GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 Christiane Oelze (soprano) / Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus / Riccardo Chailly [ Accentus Music / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "this one is something special. The acoustic of Leipzig's Gewandhaus hall is a star in itself: the offstage horn and trumpet fanfares sound as thrilling as the orchestra's playing, itself near-fabulous from start to finish." ClassicFM Five Stars |
WIDMANN / LISZT / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim: Live from the BBC Proms 2016 BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor), Martha Argerich (piano) / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Mar/2018 ] The Proms don't come more stellar than this! Daniel Barenboim and his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra would have comfortably filled the hall on their own, while Martha Argerich could have filled it three times over" - The Independent |
ARLEN / BERNSTEIN / GERSHWIN / LOEWE / SONDHEIM
New Year's Eve Concert 2019 - An Evening with Broadway Melodies BLU-RAY Diana Damrau (soprano) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Kirill Petrenko [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 19/Jun/2020 ] "The Berliner Philharmoniker and Diana Damrau bring American sass and swing to the Silvesterkonzert" - Financial Times |
RICHARD STRAUSS / ALBAN BERG / MAURICE RAVEL / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Easter Festival Baden-Baden (recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Elina Garanca (mezzo), Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Nov/2018 ] At this concert performance from the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden, the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle and the Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča performed music from the early 20th century. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' BLU-RAY Isabelle Faust (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Sep/2016 ] "Faust makes light of the technical difficulties of Beethoven's sometimes awkwardly-written Violin Concerto." BBC Music Five Stars |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Philippe Jaroussky: La voix des rêves - Greatest Moments in concert (Blu-ray) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) [ Virgin Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Nov/2012 ] "LA VOIX DES RÊVES - Greatest Moments in Concert" features video footage from a number of occasions and venues - including items from a concert given among the crystal chandeliers of the splendid Galerie des Glaces in the palace of Versailles. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (plus Wolf - Lieder) [concert recorded in Sept 2012] BLU-RAY Renee Fleming (soprano) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "Thielemann's interpretation of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony is majestic and clean, as expected, though it falls just short of the cumulative power that the audience's warm reception suggests." (BBC Music) |
STRAUSS FAMILY / ZIEHRER / HELLMESBERGER / LUMBYE / BRUCKNER
New Year's Concert 2024 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Mar/2024 ] There are few concerts in the world that are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Christian Thielemann, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year with a concert in the magnificent Golden... |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert 2013 (Blu-ray) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most [ Sony Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "Welser-Möst can cut a curiously professorial figure, but the playing he gets from the orchestra really sparkles in an offbeat programme that includes 11 New Year's Day premieres" Sunday Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gala Concert from St.Petersburg BLU-RAY Anna Netrebko (soprano), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Mischa Maisky (cello), Eliso Virsaladze (piano) & Viktor Tretjakov (violin) [ EuroArts Medici Arts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] This festive gala concert was held to mark the city's 300th anniversary, bringing together some of the greatest Russian artists. |