Since you are interested in Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 / Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120 (recorded in 2006) 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 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / EDWARD ELGAR
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 / Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 [Europa Konzert 2010 from Oxford] BLU-RAY Alisa Weilerstein (cello) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Daniel Barenboim [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Feb/2011 ] "Daniel Barenboim´s programme played to the orchestra's strengths, and the sound was sumptuous." (Guardian) |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 3 (recorded at the Lucerne Festival, 2007) BLU-RAY Anna Larsson (alto) / Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2010 ] G : - "This is easily the greatest, most concentrated, most moving and beautifully played performance of this massive work I've yet encountered" (Keith). This DVD was a Staff Pick DVD for 2010. |
BORODIN / MUSSORGSKY
Simon Rattle conducts Mussorgsky & Borodin (Live-recording from the Philharmonie Berlin Dec 31, 2007) BLU-RAY Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Music Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Oct/2010 ] "Technically speaking this is an outstanding issue…picture quality and colour balance are exceptional…the sound-picture [is] clear and truthfully balanced." (International Record Review) |
W.A. MOZART
Don Giovanni (recorded live at the Salzburg Festival in 2008) BLU-RAY Christopher Maltman / Erwin Schrott / Annette Dasch / Wiener Philharmoniker / Bertrand de Billy [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "The cast is top-drawer, with strong voices. There should be law against performing Mozart without Dorothea Röschmann, who here sings the crazed Elvira with real bite and zeal" (International Record Review) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' BLU-RAY Eteri Gvazava / Anna Larsson / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/Dec/2010 ] "It's different having best friends together. Everyone is there to enjoy making music, to take pleasure, to play with enthusiasm, with passion. They are prepared to do any crazy thing I ask them for the sake of the music. To fly, to walk through... |
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (with Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World') [recorded in 2002] BLU-RAY Gil Shaham (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (cond) [ EuroArts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "A superb concert containing a top recommendation for the Dvorák New World. As great a performance as has ever been given." (MusicWeb June 2011) |
SHOSTAKOVICH / BEETHOVEN / SCARLATTI / etc
Live From Verbier Festival [recorded 2009 & 2010] BLU-RAY Martha Argerich (piano) David Guerrier (trumpet) Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Gabor Takacs-Nagy [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "(Martha Argerich) sets about the down-to-earth matter of sublime music-making, pulling all her colleagues into her spell." (BBC Music) |