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Britten: War Requiem / Erin Wall, Mark Padmore, Hanno Muller-Brachmann. City Of Birmingham SO - Andris Nelsons [DVD]

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

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Padmore, Mark; Wall, Erin
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus

2012 brings the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Britten's War Requiem, one of the most powerful pacifi st statements in music. The anniversary performance...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
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Armonie Dello Spirito - sacred music from Gregorian chant to Palestrina, Frescobaldi, Perosi and beyond / Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina -Palombella [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-10-30

Works: Giovanni Palestrina: Canite tuba; Hodie Christus natus est; Dum complerentur dies pentecostes; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Ricercare 5th tone (doubtful); Ricercare 6th tone (doubtful); Tomá...
Conductors: Palombella, Massimo
Ensemble: Cappella Musicale Pontificia "Sistina"

The Capella Musicale Pontificia "Sistina" - known the world over as the "Choir of the Pope" - is one of the oldest and most prestigious...continue...
Run Time: 55 min.
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Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Journey Of A Lifetime - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Sir Georg Solti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Solti, Geog
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

This fantastic documentary celebrates the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti, one of the 20th century's most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical...continue...
Run Time: 107 min.
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Gidon Kremer Anniversary Edition - Schubert: String Quintet in C; Bach: Partitas for solo violin; Mozart; Piazzolla; Rozsa; Part; Schnittke et al. / Gidon Kremer, violin; Kremerata Baltica [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-10-30

Works: Franz Schubert: Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956; Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion; Alfred Schnittke: Stille Musik; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat ...
Performers: Kremer, Gidon; Ulijona, Ula
Conductors: Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica

For more than 40 years Gideon Kremer has been one of the world's foremost violinists and musical personalities. This edition - performed alongside his own...continue...
Run Time: 308 min.
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A Musical Journey: Vienna - Austria's City fo Music / Music by J. Strauss II [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

The Places - Vienna was already an ancient Celtic town called Vindobona when around 15 BC the Romans fortified it with a military camp. The...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin / Andras Schiff, piano [DVD]

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

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Schiff, Andras

In 1991, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau agreed to perform Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin at the Feldkirch Schubertiade - he had not sung the song-cycle in public for...continue...
Run Time: 83 min.
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Anniversary Edition - historic concerts with performances by Rubinstein; Mehta; Zukerman; Barenboim; Bernstein Stern; Shaham; Vengerov; Perlman [7 DVD]

7 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-10-30

This luxury 7-DVD Anniversary box set is a must for every fan and friend of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Star-studded historic concerts abound, from Arthur...continue...
Run Time: 610 min.
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Beauty Queens: Elizabeth Arden / Eila Hershon; Roberto Guerra [DVD]

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

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 [DVD]

1 DVD 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.
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A Musical Journey: France - Marseille; Tarascon Cannes; Cote d'Azur; Camargue. Music by Chabrier, Ravel & Fauré / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

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Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Places - The places visited are on the coast of Southern France, from Fréjus and Cannes to Marseille. They include the Château of King...continue...

Pleasures Of The Eye - A documentary on the work of British artist David Hockney [DVD]

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

Pleasures of the eye, David Hockney's work has shown him to be one of the most versatile and influential artists of our time. The British...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Emma Matthews, Gianluca Terranova, Jonathan Summers, Margaret Plummer. Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra - Brian Castles-Onion [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Conductors: Castles-Onion, Brian
Ensemble: Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra

La Traviata, one of the world's best-loved romantic operas is performed under the stars on a floating, mirrored stage in Sydney Harbor, with the city,...continue...
Run Time: 141 min.
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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta; Stravinsky: Persephone / Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Pavel Cernoch, Paul Groves, Dominique Blanc. Teador Currentzis, Teatro Real Orch. & Chorus. Peter Sellers, director [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Teatro Real / 2012-10-30

Performers: Blanc, Dominique; Cernoch, Pavel; Groves, Paul; Scherbachenko, Ekaterina
Conductors: Currentzis, Teador
Ensemble: Chorus of The Teatro Real; Orchestra of The Teatro Real

Unanimously acclaimed, Peter Sellars' new production of these two masterpieces was one of the great highlights of Gerard Mortier's season at the Teatro Real. The...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
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A Musical Journey: Potsdam, Germany - Sanssouci and the Bach Museum in Leipzig / Music by J.S. Bach [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

The Places - Potsdam owes its development as a garrison town to the soldier king of Prussia, Frederick William I. The park and palaces of...continue...

