VERDI / WAGNER / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / STRAUSS / ROSSINI / BIZET
Gala Concerts: A Verdi Gala From Berlin / Gala Concert from the Vienna State Opera / Great Stars in Opera [4 DVD set] Andrea Rost, Ramon Vargas, Alan Titus, Agnes Baltsa, Placido Domingo, Neil Shicoff / Various orchestras & conductors [ EuroArts DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] The greatest names in opera take to the stage for these galas from three musical centres that have come to stand as symbols of rebirth - Vienna, Berlin and Dresden. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Exeter Cathedral (concert recorded in 2011) [plus free CD] Andrew Millington (Grand organ of Exeter Cathedral) [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] "This is one of the finest DVDs to come my way in quite some time...Millington makes every piece sound as if it had been written for Exeter.Beautifully filmed by Richard Knight - this is a splendid release, informative, enlightening and warmly recomm |
CILEA / LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI / VERDI
Summer Night Concert 2018 Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ Sony Classical DVD / DVD - released 15/Jul/2018 ] Details to follow |
CHABRIER / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / RAVEL / POULENC
New Year's Eve Concert 2015 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 22/Sep/2016 ] The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns his attention to Mozart's last 8 piano concertos. The music of Mozart has quite literally been an essential driving force of Daniel Barenboim's... |
Autour De Blues / Larry Carlton / Robben Ford
New Morning - The Paris Concert [ Inakustic / DVD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] In late 2006, the New Morning presented an incredible meeting of legendary blues players specially flown in from Nashville & Tokyo. This Franco-American guitar summit brought together for the first time the members of Autour du Blues (the... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY / GYORGY LIGETI / ALBAN BERG / ANTON WEBERN
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabe / etc (Blu-ray/DVD) Barbara Hannigan (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live DVD + BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 24/Nov/2017 ] Sir Simon Rattle is joined by virtuosic soprano Barbara Hannigan for a modernist programme that showcases the immense capabilities of the London Symphony Orchestra. |
W. A. MOZART
Barenboim plays Mozart Piano Concertos [Nos 20 - 27] (rec 1986-1989) Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor) [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] "these are impeccably presented and beautifully rendered performances" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
CHABRIER / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / RAVEL / POULENC / BRAHMS
Silvesterkonzert - New Year's Eve Concert 2015 Berliner Philharmoniker / Sir SImon Rattle / Anne-Sophie Mutter [ EuroArts DVD / DVD ] It is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin - and beyond: On New Year's Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together the musicians bid farewell to the old year and... |
WAGNER
Sydney Opera House Opening Concert 1973 (including a DVD of highlights from the concert) Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Charles Mackerras [ ABC Classics / 2 CD/DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] In September 1973 in front of a packed, emotion charged house Sir Charles Mackerras conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in the first concert to be staged in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. The all-Wagner concert featured Wagnerian... |
Bob Dylan
30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [ Sony Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Mar/2014 ] On October 16, 1992, musical giants gathered at Madison Square Garden to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Bob Dylan's first Columbia Records album and play a selection of his songs that had moved and inspired them over the decades. The four hour... |
Bon Jovi
Lost Highway - The Concert [ Universal Music / DVD - released 29/Nov/2007 ] PG :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 84 Minutes This rare and exclusive performance brings the critically acclaimed and #1 album 'Lost Highway' to life. Track by track and in sequence, Bon Jovi... |
BEETHOVEN / MEDTNER & OTHERS
Boris Berezovsky - Portrait - Concert - Interview (recorded in 2006) Boris Berezovsky (piano) [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] G :- "Berezovsky takes the palm as a curious and magnetic personality. He has fun with the more outlandish of Beethoven's Dianelli Variations before probing the heart of the mystery." BBC Music Magazine Feb 2008 |
Bruce Springsteen
In Concert - MTV Unplugged [ SMV Enterprises / Columbia Records / DVD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] This is the Boss' contribution to the expanding portfolio of classic artists who've performed on MTV's acoustic show. 'In Concert MTV Unplugged' features Springsteen's fiery and impassioned 16-track performance, recorded on November 11, 1992, plus... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Conductors: Carlos Kleiber / Georg Solti / Leonard Bernstein / Herbert von Karajan [4 DVD set] Carlos Kleiber, Georg Solti, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, with Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel, Stephen Sondheim, and more [ C Major DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] Collection of documentaries looking at the lives and works of four celebrated conductors. The documentaries are: 'Carlos Kleiber: I Am Lost to the World', 'Sir Georg Solti: Journey of a Lifetime', 'Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life' and 'Herbert... |
HANDEL
A Handel Celebration (concert recorded in 2009) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ BBC / Coro DVD / DVD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] In this BBC Prom from the Royal Albert Hall the Sixteen capture some of Handel's most ebullient moments in concert performance, from the ever popular Arrival of the Queen of Sheba to the ubiquitous sounds of Zadok the Priest. |
RIES / ERNST / LISZT / SARASATE / BUSONI
Naxos 20th Anniversary Concert - Virtuoso music of the 19th Century (recorded live in May 2007) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) Ilya Grubert (violin) Wolf Harden (piano) Tianwa Yang (violin) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) and others [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] G - Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, 22 May 2007 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Gloucester Cathedral (concert recorded in 2015) [plus CD] Colin Walsh at the Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral [ Priory DVD + CD + Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Package Contains BluRay, NTSC DVD and Audio CD This is Priory's 14th issue in their "Grand Organ Series." Jonathan Hope is the organist in this comprehensive and fascinating insight into this unique " neo classical"English organ. As with previous... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral (concert recorded in 2009) [plus CD] Colin Walsh at the Grand Organ of Lincoln Cathedral [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] |
Crosby, Stills & Nash
The Acoustic Concert [ Warner Vision Australia DVD / DVD - released 22/Nov/2004 ] The soaring, unmistakable harmonies of Crosby, Stills & Nash bring to life one classic song after another in Acoustic, the unique concert DVD of their greatest hits. This footage was captured live at San Francisco s Warfield Theater in November 1991 |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS
Otto Klemperer's Long Journey Through His Times - Klemperer: The Last Concert [2 DVDs / 2 CDs] Daniel Adni (piano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Arthaus DVD plus CDs / 4 DVD/CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] "If you have the room for a brick and fancy the idea of the permanent audio record and the more dippable-into DVDs then this splendidly realised set is for you." MusicWeb Jan 2017 |