch, Mayer, Jentjens. Marcus Bosch [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Coviello / 2013-05-03

Conductors: Bosch, Marcus
Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonic Nurnberg

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 "Spring"; Documentary "La Spira Mirabilis" by Gérald Cailiat [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-04-30

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38

Spira Mirabilis is a new project drawing together some of Europe's finest young players and offers a radical new approach to classical music. Mostly in...continue...
Run Time: 131 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

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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Solti Centenary Concert - works by Mozart, Verdi Mahler, Strauss, Bartok / Angela Gheorghiu; René Pape. Valery Gergiev [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; John Philip Sousa: Stars...
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: World Orchestra for Peace

The Solti Centenary Concert in Chicago celebrated Sir Georg Solti's 100th birthday on October 21, 2012, featuring the World Orchestra for Peace (WOP). Charmingly hosted...continue...
Run Time: 133 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, French
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 / Christina Landshamer, soprano; Riccardo Chailly [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Accentus / 2013-04-30

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Landshamer, Christina
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchestra Leipzig

"The greatest mix of colors that ever existed" was Mahler's description of the third movement of his Fourth Symphony. Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra transformed...continue...
Run Time: 61 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Peter von Winter: Das Labyrinth, part II of The Magic Flute / Fischesser, Novikova, Hartelius, Schade. Ivor Bolton [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Mozarteumorchester Salzburg; Slzburger Bachchor

We're all familiar with Mozart's Magic Flute to the libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. However, it's not widely known that Schikaneder wrote a sequel to the...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japa...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 / Franz Welser-Most, Cleveland Orch. [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Conductors: Welser-Most, Franz
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

When it comes to shaping a musical event for the ears and the eyes, the monumental majesty of Anton Bruckner's symphonies and the exhilarating vibrancy...continue...
Run Time: 74 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Renée Fleming, Gerald Finley, Stephen Medcalf. Bernard Haitink [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Denning, Peacock, Leech, Welker, Capasso, Blasius. Deutsche Opera Berlin [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Performers: Blasius, Martin; Denning, Angela; Leech, Richard; Peacock, Lucy; Welker, Hartmut
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan
Ensemble: Deutsche Opera Berlin Orchestra

The grand opera Les Huguenots was one of the greatest operatic successes if the 19th century, and its creator was the foremost composer of his...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Span...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Vassileva, Giordano, Stoyanov, Pini, Trevisan, Floris. Yuri Temirkanov [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Franci, Francesca; Nikolic, Katarina; Nucci, Leo; Siwek, Rafal; Surian, Giorgio; Villari, Angelo
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

La traviata is Verdi's most popular opera and one of the best-loved of all stage works. Romance, tragedy and unforgettable tunes - it has it...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani / Leo Nucci, Fabio Armiliato, Giacomo Prestia, Daniela Dessi. Massimo Zanetti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Battiato, Alessandro; Dessi, Daniela; Mastroni, Andrea; Nucci, Leo; Prestia, Giacomo; Russo, Dario; Virgili, Roberto Jachini
Conductors: Zanetti, Massimo
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Not until 1855 did Verdi have a chance to try his hand at French grand opera. A setting of a libretto by Eugene Scribe, Les...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, ...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Leo Nucci, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Simone Piazzola, Tamar Iveri, Francesco Meli. Daniele Callegari [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Casalin, Luca; Iveri, Tamar; Kharachko, Olena; Meli, Francesco; Nucci, Leo; Piazzola, Simone; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chrous; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

None of Verdi's operas were subjected to as radical revisions as Simon Boccanegra. The initial 1857 version was not a success, so in 1880/81 Verdi...continue...
Run Time: 148 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italia...continue...

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 "Romantic" & 7 / Christian Thielemann, Munich PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Christian Thielemann is widely regarded as the leading Brucknerian of our age, and his performances with the Munich Philharmonic, of which he has been music...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
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Holst - Universe of Sound: The Planets / Philharmonia Orchestra, Salonen - A unique performance captured by 37 cameras [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Signum Records / 2013-04-25

Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a unique performance of Holst's The Planets Suite, captured in High Definition by 37 cameras. This immersive experience...continue...

