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Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria / Vesselina Kasarova, Dietrich Henschel, Malin Hartelius, Jonas Kaufmann - Zurich Opera, Harnoncourt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Performers: Hartelius, Malin; Henschel, Dietrich; Jankova, Martina; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Rey, Isabel; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Orchestra La Scintilla of the Zurich Opera House

Run Time: 155 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Japanese,...continue...

The Olympic Experience

1 CD / Warner Bros. Import / 2012-06-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Henry ...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Chance, Michael; Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Martini, Louis; Davis, Andrew; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Santi, Nello; Gardiner, John Eliot; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Mehta, Zubin; Mravinsky, Yevgeny; Leppard, Raymond; Harnoncourt,...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Edita Gruberova, soprano: The Teldec Recordings - Mozart, Haydn, Donizetti, Verdi, R. Strauss [4 CD]

4 CD / Teldec / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mia speranza adorata...Ah, non sai qual pena, K 416; Voi avete un cor fedele, K 217; No, che non sei capace, K 419; Ma che vi fece...Sperai vicino il lido, K 368; Misera! dov...
Performers: Agache, Alexandru; Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Holl, Robert; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Tachezi, Herbert
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Bonynge, Richard; Rizzi, Carlo

Edita Gruberová (born December 23, 1946) is one of the most acclaimed coloraturas of recent decades. She is noted for her great tonal clarity, agility,...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...

Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito / Harnoncourt, Schade, Kasarova, Roschmann [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-03-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Garanca, Elina; Kasarova, Vesselina; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Arthaus presents a new way of perceiving La clemenza di Tito with this star-studded production from the 2003 Salzburg Festival. Here conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, renowned...continue...
Run Time: 160 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...

Mozart Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Il re Pastore; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Lucio Silla; Der Schauspie...
Performers: Baur, Markus; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Coburn, Pamela; Fischer, Andreas; Fischer, Thierry; Gassmann, Frank; Gienger, Stefan; Gruberova, Edita; Hampson, Thomas; Holl, Robert; Hollweg, W...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Mozart Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Symphony no 29 in A major, K201; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K467 "Elvira Madigan"; Sonata for Piano in A minor, K310; Quartet for Strings no 20 ...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Engel, Karl; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gruberova, Edita; Holl, Robert; Kam, Sharon; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Margiono, Charlotte; Protschka, Josef; Rodgers, Joan; Vocals], Rachel Ya...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Hager, Leopold; Leppard, Raymond; Faerber, Jörg; Riedel, Kurt

Schumann: Genoveva / Ziesak; Lipovsek; Van der Walt; Widmer; Gilfry; Quasthoff

2 CD / Teldec / 2010-11-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Recording information: Stephaniensaal, Grazer Congress, Graz, Austria (06/27/1996-06/30/1996)....continue...

Haydn: Il Mondo Della Luna / Harnoncourt, Henschel, Richter [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-10-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Il mondo della luna
Performers: Bahrmann, Anja Nina; Beaumont, Maite; Genaux, Vivica; Henschel, Dietrich; Landshamer, Christina; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]; Schafer, Markus
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien

An ideal constellation: 2009 marked Haydn's anniversary year as well as Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday. For this occasion the maestro chose 'Il Mondo della Luna',...continue...
Run Time: 193 min.
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Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French,...continue...

Haydn: Il Mondo Della Luna / Harnoncourt, Henschel, Richter [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2010-10-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Il mondo della luna
Performers: Bahrmann, Anja Nina; Beaumont, Maite; Genaux, Vivica; Henschel, Dietrich; Landshamer, Christina; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]; Schafer, Magdalena
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien

An ideal constellation: 2009 marked Haydn's anniversary year as well as Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday. For this occasion the maestro chose 'Il Mondo della Luna',...continue...
Run Time: 193 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Fren...continue...

Gershwin: Porgy & Bess / Harnoncourt

3 CD / RCA Records / 2010-09-21

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Darden, George; Furthner, Rainer [Percussion]; Hofstatter, Manuel; Pointier, Wolfgang [Banjo]; Rapp, Stefan; Schmidinger, Leonhard
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Recording information: Helmut-List-Halle, Graz, Austria (2009-06-29&2009-07-01&2009-)....continue...

