In Stock Classical DVD
In Stock Classical DVD
Below is a list of all In Stock classical DVD titles.
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (Complete opera recorded in 2004) Royal Opera House / Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ EMI Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] "This is opera at its grandest and best" The Wall Street Journal |
Andre Rieu
A Mid Summer Night's Dream - Maastricht 4 [ Universal Music DVD / DVD - released 30/Sep/2010 ] The fourth installment in the triumphant series sees André performing in front thousands of rapturous fans in a highly lavish open air concert set amongst the cultural backdrop of his beautiful hometown home town of Maastricht in The Netherlands. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sacred Music [4 DVDs Special Price] Christian Elsner, Rene Pape, Midori Suzuki, Robin Blaze, Ruth Ziesak / Dresden State Opera, Musicale Fiorentino, Bach Collegium Japan, etc [ DV1 / Ovation Entertainment / 4 DVD Box Set - released 16/Sep/2010 ] The great sacred works Masses, oratorios and requiems are among the most moving and sublime creations of classical music. They provide solace and can lift you in ways that mere words can never achieve. |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Cavalli: Ercole Amante (complete opera recorded in 2009) Netherlands Opera / Luca Pisaroni / Veronica Cangemi / Concerto Koln / Ivor Bolton [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "This is a ravishing production in every department - scenery, stage effects, costumes, dancing, acting and music." (BBC Music) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 2009) Teodor Ilincai / Hibla Gerzmava / Gabriele Viviani / Inna Dukach / Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra / Andris Nelsons [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "In every sense this Boheme glows...Teodor Ilincai is a splendid Rodolfo...radiating Italian lyricism and boyish good nature. Hibla Gerzmava is a gorgeous Mimi...Inna Dukach is a splendid Musetta...On DVD it looks and sounds wonderful - but on... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Don Carlos (complete unabridged version 1867, recorded in 2004) Vienna State Opera / Alastair Miles, Ramon Vargas, Bo Skovhus, Iano Tamar / Bertrand de Billy [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "A provocative, rewarding production." (beckmessersquill.com) |
SHCHEDRIN / BIZET
Carmen (a ballet with choreography by Mats Ek recorded in 1994) Cullberg Ballet / Ana Laguna / Marc Hwang / Yvan Auzely [ Arthaus / kultur / DVD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "Anna Laguna, with her long cigars, is never going to stay for long with the gentle, expressive Marc Hwang, and Yvan Auzely is an irresistible competitor for her fickle, uncontrollable desires." - Seen&Heard OperaReview |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (with Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3) [recorded in 2009] Yuja Wang (piano) / Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "Every visual detail caught by the eye becomes woven into the aural tapestry of Mahler's First Symphony. The tension is high from the beginning as spring rustles into life. Abbado carefully paces each surge in energy, each mood transformation. Every... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Creation (recorded in 1990) Lucia Popp, Francisco Araiza, Samuel Ramey, Olaf Bär & Iris Vermillion Wiener Philharmoniker & Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Riccardo Mut [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "There is plenty of glamour, and Muti is excitingly dramatic." BBC Music |
HANS PFITZNER
Pfitzner: Palestrina (complete opera) Christopher Ventris / Peter Rose / Michael Volle / Falk Struckmann / Christiana Karg / Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Simone Young [ Euroarts DVD / 2 DVD - released 15/Jun/2010 ] "Simone Young directs a flowing and nicely paced account. Christopher Ventris is sensitive, achieving exhausted nobility as the composer, and Falk Struckmann provides a rounded portrayal of the subtle Borromeo." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Gotterdammerung (recorded 1992) Bayreuther Festspiele / Siegfried Jerusalem, Bodo Brinkmann, Anne Evans, Hilde Leidland, Eva-Maria Bundschuh / Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Music Vision / Unitel DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/May/2010 ] "If a cycle is going as well as the Harry Kupfer/Daniel Barenboim Ring was, the super-test of Götterdämmerung brings out the best in everyone… Barenboim manipulates his orchestra with Furtwänglerian virtuosity" Gramophone 2007 |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in 2009) Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves / Tassis Christoyannis / Dina Kuznetsova / Jennifer Holloway / Vladmir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "This Falstaff is immensely enjoyable and amongst the best that I have watched. I strongly recommend it whether you admire Verdi's last work or not..an amiable, pleasing production with an exceptionally fine cast" Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov... |
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Sacrificium - The Art of the Castrati Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] Cecilia Bartoli sings virtuoso arias from her Sacrificium album, on location in and around the spectacular baroque palace of Caserta in Southern Italy. |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: La Sonnambula (the complete opera, recorded in 2009) Metropolitan Opera / Juan Diego Florez, Natalie Dessay, Michele Pertusi / Evelino Pido (conductor) [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 11/Mar/2010 ] G:- "[The rehearsal conceit] may sound like a straight thumbs-down. But it works....almost without knowing it, one is drawn into the work itself, rejoicing in the power of song...Juan Diego Flórez has an abundance of all that is required and enjoys a... |
SACRED MUSIC
Sacred Music: a story spanning six centuries Simon Russell Beale / The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ BBC / Coro DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Series One of the BBC's groundbreaking classical music programme follows renowned actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale as he explores the flowering of Western sacred music. |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (complete ballet recorded in 2008) The Royal Ballet / Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Jose Martin / Martin Yates (cond) [ Decca DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] This new high-definition film of MacMillan's hugely-popular ballet 'Manon' is the perfect twin to his classic 'Romeo & Juliet' (August 2009 release). Once again, the romantic male lead is taken by the charismatic Carlos Acosta. |
JULES MASSENET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Massenet: Thais (complete opera, recorded in 2009) Metropolitan Opera / Renee Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Michael Schade / Jesus Lopez-Cobos (cond) [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 18/Feb/2010 ] The New York Times lauded Renée Fleming as a "vocally sumptuous and unabashedly show-stealing Thaïs". If this is crime, opera needs more of it! |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2007) Grobes festspielhaus, Salzburg / Burkhard Fritz, Maija Kovalevska, Laurent Naouri, Brindley Sherratt / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Naxos Unitel DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "Burkhard Fritz as Benvenuto is a strong heroic tenor and copes well with the vocal demands of the role, while Maria Kovalevska as his beloved Teresa enchants us with her lovely voice and physical beauty." (The WholeNote.com) |
Andre Rieu
Live in Sydney, 2009 [ Universal Music DVD / DVD - released 17/Dec/2009 ] André Rieu's 'Live in Australia' - recorded at his concerts in Melbourne - was the biggest-selling music DVD of 2008. On this DVD, the scene shifts to Sydney and features special guests Alan Jones, plus a hilarious finale featuring Dame Edna Everage |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
In Search of Beethoven A film by Phil Grabsky [ Seventh Art DVD / 2 DVD - released 9/Dec/2009 ] In Search of Beethoven has brought together the world's leading performers and experts on Beethoven to reveal new insights into this legendary composer. The line-up of performers and interviewees includes Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Roger Norrington,... |