Glenn Gould Plays Bach: The Goldberg Variations; The Question of Instrument; An Art of the Fugue / Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon [DVD]

3 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Performers: Gould, Glenn

Gould's thinking takes center stage in Glenn Gould Plays Bach. This three-part series of performances and conversations was crafted by the pianist with French violinist...continue...

Alban Berg: Wozzeck. Georg Nigl, Mardi Byers, Paster; Migunov; Tcherniako. Bolshoi Theatre Orch. & Chorus, Teodor Currentzis [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-10-30

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7
Performers: Byers, Mardi; Nigl, Georg
Conductors: Currentzis, Teodor
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Chorus; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

In 2010, for the first time in its history, the Bolshoi Opera presented Alban Berg's masterpiece Wozzeck. This bold, sensitive, and truly historic production by...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
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C(h)oeurs - A project by Alain Platel with music by Verdi & Wagner / Chorus And Orchestra Of The Teatro Real; Les Ballets C De La B [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Teatro Real / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Piollet, Marc
Ensemble: Chorus of The Teatro Real; Orchestra of The Teatro Real

Many works of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner are linked to the liberal revolutions of 1848, the "Springtime of Peoples", that swept away absolutism in...continue...

Rossini:Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Kemoklidze, Salsi, Korchak, Furlanetto, Pratico. Andrea Battistoni - Teatro Regio di Parma [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Battistoni, Andrea
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Puccini: La Boheme / Diego Torre, Vasillij Ladjuk, Marita Solberg. Elvind Gullbery Jensen. A modern setting from the Norwegian National Opera Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Electric Pictures Company / 2012-10-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Ladjuk, Vasily; Solberg, Marita; Torre, Diego
Conductors: Jensen, Eivind Gullberg
Ensemble: Norwegian National Opera Chorus; Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Opening with Mimì (Marita Sølberg) dying of cancer in a modern intensive care unit, Director Stefan Herheim superimposes the modern over the traditional in this...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Marco Jentzsch, Anna Gabler, Michaela Selinger, Topi Lehtipuu; Alastair Milnes. Vladimir Jurowski, London PO [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-10-30

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

1 DVD 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 [2 DVD]

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

1 DVD 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 las bcbct collaboration between Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It charts the twists and turns of sisters Arabella and Zdenka in finding...continue...
Run Time: 153 min.
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Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Summers, Rhodes, Fiebig, Coleman-Wright [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-10-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Breen, Kanen; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dark, Jacqueline; Durkin, Rachelle; Fiebig, Taryn; Fyfe, Warwick; Pendry, Sian; Tahu-Rhodes, Teddy
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Opera Australia Chorus

Neil Armfield's sparkling production of The Marriage of Figaro masterfully captures Mozart's most popular comedic opera. In this classic performance, recorded live at the Sydney...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
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Pergolesi: Il Prigionier Superbo / Antonio Lozano; Marina Cusi; Marina De Liso. La serva padrona / Alessandra Marianelli; Carlo Lepore; Jean Meningue. Corrado Rovaris [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-10-30

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Il prigionier superbo; La Serva Padrona
Performers: Cusi, Marina Rodriguez; De Liso, Marina; Lepore, Carlo; Lozano, Antonio; Meningue, Jean
Conductors: Rovaris, Corrado
Ensemble: Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani

Both operas were directed by Henning Brockhaus, who placed Il prigionier superbo within a contemporary setting inside a cave and La serva padrona in a...continue...
Run Time: 177 min.
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La Stupenda: The Glory of Joan Sutherland. Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Fille du Regiment; Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur; Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; plus a gala concert with Lucian Pavarotti. Australian Opera, Richard Bonynge [6 DVDs]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-10-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La fille du régiment, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Performers: Allman, Robert; Austin, Anson; Begg, Heather; Elkins, Margreta; Grant, Clifford; Johnston, Suzanne; Pringle, John; Shaw, John; Stevens, Ronald; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Thane, Amanda; Wegner, John; Yu...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethen Sydney Orchestra

