Masters of Classical Music: 20 documentaries on 4 Blu-ray Discs

 
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Masters of Classical Music: 20 documentaries on 4 Blu-ray Discs
Martha Argerich (piano) Gil Shaham (violin) / Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Chailly, Kurt Masur, Bernard Haitink

[ Euroarts Blu-ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set ]

Release Date: Friday 29 September 2017

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Masters of Classical Music is an informative and captivating guide to twenty of the most important works in music history. Outtakes from the original scores within the documentaries, assist the viewer by making it easier to follow the music and to overall comprehend the structure of the works. The viewer will travel back in time to experience the birth places of these compositions and will thereby gain insight into the lives of the composers whilst receiving a thorough introduction to the works.

Hosted by Jeremy Barham, Michael Beckerman , Pierre Boulez, Frank-Michael Erben, Constantin Floros, Hartmut Haenchen,
Peter Hill, Armin Koch, Wulf Kunold, Robert Levin, Paul Roberts, Wolfgang Sandberger, Habakuk Traber

Repertoire:
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Mozart: Symphony No. 41; Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"; Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9; Schubert: Symphony No. 8; Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E-minor; Schumann: Piano Concerto; Brahms: Violin Concerto; Bruckner: Symphony No. 8; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Dvoƙák: Symphony No. 9; Debussy: La Mer; Mahler: Symphony No. 5 and "Das Lied von der Erde"; Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie; Ravel: Boléro; Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Duration: 600 minutes
Region Code: 0
1080i Full HD, 16:9

Tracks:

Bach, J S:
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 (complete)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried van der Goltz

Bartók:
Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116
Recorded live at the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Lisbon, 1 May 2003
Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez

Beethoven:
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Berlioz:
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons

Brahms:
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo, Palermo, 1 May 2002
Gil Shaham (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Bruckner:
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez

Debussy:
La Mer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Dvorak:
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Haydn:
Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'
Berliner Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons

Mahler:
Symphony No. 5
Lucerne Fesitval Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Das Lied von der Erde
WDR Sinfonieorchester, Semyon Bychkov

Mendelssohn:
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Recorded live at the Gewandhaus Leipzig, May 1997
Frank Michael Erben (violin)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur

Mozart:
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
Recorded live at the Konzerthaus, Berlin, 13 November 2005
Kammerorchester C.P.E. Bach, Hartmut Haenchen

Ravel:
Boléro
Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

Schubert:
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim

Schumann:
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Martha Argerich (piano)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly

Strauss, R:
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Recorded live at the Semperoper, Dresden, 22 September 1998
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Stravinsky:
The Rite of Spring
Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink

Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

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