Schumann: Genoveva / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera, Banse, Mathey, Gantner [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-01-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Drole, Ruben; Gantner, Martin; Kallisch, Cornelia; Leigh, Matthew; Mathey, Shawn; Muff, Alfred; Slawinski, Tomasz
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as AHM 101327. On 25th...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Mozart: Entführung Aus Dem Serail / Winska, Szmytka, Harnoncourt [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-11-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Gahmlich, Wilfried; Korn, Artur; Streit, Kurt; Szmytka, Elzbieta; Thate, Hilmar; Winska, Aga
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon celebrates conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday with this DVD release of Mozart's 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail' (The Abduction from the Seraglio). This...continue...
Run Time: 198 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanis...continue...

Opera Exclusive - Mozart at the Salzburg Festival [3 DVD]

6 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; La clemenza di Tito, K 621
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Battle, Kathleen; Berry, Walter; Boesch, Christian; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cotrubas, Ileana; Garanca, Elina; Gruberova, Edita; Kasarova, Vesselina; Marshall, Margaret; Morris, James; ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Muti, Riccardo; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoperchor; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 537 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish...continue...

Mozart: La finta giardiniera / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera Orch., Schasching, Mei, Strehl [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K 196
Performers: Bermudez, Gabriel; Kleiter, Julia; Mei, Eva; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Schasching, Rudolf; Strehl, Christoph
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Offenbach: La Belle Helene / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera, Kasarova, Van der Walt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-04-28

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène
Performers: Chausson, Carlos; Kasarova, Vesselina; Van der Walt, Deon; Vogel, Volker; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Offenbach's light-hearted opera is based on the story of Helen of Troy. 'La Belle Helene' mercilessly satirizes the social mores of the declining Parisian upper...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella / Harnoncourt, Bar, Orgonasova, Muff [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella, D 732
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Hampson, Thomas; Muff, Alfred; Orgonasova, Luba; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

An all-star cast, world-famous choir and orchestra conducted by the renowned Nikolaus Harnoncourt came together in May 1997 to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Franz...continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.0
Subtitles: English, German
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Weber: Der Freischutz / Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera House, Davidson, Groschel, Nielsen [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-01-27

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Clamer, Raphael; Davidson, Cheyne; Groschel, Werner; Hartelius, Malin; Nielsen, Inga; Polgar, Laszlo; Salminen, Matti; Seiffert, Peter; Vogel, Volker
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

A DVD release of Weber's masterpiece Der Freischütz in a production by the legendary director Ruth Berghaus. Chorus and orchestra of the Zurich Opera are...continue...
Run Time: 159 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Netrebko, D'Arcangelo, Harnoncourt/Vienna PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Netrebko, Anna; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schäfer, Christine; Skovhus, Boje
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Harnoncourt mines the score for its deepest emotional resonances. The Vienna Philharmonic is in the pit, and the opera has probably never sounded as magnificent...continue...
Run Time: 228 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
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Schumann: Genoveva / Banse; Muff; Mathey; Harnoncourt/Zurich Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-10-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Drole, Ruben; Gantner, Martin; Kallisch, Cornelia; Leigh, Matthew; Mathey, Shawn; Muff, Alfred; Slawinski, Tomasz
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

On 25th June 1850, Robert Schumann's only opera, 'Genoveva', received its first performance at Leipzig State Theatre. It was a much-awaited event, as Schumann, widely...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: German, English, French, Span...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Dom?s, Cri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Maazel, Lorin; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Christie, William; Barenboim, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Colin; Nagano, Kent; Le...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for...continue...

Mozart Effect 101

6 CD / Warner Classics Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (173dB); Das Veilchen, K 476; Sonata in F major; Divertimento for String Quartet in F major, K 138 (125c); Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling (...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Baumann, Hermann; Berkes, Kalman; Blasi, Angela Maria; Bonney, Barbara; Cachemaille, Gilles; Clevenger, Dale; Cuberli...
Conductors: Conlon, James; Cassuto, Alvaro; ; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Jordan, Armin; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leppard, Raymond; Koopman, Ton; Scholz, Alfred; Barenboim, Daniel; Marriner, Sir Neville; Pitamic, Alexan...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; Salzburg Consort; Schultz Ensemble; Trio Fontenay; Vienna Baroque Ensemble; Vienna Mozart Winds

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (soprano, mezzo soprano); Barbara Bonney, Sumi Jo (soprano); Herbert Lippert (tenor); Thomas Hampson (baritone); Maxim Vengerov , Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Jean-Pierre Ra...continue...

