Recommended Classical DVDs

Classical DVDs

Great Performances on DVD

New Year's Concert in Vienna 2026 cover
HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE / CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2026
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
For the first time, the Vienna Philharmonic welcomes Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet‑Séguin to lead...
$35.00
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...
$60.00

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
Summer Night Concert in Vienna 2023 (DVD) cover
BIZET / BOULANGER / BERLIOZ / GOUNOD / RAVEL / SAINT-SAENS
Summer Night Concert in Vienna 2023 (DVD)
Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Yannick Nezet-Seguin $35.00
Summer Night Concert in Vienna 2024 cover
WAGNER / SMETANA / VERDI / KALMAN / etc
Summer Night Concert in Vienna 2024
Lise Davidsen (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Andris Nelsons $35.00
» 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: Handel Giulio Cesare in Egitto (complete opera recorded in 1994) cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel Giulio Cesare in Egitto (complete opera recorded in 1994)
Opera Australia & Ballet / Yvonne Kenny, Graham Pushee, Rosemary Gunn, Elizabeth Campbell / Richard Hickox (cond) $60.00
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: Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera recorded in 1988) cover
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (Complete opera recorded in 1988)
Metropolitan Opera / Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, Tatiana Troyanos / James Levine (cond) $50.00
» A selection of rare opera DVDs - very limited!

Vocal performances on DVD

Jonas Kaufmann: Mein Wien cover
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Jonas Kaufmann: Mein Wien $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

The Ramallah Concert / Knowledge is the Beginning cover
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
A Surprise In Texas - The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Surprise In Texas - The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Nobuyuki Tsujii / Haochen Zhang / Yeol Eum Son (pianos) $45.00
» 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: Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 1992) cover
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 1992)
Daniel Barenboim / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele / Harry Kupfer / Poul Elming / Nadine Secunde / Matthias Holle / etc. $90.00
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida cover
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida
Ambrosian Opera Chorus with Frank Gorshin, Nan Christie, Laurence Dale, Anne Collins & others $25.00
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8 (recorded 2001) cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8 (recorded 2001)
Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado $60.00
» Selected opera, ballet & concerts still available at Marbecks

Metropolitan Operas on DVD

Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera recorded in 2011) cover
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera recorded in 2011)
Metropolitan Opera / Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato / Maurizio Benini (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
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete opera recorded in 1977) cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete opera recorded in 1977)
The Metropolitan Opera / Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Cornell MacNeil / James Levine (cond) $40.00
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2007) cover
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2007)
Metropolitan Opera / Renee Fleming, Elena Zaremba, Ramon Vargas, Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Valery Gergiev (cond) $55.00
» 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