In Stock Classical Blu-Ray Disc
In Stock Classical Blu-Ray Disc
Below is a list of all In Stock Classical Blu-Ray Disc titles.
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LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (complete opera recorded in 1995) BLU-RAY Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet / Thomas Allen, Eva Jenis, Hannah Minutillo , Ivan Kusnjer / Charles Mackerras (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] This enchanting production by Nicholas Hytner, sung in the original Czech, is conducted by Charles Mackerras, a master of the best Janáček style. Through myriad shifts of scene, the episodic story is presented in brightly coloured sets and costumes... |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert 2016 BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2016 ] As a brand name, the Vienna New Year's Concert can trace back its origins to 31 December 1939. In other words, the concert initially took place on the last day of the year. By 1941, however, it was being held on 1 January, when the Vienna... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Bolshoi Ballet / Svetlana Zakharova, Denis Rodkin, Artemy Belyakov / Pavel Sorokin (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] At the palace, the royal family and their guests are gathered for Prince Siegfried's birthday celebrations. In a majestic ceremony, Siegfried is made a knight and young girls try to attract his attention, as he must choose a wife during the ball. |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chénier (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Hector Sandoval, Norma Fantini, Scott Hendricks / Ulf Schirmer (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Girodano Umberto's Andrea Chénier is set against the backdrop of the horrors of the French Revolution and tells the tragic tale of a doomed love affair involving the historical figure of the poet Andrea Chénier, who initially champions the Revolution |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Tannhauser (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Staatsoper Berlin / Peter Seiffert, Marina Prudenskaya, Ann Petersen, Peter Mattei, René Pape / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Dec/2015 ] "Daniel Barenboim provides spacious and lucid conducting … Mattei's finely enunciated Wolfram and Peter Seiffert encompassing the title-role's difficulties with a constant eye on their dramatic import." (Gramophone January 2016) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY La Scala Milan / Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Anna Prohaska, Barbara Frittoli / Daniel Barenboim (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 6/Dec/2015 ] Recorded live at the opening of the 2011-12 La Scala season, Don Giovanni was released in honour of Bryn Terfel's 50th birthday which was on 9 November 2015. It also tied in with the traditional opening of the new season at La Scala - 7 December. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Comedy, Romance, Tragedy (As You Like It / Love's Labour's Lost / Romeo & Juliet) BLU-RAY Globe Theatre / Brendon Hughes, Jack Laskey, Trevor Martin, Philip Cumbus, Trystan Gravelle, William Mannering, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Nov/2015 ] Shakespeare's Globe productions of As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost and Romeo & Juliet are offered in this exclusive limited edition Blu-ray box set. |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Love's Labour's Lost & Love's Labour's Won [Much Ado About Nothing] (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in March 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Sam Alexander, Peter Basham, William Belchambers, Edward Bennett, David Horovitch, Chris Nayak [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Nov/2015 ] Containing Shakespeare's Love's Labours Lost and Love's Labours Won, this double set features outstanding Royal Shakespeare Company productions available for the very first time. Running time: 4 hours 48 minutes (plus extras) Subtitles:... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot, Tosca, La Boheme (Complete operas recorded 2001 - 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera / Lise Lindstrom, Marco Berti, Eri Nakamura, Raymond Aceto, Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel, etc / Various conductors [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Three magnificent Royal Opera productions of three of Puccini's greatest operas. With a host of international opera stars, this collection is brimming with the drama and sumptuous music that have made Puccini one of the world's greatest composers. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Leo Nucci, Ildebrando D´Arcangelo / Alfred Eschwé (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2015 ] Theatrical magic between Rolando Villazón and Anna Netrebko in Donizetti's delightful and ever-popular comedy L'elisir d'amore |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Werther (complete recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Marcelo Álvarez, Elina Garanca, Ileana Tonca, Adrian Eröd, Alfred Sramek, Peter Jelosit / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "The Vienna State Opera Orchestra plays rhapsodically for Phillip Jordan. He comes close to delivering a great Werther...this is a stunning, newly and originally conceived show." (ClassicsToday) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete recorded in 2002) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Thomas Hampson, Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Miroslav Dvorský / Daniele Gatti (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Arthaus presents a "visually alert, musically sensitive and disturbingly coherent" (The Standard) production of Simon Boccanegra on Blu-ray, one of Verdi's lesser known works yet regarded by many opera lovers as one of his finest. |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, Piotr Beczala, Oksana Volkova / Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "In a show-stopping Letter Scene, Netrebko conveys that first, uncertain declaration of love perfectly...She could easily have been the reigning Tatyana of the past decade." (International Record Review) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Paris Opera / Diana Damrau, Francesco Demuro, Ludovic Tézier / Francesco Ivan Ciampa (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 4/Sep/2015 ] "Violetta is played by Diana Damrau, a soprano of matchless intelligence. Technically, she is perfectly at ease in a role that has sometimes been described as demanding too much of one singer." Guardian |
ENNIO PORRINO
Porrino: I Shardana (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Lirico di Cagliari / Manrico Signorini, Angelo Villari, Gianpiero Ruggeri, Domenico Balzani / Anthony Bramall (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2015 ] Porrino's drama mirrors a period in archaeology when Nuragic Sardinia was discussed even in non-specialist circles, with the island's bronze statuettes and megaliths recalling a primeval society at the origins of European civilization. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Feuersnot, Op. 50 (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Teatro Massimo Palermo / Nicola Beller Carbone, Dietrich Henschel, Alex Wawiloff / Gabriele Ferro (cond) [ ArtHaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Feuersnot is Strauss's second opera and made up for the failure of his first when its 1902 Dresden premiere was a resounding success. It is a lively one-act drama about the ancient Bavarian tradition of celebrating midsummer night with bonfires. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Plácido Domingo, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci /Riccardo Muti (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] The cylindrical uniform stage set by Ezio Frigerio emphasised the hopeless consequence of the tragedy, as did the Orchestra della Scala, which, under the baton of Riccardo Muti, never sacrificed the dark, disturbing elements of the score. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro Coccia / Giuseppe Altomare, Giorgio Giuseppini, Dimitra Theodossiou, Dario Di Vietri / Giuseppe Sabbatini (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Recorded live at Teatro Carlo Coccia, Novara, 4-6 October 2013 |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Il Borgomastro di Saardam (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Teatro Sociale di Bergamo / Giorgio Caoduro, Juan Francisco Gatell, Andrea Concetti, Irina Dubrovskaya / Roberto Rizzi Brignoli (conductor) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Having fallen into oblivion following performances in 1839, this attractive, rare opera buffa was revived in 1973 in the Dutch city of Zaanstad (the Saardam of the libretto). It's staged on this recording at Bergamo's Teatro Sociale. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 BLU-RAY Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonieorchester), Paavo Järvi [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Jun/2015 ] "No previous instalment in Paavo Järvi's Mahler cycle prepared me for the raw passion of this Ninth." Gramophone |
