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Britten: | The Turn of the Screw Staged by Luc Bondy, Recorded 2001 Mireille Delunsch, Marlin Miller, Marie McLaughlin, Hanna Schaer, Olivier Dumait, Gregory Monk & Nazan Fikret Daniel Harding | Mozart: | Don Giovanni, K527 Staged by Peter Brook. Recorded 2002 Peter Mattei, Gilles Cachemaille, Alexandra Deshorties, Mireille Delunsch, Nathan Berg & Mark Padmore Daniel Harding | Prokofiev: | The Love for Three Oranges Staged by Philippe Calvario. Recorded 2004 Alexey Tanovitsky, Andrey Ilyushnikov, Nadezhda Serdjuk, Eduard Tsanga, Kirill Dushechkin & Vladislas Sulimsky Tugan Sokhiev | Rossini: | L'Italiana in Algeri Staged by Toni Servillo. Recorded 2006 Christianne Stotijn, Maxim Mironov, Marco Vinco, Ruben Drole & Giorgio Caoduro Riccardo Frizza |
SUBTITLES: E, F, D, ESP 16:9, REGION FREE DURATION: Don Giovanni 174 mins, The Turn of The Screw 108 mins, L’Italiana in Algeri 135 mins, The Love for Three Oranges 112 mins | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam), Guang Yang (Hécube), Isabelle Cals (Ascagne), Tigran Martirossian (Panthée), Bülent Bezdüz (Helenus), Mark Stone (Un chef grec), Leigh Melrose (Un soldat troyen/Mercure), Orlin Annastassov (L'Ombre d'Hector), Andrew Greenan (Premiere Sentinelle), Roderick Earle (Deuxieme Sentinelle) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis “So what's so special about the performance? Try Canadian tenor Ben Heppner, outdoing his fellow countryman Jon Vickers on Sir Colin's first recording of Les Troyens. The other principals are very fine too...The playing is formidable, revelatory, and the big set-pieces have an epic sweep to them.” Matt Fernand, bbc.co.uk, 20th November 2002 “Davis's second live recording...magnificently crowns his whole career as a Berlioz interpreter on record, generally outshining even his pioneer version of 30 years earlier...[Lang] is superb, firm, rich and intense, investing every phrase with emotional power, instantly establishing her dominance...Heppner excels himself” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition “The splendiferous climax of Davis’s first Berlioz cycle” The Times, 10th May 2013 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Stenhammar - Symphonies, Piano Concertos and other works
Stenhammar: | Symphony No. 1 in F major Symphony No. 2 in G minor, Op. 34 Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 Midvinter (Midwinter), Op. 24 Florez and Blanzeflor, ballad for baritone & orchestra, Op. 3 (text: Oscar Levertin) Two Sentimental Romances for violin and orchestra, Op. 28 Excelsior! concert overture, Op. 13 Snöfrid, Op. 5 (Text: Viktor Rydberg) Serenade for Orchestra, Op. 31 Lodolezzi sjunger (Lodolezzi sings) suite, Op. 39 Mellanspel ur kantaten Sången (Interlude from the cantata The Song), Op. 44 |
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| |  | Mahler: Complete Symphonies
Melanie Diener (soprano - No. 2), Barbara Bonney (soprano - No. 4), Petra Lang (mezzo - Nos. 2 & 3), Jane Eaglen, Anne Schwanewilms, Ruth Ziesak (sopranos - No. 8), Sara Fulgoni, Anna Larsson (contraltos - No. 8), Ben Heppner (No. 8), Peter Mattei (baritone - No. 8), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass - No. 8) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Radio Symphonie Orchester, Berlin (Symphony No. 10), Riccardo Chailly “Chailly's strong, satisfying approach to Mahler, without eccentricity, is supported by the superb playing of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra throughout and the demonstration quality of the Decca sound, never more remarkable than in the dedicated account of the Resurrection Symphony.” Penguin Guide, 2010 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Berlioz - Edition du bicentenaire
Berlioz: | Les Troyens Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam), Guang Yang (Hécube), Isabelle Cals (Ascagne), Tigran Martirossian (Panthée), Bülent Bezdüz (Helenus), Mark Stone (Un chef grec), Leigh Melrose (Un soldat troyen/Mercure), Orlin Annastassov (L'Ombre d'Hector), Andrew Greenan (Premier Sentinelle), Roderick Earle (Deuxieme Sentinelle) La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 Giuseppe Sabbatini (Faust ), Enkelejda Shkosa (Marguerite), Michele Pertusi (Méphistophélès), David Wilson-Johnson (Brander) Béatrice et Bénédict Enkelejda Shkosa (Béatrice), Kenneth Tarver (Bénédict), Susan Gritton (Héro), Sara Mingardo (Ursule), Laurent Naouri (Claudio), David Wilson-Johnson (Somarone), Dean Robinson (Don Pedro) Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 Daniela Barcellona (mezzo), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Orliin Anastassov (bass) Harold en Italie, Op. 16 Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 |
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| |  | 50 YEARS: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg
Bartók: | Four Orchestral Pieces Op. 12 (Sz 51) 1997. First Release Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Pierre Boulez | Beethoven: | Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 1991 Cheryl Studer, Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, Kurt Moll Leipziger Rundfunkchor, Schwedischer Rundfunkchor, Eric-Ericson-Kammerchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 2007. First Release Alfred Brendel (piano) | Berlioz: | Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 1992 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | Boulez: | Notations 1997. First Release Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Pierre Boulez | Brahms: | Variations on a theme by Haydn for two pianos, Op. 56b 'St Anthony Variations' 2009 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano) | Haydn: | The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross (Orchestral version, 1786) 1982. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti Piano Sonata No. 33 in C minor, Hob.XVI:20 2007. First Release Alfred Brendel (piano) | Janacek: | From the House of the Dead 1992. New to CD Elzbieta Szmytka (Alyeya), Barry McCauley (Luka), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Goryanchikov), Harry Peeters (Commandant), Philip Langridge (Skuratoy) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado | Liszt: | Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97 1992 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | Mahler: | Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand' 1975 Margaret Price, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Trudeliese Schmidt, Agnes Baltsa, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey, José Van Dam Wiener Sängerknaben, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein | Mozart: | Idomeneo, K366 1961 Waldemar Kmentt (Idomeneo), Ernst Häfliger (Idamante), Pilar Lorengar (Ilia), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elettra), Renato Capecchi (Arbace), Eberhard Waechter (Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno), Georg Littasy (La Voce) Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Phiharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsay Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 1966. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' 1966. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457 2007. First Release Alfred Brendel (piano) | Rachmaninov: | Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 2009 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano) | Ravel: | La Valse (for 2 pianos) 2009 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano) | Schubert: | Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200 1967. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta Rondo for piano duet in A major, D951 2009 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano) Impromptu in F Minor, D935 No. 1 2007. First Release Alfred Brendel (piano) | Strauss, R: | Der Rosenkavalier 1960 Lisa della Casa (Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Oktavian), Hilde Güden (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Erich Kunz (Faninal) Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 1967. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta | Stravinsky: | The Rite of Spring 1997. First Release Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Pierre Boulez | Tchaikovsky: | Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' 1994. First Release Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado The Tempest, Op. 18 1994. First Release Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 1988 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Eugene Onegin 2007. New to CD Peter Mattei (Onegin), Anna Samuil (Tatyana), Joseph Kaiser (Lensky), Ekaterina Gubanova (Olga), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Gremin) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim | Verdi: | La Traviata 2005 Anna Netrebko (Violetta), Rolando Villazon (Alfredo), Thomas Hampson (Giorgio Germont) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Rizzi | Wagner: | Siegfried Idyll 1987 Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Tannhäuser: Overture 1987 Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod 1987 Jessye Norman Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan |
The Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable musical events – operas, concerts and recitals – for 50 years. Here is a unique chance to celebrate the glories of this distinguished era. In an exceptional collaboration with the Salzburg Festival, we have prepared a 25-CD box set – 5 complete operas, 10 concerts and 2 recitals – featuring many of the world’s greatest artists, in recordings with classical status and others that are appearing on CD for the first time. Concerts (five out of ten are first-time releases): with Abbado, Bernstein, Böhm, Boulez, Karajan, Levine, Mehta, Muti, Solti. Soloists include Anne-Sophie Mutter and Jessye Norman. The Wiener Philharmoniker feature prominently; individual concerts with Berliner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Recitals: two exceptional concerts with Alfred Brendel (first release) and the Martha Argerich/Nelson Freire duo-concert from 2009. The set includes new liner notes in English, German and French, and photos of the opera productions and artists – 72-page booklet. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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