Victoria State Orchestra

Nureyev's Don Quixote / The Australian Ballet [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-03-27

Works: Léon Minkus: Don Quixote, ballet
Performers: Aldous, Lucette; Powell, Ray
Conductors: Lanchberry, John
Ensemble: Victoria State Orchestra

Rudolf Nureyev and Robert Helpmann are thrilling in this Australian Ballet production. Also starring Lucette Aldous, Ray Powell and Francis Croese. Shown in wide screen,...continue...
Run Time: 122 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 5.1
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Seduction - R. Strauss: Songs, etc / Davislim, Young, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings / 2008-12-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (6), Op. 17; Lieder (3), Op. 29; Lieder (5), Op. 32; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (5), Op. 39;...
Performers: Davislim, Steve
Conductors: Young, Simone
Ensemble: Victoria State Orchestra

Twice awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee award, Steve Davislim, Australia's leading young tenor began his musical training as a horn player and studied...continue...

Herold: La Fille Mal Gardee / Tonkin, Mcallister [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-06-24

Works: Ferdinand Herold: La Fille Mal Gardee
Performers: Mcallister, David; Tonkin, Fiona
Conductors: Smith, Noel
Ensemble: Victoria State Orchestra

Set in a peasant village in the French countryside, La Fille Mal Gardee is a delightful tale of the difficult path of young love. Widow...continue...
Run Time: 104 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Country of Origin: USA
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Khachaturian: Spartacus / Pavane, Heathcote [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-06-24

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus
Performers: Heathecote, Steven; Pavane, Lisa
Conductors: Wilkins, Ormsby
Ensemble: Victoria State Orchestra

A powerful and moving work, Spartacus shows episodes from an uprising of slaves in ancient Rome. The dramatic effects of this action are played out...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Country of Origin: Australia
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Verdi: Nabucco / Cillario/Opera Australia, Johathan Summers, Elizabeth Connell [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-05-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Martin, Bruce; Summers, Jonathan
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Victoria State Orchestra

Verdi's Nabucco confronts the monumental themes of religious difference and nationhood that are so apposite today. Nabucco is famous for its deeply moving choruses and...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: USA
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Seduction - Strauss: Songs / Young, Victoria State Orchestra

1 CD / Melba Recordings / 2006-11-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Lieder (6), Op. 17; Lieder (3), Op. 29; Lieder (5), Op. 32; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (5), Op. 39;...
Performers: Davislim, Steve
Conductors: Young, Simone
Ensemble: Victoria State Orchestra

Richard Strauss taught and then married the soprano Pauline de Ahna, whom he had met in 1887. She would join his opera company two years...continue...

Lambert: The Bird Actors Overture, etc / Lanchbery, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: Constant Lambert: The Bird Actors Overture, for orchestra; Pomona, ballet; Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 2 tableaux
Conductors: Lanchbery, John
Ensemble: Victoria State Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The really good news here is the CD début of Romeo and Juliet, one of only two ballet scores that Diaghilev commissioned...continue...