Verdi: La forza del destino / Urmana, Guelfi, Giordani, Gertseva, Scandiuzzi. Zubin Mehta [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Dal Monte, Duccio; De Simone, Bruno; Gertseva, Julia; Giordani, Marcello; Guelfi, Carlo; Luongo, Alessandro; Polinelli, Filippo; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Trevisan, Antonella; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chorus; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra

La forza del destino was originally set in 18th century Spain, however Nicolas Joël establishes the action in a slightly later period, in the time...continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 7.1, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade / Gimenéz, Petrova, Yetzabel, Fernandez, Rivera, Regalis, De Marchi, Nunziata [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: L'olimpiade, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Fernandez, Yetzabel Arias; Giménez, Raúl; Lozano, Antonio; Petrova, Lyubov; Rivera, Jennifer; Soloviy, Sofia; Storti, Milena
Conductors: De Marchi, Alessandro
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis

With Olimpiade the famous poet Metastasio created one of the most popular librettos of the 18th century. It was set to music by over 60...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean...continue...

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Padmore, Harvey, Danz,Gijisbertsen, Neven. Ivan Fischer [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Arends, Renate; Danz, Ingeborg; Espada, Maria; Gijsbertsen, Peter; Harvey, Peter; Kozelj, Barbara; Neven, Henk; Padmore, Mark
Conductors: Fischer, Ivan
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Choir; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

This 2012 recording of the most wide spread oratorio by J.S. Bach features Hungarian conductor Iván Fischer with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. Fischer's...continue...
Run Time: 174 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Verdi: Stiffelio / Aronica, Guanqun, Frontali, Gabriele, Mangione. Andrea Battistoni [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Stiffelio
Performers: Andguladze, George; Aronica, Roberto; Frontali, Roberto; Guanqun, Yu; Mangione, Gabriele; Solis, Lorelay; Vassallo, Cosimo
Conductors: Battistoni, Andrea
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Coro; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

When the wife of a Protestant preacher is an adulterer, problems are inevitable from the outset of Verdi's Stiffelio. Even today the finale seems astonishingly...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Demuro, Nucci, Machaidze, Spotti, Iranyi. Massimo Zanetti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Buffoli, Mauro; Cristiano, Scilla; Demuro, Francesco; Iranyi, Stefanie; Machaidze, Nino; Mori, Orazio; Nikolic, Katarina; Nucci, Leo; Spotti, Marco; Tagliavini, Roberto; Tisi, Ezio Maria
Conductors: Zanetti, Massimo
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

For Verdi, Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse was "arguably the greatest drama of the present day." However many of his contemporaries were appalled by...continue...
Run Time: 141 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanis...continue...

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Baker, Carby, Hemm, Fyfe, Pearson. Australian Opera [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Opera Australia / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Fitzgerald, Brian
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

Der Rosenkavalier, the most successful opera of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's partnership, is a story of love, lust and human frailty. With all...continue...
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Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Verdi: Il Travatore / Sgura, Romano, Nioradze, Alvarez. Yuri Temirkanov [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Giannelli, Cristina; Nioradze, Mzia; Paek, Seung Hwa; Rinaldo, Enrico; Romano, Teresa; Sgura, Claudio; Vatchkov, Deyan; Virgili, Roberto Jachini
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Love and revenge are fatally interwoven in Il trovatore, and barely any character survives the somber action. Based on a Spanish play in the tradition...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Handel: Theodora Upshaw, Daniels, Olsen, Croft, Hunt-Lieberson. William Christie, Glyndebourne Festival [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra

In this Glyndebourne production, radical American director Peter Sellar takes George Frideric Handel's penultimate English oratorio - a tale of self-sacrificial love between a Christian...continue...

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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Haydn: Orlando Paladino / Petersen, Randle, Torres, Spagnoli, Staveland, Im, Kataja, Pendatchanska. René Jacobs [Blu-Ray}

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Freiburger Barockorchester

Orlando Paladino, written in 1782, was Haydn's most famous opera during his lifetime, with thirty performances in Esterháza in the first two years after its...continue...
Run Time: 168 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian
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Wagner: Die Walkure / Terfel, Kaufmann, Voigt, Westbroek. Levine, Met Opera [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Kaufmann, Jonas; Konig, Hans-Peter; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Deborah; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Terfel; Croft; Owens; Blythe. Levine, Met Opera [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Croft, Richard; Owens, Eric; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Voigt, Morris, Konig, Meier, Paterson. Fabio Luisi, Met Opera [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Harmer, Wendy Bryn; Konig, Hans-Peter; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, Jay Hunter; Paterson, Iain; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Siegfried / Terfel; Voigt; Morris; Siegel. Fabio Luisi, Met Opera [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Morris, Jay Hunter; Siegel, Gerhard; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Happy New Year - The Dresden Opera Gala / Ingeborg Schkopf; Piotr Beczala [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-12

Conductors: Beczala, Piotr
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden

A content, marketing and promotional transformation for one of Europe's premiere classical music events.

