In Stock Classical Blu-Ray Disc

In Stock Classical Blu-Ray Disc

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Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $65.00 In Stock
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY
Ravenna Festival / Claudio Desderi, Mario Cassi, Francisco Gatell & Laura Giordano / Riccardo Muti (conductor)
[ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2010 ]
Watching this realistic, young and vital production, directed by the young Andrea da Rosa and listening to a high potential and unspent young cast, you feel how powerful, charming and timeless this score by Gaetano Donizetti is.
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $70.00 Low Stock
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
Zurich Opera / Malin Hartelius, Anna Bonitatibus, Martina Janková, Javier Camarena / Franz Welser-Most (conductor)
[ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2010 ]
"The singing is uniformly excellent. Malin Hartelius is a terrific Fiordiligi, her vibrato prominent but never bothersome, her inflections ideal, her sense of silliness sublime." 10/10 highest rating Classicstoday.com
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2009) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $63.00 Low Stock
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2009) BLU-RAY
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia / Peter Seiffert / Juha Uusitalo / Matti Salminen / Jennifer Wilson / Zubin Mehta (cond)
[ C Major Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2010 ]
"…this is the most exciting staging I've seen - slightly recalling Cirque du Soleil, perhaps, except that here the spectacle is wholly and intelligently at Wagner's service." BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 *****
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $60.00 Low Stock
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Zurich Opera / Krešimir Stražanac, Lucio Gallo, Roberto Sacca, Melanie Diener, Alfred Muff / Bernard Haitink, conductor
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2010 ]
Translucence, transparency - warmth' are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of Beethoven's only opera, and all are present in this fantastic recording of Katharina Thalbach's new production.
Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in English in 2001) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $60.00 Low Stock
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in English in 2001) BLU-RAY
San Francisco Opera / Yvonne Kenny / Bo Skovhus / Angelika Kirchschlager / Gregory Turay
[ BBC / Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2010 ]
G : - '…this is about as lavish a production of Franz Lehár's adorable operetta as you are ever likely to see…soprano Yvonne Kenny is perfectly cast in the title role.' Classic FM Magazine
Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2008) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $63.00 Low Stock
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2008) BLU-RAY
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia / Lance Ryan / Jennifer Wilson / Juha Uusitalo / Gerhard Siegel / Zubin Mehta
[ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2010 ]
In this production "the visual codes of the digital era become elemental and dazzlingly employed means of narration" (Opernwelt).
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded live in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $90.00 Low Stock
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (complete opera recorded live in 2009) BLU-RAY
Bayreuth Festival / Robert Dean Smith, Robert Holl, Irene Theorin, Jukka Rasilainen / Peter Schneider (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2010 ]
G - 'In Tristan the standard of conducting and singing is high. Peter Schneider draws seamless playing from the orchestra, contouring Wagner's long arcs of sound as only someone of his experience can do.' The Financial Times
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $65.00 Low Stock
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) BLU-RAY
Opera Comique / Malena Ernman / Christopher Maltman / Judith van Wanroij / Les Arts Florrisants / William Christie (cond)
[ Fra Musica Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Dec/2009 ]
Brilliant stage direction by Deborah Warner combines various time spaces in the 17th century with the present day, enhanced by the subtle lighting schemes of Jean Kalman.
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 (complete ballet recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $70.00 Low Stock
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 (complete ballet recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Marianela Nunez, Thiago Soares, Elizabeth McGorian / Valeriy Ovsyanikov, conductor
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Oct/2009 ]
G : - 'Anthony Dowell's production…offers the ultimate classical experience, with the sights and sounds of a proud 19th century tradition running at full throttle.' The Times
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballet recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $45.00 In Stock
PYOTTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballet recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY
The Royal Ballet / Alina Cojocaru / Federico Bonelli / Valeriy Ovsyanikov (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2009 ]
'Alina Cojocaru's Aurora was the ballet's radiant centrepiece, charming, in control and filled with a palpable delight in every pretty step.' Times Online
Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $90.00 Low Stock
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar / Tomas Mowes / Catherine Foster/ Frieder Aurich / Carl St. Clair (cond)
[ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2009 ]
BLU-RAY - Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung refl ects the composer's autobiography as much as the political turmoil of his times. As work progressed, another figure grew to be as important as the hero Siegfried, the god Wotan, the mouthpiece for...
