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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Romeo et Juliette [Romeo and Juliet] (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Arena di Verona / Nino Machaidze, Ketevan Kemoklidze, Cristina Melis / Fabio Mastrangello (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2013 ] "[Machaidze] seems to be the Juliette of choice today and this video makes clear why that's the case: lovely singing and a demeanour that manages to be sensual and innocent at once." (International Record Review) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Robert Gambill, Mikhail Petrenko, Eva Johansson / Sir Simon Rattle (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2009 ] In a career spanning more than 30 years, Sir Simon Rattle has distinguished himself through his long-term relationships with a number of orchestras, wide-ranging repertoire and innovative educational and audiencebuilding activities. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Macbeth (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Paris Opera / Dimitris Tiliakos, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Violeta Urmana / Teodor Currentzis (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2013 ] "In film close-up, for instance, the wonderfully detailed acting of baritone Dimitris Tiliakos, a darkly handsome hero-villain, stands out" (BBC Music) |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (complete opera recorded in 2010) Bayerische Staatsoper / Alain Vernhes, Susan Gritton, Bernard Richter / Kent Nagano (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Jun/2011 ] "Tcherniakov's production is probably the most physically active Dialogues ever staged. Everyone is seemingly in constant motion...Sylvie Brunet is a memorably formidable and pitiable Croissy...Helen Guilmette's Constance, lively but never cloying or |
BORIS ASAFIEV
The Flames of Paris (complete ballet) BLU-RAY Bolshoi Ballet / Natalia Osipova / Denis Savin / Ivan Vasiliev / Pavel Sorokin (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Dec/2010 ] Under the aegis of its now acting artistic director, Alexei Ratmansky, the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet Company, continues its foray into the history of Russian ballet with a revival of The Flames of Paris. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Bolshoi Ballet / Nina Kaptsova, Artem Ovcharenko, Denis Savin / Pavel Klinichev (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2012 ] The most talented soloists of the Bolshoi Ballet appear in this production including Nina Kaptsova (Marie) and Artem Ovcharenko (the Nutcracker Prince) and Denis Savin (Drosselmeyer). |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 [complete ballet recorded in 2011] BLU-RAY Bolshoi Theatre / David Hallberg, Svetlana Zakharova, Maria Allash / Vassily Sinaisky (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Nov/2012 ] Tchaikovsky's ballet in a new production for the reopening of the historic Bolshoi Ballet stage. It also celebrates superstar David Hallberg's Bolshoi debut, the first American principal soloist ever to be hired by the Bolshoi Ballet. |
ADOLPHE ADAM
Giselle [complete ballet recorded in 2011] BLU-RAY Bolshoi Theatre / Svetlana Lunkina, Dimitry Gudanov, Maria Allash / Paul Klinichev(cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2013 ] The Bolshoi Ballet troupe in Yuri Grigorovich's version of the romantic masterpiece 'Giselle', at last available in HD. First performed in 1841, 'Giselle' was an immediate hit. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky Gala - highlights from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty & Nutcracker (Recorded at the Teatro all Scala in 2007) BLU-RAY La Scala / Polina Semionova / Nadja Saidakova / Ronald Savkovic / David Coleman (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2009 ] Blu-Ray - "The dancing is uniformly excellent, and conductor David Coleman leads the La Scala orchestra in bravura performances of some of Tchaikovsky's greatest ballet music." (AudAud.com) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes [The Firebird & The Rite of Spring] (recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra & Ballet / Ekaterina Kondaurova, Ilya Kuznetsov, Alexandra Iosifidi / Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Dec/2009 ] "For those who only know the black-and-white pictures of the original production of The Rite of Spring, the colours of Roerich's designs are a revelation, while the vision of Nijinksy's revolutionary choreography can be experienced in its full... |