A unique occasion, and a unique product offering - welcome 2013

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Mozart: Bassoon Concerto; Dvorak: Symphony no 8; Carnival Ov.; Bartok: Concerto for Orch. / Zubin Mehta, David Breidenthal, basson [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e); Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Antonín Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Symphony no 8 ...
Performers: Breidenthal, David
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic

At the age of only 26 Zubin Mehta became the youngest person ever to head a major American orchestra. In his 16 years as music...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
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Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna / Barcellona, Pratt, Mihai, Uliveri, Fischer. Jurowski [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-02-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Adelaide di Borgogna
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Fischer, Jeannette; Mihai, Bogdan; Pratt, Jessica; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Jurowski, Dmitri
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Among the showier flowers of Rossini's operatic catalogue languish a few rare blooms - masterpieces like Adelaide de Borgogna that have seen relatively few revivals....continue...
Run Time: 154 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina / Ventris, Rose, Volle, Daszak, Bracht, Struckmann, Karg [Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-02-26

Works: Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina
Performers: Bracht, Roland; Daszak, John; Karg, Christiane; Rose, Peter [Bass Vocal]; Struckmann, Falk; Ventris, Christopher; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Young, Simone
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra

Requiring 38 soloists, chorus, and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina is his most important work and a challenging opera to stage. This masterpiece weaves a...continue...
Run Time: 208 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, F...continue...

Verdi: Il Corsaro / Ribeiro, Papi, Lungu, Salsi, Benetta, Bonfatti, Villari. Montanaro [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro
Performers: Benetta, Silvia Dalla; Bonfatti, Gregory; Lungu, Irina; Papi, Andrea; Ribeiro, Bruno; Salsi, Luca; Villari, Angelo
Conductors: Montanaro, Carlo
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

As part of the ambitious Tutto Verdi project, the rarely peformed Il corsaro is available on DVD and -for the first time - Blu-Ray. The...continue...
Run Time: 117 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano / Iori, Linares, Theodossiou, Richards. Brott [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
Performers: Iori, Enrico; Lopez, Leonardo; Richards, Andrew; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Brott, Boris
Ensemble: Tiatro Lirico Chorus; Tiatro Lirico Orchestra

As part of the ambitious Tutto Verdi project, the rarely peformed La battaglia di Legnano is available for the first time on DVD and Blu-Ray....continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Verdi: Luisa Miller / Surian, Alvarez, Franci, Siwek, Nucci, Cedolins, Nikolic, Villari [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Franci, Francesca; Nikolic, Katarina; Nucci, Leo; Siwek, Rafal; Surian, Giorgio; Villari, Angelo
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

This tale of love, disguised nobility, murder, and love lost may sound like any other opera to some. But Verdi's Luisa Miller is a gem...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Germ...continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Foster, La Spina, Kwon, Arthur, Lawrencev, Moran, Corcoran, Macfarlane. Opera Australia [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Opera Australia / 2013-02-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Arthur, Jud; Corcoran, David; Foster, Susan; Kwon, Hyeseoung; Lowrencev, Shane; Macfarlane, Graeme; Moran, Andrew; Rasheed, Benjamin; Spina, Rosario La
Conductors: Licata, Andrea
Ensemble: Opera Australia Chorus; Orchestra Victoria

Susan Foster sings the role of the cruel daughter of the Chinese emperor who demands her suitors correctly answer three riddles, on pain of death,...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Itali...continue...

Paul Dukas: Ariane de Barbe-bleue / van Dam, Charbonnet, Bardon, Coma-Alabert, Jimenez, Haller. Deneve [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-02-26

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleue
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Charbonnet, Jeanne-Michele; Coma-Alabert, Gemma; Copons, Elena; Darlev, Dimitar; Jimenez,Beatriz; Martinez, Xavier; Palloni, Pierpaolo; Valldaura, Alba; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Deneve, Stephane
Ensemble: Gran Teatre de Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre de Liceu Orchestra

Ariane et Barbe-blue makes its premiere on Blue Ray. Dukas's opera sees free spirit Ariane become the 6th wife of the infamous Barbe-bleue, who gives...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Itali...continue...

