In Stock Classical DVD
In Stock Classical DVD
Below is a list of all In Stock classical DVD titles.
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience & The Sorcerer [2 DVDs] Ambrosian Opera Chorus with Sandra Dugdale, Donald Adams, Derek Hammond-Stroud, John Fryatt, Clive Revill, David Kernan & Nana Christie [ BBC / Umbrella DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] For more than 100 years the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan have played to packed audiences around the world. These two names have become synonymous with classic light opera - music that is timeless and tuneful lyrics that are witty, scathing and memorable. |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore Ambrosian Opera Chorus with Vincent Price, Keith Michell, John Treleaven, Ann Howard, Sandra Dugdale, Donald Adams & Johanna Peters [ BBC / Umbrella DVD / DVD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] For more than 100 years the operas of Gilbert & Sullivan have played to packed audiences around the world. These two names have become synonymous with classic light opera - music that is timeless and tuneful lyrics that are witty, scathing and memorable. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Death in Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) English National Opera / John Graham-Hall, Andrew Shore, Tim Mead / Edward Gardner (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 3/Mar/2014 ] "Graham-Hall is a real stage-animal, convincing us utterly of his descent into obsession...every colour, timbre and texture of this richly imaginative score comes blazing through under Gardner's baton". (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Opera) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1, 6 & 8 (recorded 2001) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] Recorded live at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, February 2001 |
ELLIOT CARTER
Elliott Carter: 103rd Birthday Concert Various performers [ NMC DVD / DVD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] This DVD features 4 world premieres (A Sunbeam's Architecture, String Trio, Mnemosyné, Rigmarole) - two of which were specially written for this concert - and filmed tributes from leading British composers. Enclosed is a 24-page booklet featuring... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete opera recorded in 2002) Glyndebourne Opera / Anne Sofie von Otter, Marcus Haddock, Laurent Naouri, Lisa Milne / Philippe Jordan (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] G: "(Von Otter's) Carmen has loads of overt sexuality - she languidly glides through the Habanera while sucking on a piece of fruit and then a cigar - and she shows plenty of temperament and fatalism tinged with fear later." (Los Angeles Times) |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Henry V (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in June, 2012) Globe Theatre / Brendan O'Hea, Jamie Parker, Paul Rider, David Hargreaves, Giles Cooper [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] Capped by one of the most famous speeches ever written, King Henry V recalls the momentous English victory at Agincourt. With comic sub-plots to be found among Henry's soldiers, the production boasts some terrific performances - including Sam Cox. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 1999) Netherlands Opera / John Keyes, Nadine Secunde, John Brocheler, Jeannine Altmeyer, Kurt Rydi, Reinhild Runkel / Harmut Haenchen (cond) [ Opus Arte Essential Opera Collection DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "The visual impact of this Spartan production is such that it will not be easily forgotten. It is recorded in surround sound...All in all this a quality product." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shew (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2012) Globe Theatre / Tom Godwin, Tom Anderson, Patrick Driver, Sarah MacRae, Helen Weir, Samantha Spiro, Simon Paisley Day [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "A laugh-out-loud production" Time Out |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2019) Globe Theatre / Pearce Quigley, Sarah Finigan, Bryony Hannah, Richard Katz, Forbes Mason, Anita Reynolds, Boadicea Ricketts / Elle While (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Double-meanings, disguises and dirty laundry abound as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the 'Merry Wives' quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: All's well that ends well (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2011) Globe Theatre / Michael Bertenshaw, Sam Cox, Sam Crane, Naomi Cranston, John Cummins [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] G: - Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well centres on the tale of Helena's quest to marry the man she loves, the rather unimpressed Bertram, who initially refuses her due to her lack of social standing. |
GLUCK
Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride (complete operas recorded in 2011) Netherlands Opera / Véronique Gens / Mireille Delunsch / Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Opera |
BELLINI
I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2009) Netherlands Opera / Daniel Borowski, Mariola Cantarero, Riccardo Zanellato / Giuliano Carella (conductor), Francisco Negrin (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "Osborn manages a stupendous top F, non-falsetto, and his singing in the trio, lyrical but desperate, is even more wonderful...Go on, give it a whirl." (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (complete opera recorded in 2011) Glyndebourne Opera / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ottavio Dantone [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2013 ] "What is here is some exhilarating music-making, both vocal and instrumental. Ottavio Dantone leads an orchestral with a spring in its step and some fine playing" (BBC) |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Pergolesi: Il Prigionier Superbo / La Serva Padrona (complete operas recorded 2009 & 2011) Antonio Lozano, Maria Rodrìguez Cusì, Marina de Liso, Alessandra Marianelli, Carlo Lepore / Accademia Barocca de I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris [ Arthaus DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] "Marianelli is a sharp-witted, pert-voiced Serpina...Lepore is a suitably blustery Uberto, the playing of Accademia Barocca is exemplary, with some particularly splendid trumpet playing" International Record Review |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (Complete opera recorded in 2011) Netherlands Opera / Olga Savova, Krassimira Stoyanova, Elena Maximova, Bo Skovhus / Mariss Jansons (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] 'Jansons sets us on a simmer and gradually turns the heat to boiling. It is magisterially paced, stunningly played and, seemingly effortlessly, Jansons captures every aching nuance..Herheim's innovations are often throbbingly acute (and sometimes... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2010) Daniela Dessì (Tosca), Fabio Armiliato (Mario Cavaradossi) & Claudio Sgura (Scarpia), Teatro Carlo Felice, Marco Boemi (conductor) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Sgura possesses a timbre rather warmer than usual for Scarpia - it's nice to hear 'Va, Tosca' sung rather than roared...The conductor, Marco Boemi, has the idiom solidly in hand and extracts full-blooded, sumptuous sound from the Genoa players" |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra La Scala Opera / Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Anja Harteros (Amelia Grimaldi (Maria), etc / Daniel Barenboim (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Barenboim] delivers the kind of eloquently moulded, dramatically succinct phrases heard in his Wagner performances of late...[His] status as a Verdian outsider - and the fresh insights that come with that - is a genuine drawing card." |
David Garrett
Legacy: Live in Baden Baden [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 22/Mar/2012 ] |
David Garrett (violin)
David Garrett Unlimited - Live From The Arena di Verona (DVD) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 22/Mar/2012 ] "Star violinist David Garrett celebrates his ten-year spectacular crossover programme with thousands of fans in the extraordinary atmosphere of the Arena di Verona, Italy. Performing his Greatest Hits of brilliant interpretations of rock classics... |
