De Billy, Bertrand

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2; Brahms: Rinaldo, cantata / Johan Botha. Bertrand de Billy

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Johannes Brahms: Rinaldo, cantata for tenor, male chorus & orchestra, Op. 50
Performers: Botha, Johan
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: ; Vienna State Opera Chorus

This recording includes a rare performance of Brahms' cantata Rinaldo, recorded live at the Salzburg Summer Riding School 2007. South African born Johan Botha sings...continue...
Recording information: Felsenreitschule, Salzburg (06/28/2010-07/02/2010); Groáer Sendesaal, ORF, Vienna (06/28/2010-07/02/2010); Felsenreitschule, Salzburg (08/09/2007); Groáer Sendesaa...continue...

Massenet: Cendrillon / de Billy, DiDonato, Gutierrez, Coote, Podles [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Jules Massenet: Cendrillon
Performers: Coote, Alice; DiDonato, Joyce; Gutierrez, Eglis; Lafont, Jean-Philippe; Podles, Ewa
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus

With Joyce DiDonato as Cinderella capturing all hearts – not just Prince Charming’s – Massenet’s enchanting, sophisticated retelling of the classic fairytale makes its debut...continue...
Run Time: 165 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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Poulenc: Dialogues de Carmélites / Matthews, Polaski, Brunner, Breedt

2 CD / Oehms / 2012-02-28

Works: Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites, opera, FP 159
Performers: Arman, Erik; Beuron, Yann; Breedt, Michelle; Brunner, Heidi; Hofmann, Magdalena Anna; Koninger, Dominik; LaFont, Jean-Philippe; Marinkovic, Nenad; Matthews, Sally; Polaski, Deborah; Ratzenbock, Chris...
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Poulenc's opera premiered at the Milan Scala on January 26, 1957 (in Italian). The work is currently experiencing a renaissance in the most important opera...continue...
Recording information: Theater an der Wien (01/2008/04/2011)....continue...

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia / de Billy, Gruberova, Breslik, Vassallo, Coote [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-01-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Performers: Breslik, Pavol; Coote, Alice; Gruberova, Edita; Vassallo, Franco
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

A scandalous tale of murder, torture, incest, homosexuality, drunkenness and orgies, Donizetti's opera is one of the great masterpieces of Italian bel canto repertoire. This...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, ...continue...

Dukas: Ariane Et Barbe-bleue / De Billy, Youn, Henschel, Polaski, Arman

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, opera
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir

"Above all: simply don't obey", Ariane's words here could also double as the motto of composer Pual Dukas' opera inspired by the original french fairy...continue...
Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus (05/05/2006)....continue...

Glinka: Ivan Susanin, opera / Marinov, Ghiuselev, Stoyanova, Doikov

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Sofia National Opera Orchestra Chorus

Considered the father of Russian classical music, Mikhail Glinka's opera, Ivan Susanin, was the first of his two great operas. Set in 1612, Ivan Susanin...continue...

Kontinent Varèse

1 CD / Col Legno / 2011-07-12

Works: Edgard Varèse: Ionisation; Offrandes, for soprano & chamber orchestra; Hyperprism; Intégrales, for 11 winds & 4 percussionists; Ecuatorial, for bass, chorus, brass, piano, organ, 2 ondes ma...
Performers: Bloch, Thomas; Grubinger, Martin; Moffat, Julie; Rundberg, Per; Tchamkerten, Jacques
Conductors: Grubinger, Martin; Roth, François-Xavier; De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: ; Percussive Planet Ensemble

Recording information: Salzburger Festspiele (2009)....continue...

