Recommended Classical DVDs

Classical DVDs

Great Performances on DVD

Massenet: Manon (complete opera recorded in 1983) cover
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (complete opera recorded in 1983)
Vienna State Opera / Edita Gruberova / Francisco Araiza / Pierre Thau / Adam Fischer (cond)
"[Gruberova] has spoilt her audience with her irresistible high notes and crystalline coloratura...the...
$40.00
The Verdi Opera Selection:
GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Verdi Opera Selection: "Shakespeare" Otello / Macbeth / Falstaff
Plácido Domingo, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci, Thomas Hampson, Ruggero Raimondi, Manuel Lanza, etc
Otello - Live from the Teatro alla Scala Milan, 2001
Macbeth - Live from the Opernhaus Zurich, 2001
Falstaff...
$42.00

Concerts on DVD

New Year's Concert in Vienna 2020 cover
STRAUSS FAMILY / etc
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2020
Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons $35.00
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
Isabelle Faust (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink $50.00
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' - Ode to Freedom cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' - Ode to Freedom
June Anderson, Sarah Walker, Klaus König & Jan-Hendrik Rootering / Various orchestras, Leonard Bernstein $55.00
Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasy
Itzhak Perlman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra $45.00
» Selected concerts available to order now.

Opera on DVD

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro [The Marriage Of Figaro] (Complete Opera recorded in 1994) cover
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro [The Marriage Of Figaro] (Complete Opera recorded in 1994)
Glyndebourne Opera / Gerald Finley, Alison Hagley, Renee Fleming / Bernard Haitink (conductor) $35.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete opera recorded in 1994) cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete opera recorded in 1994)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Frank Lopardo, Angela Gheorghiu, Leo Nucci / Sir Georg Solti (cond) $35.00
Janacek: Kata Kabanova (complete opera recorded in 2008) cover
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Kata Kabanova (complete opera recorded in 2008)
Teatro Real, Madrid / Karita Mattila, Miroslav Dvorsky, Guy de Mey, Dali Schaechter / Jiri Belohlavek (cond) $54.00
Toshio Hosokawa: Stilles Meer (Silent Sea) [Complete opera recorded in 2016] cover
TOSHIO HOSOKAWA
Toshio Hosokawa: Stilles Meer (Silent Sea) [Complete opera recorded in 2016]
Hamburg State Opera / Susanne Elmar, Mihoko Fujimura, Bejun Mehta, Viktor Rud, Marek Gasztecki / Kent Nagano (cond) $47.00
» Opera on DVD available to order

Collectable Opera on DVD

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri (Complete opera recorded in 1986). cover
GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri (Complete opera recorded in 1986).
Metropolitan Opera / Marilyn Horne, Paolo Montarsolo, Douglas Ahlstedt / James Levine (cond) $40.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Ernani (complete opera recorded in 1983) cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Ernani (complete opera recorded in 1983)
Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Leona Mitchell, Sherrill Milnes / James Levine (cond) $40.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 1988) cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 1988)
Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Éva Marton, Dolora Zajick, Sherrill Milnes / James Levine (cond) $40.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Werther (complete opera recorded in 2010) cover
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Werther (complete opera recorded in 2010)
Paris National Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Sophie Koch, Ludovic Tezier / Michel Plasson (cond) $40.00
» A selection of rare opera DVDs - very limited!

Vocal performances on DVD

A Night In Tuscany cover
PUCCINI / VERDI / CILEA / ETC.
A Night In Tuscany
Andrea Bocelli $35.00
Sacrificium - The Art of the Castrati cover
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Sacrificium - The Art of the Castrati
Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini $35.00
The Berlin Concert - Live From the 'Waldbuhne' cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Berlin Concert - Live From the 'Waldbuhne'
Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko. Rolando Villazon / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Marco Armiliato $37.00
Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening With Puccini (recorded in 2015) cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening With Puccini (recorded in 2015)
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Filarmonica della Scala, Jochen Rieder $30.00
» Selected Vocal DVDs available to order

