Since you are interested in El Sistema - Music to change life (a film by Paul Smaczny & Maria Stodtmeier) BLU-RAY, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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. |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (Complete opera sung in Czech recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Opéra Bastille / Elena Tsallagova, Jukka Rasilainen, Michèle Lagrange / Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) [ EuroArts / Medici Arts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "Enchanting staging…The sound is splendid, the video direction simply fabulous. Everyone, Tsallagova above all, responds beautifully to close-ups…make sure your whole family enjoys it with you!" IRR |
BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Herbert von Karajan Memorial Concert (concert recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Berlin Philharmonic / Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Seiji Ozawa (cond) [ Unitel Classics / Medici Arts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "For Anne-Sophie Mutter the saying "Make every note count" becomes less a vague cliché and more a matter of fact. Her violin playing has an imagination, a curiosity and a near-endless reserve of psychic energy." The New York Times |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Daniel Barenboim (piano and conductor) / Staatskapelle Berlin [ Medici Arts Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] Recorded live at the prestigious Klavier-Festival Ruhr in May 2007, this Blu-ray recording reflects both a very individual and special reading of Beethoven's music and the artist's life-long dedication to the composer. |
J.S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos 1 - 6 BLU-RAY Giuliano Carmignola (violin) / Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado [ Medici Arts / Euro Arts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2009 ] Blu-Ray "The playing is stylish throughout: ornaments are apt, all the more telling for their restraint; trills are paced to match mood, languid in slow movements, sparkling in allegros." (BBC Music) |
WAGNER / GERSHWIN / DVORAK
The Pyongyang Concert [recorded in North Korea in 2008] BLU-RAY New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel [ EuroArts Medici Arts BLU_RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "For at least 90 minutes in a theatre in Pyongyang it was possible … to believe that 55 years of cold-war hostility were coming to an end." James Miles, The Economist |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Amor, vida de mi vida: Zarzuelas (recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Placido Domingo & Ana Maria Martinez / Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg / Jesus Lopez Cobos [ Medici Arts / EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "A live concert of zarzuela, the genre in which Domingo cut his teeth, with the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra delivering stylish playing and soloists assured." (BBC Music) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
An Evening with Renée Fleming (Recorded live at Waldbühne, Berlin, 2010) BLU-RAY Renée Fleming (soprano) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Ion Marin [ EuroArts / Medici Arts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, is the home of the Berliner Philharmoniker's summer concerts. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in Tokyo in 2007) BLU-RAY Staatsopernchor Dresden / Kurt Rydl, Anke Vondung, Anne Schwanewilms, Elisabeth Wilke/ Fabio Luisi (cond) [ EuroArts Medici Arts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "This Dresden Rosenkavalier captured on tour in Japan has to be seen for Anne Schwanewilms's Marschallin, one of the most consummate operatic performances I've ever seen" (BBC Music) |