Mozart: Da Ponte Operas / Harnoncourt, de Billy, Fischer [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-06-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Boesch, Florian; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Dasch, Annette; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Lehtipuu, Topi; Leonard, Isabel; Maltman, Christopher; Netrebko, Anna; Persson, Miah; Polenzani, Matthew; Röschma...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Fischer, Adám; De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Available for the first time in one 6 DVD Box Set, Claus Guth's staging of the Mozart-Da Ponte Opera Trilogy: Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni,...continue...
Run Time: 570 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Beethoven: Egmont Incidental Music / Bertrand De Billy

1 CD / Oehms / 2011-05-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: RadioKulturhaus, ORF Funkhaus, Vienna (08/27/2007-08/28/2007)....continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 / Bertrand De Billy

1 CD / Oehms / 2011-03-29

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Botha, Johan; Daniel, Boaz; Heever, Elza van den; Marin, Elisabeta; Merbeth, Ricarda; Youn, Kwangchul
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

"This CD is a live recording of a concert on March 27, 2010 that was performed in the Vienna Konzerthaus. It is particularly attractive due...continue...
Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus, Groáer Saal (03/27/2010)....continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos / de Billy/Vienna State Opera, Miles, Vargas [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-01-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Dumitrescu, Dan Paul; Kobel, Benedikt; Michael, Nadja; Miles, Alastair; Salje, Cornelia; Skovhus, Boje; Tamar, Iano; Vargas, Ramon; Yang, Simon
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arthaus presents the world première of the unabridged version of Don Carlos at the Vienna State Opera, in a staging by the worldrenowned German director...continue...
Run Time: 247 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio (1805 Version) / De Billy

2 CD / Oehms / 2010-11-16

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

"All of the soloists are well above average in quality. Conductor Bertrand de Billy gives a flawless performance that is well recorded...The notes are good....continue...
Recording information: Theater an der Wien (08/2005)....continue...

Ioan Holender Farewell Concert / Netrebko, Domingo, Quasthoff [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Falstaff...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Bonfadelli, Stefania; Botha, Johan; Coelho, Elaine; Constantinescu, Roxana; Damrau, Diana; Daniel, Boaz; Denoke, Angela; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, Placido; Eröd, Adrian; Frittoli...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Pappano, Anthony; De Billy, Bertrand; Welser-Möst, Franz; Luisi, Fabio; Schneider, Peter; Armiliato, Marco; ; Domingo, Placido; Young, Simone; Calvo, Guillermo Garcia; Lang, Thomas
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

A star-studded benefit concert to celebrate Ioan Holender's farewell after 19 years as the director of one of the world's leading and most famous opera...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / De Billy/VPO, Maltman, Kotscherga [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2010-09-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Dasch, Annette; Esposito, Alex; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Maltman, Christopher; Polenzani, Matthew; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schrott, Erwin; Siurina, Ekaterina
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

In the dense forest planted on the stage of the Haus fur Mozart by director Claus Guth is the home of the rugged macho Don...continue...
Run Time: 177 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Germa...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / De Billy/Vienna PO, Maltman, Kotscherga, Dasch, Polenzani [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-08-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Dasch, Annette; Esposito, Alex; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Maltman, Christopher; Polenzani, Matthew; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schrott, Erwin; Siurina, Ekaterina
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

In the dense forest planted on the stage of the Haus fur Mozart by director Claus Guth is the home of the rugged macho Don...continue...
Run Time: 177 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Gounod: Faust

3 CD / Orfeo / 2010-06-22

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Gramophone Magazine
Beczala is in magnificent voice, even and resonant in tone, with exciting high notes...Isokoski, sounding amazingly youthful, is everywhere a delight. I liked, too,...continue...
Recording information: Staatsoper, Wien (09/05/2009)....continue...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony Nos. 7 & 8

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2010-02-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Recording information: Studio 6, ORF Funkhaus, Vienna....continue...

Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande / De Billy, Dessay, Degout, Naouri [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Degout, Stephane; Dessay, Natalie; Ens, Phillip; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Mirfin, Timothy; Naouri, Laurent
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

"There's more to life than top notes," Natalie Dessay has said. She has, of course, made her reputation with the florid, stratospheric heroines of Romantic...continue...
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Puccini: La Boheme (the Film) / Netrebko, Villazon, De Billy, Dornhelm [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-12-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Cabell, Nicole; Daniel, Boaz; Degout, Stephane; Kowaljow, Vitalij; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Blu-Ray, Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera in a high budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, stars opera's 'Golden Couple,' Rolando Villazón and...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme (the Film) / Netrebko, Villazon, De Billy, Dornhelm [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-12-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Cabell, Nicole; Daniel, Boaz; Degout, Stephane; Kowaljow, Vitalij; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera in a high budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, stars opera's 'Golden Couple,' Rolando Villazón and Anna...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
...continue...

La Boheme / Puccini,Netrebko,Villazon, De Billy

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-11-23

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bracci, Tiziano; Cabell, Nicole; Daniel, Boaz; Degout, Stephane; Kowaljow, Vitalij; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

This recording is the original soundtrack to one of the first opera movies created especially for a theatrical screening. 'La Boheme: The Highlights' of the...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany (04/2007)....continue...

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia / De Billy / Bavarian State Opera / Gruberova, Vassalo, Breslik [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-11-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Performers: Alexejev, Valeri; Burchuladze, Paata; Daszak, John; Jungwirth, Helena; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Nylund, Camilla; Ress, Ulrich; Soffel, Doris; Vogt, Klaus Florian
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsorchester

"Once again Loy has created the happiest of marriages between a role and its interpreter, and Edita Gruberova faces up to the manifold demands of...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Hommage à Haydn / Xavier de Maistre

1 CD / RCA Records / 2009-09-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Keyboard in G major, H 18 no 4; Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 11; Variations (6) for Piano in C major, H 17 no 5; Adagio for Keyboard in F major, H 17 no ...
Performers: De Maistre, Xavier
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

To mark the 200th anniversary of Franz Josef Haydn's death, Xavier de Maistre, virtuoso and harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, sought to commemorate the...continue...

Dvorák: Symphony no 9 Op 95; Suk: Pohádka Op 16 / Billy, Vienna Radio SO, et al

1 CD / Oehms / 2009-07-28

Works: Josef Suk: Fairy tale, Op. 16; Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Performers: McCrann, Maighread
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walkure / de Billy/Gran Teatre del Liceu, Berkeley-Steele [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-06-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Braun, Lioba; Halfvarson, Eric; Polaski, Deborah; Struckmann, Falk; Watson, Linda
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

In the second work of Wagner’s epic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wotan faces the consequences of his actions, begun in Das Rheingold, while his...continue...
Run Time: 248 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / de Billy/Gran Teatre del Liceu, Treleaven, Polaski [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-06-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Bonig, Andrea; Clark, Graham; Halfvarson, Eric; Obregon, Cristina; Polaski, Deborah; Struckmann, Falk; Treleaven, John; von Kannen, Gunter
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

In the third work of Wagner’s epic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegmund’s shattered sword is forged once again and kills the dragon that guards...continue...
Run Time: 258 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / de Billy/Gran Teatre del Liceu [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-06-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Beaumont, Francisca; Juon, Julia; Matos, Elisabete; Obregon, Cristina; Overmann, Leandra; Polaski, Deborah; Rodriguez, Maria; Salminen, Matti; Struckmann, Falk; Treleaven, John; von Kannen, Gunter
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

In the final part of Wagner’s epic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegfried’s world descends into falsehood and betrayal before his cursed life is ended...continue...
Run Time: 275 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / de Billy/Gran Teatre del Liceu [11 DVD]

11 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-06-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Beaumont, Francisca; Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Bonig, Andrea; Braun, Lioba; Clark, Graham; Halfvarson, Eric; Juon, Julia; Matos, Elisabete; Obregon, Cristina; Overmann, Leandra; Polaski, Deborah; Rod...
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

This production of 'The Ring of Nibelung' is based on the new 'Complete Edition' of the works of Richard Wagner. Performed at Barcelona's beautiful Gran...continue...
Run Time: 939 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / de Billy/Gran Teatre del Liceu, Struckmann [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-06-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Braun, Lioba; Clark, Graham; Struckmann, Falk; von Kannen, Gunter; Youn, Kwangchul
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