Classic documentaries on DVD

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RAMALLAH CONCERT
The Ramallah Concert / Knowledge is the Beginning
Daniel Barenboim / The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (Mohamed Seleh / Kinan Azmeh / Mor Biron / Sharon Polyak) / Paul Smaczny $40.00
In Search Of Haydn cover
JOSEF HAYDN
In Search Of Haydn
A film by Phil Grabsky $60.00
The Promise Of Music - Documentary & Concert cover
BEETHOVEN / GINASTERA / MONCAYO
The Promise Of Music - Documentary & Concert
Simon Boli­var Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel $40.00
Wagner - The Mini-Series cover
Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave
Wagner - The Mini-Series $50.00
» Selected Documentaries available to order

Out of print Opera DVDs!

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2009) cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2009)
Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves / Tassis Christoyannis / Dina Kuznetsova / Jennifer Holloway / Vladmir Jurowski (cond) $35.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Armida (complete opera recorded in 2010) cover
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Armida (complete opera recorded in 2010)
Metropolitan Opera / Renee Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee, John Osborn / Riccardo Frizza (cond) $40.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Guillaume Tell [William Tell] (complete opera recorded in 2013) cover
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Guillaume Tell [William Tell] (complete opera recorded in 2013)
Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Nicola Alaima, Marina Rebeka, Juan Diego Flórez, Amanda Forsythe / Michele Mariotti (cond) $35.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Matilde di Shabran (complete opera recorded in 2012) cover
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Matilde di Shabran (complete opera recorded in 2012)
Teatro Comunale di Bologno / Juan Diego Florez, Anna Goryachova, Olga Peretyatko / Michele Mariotti (cond) $40.00
» Selected opera, ballet & concerts still available at Marbecks

Metropolitan Operas on DVD

MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 1988) cover
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 1988)
Metropolitan Opera / Kathleen Battle, Rockwell Blake, Leo Nucci / Ralf Weikert (cond) $40.00
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (The Force of Destiny) - the complete opera. cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Forza Del Destino (The Force of Destiny) - the complete opera.
Metropolitan Opera / Leontyne Price, Giuseppe Giacomini, Leo Nucci, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Isola Jones, Enrico Fissore / James Levine (cond) $60.00
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera directed by Franco Zeffirelli recorded in 2008) cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera directed by Franco Zeffirelli recorded in 2008)
Metropolitan Opera / Angela Gheorghiu, Ramon Vargas, Ludovic Tezier, Ainhoa Arteta / Nicola Luisotti (Cond) $30.00
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded 2000) cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded 2000)
Metropolitan Opera / Renee Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Solveig Kringelborn, Paul Groves / James Levine (cond) $60.00
» Selected Metropolitan Operas available to order

Shakespeare on DVD

Shakespeare: King Lear (recorded live Strafford-Upon-Avon, 2016) cover
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: King Lear (recorded live Strafford-Upon-Avon, 2016)
Royal Shakespeare Company / Antony Sher, Natalie Simpson, Nia Gwynne, Kelly Williams / Robin Lough (director) $65.00
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (recorded live in 2014) cover
SHAKESPEARE
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (recorded live in 2014)
Royal Shakespeare Company / Mark Arends, Michael Marcus, Jonny Glynn, Pearl Chanda, Leigh Quinn / Simon Godwin (director) $47.00
Hamlet (recorded live in 2016) cover
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet (recorded live in 2016)
Royal Shakespeare Company / Paapa Essiedu (Hamlet), Natalie Simpson (Ophelia), Cyril Nri (Polonius), Clarence Smith (Claudius), Tanya Moodie, Hiran Ab $50.00
Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, May 2015) cover
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (recorded live at Shakespeare's Globe, May 2015)
Globe / Jonathan Pryce, Rachel Pickup, Daniel Lapaine, Dominic Mafham, Phoebe Pryce $55.00
» Selected Shakespeare DVDs available to order