This unique 5 DVD collection brings together, for the first time, the legendary Australian soprano Joan Sutherland in four key dramatic coloratura roles that were...continue...
Run Time: 725 min.
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Verdi: I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata / Roberto de Biasio, Michele Pertusi, Cristina Giannelli, Dimitra Theodossiou. Daniele Callegari - Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD 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: Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma; Orchestra Del Teatro Regio Di Parma

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.
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Knowledge is the Beginning: The Ramallah Concert. Works by Mozart, Beethoven and Elgar. Yo-Yo Ma, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra - Daniel Barenboim [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-10-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Winds in E flat major, K 297b (K Anh 9); Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Performers: Azmeh, Kinan; Biron, Mor; Polyak, Sharon; Saleh, Mohamed
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim established the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with the late Palestinian writer Edward Said in order to bring together young musicians from across the political...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
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Journeys in Sound - A documentary tribute to avant-garde composer John Cage by Allan Miller and Paul Smaczny featuring rare archival footage [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Accentus / 2012-10-30

Works: John Cage: Second Construction for 4 Percussionists; Water Music, for one or more players, piano, radio, whistles, water containers & a deck of cards
Performers: Schleiermacher, Steffen

A sonic innovator or an expert on chance? This documentary by Oscar-winning director Allan Miller and Emmy-winner Paul Smaczny pays tribute to the most fascinating...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
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Verdi: Ernani / Marco Berti, Carlo Guelfi, Giacomo Prestia, Susan Neves. Antonello Allemandi - Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD 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 di Parma 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.
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Andres Segovia In Portrait - works by Bach, Llobet, Ponce, Granados, Albeniz, Rameau, Scarlatti / Andres Segovia, guitar [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Christopher Nupen Films / 2012-10-30

Christopher Nupen Films re-releases the two best films ever made, highlighting Andres Segovia - one of the greatest performing musicians of the twentieth century....continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
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Korngold: Die Tote Stadt / James King; Karan Armstrong; William Murray; Margit Neubauer; Donald Grobe. Deutsche Oper Berlin - Heinrich Hollreiser [DVD]

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

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Performers: Armstrong, Karan; Grobe, Donald; King, James; Murray, William; Neubauer, Margit
Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

Of all the successful composers of opera in the 1920s, it is perhaps Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957) whose career took the most surprising...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
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Reiner E. Moritz / Masters Of German Art. Short portraits of German Masters including Matthias Grunewald, Caspar David Friedrich, Lucas Cranach, Otto Dix et al. [DVD]

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

Masters of German Art is a series of ten-minute programs examining some of the greatest names in the history of German painting. From Caspar David...continue...

A Christmas Celebration - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel / Damrau, Kirchschlager, Connell, Allen. Royal Opera & Royal Ballet [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-10-30

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Connell, Elizabeth; Damrau, Diana; Kirchschlager, Angelika
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Orchestra

Enjoy Christmas fantasy for all the family with these two classics from the Royal Opera House. The Nutcracker comes to life in this captivating production...continue...
Run Time: 265 min.
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Verdi: I Due Foscari / Nucci; Biasio; Serjan; Tagliavini; Bonfatti; Polidori. Donato Renzetti - Orchestra e Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma / [DVD]

1 DVD 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; Tagliavini, Roberto
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.
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Bellini: I Puritani / Mariola Cantarero, John Osborn, Scott Hendricks, Riccardo Zanellato. The Netherlands Opera PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-10-30

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Cantarero, Mariola; Hendricks, Scott; Osborn, John; Zanellato, Riccardo
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Netherland Philharmonic Chorus; Netherland Philharmonic Orchestra

In this darkly dramatic production of I Putitani, Mariola Cantarero is compelling as the heroine on the verge of insanity in one of the greatest...continue...
Run Time: 173 min.
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Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty / Bolshoi Ballet - Svetlana Zakharova, David Hallberg, Maria Allash, Nina Kaptsova [DVD]

1 DVD 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.
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Humperdinck: Konigskinder / Jonas Kaufmann; Isabel Rey; Oliver Widmer; Liliana Nikiteanu. Ingo Metzmacher - Zurich Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-10-30

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Königskinder, opera
Performers: Kaufmann, Jonas; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Rey, Isabel; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Tenor superstar Jonas Kaufmann leads the cast in the first-ever DVD release of the beautiful fairytale opera from the composer of Hansel und Gretel.