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $60.00 Low Stock
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Topi Lehtipuu / Luca Pisaroni / Miah Persson / Anke Vondung / Ivan Fischer (conductor)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2009 ]
Blu-Ray 'I had to search long and hard down memory lane to recall a Così that so vividly revealed both the pleasure and the overwhelming pain of this evermore disturbing masterpiece, and I failed.' Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $65.00 Low Stock
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Angelika Kirchschlager / Diana Damrau / Elizabeth Connell / Thomas Allen / Colin Davis, conductor
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2009 ]
"Diana Damrau, a plain-Jane Gretel with awkward pigtails, gets along famously with her brother, dancing, playing, being huffy. They work well off one another and their voices blend beautifully. The Sandman and Dew Fairy are lovely." 10/10 ClassicsTod
Wagner: Das Reingold (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $90.00 Low Stock
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Reingold (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar / Mario Hoff / Alexander Gunther / Jean-Noel Briend / Erin Caves / Carl St. Clair (cond)
[ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jun/2009 ]
DVD Blu-Ray - "Weimar National Theatre opens a promising 'Ring' cycle with Wagner's original ur-scene." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $45.00 Low Stock
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside / Kyle Ketelsen / Miah Persson / Ramón Vargas / Joyce DiDonato / Charles Mackerras (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ]
"If one of the cast it to be named above the rest, that should be Joyce DiDonato, an outstandingly accomplished Elvira, brilliantly projected, interestingly conceived, her singing concentrated in tone." (Gramophone)
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $90.00 Low Stock
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Staatskapelle Weimar / Catherine Foster, Kirsten Blanck, Erin Caves, Renatus Meszar / Carl St. Ckar
[ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ]
"The free man must be his own maker" Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung reflects the composer's autobiography as much as the political turmoil of his times.
Wagner: Gottdammerung (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $100.00 Low Stock
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Gottdammerung (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Staatskapelle Weimar / Catherine Foster, Norbert Schmittberg, Mario Hoff, Renatus Meszar / Carl St. Ckar
[ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2009 ]
A bleak wind chord of E flat minor opens Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung. It establishes the dominant atmosphere of the piece from its first bar: twilight, a deceptive half-light, prevails. Shadowy figures stumble towards the abyss.
Handel: Orlando (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $60.00 Low Stock
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Orlando (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY
Zurich Opera House / Marijana Mijanovic / Martina Jankova / Katharina Peetz / William Christie (cond)
[ Arthaus Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 2/May/2009 ]
"Jens-Daniel Herzog has produced a sophisticated version of George Frideric Handel's Orlando. William Christie is a fascinating conductor who manages a superb ensemble. Opera that is both cool and cultivated - fantastic!" Aargauer Zeitung
Handel: Giulio Cesare (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $90.00 Low Stock
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Giulio Cesare (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Sarah Connolly / Angelika Kirchschlager / Danielle de Niese / Christophe Dumaux / Christopher Maltman / William Christie (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2009 ]
G - "The sense of teamwork all round is confirmed in the interviews included in the extras. Robin Lough's DVD direction is faultless." (Gramophoen Classical Music Guide)
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $45.00 Low Stock
PYTOR TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY
Metropolitan Opera / Sergej Aleksashkin, Renee Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ramon Vargas / Valery Gergiev (cond)
[ Decca Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2009 ]
This is a star-led performance of one of the most popular romantic operas with the unrivalled pairing of Fleming and Hvorostovsky as the doomed lovers.