Blu-Ray Video

Richard Strauss: Arabella / Emily Magee, Genia Kuhmeier, Michael Schade. Vienna State Opera Orch. & Chorus. Franz Welser-Most [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Electric Pictures Company / 2012-10-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Kuhmeier, Genia; Magee, Emily; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Welser-Most, Franz
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arabella is the last collaboration between Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It charts the twists and turns of sisters Arabella and Zdenka in finding true...continue...
Run Time: 153 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...

Verdi: I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata / Roberto de Biasio, Michele Pertusi, Cristina Giannelli, Dimitra Theodossiou. Daniele Callegari - Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi
Performers: Callegari, Daniele; de Biasio, Roberto; Giannelli, Cristina; Meli, Francesco; Pertusi, Michele; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

The foremost voices in Verdi interpretation today have gathered in the historic Teatro Regio di Parma to present I Lombardi, for the uninitiated a hidden...continue...
Run Time: 154 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, ...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Daniela Dessi, Fabio Armiliato, Claudio Aqura. Orch. & Chorus of the Teatro Carlo Felice - Marco Boemi [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Boemi, Marco
Ensemble: Teatro Carlo Felice Chorus; Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Ludovic Tézier, Barbara Frittoli, Ekaterina Siurina, Luca Pisaroni, Philippe Jordan. Paris Nat'l Opera Orch. & Chorus - Giorgio Strehler [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-10-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Deshayes, Karine; Frittoli, Barbara; Jordan, Philippe; Pisaroni, Luca; Siurina, Ekaterina; Strehler, Giorgio; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Strehler, Giorgio
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Filmed at the Paris Opera with a cast including the great Mozart figures of our time, Giorgio Strehler's legendary production is made available for the...continue...
Run Time: 138 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Sp...continue...

The Reichsorchester - A documentary on the Berlin Philharmonic and the Third Reich [DVD]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-10-30

Conductors:
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The Berlin Philharmonic chose to mark their 125th anniversary year by highlighting a previously unknown chapter in its history - the years from 1933 to...continue...
Run Time: 100 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Italian
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Verdi: Ernani / Marco Berti, Carlo Guelfi, Giacomo Prestia, Susan Neves. Antonello Allemandi - Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Berti, Marco; Guelfi, Carlo; Neves, Susan; Prestia, Giacomo; Zanini, Nicoletta
Conductors: Allemandi, Antonello
Ensemble: Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma; Orchestra Del Teatro Regio Di Parma; Teatro Regio Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Part of the 200th anniversary series "Tutto Verdi," this admirable Ernani starring the likes of Marco Berti and Carlo Guelfi will become the first recording...continue...
Run Time: 139 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, Spanish, Fre...continue...

Verdi: I Due Foscari / Nucci; Biasio; Serjan; Tagliavini; Bonfatti; Polidori. Donato Renzetti - Orchestra e Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari
Performers: Bonfatti, Gregory; de Biasio, Roberto; Nucci, Leo; Polidori, Marcella; Serjan, Tatiana
Conductors: Renzetti, Donata
Ensemble: Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma; Orchestra Del Teatro Regio Di Parma

Available for the first time on Blu-ray, the lesser known Verdi opera I due Foscari is ready for appreciation by a new generation. A great...continue...
Run Time: 125 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...

Daniel Barenboim plays Beethoven - the Complete Piano Sonatas [3 Blu-Ray]

3 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano, complete
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel

In 1983-84 pianist Daniel Barenboim took on Beethoven's complete Piano Sonatas, some of the most versatile and challenging works for a pianist. Composed across the...continue...
Run Time: 724 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, Japanese
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Beethoven: "Triple" Concerto; Symphony no 6 / Navah Perlman; Zuill Bailey, Giora Schmidt. Itzhak Perlman - Israel PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto"; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Performers: Bailey, Zuill; Perlman, Navah; Schmidt, Giora
Conductors: Perlman, Itzhak
Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is a cultural ambassador for Israel and is regarded as one of the top orchestras in the world. Recorded in the...continue...
Run Time: 90 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Jerusalem, Kang, Von Kannen, Evans, Clark, Tomlinson, Holle, et al / Barenboim, Bayreuth Festival [3 Blu-Ray]