Mozart: La Finta Giardiniera / Schasching, Mei, Strehl, Rey, Nikiteanu. Zurich Opera, Harnoncourt [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K 196
Performers: Mei, Eva; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Rey, Isabel; Schasching, Rudolf; Strehl, Christoph
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera House Chorus; Zurich Opera House Orchestra

Nikolaus Harnoncourt released his first recording of La Finta Giardiniera over a quarter of a century ago. But until this 2006 performance at the Zurich...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Happy Birthday: Celebrating 25 Years of the Johann Strauss Orchestra [Video]

1 Blu-Ray Video / HBDirect Import / 2013-02-19

New Year's Concert 2013 / Franz Welser-Most, Vienna PO (live) [Blu-ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Sony Classical / 2013-02-05

Conductors: Welser-Most, Franz
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Since 1939, the Vienna Philahrmonic's New Year's concert has become a tradition and the world's most famous classical music event. The list of names of...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): 24-bit LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio Surround
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Verdi: Alzira / Francesco Fancini, Thomas Gazheli, Ferdinand von Bothmer, Junko Saito. Gustav Kuhn [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-01-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Alzira
Performers: Bothmer, Ferdinand von; Fancini, Francesco; Gazheli, Thomas; Kuhn, Gustav; Saito, Junko
Conductors: Kuhn, Gustav
Ensemble: Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano et Trento

The Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to all of Verdi's works, including the lesser known gems like Alzira, here presented for the first time on...continue...
Run Time: 115 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

At White Nights - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tsujii / Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-01-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Prelude for piano no 12 in C major, Op. 32/1; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, str...
Performers: Sergeyeva, Tatyana; Tsujii, Nobuyuki; Vorobiev, Dmitri
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra

Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, an astonishing up-and-coming genius on his instrument, here interprets works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Stostakovich. These works glimmer beautifully, offset by...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio Surround
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Verdi: Macbeth / Leo Nucci, Enrico Iori, Sylvie Valayre, Robert Iuliano. Bruno Bartoletti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-01-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Bartoletti, Bruno; Iori, Enrico; Iuliano, Roberto; Nucci, Leo; Valayre, Sylvie
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chrus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

A new release from C Major's ambitious Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to one of Verdi's most underrated operas: his interpretation of the Scottish play....continue...

Verdi: I Masnadieri / Giacomo Presti, Aquiles Machado, Artur Rucinski, Lucrecia Garcia. Nicola Luisotti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2013-01-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I Masnadieri
Performers: Garcia, Lucrecia; Luisotti, Nicola; Machado, Aquiles; Prestia, Giacomo; Rucinski, Artur
Conductors: Luisotti, Nicola
Ensemble: Teatro di San Carlo Chorus; Teatro di San Carlo Orchestra

The Tutto Verdi project introduces audiences to all of Verdi's works including hidden beauties like I masnadieri. In its first production on DVD and Blu-ray,...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Luigi Cherubini: Médée / Nadja Michael, Kurt Streit, Christianne Stotjin, Vincent Le Texier. Christophe Rousset [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-01-29

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts
Performers: Michael, Nadja; Stotijn, Christianne; Streit, Kurt; Texier, Vincent le

Cherubini's faithful version of Euripides' ancient tragedy is one of the most savage and powerful works of the opera repertoire. As a continuation of Gluck's...continue...
Run Time: 138 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Pergolesi: La Salustia / Vittorio Prato, Serena Malfi, Laura Polverelli, Giacinta Nicotra. Corrado Rovaris [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: La Salustia
Performers: Malfi, Serena; Nicotra, Giacinta; Polverelli, Laura; Prato, Vittorio
Conductors: Rovaris, Corrado
Ensemble: Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani

Pergolesi's first opera is filled with emotion and drama -- a story of deceitful plots and knotting mistrust; of two women who struggle for power...continue...
Run Time: 185 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Pergolesi: Il Flaminio / Juan Gatell, Laura Polverelli, Marina De Liso, Serena Malfi. Ottavio Dantone [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Il Flaminio, opera
Performers: Gatell, Francisco; Malfi, Serena; Polverelli, Laura
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

The seeming simplicity of opera buffa can cause companies to take works like Il Flaminio at a cheapened face value. Not so here. This production...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French...continue...