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Harnoncourt, Murray, Yakar, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-02-26

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Gardow, Helrun; Kostlinger, Josef; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Murray, Ann; Scharinger, Anton; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Vocals], Rachel Yakar [Soprano
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus

Artist Portrait - Matti Salminen

1 CD / Teldec / 2007-06-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbi...
Performers: Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Salminen, Matti; Tomlinson, John; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Segerstam, Leif; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Monteverdi-Ensemble Des Opernhauses Zürich; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Mozart Orchestra

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro / Harnoncourt, Vienna PO / Netrebko, Skovhus, D'Arcangelo [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-06-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Netrebko, Anna; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schäfer, Christine; Skovhus, Boje
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Harnoncourt mines the score for its deepest emotional resonances. The Vienna Philharmonic is in the pit, and the opera has probably never sounded as magnificent...continue...
Run Time: 228 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS Stereo Surround,
Country of Origin: USA
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Monteverdi: L'orfeo / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Calabro, Suzanne; Franzen, Hans; Groschel, Werner; Hermann, Roland; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Linos, Glenys; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Turban, Dietlinde
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
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Country ...continue...

Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Minetto, Maria; Oliver, Alexander; Perry, Janet; Salminen, Matti; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Tappy, Eric; Yakar, Rachel
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
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Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese
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Monteverdi: Il Ritorno D'ulisse In Patria / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Hollweg, Werner; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Keller, Peter; Perry, Janet; Schmidt, Trudeliese
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Monteverdi Opera Boxed Set [5 DVD Box Set]

5 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; L'Incoronazione di Poppea; L'Orfeo
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Hollweg, Werner; Huttenlocher, Philippe; Salminen, Matti; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Tappy, Eric; Turban, Dietlinde; Yakar, Rachel
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An operatic legend returns-the celebrated Zurich Monteverdi cycle of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Until the 1970s, Monteverdi had been quietly fated to academia until...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Zaide (Das Serail) / Harnoncourt, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2006-08-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b)
Performers: Boesch, Florian; Damrau, Diana; Schade, Michael; Scharinger, Anton; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus

"Harnoncourt is at his most sensitive, shaping the lyrical numbers affectionately yet without mannerism, and bringing his trademark explosive energy to such fiery zoological arias...continue...

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte / Gruberová, Ziegler, Strats, Harnoncourt/VPO [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-05-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

'Cosi fan tutte' centers on a brotherly wager that tests the loyalty of two couples who had sworn eternal faithfulness. This sophisticated comedy, with extremely...continue...
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Mozart: Mitridate / Hamoncourt/Concentus Musicus Wien [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-04-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a)
Performers: Gjevang, Anne; Kenny, Yvonne; Murray, Ann; Rodgers, Joan; Straka, Peter; Winbergh, Gosta
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus

Written when Mozart was just fourteen, 'Mitridate, Re di Ponte' is an endless flow of beautiful melodies and dramatic recitatives. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, whose insistence on...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte; Don Giovanni; Cecilia Bartoli, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chorus And Orch. Of The

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2005-10-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bartoli, Cecilia; Chausson, Carlos; Gilfrey, Rodney; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Polgar, Laszlo; Rey, Isabel; Sacca, Roberto; Salminen, Matti; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Two lovely Da Ponte operas, Così fan tutte and Don Giovanni, with two of the most accomplished top stars of classical music, Cecilia Bartoli and...continue...
Run Time: 486 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, Frenc...continue...

Beethoven, Mozart, et al: Arias / Hampson, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-07-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Un bacio di mano, K 541; Ich möchte wohl der Kaiser sein, aria for bass & orchestra, K. 539; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figar...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus

Thomas Hampson possesses one of today's most beautiful voices, the result of a combination of vocal and performing powers. When he appears onstage, what matters...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio (Highlights) / Harnoncourt, et al

1 CD / Apex / 2002-09-17

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Leiferkus, Sergei; Margiono, Charlotte; Polgar, Laszlo; Seiffert, Peter; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Mozart: Famous Opera Arias / Bartoli, Gruberova, et al

1 CD / Apex / 2002-07-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Entführung aus ...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Gruberova, Edita; Hampson, Thomas; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Kenny, Yvonne; Lang, Petra; Langridge, Philip; Margiono, Charlotte; Murray...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Concentus Musicus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Mozart: Don Giovanni [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2002-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Gilfry, Rodney; Polgar, Laszlo; Rey, Isabel; Sacca, Roberto; Salminen, Matti
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This production of 'Don Giovanni' at the Zurich Opera House was staged by the highly creative team of conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, dirctor Jurgen Flimm and...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: Italian, French, Eng...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Harnoncourt, Borodina, Gallardo-Domas, et al

3 CD / Teldec / 2001-09-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Borodina, Olga; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hampson, Thomas; La Scola, Vincenzo; Polgar, Laszlo; Pomberger, Josef; Roschmann, Dorothea; Salminen, Matti; Schuh, Hans Peter; Singer, Walter; Streit, Kurt
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Dido & Aeneas / Leppard, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-08-07

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; Fill up the bowl (from "The Fairy Queen), trio for 2 sopranos & bass with chorus, Z. 629/5b; Come all ye songsters of the sky (from "The Fairy Queen"), aria, Z. 629...
Performers: Cavicchioli, Rosina; Dominguez, Oralia; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Esswood, Paul; Gaifa, Carlo; Jordacescu, Dan; Lavani, Carmen; Lensky, Margaret; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Valente, Benita; ...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leppard, Raymond

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2001-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bartoli, Cecilia; Chausson, Carlos; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 275 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: French, English, Japanese
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Great Tenors of the Century - Cura, Seiffert, Alagna, et al

1 CD / Teldec / 2000-03-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; La bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Richard Wagner: Si...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Anders, Peter; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boutet, Benoit; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Cottone, Salvatore; Cura...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Nagano, Kent; Viotti, Marcello; Rizzi, Carlo; Barenboim, Daniel; Buckley, Emerson; Santi, Nello; Pradella, Massimo; Scaglia, Ferruccio; de Fabritiis, Oliviero...

Schumann: Genoveva / Harnoncourt, Ziesak, Lipovsek, et al

2 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1997-09-16

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81
Performers: Gilfrey, Rodney; Ijichi, Hiroyuki; Krenmair, Josef; Lipovsek, Marjana; Quasthoff, Thomas; Van der Walt, Deon; Widmer, Oliver; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Mozart: Il Re Pastore / Harnoncourt, Mei, Nielsen, et al

2 CD / Teldec / 1996-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208
Performers: Mei, Eva; Murray, Ann; Nielsen, Inga; Sacca, Roberto; Schafer, Markus
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Highlights / Harnoncourt, et al

1 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1996-09-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Gruberova, Edita; Keller, Peter; Salminen, Matti; Scharinger, Anton; Schmid, Edith
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Weber: Der Freischütz / Harnoncourt, Holzmair, Moll, et al

2 CD / Teldec / 1996-09-03

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Bellamy, Marcia; Cachemaille, Gilles; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Moll, Kurt; Orgonasova, Luba
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus

"Hard on the heels of Janowski's recording with the Berlin Symphony comes yet another contender in the Freischutz stakes, again with Berlin forces and even...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Harnoncourt, Margiono, Seiffert, et al

2 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1995-10-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Florianschutz, Robert; Leiferkus, Sergei; Macias, Reinaldo; Margiono, Charlotte; Polgár, László; Seiffert, Peter; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Hallelujah! - Famous Händel Choruses / Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1994-09-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Giulio Cesare; Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Theodora; Saul; Jephtha
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien

Queen of Coloratura / Edita Gruberova

1 CD / Teldec / 1994-07-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Lucio Silla, K 135; Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, concert aria, K. 418; Ah, se in ciel, benigne stelle, K 538; Gaet...
Performers: Agache, Alexandru; Ambrosian Singers; Gruberova, Edita; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Bonynge, Richard; Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Concentus Musicus

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Harnoncourt, Murray, Scharinger

1 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1994-06-07

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Gardow, Helrun; Kostlinger, Josef; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Murray, Ann; Scharinger, Anton; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Vocals], Rachel Yakar [Soprano
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Harnoncourt

4 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1993-06-08

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Baker-Genovesi, Margaret; Berberian, Cathy; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Esswood, Paul; Fissore, Enrico; Gaifa, Carlo; Gartner, Jane; Hansmann, Rotraud; Langridge, Phil...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Boys' Choir