4 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty / Bolshoi Ballet - Svetlana Zakharova, David Hallberg, Maria Allash, Nina Kaptsova [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-10-30

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Performers: Allash, Maria; Grigorovich, Yuri; Hallberg, David; Kaptsova, Nina; Ovcharenko, Artem; Zakharova, Svetlana
Conductors: Sinaisky, Vassily
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Run Time: 138 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Marco Jentzsch, Anna Gabler, Michaela Selinger, Topi Lehtipuu; Alastair Milnes. Vladimir Jurowski, London PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-10-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Gabler, Anna; Jentzsch, Marco; Lehtipuu, Topi; Miles, Alastair; Selinger, Michaela
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

David McVicar's production of Die Meistersinger is updated to the early-19th century of Wagner's childhood. At the center of the cast is Gerald Finley, an...continue...
Run Time: 300 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...

Highlights from the "Tutto Verdi" series of complete Verdi opera from C Major Video including Oberto, Rigoletto, Falstaff, Aida, Macbeth, Ernani, Luisa Miller, Il Trovaator and many more [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Callegari, Daniele; Renzetti, Donata; Allemandi, Antonello
Ensemble: Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma; Orchestra Del Teatro Regio Di Parma

From the innovative and gorgeous "Tutto Verdi" project comes a chance to catch all the high points! The "Tutto Verdi" highlights DVD and Blu-ray discs...continue...
Run Time: 94 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English
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Mahler: Symphony no 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" / Gustavo Dudamel - Los Angeles PO; SBSOV [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-02

Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic

This could well be the most ambitious recording of any Mahler symphony - ever!

A once-in-a-generation classical event and an unforgettable night for the city

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Dances & Dreams - works by Dvorak, Grieg, Ravel, R. Strauss, Stravinsky, Brahms / Evgeny Kissin, piano; Simon Rattle, Berlin PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Op. 46; Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for orchestra, B. 147 (Op. 72); Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dance, Op. 64; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni
Conductors: Rattle, Simon
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

In 2011 the Berlin Philharmonic and musical director Sir Simon Rattle welcomed the New Year with a gala concert of dances and dreams. Spine-tingling performances...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Country of Origin: Austria
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Wagner: The Ring Without Words - A synthesis of orchestral music from the "Ring" / Lorin Maazel, Berlin Philharmonic [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

A unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring cycle, arranged in a free-flowing and chronological cycle by world-famous conductor Lorin Maazel. Comprised of the...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio Surround
Country of Origin: Austria
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J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Christina Landshamer, Stefan Kahle, Wolfram Lattke, Martin Lattke, Klaus Mertens. St. Thomas Boys Choir [Blu_Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Accentus / 2012-09-25

Conductors: Biller, Georg Christoph
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; St. Thomas Boys Choir

The renowned St. Thomas Boys' Choir of Leipzig, which boasts J.S. Bach as a former cantor, celebrates its 800th anniversary with an extraordinary interpretation of...continue...

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gelsey Kirkland, American Ballet Theatre [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-09-25

St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig "Die Thomaner". A Year in the Life of the St. Thomas Boys Choir" [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Accentus / 2012-09-25

Conductors:
Ensemble: St. Thomas Boys Choir

Founded in 1212, the St. Thomas Choir Leipzig is one of the most famous and prestigious boys' choirs in the world. This documentary, upon the...continue...

Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii - Live at Carnegie Hall / Mussorgsky: Pictures; Beethoven: Sonata no 17; Chopin, Musto, Liszt et al. [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: John Musto: Improvisation & Fugue, for piano; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Franz Liszt: Un sospiro, for piano in D flat major (Grande études...
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

Following on the heels of his 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition win in 2009, Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii experienced a dream come true as...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Country of Origin: Austria
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Verdi: Oberto / Mariana Pentcheva, Fabio Sartori, Giovanni Battista Parodi, Francesca Sassu. Antonello Allemandi, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto
Performers: Parodi, Giovanni Battista; Pentcheva, Mariana; Sartori, Fabio; Sassu, Francesca

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: A,B,C
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Guido Lonconsolo, Andrea Porta, Ann Caterina Antonacci, Allessandra Marianelli, Ivan Magri. Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao)
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bordogna, Paolo; Loconsolo, Guido; Magri, Ivan; Marianelli, Alessandra; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Leo Nuci, Elena Mosuc, Piotr Beczala, Lazlo Polgar. Nello Santi, Zurich Opera Orch. & Chorus (Special price, includes Blu-Ray catalog) [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

An exhilarating live recording from the Opernhaus Zurich stars acclaimed baritone Leo Nucci as the namesake of the opera, alongside the inimitable Elena Mosuc as...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Verdi: Nabucco / Leo Nucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Giorgio Surian, Dimitra Theodossiou, Anna Maria Chiuri. Michele Mariotti. Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Chiuri, Anna Maria; Nucci, Leo; Ribeiro, Bruno; Surian, Giorgio; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 147 min.
Region: A,B,C
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Gyorgy Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre, opera / Chris Merritt, Ines Moraleda, Ana Puche, Werner Van Mechelen, Barbara Hannigan. Michael Boder, Teatre del Liceu SO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: György Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
Performers: Hannigan, Barbara; Mechelen, Werner van; Merritt, Chris; Moraleda, Ines; Olsen, Frode; Puche, Ana
Conductors: Boder, Michael
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu presents Gyorgy Ligeti's sole opera "Le grand macabre" in a stunningly imaginative and highly theatrical production by La Fura dels...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Francesco Cavalli: La Didone / Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata. William Christie, Les Arts Florissants [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: Pier Fancesco Cavalli: La Didone
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Sabata, Xavier; Sanchez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

One of the first operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the...continue...
Run Time: 176 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Rossini: Sigismondo / Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Concetti, Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa. Michele Mariotti, Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sigismondo
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Concetti, Andrea; Peretyatko, Olga; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO

Early Rossini has a youthful, buoyant vibrancy about it, even in the dark swirls of drammi per musica like Sigismondo. The work, centered on a...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Handel: Rinaldo / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan. Ottavio Dantone, Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Fritsch, Anett; Mead, Tim; Pisaroni, Luca; Prina, Sonia; Rae, Brenda
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Skin-tight rubber and lacrosse sticks bring contemporary chic to this timeless fantasy of warriors and witches in Robert Carsen's fun-filled transformation of Handel's first London...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French
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The Metropolitan Opera: "Wagner's Dream" / The documentary behind the new Metropolitan "Ring" [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-11

Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The documentary behind the biggest and most elaborate production in the history of Metropolitan Opera.

Experience the technical marvel and intense preparation on a scale

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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Stephanie Blythe, Jonas Kaufmann, May Morris, Eric Owens, Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt / Levine - MET [5 Blu-Ray]

5 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-11

Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Blythe, Stephanie; Croft, Richard; Erdmann, Mojca; Kaufmann, Jonas; Konig, Hans-Peter; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, Jay Hunter; Owens, Eric; Siegel, Gerhard; Terfel, Bryn; Voigt, Debora...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history

A unique and exclusive package, on multi-set

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Gounod: Romeo et Juliette / Nino Machaidze, Stefano Secco, Jean-Francois Borras, Artur Rucinski. Orch. Dell'Arena di Verona, Mastrangelo [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-08-28

Performers: Borras, Jean-Francois; Machaidze, Nino; Rucinski, Artur; Secco, Stefano
Conductors: Mastrangelo, Fabio
Ensemble: Chorus dell' Arena di Verona; Chorus Dell'Arena di Verona; Orchestra dell' Arena di Verona; Orchestra Dell'Arena di Verona

Here the iconic Verona opera - and Charles Gounod's masterpiece - makes a superb comeback in the majestic setting of the Arena di Verona. 'Roméo...continue...
Run Time: 177 min.
Region: A,B,C
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
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Flute Concertos at Sanssouci - Flute concertos by Frederick the Great; Quantz, Benda, CPE Bach / Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Trevor Pinnock [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-08-28