In the prologue to Wagner’s giant masterpiece, Der Ring des Nibelungen, the beginnings of an epic journey unfold when Alberich seizes the ring of gold,...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Berio: Orchestral Works / Brabbins, De Billy, Asbury, GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, et al

1 CD / Col Legno / 2009-02-10

Works: Luciano Berio: Chemins no 1 for Harp and Orchestra; Chemins no 2b for Small Orchestra; Concerto for 2 Pianos; Formazioni
Performers: Grau, Andreas; Schumacher, Gotz; Verkholanzeva, Anna
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; De Billy, Bertrand; Asbury, Stefan
Ensemble: ; GrauSchumacher Piano Duo; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Don Giovanni / de Billy, Gens, Drabowicz, Youn, Schorg [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-01-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Drabowicz, Wojciech; Gens, Veronique; Kocherga, Anatoly; Reijans, Marcel; Schorg, Regina; Youn, Kwangchul
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

Calixto's Bieto's famously controversial 2002 production of Mozart's great opera sets the action in the late twentieth century and brings to life an ancient story...continue...
Run Time: 156 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish...continue...

The Essential Mozart / de Billy, Shaham, Barenboim [5 DVD]

5 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-11-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"; Divertimento for 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns and Strings no 1 in E flat majo...
Performers: Bankl, Wolfgang; Bruera, Daniela; Gura, Werner; Kam, Sharon; Kammerloher, Katharina; Kerschbaum, Dietmar; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Piau, Sandrine; Roschmann, Dorothea; Shaham, Gil; Shaham, Orli; Trek...
Conductors: Honeck, Manfred; Haenchen, Hartmut; De Billy, Bertrand; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Chorus; Chorus Viennensis; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach; Kammerorchester Carle Philipp Emanuel Bach; Kammerorchestrer Carl Philipp Emanue...

Just in time for Christmas, MediciArts offers a DVD box full of the most sparkling of Mozart’s compositions. Performed by instrumentalists, orchestras, conductors and singers...continue...
Run Time: 545 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Kühr, Resch, Zykan: Violin Concertos / Kopatchinskaja, Asbury, Kalitzke, De Billy, Vienna Radio SO

1 CD / Col Legno / 2008-08-12

Works: Gerd Kühr: Movimenti for Violin and Orchestra; Gerald Resch: Schlieren; Otto M. Zykan: Da drunten im Tale, concerto for violin & orchestra
Performers: Kopatchinskaya, Patricia
Conductors: Asbury, Stefan; Kalitzke, Johannes; De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: ; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Three Austrian composers representing three generations have dedicated their concerts for violin to Kopatchinskaja, presented on this CD by the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna....continue...

Puccini: La Bohème / De Billy, Netrebko, Villazón, Cabell, Daniel, Degout, Kowaljow, Bavarian Radio SO

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-06-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bracci, Tiziano; Cabell, Nicole; Connors, Kevin; Daniel, Boaz; Degout, Stéphane; Haußler, Gerald; Kowaljow, Vitalij; Nahmer, Nicolas von der; Netrebko, Anna; Villazón, Rolando
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

"Both voices are dramatic, thick and colourful... [Netrebko's] is quite an instrument, built for soaring atop luscious Puccinian orchestrations which it does here with ease,...continue...

Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleue / Billy, Polaski, Henschel, Vienna Radio SO

2 CD / Oehms / 2008-05-27

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, opera
Performers: Arman, Erik; Bernsteiner, Nina; Donose, Ruxandra; Grigorian, Stella; Henschel, Jane; Jerkunica, Ante; Polaski, Deborah; Raab, Markus; Tonca, Ileana; Youn, Kwangchul
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus (05/05/2006)....continue...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - The Duet Scenes / Polaski, Botha, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2008-03-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Botha, Johan; Brunner, Heidi; Polaski, Deborah; Strumazotti, Eros; Ziegler, Jerry S.
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Gershwin: An American in Paris, etc; Ravel / Rogé, Billy, Vienna RSO

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2008-03-25

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano left hand
Performers: Roge, Pascal
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Beethoven: Symphony no 3, etc / De Billy, RSO Wien

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2007-05-29

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Roberto Alagna - Viva l'Opera!

