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A. VIVALDI / J. S. BACH
Vivaldi / Bach: Magnificat & Concerti Pierre Hantaï (clavecin solo) / Le Concert des Nations / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD + DVD / 2 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 15/Feb/2015 ] "with performers of this calibre…the performances were always going to be impressive. All fans of Savall will want the set." (Early Music Review) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Opera & Ballet favourites (winter gala concert from the Royal Opera House 1993) Placido Domingo / Kiri te Kanawa / Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Darcey Bussell / various conductors [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] '…a dazzling evening in the company of a galaxy of stars from The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera. …an unsurpassable celebration of opera and ballet.' Daily Telegraph |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Grand Organ of Liverpool Cathedral (concert recorded in 2012) [plus CD] Richard Lea at the Walker Organ of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral [ Priory DVD + CD / DVD/CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart Operas Box Set: Don Giovanni / Die Zauberflöte / Le Nozze di Figaro [complete operas recorded 2003-2008] Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside, Kyle Ketelsen, Miah Persson, Joyce DiDonato, Dorothea Röschmann, Erwin Schrott, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2014 ] "…as flames rage over the opening cast credits, Sir Charles Mackerras conducts an incandescent Overture which kindles the brilliance, clarity and indefatigable energy of his music direction throughout." (BBC Music on Don Giovanni) |
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BERLIOZ
Keeping Score - Revealing Classical Music - Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique (includes concert performance) The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Classical music expert Michael Tilson Thomas headlines this documentary examination of composer Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique. As an added bonus, the program features a full concert performance of the work by The San Francisco Symphony. ~... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Keeping Score - Revealing Classical Music - Shostakovich's Symphony No 5 (includes concert performance) The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ San Francisco Symphony DVD / DVD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Classical music historian Michael Tilson Thomas hosts this unusual glimpse into the life and work of seminal Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, which rests on an unusual historical footnote. As an added bonus, the program includes a full-length... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Sandrine Piau, Anthea Pichanick, Božidar Smiljanić, Krešimir Špicer Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / DVD - released 17/Jan/2020 ] Filmed in decembre 2018 at the Chapelle Royale de Versailles. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
European Concert 1995: Berliner Philharmoniker from Florence Sarah Chang (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 21/Mar/2011 ] In 1540 Cosimo de'Medici moved with his family and court into the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. On 1st May 1995 the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performed its jubilee concert - conducted on this occasion by Zubin Mehta - in the same building. Since... |
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PROKOFIEV
Salzburg Festival 2012 Opening Concert - Symphony No. 5 (and works by Stravinsky & Mussorgsky) Sergei Semishkur (tenor) Konzertvereinigung Wiender Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Valery Gergiev [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] "the Philharmonic - and particularly the Vienna State Opera Chorus - render Stravinsky's Psalms with biting urgency, with rhythm and transparency of sound effectively replacing their usual lushness." (Gramophone) |
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HANDEL / ANONYMOUS / BOYCE / ELGAR / etc
A Shrospshire Idyll (concert recorded in 2013) [plus free CD of the concert] Thomas Trotter (Grand of St Laurence's Church, Ludlow) [ Regent DVD + CD / 2 DVD/CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Thomas Trotter, one of the world's greatest organists, presents a programme of music to mark the 250th anniversary of the organ in St Laurence's Church, Ludlow - the church where the ashes of A E Housman, writer of A Shropshire Lad, are buried. A... |
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Various Artists
In Concert - The Live DVD [ Rajon Vision / DVD - released 16/Feb/2009 ] M :- |
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BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRUSTAD / GRIEG
Europakonzert 2016 from Røros, Norway - Beethoven: Symphony No 3 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / etc Vilde Frang (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrate their founding day (May 1st, 1892) in a European city of cultural significance every year. In 2016, they travelled to Røros in Norway, to play in the town's beautiful baroque church. Norwegian violinist Vilde... |
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BEETHOVEN / SAINT-SAENS / WEBER / BEN-HAIM / RAVEL
Joint Concert Tel Aviv (From the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium Tel Aviv 1990) Viviane Hagner (violin), Sharon Kam (clarinet) Berliner Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] Includes 11 minutes of documentary footage |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Knowledge Is The Beginning (including The Ramallah Concert) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra - Documentary "Knowledge Is The Beginning" & The legendary Ramallah Concert. Daniel Barenboim established the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with the late Palestinian writer Edward Said in order to... |
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JOHANN STRAUSS / JOSEF STRAUSS / JOSEF HELLMESBERGER JUN.
Strauss: New Year's Concert 2002 Wiener Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa (conductor) [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 13/Jul/2017 ] It has long been a Philharmonic New Year's Day tradition to present a program consisting of the lively and at the same time nostalgic music from the vast repertoire of the Johann Strauss family and their contemporaries. These concerts not only... |
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Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
The Menuhin Century - The Violin of the Century [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] Re-released in 2016 on the occasion of Yehudi Menuhin's centenary, this film is devoted to the artistic heritage of a personality who ranked among the most extraordinary musicians of his time, even as a child. Menuhin was not a mere musician: he was... |
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BRUCH / BRAHMS / RAVEL
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert (rec 2006) Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 22/Jun/2007 ] G - Recorded live at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 26 December 2006 |
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Les Miserables in Concert (The 25th Anniversary)
[ Universal Pictures DVD / DVD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] 'Les Misérables in Concert' was recorded live from London's famous O2 theater on October 3, 2010. Featuring the bravura songs "I Dreamed a Dream", "On My Own", "Stars", "Bring Him Home" and more, this 'Les Misérables' tribute concert marks the 25th... |
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Yes - Songs From Tsongas - 35th Anniversary Concert Special Edition
[ Eagle Vision / 2 DVD - released 9/Oct/2014 ] This Special Edition of Songs From Tsongas contains 2 concerts from Yes? 35th Anniversary Tour in 2004, their last tour to feature the classic line-up of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman & Alan White. Disc 1 contains the entire... |
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Abba
Live in Concert [ Polydor Records DVD / DVD - released 8/Apr/2004 ] G :- Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - DTS 5.1 Surround / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround / PCM Stereo 2.0 - Colour - 100 Minutes - PAL Includes :- -Interview with director Urban Lasson -Interview with promoter and tour producer Thomas Johnsson -Tour... |