El Sistema / Dudamel, Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-10-27

Works: Various: Work(s)
Ensemble: Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra

'El Sistema' shows how Venezuelan visionary Jose Antonio Abreu has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of children over the past three decades. This...continue...
Run Time: 109 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...

Herbert Von Karajan - Maestro For The Screen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-10-27

Works: Various: Work(s)
Ensemble:

The film focuses on one specific facet of Herbert von Karajan’s artistic work: he was the first conductor who was obsessed with the filming of...continue...
Run Time: 52 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Ovsyanikov, Royal Ballet, Orchestra Of The ROH [Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-10-27

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Yolanda Sonnabend's Faberge-inspired designs evoke a world of Imperial Russia in Anthony Dowell's acclaimed production for The Royal Ballet of Swan Lake, one of the...continue...
Run Time: 179 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 2.0, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: In Extras - French, German, Sp...continue...

Opéra National De Paris: Prokofiev, Rossini, Tchaikovsky [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-10-27

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Performers: Antoine, Guillaume; Ballestra, Jean-Luc; Banks, Barry; Bogatcheva, Irina; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Galouzine, Vladimir; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Jenis, Dalibor; Minutillo, Hanna Esther; Papian, H...
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus ; Paris National Opera Orchestra

TDK presents three exceptional recordings of superb operas from productions by the Opéra national de Paris, that reflect an operatic history of over 100 years:...continue...
Run Time: 446 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Stravinsky And The Ballets Russes / Mariinsky Ballet, Gergiev [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2009-10-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Le sacre du printemps
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, St. Petersburg

Today it is difficult to imagine the impact on audiences at the beginning of the 20th century of Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) and his Ballets Russes....continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Leonard Bernstein: Reflections / Bernstein, Sondheim, Beethoven, Israel PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-10-27

Works: Darius Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58; Various: Work(s)
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de France

The spontaneous joy of his Broadway hits, the bold, spiritual quest of his orchestral works, his intensity and vitality as conductor, made Bernstein one of...continue...
Run Time: 70 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Chinese
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Grieg / Turnage / Dean: Peer Gynt / Zurich Ballet, Jensen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2009-10-27

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Performers: Adamczak, Agnieszka; Bidzinski, Boguslaw; Kohl, Christiane; Voje, Angelica; Zhu, Huiling
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus ; Zurich Opera Orchestra

In Peer Gynt Zurich choreographer Heinz Spoerli has attempted a daring combination of Grieg's score and modern sounds for a dance translation of the interior...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: French, English
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Great Ballets Of The Teatro Alla Scala: Adam, Mendelssohn, Minkus [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-09-29

Works: Léon Fyodorovich Minkus: La Bayadere; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Giselle; Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Performers: Kapanadze, Irina; Kemoklidze, Kete van
Ensemble: La Scala Orchestra

TDK presents three ballet recordings of outstanding productions staged in the gorgeous Teatro alla Scala in Milan, one of the world’s most famous opera houses....continue...
Run Time: 335 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Haydn: The Creation / Austro-hungarian Haydn Orchestra, Fischer, Quasthoff [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-10-27

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Dasch, Annette; Quasthoff, Thomas; Strehl, Christoph
Ensemble: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra ; Vienna Chamber Choir

This memorial concert celebrating the bicentenary of Haydn's death took place at Schloss Esterhazy in Eisenstadt, the very place where this prolific composer wrote and...continue...
Run Time: 108 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...

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / St. Clair/Staatskapelle Weimar [Blu-Ray]

4 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-09-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Aurich, Frieder; Bassek, Christiane; Blanck, Kirsten; Briend, Jean-Noel; Caspar, Joana; Caves, Erin; Foster, Catherine; Guber, Carola; Gunther, Alexander; Gunther-Dissmeier, Susann; Hansmann, Christi...
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar ; Weimar Deutsches Nationaltheater Opera Chorus

The sharpness of tone and brilliance of tempo achieved by Carl St. Clair… and his ability to conjure exhilarating and, as required, finely structured chamber...continue...
Run Time: 930 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fr...continue...