In Stock Classical DVD
In Stock Classical DVD
Below is a list of all In Stock classical DVD titles.
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (opera recorded 1962/63) Deutsche Oper Berlin / Walter Berry, James King, Christa Ludwig, Lisa Otto / Artur Rother (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ] For the four main roles, singers were chosen who already had international experience but were still fresh and vigorous. Christa Ludwig, James King and Walter Berry. |
DVORAK
Biblical Songs (10), Op. 99 / Requiem, Op. 89 / Stabat Mater, Op. 58 / Te Deum, Op.103, B.176 Prague Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Prague Philharmonic Choir / Petr Altrichter / Jirí Belohlávek / Libor Pešek [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / 3 DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] The works of the quintessentially Czech composer Antonín Dvořák are, above all, enjoyable and perennial favourites of the Romantic repertoire. The concerts are performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the Prague Philharmonic Choir,... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
The Salzburg Concerts - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (and works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schoenberg) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "captures the sense of music-making on the wing...rarely has the final coda erupted with such overwhelming joy. The same electrifying concentration informs performances of Schoenberg's Variations and Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Symphony, which find Bare |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walküre (complete opera recorded in 2010) Johan Botha / Edith Haller / Linda Watson / Albert Dohmen / Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus / Bayreuther Festspiele / Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 23/Jun/2011 ] "[Botha] is outstanding throughout as Siegmund...Dorst's production, and this filming of it, are at their best in the latter stages of Act 3 and the result is a powerful and affecting account of one of The Ring's greatest episodes...there's nothing... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2000) Teatro alla Scala / Maria Guleghina, Salvatore Licitra, Leo Nucci / Riccardo Muti (cond) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 23/Jun/2011 ] "As Tosca, Maria Guleghina is in fine voice, and Muti supports her at every turn. Her great Act Two lament 'Vissi d'arte' is beautifully shaped, with phrases carefully structured so as not to peak too soon." MusicWeb |
JANACEK / PROKOFIEV / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / CHOPIN
Nikolai Lugansky In Recital (recorded live at the Verbier Festival on 28th July 2008) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) [ Euroarts / Ideale Audience International DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] "The articulation…is breathtaking: such clarity for the turns of Prokofiev's 'Masks', such speed so well caught by the camerawork on fingers and blue-tinged keys in Liszt's 'Feux follets', such strength in the cascades of No. 10 and the glitter of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Maria Kliegel Cello Master Class - 198 page book with 2 DVDs Maria Kliegel (cello) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD/Book - released 7/Mar/2011 ] "The opportunity of having some eight hours of tuition from such an inspiring teacher is not one to be missed and this is surely an essential purchase for any aspiring player." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Feb 2011) |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in 1988) Opera Australia / Joan Sutherland, Ron Stevens, Ann-Maree McDonald / Richard Bonynge (cond) [ ABC Universal DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] The sparkling story concerns a national crisis in the picture-postcard country of Pontevedro, as the recently-widowed Hanna Glawari appears to be in danger of marrying a foreigner. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
The Warsaw Recital Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Accentus Music DVD / DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "The Barcarolle and sequence of three Waltzes are quite beguiling...a magnificent and genuinely impassioned account of the A flat major Polonaise...The neat, unfussy direction makes the film a pleasure to watch." (Gramophone) |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Siegfried (complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2007) Jennifer Wilson, Lance Ryan, Peter Seiffert, Gerhard Siegel, Juha Uusitalo / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Quite a spectacle, brilliantly sung." The Sunday Times "It looks like a landmark Ring cycle, it is outstanding." BBC Music Magazine |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Gotterdammerung [Complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2008) Jennifer Wilson, Lance Ryan, Ralf Lukaso / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Quite a spectacle, brilliantly sung." The Sunday Times "It looks like a landmark Ring cycle, it is outstanding." BBC Music Magazine |
ALLEGRI / BYRD / TALLIS / PALESTRINA / etc
Sacred Music - An Easter Celebration The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ BBC / Coro DVD / DVD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Simon Russell Beale presents a special concert for Easter from LSO St Luke's in London, performed by the award-winning choir The Sixteen, conducted by founder Harry Christophers. The music takes us on a journey of over six hundred years, from... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4) [recorded in 1992] Yefim Bronfman (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Kurt Sanderling [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] "The DVD camera lets us watch his mercurial hands in astonishment as well as pleasure...This is among the most revealing accounts available" (Gramophone) |
MOZART / STRAVINSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY
European Concert 1993 - Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major / The Rite of Spring / Romeo & Juliet: Fantasy Overture Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Bernard Haitink [ Arthaus Musik Berliner Philharmoniker DVD / DVD - released 21/Dec/2010 ] Under Bernard Haitink's baton, the Berlin Philharmonic have demonstrated here their possibilities in the reduced classical instrumentation, before the full orchestra put on a show after the interval with Stravinsky's „Rite". |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Surprise In Texas - The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Nobuyuki Tsujii / Haochen Zhang / Yeol Eum Son (pianos) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "The atmosphere of the piano world's most demanding competition comes vividly across, as do the personalities of the finalists" (BBC Music) |
A Jan Schmidt-Garre Film featuring Roland Pöntinen, Vesselina Kasarova, Peter Feuchtwanger, Katerina Hebelkova, Christiane Libor
Chopin At The Opera [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 26/Oct/2010 ] The opera for Chopin was the highest form of art - even though he never entertained the thought of writing for the stage himself. His contemporaries Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini meant more to him than Beethoven, Liszt or Schumann. They influenced... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The King of Instruments (the BBC series) Gillian Weir (six European organs) [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] This new DVD (with a free bonus CD containing specially recorded performances of some of the works) is a release by Priory of the BBC programmes that were recorded on six famous European Organs by Dame Gillian Weir in the late 1980s |
MOZART / CHOPIN / RAVEL / BRAHMS
In Recital (recorded in 2010) John Chen (piano) [ McCarthy Communications / DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] New Zealand pianist John Chen was the youngest ever winner of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, where he also won prizes for the best performance of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, chamber music and concerto. Since then, he has... |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Mireille (complete opera recorded in 2010) Paris National Opera / Inva Mula / Charles Castronovo / Franck Ferrari / Marc Minkowski (conductor) [ FRA Musica DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Gramophone Magazine DVD of the Month - March 2011 |
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) |