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Macbeth; Aida, opera; Otello; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Friedrich ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barrard, Marc; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Foster, Lucy; Fyfe, Elizabeth; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keenlyside, Simon; Manfrino, Nathalie; Mariotti, Alfredo; Moore, Darren; Price, John; Ragona...
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Pidò, Evelino; Elder, Mark; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Guidarini, Marco

This is a great collection of Roberto Alagna singing opera's greatest hits. CD 1 features Italian arias and songs. CD 2 features French arias and...continue...

Wagner: Ring des Nibelungen / Polaski, Salminen, Struckmann, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona [11 DVD]

11 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-11-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Halfvarson, Eric; Polaski, Deborah; Salminen, Matti; Struckmann, Falk; Treleaven, John
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

Opus Arte presents Harry Kupfer's stunning production of Wagner's colossal masterpiece 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona as a complete...continue...
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Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Roberto Alagna - Berlioz: Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Huit Scénes de Faust, for solo voices, chorus, orchestr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Cohen, Jeffrey [Piano/Choir Director]; Dyball, Jeffrey; Gheorghiu, Angela; Zvellenreuther, Jean-Marc
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Gramophone wrote of this album of Berlioz arias: "Algana, always at his best singing in French, is here at his most appealing in solos commonly...continue...

French Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: François Bazin: Maître Pathelin; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Luigi Cherubini: Les abencérages; Charles Gounod: Mireille; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L' Amant jaloux (Les Fausses...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ellis, James; Foster, Lucy; Fyfe, Elizabeth
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Gramophone wrote of this album of French Opera Arias: "A fine recital by Alagna which finds him in good voice and exploiting a sensitive feeling...continue...
This disc received the 2001 Gramophone magazine award for "Best Recital Recording."...continue...

Mozart Celebration / Wiener Singerknaben / Vienna Boys' Choir; Sandrine Piau (Soprano) [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-05-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C major, K 317 "Coronation"; Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna Boys Choir; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Wiener Sangerknaben (Vienna Boys' Choir) is joined by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bertrand de Billy in 'A Mozart Celebration.'...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Lat...continue...

Berlioz: Requiem, etc / Billy, Vienna Radio SO, et al

2 CD / Oehms / 2005-09-27

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); La Mort de Cléopâtre, for soprano & orchestra, H.36; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique...
Performers: Sabbatini, Giuseppe; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Wagner: Gotterdamerung / Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-08-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Beaumont, Francisca; Juon, Julia; Matos, Elisabete; Obregon, Cristina; Overmann, Leandra; Polaski, Deborah; Rodriguez, Maria Antonia; Salminen, Matti; Struckmann, Falk; Treleaven, John; von Kannen, G...
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

In the final part of Wagner's epic cycle, 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', Siegfried's world descends into falsehood and betrayal before his cursed life is ended...continue...
Run Time: 284 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / Symphony Orchestra Of The Gran Teatre Del Liceu [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-06-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Clark, Graham; Halfvarson, Eric; Polaski, Deborah; Struckmann, Falk; Treleaven, John
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceo Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceo Orchestra

In the third work of Wagner's epic 'Ring' cycle, Siegmund's shattered sword is forged once again and kills the dragon that guards the ring. When...continue...
Run Time: 256 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos

4 CD / Orfeo / 2005-05-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Dumitrescu, Dan Paul; Ifrim, Cosmin; Kobel, Benedikt; Los, Inna; Michael, Nadja; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Salje, Cornelia; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Tamar, Iano; Vargas, Ramón [Tenor...
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Highlights) [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2005-02-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Brunner, Heidi; Polaski, Deborah
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand