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Mozart: The Magic Flute / René Pape, Deon Van Der Walt, Herbert Lippert, Luciana Serra. Vienna PO, Georg Solti [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-12-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Lippert, Herbert; Pape, Rene; Scharinger, Anton; Serra, Luciana; Walt, Deon Van der; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: Solti, Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

A never-before- released performance of Mozart's magical last opera under the baton of Sir Georg Solti.

Filmed at the Salzburg Festival in the Mozart Bicentenary

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Janacek: The Makropulos Affair / Salonen, Denoke, Very, Hoare [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-05-29

Works: Leos Janácek: The Makropulos Case (Vec Makropulos), opera, JW 1/10
Performers: Adamonyte, Jurgita; Briscein, Ales; Denoke, Angela; Hoare, Peter; Reuter, Johan; Very, Raymond
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

C Major Entertainment presents Janacek's The Makropoulos Affair - the opera sensation from the 2011 Salzburg Festival. Esa-Pekka Salonen & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Chine...continue...

Janacek: The Makropulos Affair / Salonen, Denoke, Very, Hoare [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-05-29

Works: Leos Janácek: The Makropulos Case (Vec Makropulos), opera, JW 1/10
Performers: Adamonyte, Jurgita; Briscein, Ales; Denoke, Angela; Hoare, Peter; Reuter, Johan; Very, Raymond
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

C Major Entertainment presents Janacek's The Makropoulos Affair - the opera sensation from the 2011 Salzburg Festival. Esa-Pekka Salonen & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Anna Netrebko sings Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera...
Performers: Aronson, David; Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon presents First Choice, its new flagship mid-price series. The series features top artists - Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herber...continue...
Recording information: Vienna, musikverein, Grosser Saal (03/2003)....continue...

Berg: Wozzeck; Schoenberg: Erwartung / Waechter, Silja, Winkler

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Arnold Schoenberg: Erwartung, Op. 17
Performers: Silja, Anja; Wachter, Eberhard; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

New Year's Concert 2012 / Mariss Jansons, Vienna PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Johann II Strauss and Josef: Vaterländischer Marsch; Johann Strauss II: Rathausball-Tänze, Op. 438; Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War), operetta (RV 509); Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Alb...
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 145 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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New Year's Concert 2012 / Mariss Jansons, Vienna PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Johann II Strauss and Josef: Vaterländischer Marsch; Johann Strauss II: Rathausball-Tänze, Op. 438; Der lustige Krieg (The Merry War), operetta (RV 509); Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Alb...
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 145 min.
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
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Richard Strauss: Salome / Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Riegel, Schwarz, Begley

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene
Performers: Begley, Kim; Olsen, Frode; Paucker, Georg; Stene, Randi
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Artists:
Catherine Malfitano (Salome), Bryn Terfel (Jokanaan), Kenneth Riegel (Herodes), Hanna Schwarz (Herodias), Kim Begley (Narraboth), Randi Stene (Ein Page)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Ch...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria (04/11/1994-04/18/1994)....continue...

Knappertsbusch Conducts Bruckner Symphonies nos 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9; Wagner

6 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-11-08

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105; Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Symphony no 8 in C min...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Cunitz, Maud; Rohr, Otto van
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

A newly restored collection of previously released (and no longer available) Knappertbusch best sellers from the Music and Arts catalog. Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 was...continue...
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The World's Greatest Operas / Carmen, Aida, Tosca, Magic Flute [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bespalovaite, Irena; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Damrau, Diana; Gerhaher, Christian; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Groves, Paul; Grundheber, Franz; Gu...
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony; Chailly, Riccardo; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;...

The World's Greatest Operas is a 6 DVD Deluxe set, containing 4 of the most famous and most performed operas - Aida, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte...continue...