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Puccini: Tosca / Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel. Royal Opera House Orch. & Chorus - Antonio Pappano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2012-10-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Francis, Hubert; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jakobski, Lukas; Kaufmann, Jonas; Morrissey, John; Payne, William; Terfel, Bryn; White, Jeremy; Zhou, Zheng
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

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One need only watch Angela Gheorghiu as Tosca, scratching her chin in puzzlement as she tries to figure out who Cavaradossi's painting of Mary Magdalene...continue...

Handel: Rodelinda / Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe. Harry Bicket, MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Davies, Iestyn; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Linn, Moritz; Scholl, Andreas; Shenyang
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth's celebrated production of Handel's Rodelinda from the Metropolitan Opera - based on the...continue...

Goat Rodeo Sessions / Yo-Yo- Ma, Stuart Cuncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - Deluxe Edition [CD & DVD-Video]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-10-22

Works: Chris Thile: Attaboy, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Quarter Chicken Dark, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Helping Hand, for bass, cello, fiddle & mandolin; Where's My Bow?, for bass, cello,...
Performers: Duncan, Stuart; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar; O'Donovan, Aoife; Thile, Chris

The Goat Rodeo Sessions has sold over 160,000 albums, debuted at #23 on the Billboard Top 200 chart (Yo-Yo Ma's highest debut), #1 on Billboard's...continue...
Recording information: The Barn, Lenox, Massachusetts (2011-06-12_2011-06-15&2011-).

The last time cellist Yo-Yo Ma teamed with bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin player Chris Thile (of Nickel Cr...continue...

Daniel Catan: Il Postino / Placido Domingo, Charles Castronovo, Amanda Squitieri, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Nancy Fabiola Herrera. Los Angeles Opera - Grant Gershon [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-10-16

Works: Daniel Catán: Il Postino
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; Chernov, Vladimir; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Herrera, Nancy Fabiola; Osuna, Gabriel; Pérez, José Adan; Squitieri, Amanda
Conductors: Gershon, Grant
Ensemble: Los Angeles Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra

Based on the Academy Award®-winning 1994 Italian film that became a surprise hit with audiences around the world, and also on the 1985 novel Ardiente...continue...

Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Reinprecht, Fally, Lippert, Serafin

1 DVD Video / Videoland / 2012-10-10

John Cage: BirdCage: 73'20.958" for a Composer (1972) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Wergo / 2012-10-09

In celebration of the John Cage's 100th birthday, Wergo presents two major new releases. The first features the world première DVD release of BirdCage: 73'20.958"...continue...

Rossini: Aureliano In Palmira / Sagripanti, Mihai, Aleida, Fagioli, Orchestra Internazionale DÆitalia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bongiovanni / 2012-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Aureliano in Palmira
Performers: Aleida, Maria; Fagioli, Franco; Mihai, Bogdan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orchestra Internazionale DÆitalia

Glibert & Sullivan: The Yeoman of the Guard / Alfred Drake; Celeste Holm; Barbara Cook; Bill Hayes [1955 TV, B&W] [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2012-10-02

One of the most acclaimed musical productions in television history, this 1957 telecast of Gilbert and Sullivan's Yeomen of the Guard features a starry cast

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Verdi: Un Giorno Di Regno / Anna Antonacci, Cecilia Gasdia, Paolo Conti, Alfonso Antoniozzi. Maurizio Benini Regia [1997] [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Hardy Classic / 2012-10-02

Conductors: Regia, Maurizio Benini
Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini"

Live performance from the Teatro Regio di Parma on December 19, 1997. The cast features Anna Caterina Antonacci, Cecilia Gasdia, Paolo Coni and Alfonso Antoniazzi;

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Musical Journey: Russia, Ukraine & Uzbekistan - music by Mussorgsky & Borodin / Slovak PO, Daniel Nazareth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Conductors: Nazareth, Daniel
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

The Places: Peter the Great founded St Petersburg in 1703 on Swedish territory, a provocation to Sweden, then the most powerful state in the region....continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0
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Gyorgy Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre, opera / Chris Merritt, Ines Moraleda, Ana Puche, Werner Van Mechelen, Barbara Hannigan. Michael Boder, Teatre del Liceu SO [2 DVD]

2 DVD 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: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

In the Footsteps of Mahler - Filmed at Original Locations [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-09-25