Works: Frederick the Great: Concerto for flute & string orchestra no 3 in C major; Sonata for flute in B minor; Johann Joachim Quantz: Capriccio in B Major; Capriccio in G Major; Concerto for flute & orches...
Performers: Pahud, Emmanuel
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy

Emmanual Pahud, principal flutist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, honors the 300th birthday of Frederick the Great with a concert recorded in the historic Royal Theater...continue...
Run Time: 78 min.
Region: A,B,C
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Country of Origin: Austria
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Bernstein conducts Beethoven: String Quartet no 16 (vers. for string orch.); Haydn: Missa in tempore belli / Blegen, Fassbaender, Ahnsjoe, Sotin, Vienna PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-08-28

Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Released for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray, Leonard Bernstein's interpretations of Beethoven's String Quartet No. 16 and Haydn's Missa in tempore belli are...continue...

Europa Konzert 2006 - Mozart: Symphonies nos 35 & 36; Horn Concerto no 1; Piano Concerto no 22 / Radek Baborak, Barenboim, Berlin PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-08-28

Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

For over 20 years, the world-renowned Berliner Philharmoniker have celebrated their founding on May 1 with the annual Europa Konzert. The 2006 event was an...continue...

The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic - Documentary and Anniversary Concert [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-08-28

Truly unique and known all over the world, Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker are back with a new DVD showcasing the ensemble at their...continue...

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina / Camilla Nylund, Doris Soffel, Paata Burchuladze, Anatoli Kotscherga. Kent Nagano, Bavarian State Orch. [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-08-28

Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra

Kent Nagano superbly masters the challenges presented by Mussorgsky's lesser-known stage work Khovanshschina, leading the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and soloists to work with subtle intensity and...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Ambrogio Maestri, Barbara Frittoli, Massimo Cavalletti, Eva Liebau, Zurich Opera - Daniele Gatti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Camarena, Javier; Cavalletti, Massimo; Fersini, Davide; Frittoli, Barbara; Gloor, Domenic; Liebau, Eva; Maestri, Ambrogio; Naef, Yvonne; Saudelli, Patrizio; Schmid, Judith; Zysset, Martin
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House

"All the world's a joke," says Falstaff, and these words are truly given weight by Ambrogio Maestri, one of the finest Falstaffs of our time....continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: German, E...continue...

Mozart: Idomeneo / John Mark Ainsley, Pavol Breslik, Juliane Banse, Annete Dasch, Bavarian State Opera - Nagano [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Banse, Juliane; Breslik, Pavol; Dasch, Annette; de Mey, Guy; Humes, Steven; Trost, Rainer
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Bayerische Staatsoper

With this wonderful production, Mozart's Idomeneo returns to the site of its 1781 premiere. And indeed the Cuvillies Theatre, a jewel of Rococo architecture, embraces...continue...
Run Time: 176 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, Fren...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 / Franz Welser-Most - Cleveland Orchestra [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-07-31

Majestic themes stand like Gothic pillars and brilliant chorales glow like stained glass in Bruckner's Symphony No. 8, the most monumental of his orchestral works...continue...

Piano works by Mozart, Schubert, Elgar & Pezzone / Bryan Pessone, piano [3D Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / AIX Records / 2012-07-31

This is the world's first full length Blu-ray 3D disc of solo piano music shot specifically for release on Blu-ray 3D and was recorded in...continue...

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Anniversary - Blomstedt conducts Bach: Mass in B minor; Beethoven: Symphony 5 [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-07-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Felix Men...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Genz, Christoph; Henschel, Dietrich; Larsson, Anna; Mullova, Viktoria; Wolf, Jurgen; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Gewandhaus Chamber Chorus; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Thomanerchor Leipzig

This DVD was recorded in 2005 at the Leipzig Bach Festival, which is widely regarded as the world's leading festival celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed...continue...
Run Time: 216 min.
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Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
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Puccini: Il Trittico - Il Tabarro; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi / Gallo, Westbroek, Antonenko, Jaho, Larsson, Royal Opera House - Pappano [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-07-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Antonenko, Aleksandrs; Demuro, Francesco; Gallo, Lucio; Jaho, Ermonela; Larsson, Anna; Siurina, Ekaterina; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus

This is The Royal Opera's first complete presentation of Puccini's Il trittico since 1965. Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of...continue...
Run Time: 200 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, Ge...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Georg Zeppenfeld, Klaus Florian Vogt, Annette Dasch, Jukka Rasilainen, Samuel Youn, Beyreuth Festival - Andris Nelsons [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-07-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Dasch, Annette; Heibach, Stefan; Lang, Petra; Rasilainen, Jukka; Tschelebiew, Christian; van der Heyden, Willem; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Youn, Samuel; Zaun, Rainer; Zeppenfeld, Georg
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus

Hans Neuenfels's striking new production of Wagner's fairytale opera gives this medieval story of doomed love and sorcery the Bayreuth treatment. As controversial as it...continue...
Run Time: 235 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Sergiu Celibidache/Berlin PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-07-31

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Conductors: Celibidache, Sergiu
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

In a new release from the series of Metropolitan Munich programs comes a unique recording of star conductor Sergiu Celibidache. Celibidache returned to the podium...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: Austria
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Wigglesworth - Australian Opera & Ballet Orch., Rhodes, Coad, Durkin, Sumegi [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Opera Australia / 2012-06-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Choo, Henry; Coad, Conal; Dark, Jacqueline; Durkin, Rachelle; Fiebig, Taryn; Jones, Andrew; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sumegi, Daniel
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Opera Australia Chorus

Don Giovanni, a libertine, a rake with a devil-may-care attitude, is portrayed magnificently by Rhodes in this production, where he first appears on stage in...continue...
Run Time: 174 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS-HD 5.1, DTS 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Itali...continue...

Swan Lake - A re-interpretation by Matthew Bourne from Sadler's Wells Theatre, music by Tchaikovsky [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-06-26

Scavalli: Il Giasone / Sardelli - SO Vlaamse Opera, Dumaux, Bradic, Johannsen, Clement (dir) [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Dynamic / 2012-06-26

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Giasone
Performers: Dumaux, Christophe; Johannsen, Robin
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria
Ensemble: Symphony Orchestra of Vlaamse Opera Antwerp

World Premiere on Bluray! Francesco Cavalli was the most successful Venetian opera composer of the mid-seventeenth century. This new production is orchestrated and conducted by...continue...
Run Time: 198 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM 2.0, DTS HD 5.1 - 1080i, 1 BD 50
Subtitles: Ger...continue...

New Year's Concert 2012 Teatro La Fenice - Tchaikovsky: Sym.5; and works by Verdi, Bellini, Rota, Mozart, Masagni, Donizetti, Ponchielli, Puccini / Esposito,Fraccaro, Pratt [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-06-26

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Vincenzo Bellini: La s...
Performers: Esposito, Alex; Fraccaro, Walter; Pratt, Jessica

As is now customary, the first part of the Live 2012 New Year's Concert from Teatro La Fenice is exclusively orchestral, with Symphony No.5 by...continue...
Run Time: 105 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
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Salzburg Festival - Strauss: Lieder; Alpensinfonie - Fleming, Vienna PO - Thielemann [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 39; Winterliebe ("Der Sonne entgeten in Liebesgluten"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 48/5; Traum durch die Dämmerung ("Weite Wiesen im Dämmerg...
Performers: Fleming, Renee

Gloriously affirming the Salzburg Festival's long-standing reputation as a supreme musical event, this concert honors one of its founding fathers, Richard Strauss. Renée Fleming, Christian...continue...

Adolphe Adam: Giselle / The Bolshoi Ballet - Klinichev, Lunkina, Gudanov, Allash [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-06-26

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Conductors: Klinichev, Pavel
Ensemble: Bolshoi Ballet; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

The Bolshoi Ballet troupe in Yuri Grigorovich's version of the romantic masterpiece Giselle, at last available in High-Definition. First performed in 1841, Giselle was an...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1,
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