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Complete Opera Plus Bonus Gala Scene / Gueden, Kmentt, Koth, Berry, Waechter

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night, song (for the musical My Fair Lady); E...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary recording of Strauss II's opera, featuring some of the greatest opera stars of the mid-twentieth century. In addition to the opera itself - which...continue...
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Wagner: Lohengrin [Highlights] / Thomas, Grummer, Fischer-Dieskau, Ludwig, Frick

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Grummer, Elisabeth; Ludwig, Christa; Thomas, Jess; Wiener, Otto
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Thomas combines ardour and anguish as well as any. Fischer-Dieskau is a formidable (but never over-emphatic) antagonist, and Gottlob Frick a majestic King Henry
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Recording information: Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria (1962-11-23_1962-11-30&1962-)....continue...

Hans Knappertsbusch: Beethoven & Wagner [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-08-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm; Nilsson, Birgit
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

When conductor Hans Knappertsbusch first met the Vienna Philharmonic he only rehearsed the first part of the program with the musicians. When asked why he...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono, Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish...continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Solti, Domingo, Barstow, Quivar [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Jo, Sumi; Nucci, Leo; Quivar, Florence; Rydl, Kurt; Simic, Goran
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Released on DVD comes another gem from the archives of Austrian Television. Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) tells the story of the assassination...continue...
Run Time: 145 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chin...continue...

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Janet Perry, Kurt Moll

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-07-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Full track lists and synopses n English, German and French.

"Sensuously sung and played"-Gramophone...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...

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini / Gergiev, Fritz, Kovalevska, Naouri [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-04-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23
Performers: Fritz, Burkhard; Kovalevska, Maija; Mas, Xavier; Naouri, Laurent; Petrenko, Mikhail; Plachetka, Adam; Tagliavini, Roberto
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

"A mix of futurism a la Metropolis, fantasy a la Batman and quotes from Piranesi's Carceri, juxtaposed in the form of photo montages, enhanced with......continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Gatti/Vienna PO, Theorin, Meier, Westbroek [DVD]

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

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Gambill, Robert; Meier, Waltraud; Pape, Rene; Theorin, Irene; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Lehnhoff's new production of Elektra ends with a stroke of genius that arrives with a shock." - Financial Times With Strauss' Elektra, the Salzburg Festival...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, Italian, English, Fre...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Gatti/Vienna PO, Theorin, Meier, Westbroek [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-03-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Gambill, Robert; Meier, Waltraud; Pape, Rene; Theorin, Irene; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Lehnhoff's new production of Elektra ends with a stroke of genius that arrives with a shock." - Financial Times With Strauss' Elektra, the Salzburg Festival...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, Italian, Eng...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: The Magic Flute / Levine/Vienna PO, Cotrubas, Gruberova [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Gruberova, Edita; Moser, Edda; Murray, Ann; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

This production of Mozart's Magic Flute received enormous and unanimous approval when it was premiered in Salzburg. Receiving critical acclaim from international press, this production...continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Muti, Marshall, Murray, Araiza [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Battle, Kathleen; Marshall, Margaret; Morris, James; Murray, Ann
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This DVD presents a staging of Cosi fan tutte performed at the Salzburg Festival performed in 1983. Acclaimed by both the general public and international...continue...
Run Time: 188 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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New Year's Day Concert 2011 / Franz Welser-Most/Vienna PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-02-08

Works: Johann Strauss II: Reitermarsch (Riders March), for orchestra, Op. 428 (RV 428); Simplicius; Amazonen-Polka, for orchestra, Op. 9 (RV 9); Debut-Quadrille, for orchestra, Op. 2 (RV 2); Mutig voran!, s...
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
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R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, etc / Previn, Vienna PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-12-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Symphonic Intermezzi (4) for orchestra (from the opera "Intermezzo") (TrV 246a); Capriccio, Op 85; Salome, Op. 54
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Karajan, Schwarzkopf [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Edelmann, Otto; Jurinac, Sena; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Newly restored and digitally remastered from the original 35mm film, the legendary soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf stars in this acclaimed film of Richard Strauss' delightful opera,...continue...
Run Time: 191 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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Mozart: Die Zauberflote fur Kinder / Levine, Murray, Schreier [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-11-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Boesch, Christian; Cotrubas, Ileana; Donat, Zdislawa; Hiestermann, Horst; Mayr, Ingrid; Moser, Edda; Murray, Ann; Rydl, Kurt; Schreier, Peter; Sieber, Gudrun
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The Magic Flute had been the sensation of the season in 1978. It received enormous and unanimous approval, endless applause on the night and brought...continue...
Run Time: 106 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French
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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...

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Pieczonka, Kirchschlager, Persson, Bychkov [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-05-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Batoukova, Elena; Boesch, Florian; Francis, Jeffrey; Grundheber, Franz; Hawlata, Franz; Kaiserfeld, Ingrid; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Persson, Miah; Pieczonka, Adrianne
Conductors: Bychkov, Semyon
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Arthaus presents one of the most talked about productions of recent Salzburg festival years - the 2004 staging of Strauss' 'Der Rosenkavalier'. The musical comedy...continue...
Run Time: 201 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...

Verdi: Otello / Muti, Antonenko, Poplavskaya, Alvarez [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2010-03-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Antonenko, Aleksandrs; Ceron, Antonello; Costello, Stephen; Del Savio, Simone; Di Castri, Barbara; Petrenko, Mikhail; Poplavskaya, Marina; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Salzburg Festival Childrens' Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

This live production from the 2008 Salzburg Festival features young singers Marina Poplavskaya and Stephen Costello and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of...continue...
Run Time: 163 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...

Verdi: Otello / Muti, Antonenko, Poplavskaya, Alvarez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-03-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Antonenko, Aleksandrs; Ceron, Antonello; Costello, Stephen; Del Savio, Simone; Di Castri, Barbara; Petrenko, Mikhail; Poplavskaya, Marina; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

This live production from the 2008 Salzburg Festival features young singers Marina Poplavskaya and Stephen Costello and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of...continue...
Run Time: 163 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Span...continue...

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini / Gergiev/Vienna PO, Fritz, Kovalevska [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23
Performers: Fritz, Burkhard; Kovalevska, Maija; Mas, Xavier; Naouri, Laurent; Petrenko, Mikhail; Plachetka, Adam; Tagliavini, Roberto
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

‘A mix of futurism a la Metropolis, fantasy a la Batman and quotes from Piranesi's Carceri, juxtaposed in the form of photo montages, enhanced withrobots,...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 19:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Surround 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, Fren...continue...

Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Bickenbach, Christfried; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

Puccini Rediscovered

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Edgar, opera; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; Adagetto in F major, for small orchestra; Suor Angelica
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Nigro, Alfredo; Secco, Stefano; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Veronesi, Alberto
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Puccini's music has moved generations of music lovers. His arias contain the essence of Italian romantic opera: passion, love, and anguish. These forgotten arias, handpicked...continue...

Jose Carreras - Misa Criolla & Other Works, Wagner, Berlioz / Abbado [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-08-25

Works: Ariel Ramirez: Misa Criolla; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Hector Berlioz: Te Deum, Op. 22
Performers: Bavaj, Lorenzo; Carreras, Jose; Haselbock, Martin
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chorus; Tölz Boys Choir ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Ariel Ramirez's 'Misa Criolla', which combines South American folk music and classical music, Berlioz's 'Te Deum' and the overture to Wagner's 'Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg'...continue...
Run Time: 108 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Bohm/VPO, Wixell, Watson, Grist, Berry [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-08-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Aselford, Deirdre; Bence, Margarethe; Berry, Walter; Grist, Reri; Hirte, Klaus; Kelemen, Zoltan; Mathis, Edith; Pfeifle, Alfred; Thaw, David; Watson, Claire; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

No other work written for the music theatre has been performed at the Salzburg Festival as often as 'Le Nozze di Figaro'. These performances in...continue...
Run Time: 180 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chines...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Joseph Gostic, Dusan Georgevic

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-07-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; ...
Performers: Georgevic, Dusan; Gostic, Josef
Conductors: Sachs, Milan; Krauss, Clemens; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Croatian Opera Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The leading tenor at the Zagreb Opera from 1937 throughout his career, Josef Gostic became one of the leading dramatic tenors in 1950 with the...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Chailly/VPO, Murray, Araiza, Quilico [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-06-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Berry, Walter; Denning, Angela; Evangelatos, Daphne; Murray, Ann; Quilico, Gino; Schone, Wolfgang
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

This witty production of the classic Cinderella fairy tale, 'La Cenerentola', by Gioacchino Rossini, is performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus at the...continue...
Run Time: 171 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish
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Verdi: La Traviata / Rizzi/Vienna PO, Netrebko, Villazon, Hampson [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-05-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cordella, Salvatore; Gay, Paul; Hampson, Thomas; Netrebko, Anna; Pilcher, Diane; Schneiderman, Helene; Villazon, Rolando; Wallen, Herman
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as DGG B000692209. The infamous and...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...

André Previn - A Celebration

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-04-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges, opera-ballet in 2 parts; Ma mère l'oye; André Previn: Double Concerto for violin, contrabass & orchestra; Concerto for piano & orchestra; C...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bartolomey, Franz; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Eder, Gotthard; Federsel, Gunter; Fleming, Renee; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Gabriel, Martin; Johnson, David; Lascarro, Jua...
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

DG proudly celebrates Andre Previn's 80th birthday with this deluxe, 6-CD box set featuring him as conductor, composer and performer. Previn selected his favorite recordings...continue...

Heritage Masters - Mozart: Don Giovanni / Krips, Siepi, Dermota, Corena, Danco

3 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Danco, Suzanne; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Krips, Josef
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
A 1955 classic that still captivates thanks to Krips's darkly dramatic atmosphere and a ripe Viennese cast headed by Siepi's richly Italianate seducer,...continue...

R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Kleiber, Reining, Gueden, Jurinac, Weber, Poell, Dermota, et al

3 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Berry, Walter; Daucha, Wolf; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter; Poell, Alfred; Reining, Maria; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Heritage Masters - Wagner: Das Rheingold / Solti, Flagstad, London, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Balsborg, Oda; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kreppel, Walter; Kuen, Paul; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Madeira, Jean; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone ...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

New Year's Concert 2009 / Daniel Barenboim, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

2 CD / Decca / 2009-02-10

Works: Johann Strauss II: Eine Nacht in Venedig; Märchen aus dem Orient (Tales from the Orient), waltz for orchestra, Op. 444 (RV 444; Annen-Polka, Op. 117; Schnellpost-Polka, Op. 159; Rosen aus dem S&...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The ever popular New Year's Concert from Vienna returns in another sparkling performance, broadcast live to over 50 countries! Daniel Barenboim makes his New Year's...continue...
Daniel Barenboim led his first New Year's Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic in 2009, thus becoming the 14th maestro in this series' 69th year. This illustrious orchestra maintains a tradition of pl...continue...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Rare Recordings 1946-1954 - Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Charpentier, Puccini

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-02-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni, K 527; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; ...
Performers: Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The present CD features a series of rare recordings made by the German singer between 1946 and 1954. Some of them portray her in roles...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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Renée Fleming - Signature Roles at the Met Opera - R. Strauss: Four Last Songs [Deluxe Edition]

2 CD / Decca / 2008-09-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75; Capriccio, O...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Diadkova, Larissa; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian; Solti, Sir Georg; Abel, Yves; Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Ultimate Strauss Family - Waltzes, Marches and Polkas / Boskovsky, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Cagliostro in Wien; Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335; Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Carnevals-Botschafter, ...
Conductors: Boskovsky, Willi
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra