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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Music featured includes: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Burning Fiery Furnace, The Building of the House, Nocturnal, Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, The Golden Vanity, A Ceremony of Carols, and the Spring Symphony.
With: Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Imogen Holst, John Culshaw, Sviatoslav Richter, Julian Bream, Margaret Price, Henry Moore, Colin Graham, James Bowman, Owen Brannigan, Robert Tear, Heather Harper, Sir William Walton, Joyce Grenfell, E. M. Forster & Osian Ellis The Vienna Boys Choir & The English Chamber Orchestra. Ahead of next year’s Britten centenary, Tony Palmer’s 1967 classic film is made available again. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the Aldeburgh Festival, cofounded by Benjamin Britten along with singer Peter Pears and writer Eric Crozier, and the opening by The Queen of the new concert hall at Snape. Sean Day-Lewis of The Daily Telegraph raved, "A superb film (which) may well achieve the status of a classic, repeated again and again over the years... the brilliant editing (was) of the highest quality, making a natural partnership of music and picture." DVD specifications: Region: 0 (All Regions) Rating: E (Exempt from Certification) Duration: 53 mins Picture Format: NTSC (all regions) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | 1912 version
Ernst Theo Richter (Monsieur Jourdain), Veronica Cangemi (Singer), Doris Lamprecht (Shepherd/Dryad), Brigitte Fournier (Shepherdess/Naiad), Virginie Pochon (Echo), Margaret Price (Ariadne), Sumi Jo (Zerbinetta), Thomas Mohr (Harlequin), Markus Schafer (Brighella), Steven Cole (Scaramuccio), Alfred Kuhn (Truffaldino) & Gosta Winbergh (Bacchus) Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Kent Nagano “It is high time we had the chance to hear the artistic collaboration that Strauss and Hofmannsthal originally intended. For Strauss enthusiasts this excellent set is self-recommending. For those wanting to broaden their operatic outlook, it offers much to discover and delight.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Carlos Cossutta (Otello), Margaret Price (Desdemona), Gabriel Bacquier (Iago), Peter Dvorsky (Cassio), Kurt Equiluz (Rodrigo), Kurt Moll (Lodovico), Stafford Dean (Montano), Jane Berbié (Emilia), Hans Helm (Un Araldo) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Sir Georg Solti “It has [Solti's] particular flair for seizing upon the tensions of each scene and emphasizing them...Cossutta is a no-nonsense Otello. He sings the role as well if not better than anyone since del Monaco...[Price] is even more precise and sensitive in her singing...what a joy to hear the music done with such consistently clear, fresh and full tone....[Bacquier's] touch with the text—examples proliferate— constantly has one marvelling again at the wonderful marriage of Boito's words and Verdi's music.” Gramophone Magazine, September 1978 “Under Solti's baton, this Otello is too fast and furious but Price is one of the finest Desdemonas on CD.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2012 *** | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Liszt: 3 Petrarch Sonnets & Lieder
Liszt: | Sonetti di Petrarca (3) for voice & piano, S270 Mignons Lied (Kennst du das Land), S275 Hohe Liebe Gestorben war ich, S540a O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst Die stille Wasserrose, S321 Wie singt die Lerche schon. S. 312 Kling Leise, mein Lied, S301 Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S. 314 Die Lorelei Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh (Wandrers Nachtlied II), S.306 Freudvoll und leidvoll, S.280 La tombe et la rose, S285 |
“a magnificent tribute to the art of Margaret Price, with incomparable performances of the Petrarch Sonnets and Die Loreley.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2012 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | R. Strauss & Liszt: Lieder
Liszt: | O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst Die Lorelei Die stille Wasserrose, S321 Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, S. 314 Kling Leise, mein Lied, S301 | Strauss, R: | All mein Gedanken ... Op. 21 No. 1 Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27 No. 3 Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3 Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 Seitdem dein Aug' in meines schaute, Op. 17 No. 1 Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1 Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4 Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8 Du meines Herzens Krönelein, Op. 21 No. 2 Fünf Lieder, Op. 48 Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 |
When Dame Margaret Price died in January 2011, the musical world reacted in an understandably emotional fashion. By contrast, the Welsh soprano herself was a woman with an understated approach to her life, eschewing the frenetic international star system in favour of loyalty to a select few major opera houses. She bade farewell to public performance in 1999, retiring to rural Wales where she turned to breeding golden retrievers. Although a local vicar persuaded her to perform in a charity concert, she found the occasion so nerve-wracking that her dogs finally became the only audience for her singing. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Great Singers Live: Margaret PriceSelection from three “Sunday Concerts” with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1977, 1981, 1986 and 1991
These first releases of Margaret Price with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991. Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart and Verdi, to which this CD pays ample credit, and also features arias by Bellini, Cilea, Rossini and Weber. Mozartian clarity, a consistently effortless vocal production, histrionic fire and a healthy grounding – these attributes made Margaret Price an internationally revered opera star, especially by Munich audiences. Her relationship with the Bavarian State Opera was so close that Margaret Price settled in Munich for 18 years, not returning to her native Wales until the end of her career. Previously unreleased live recordings from the “Sunday Concerts”. Singer portrait featuring Margaret Price’s core repertoire, including famous arias from Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro, Aida, Otello and Norma. Continuing the “Great Singers Live” series with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester under the direction of Heinz Wallberg, Leopold Hager and Thomas Fulton. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
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Puccini had completed Turandot as far as the final scene by March 1924 but when the composer died in November of that year the closing duet between Calaf and Turandot had not been written. Franco Alfano completed the opera (partly based on sketches left by the composer). The first performance was conducted by Toscanini but did not include Alfano’s ending. Release includes a booklet with a three language synopsis [English / French / German], full cast list and detailed track list. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Carlos Cossutta (Otello), Margaret Price (Desdemona), Gabriel Bacquier (Iago), Peter Dvorsky (Cassio), Kurt Equiluz (Rodrigo), Kurt Moll (Lodovico), Stafford Dean (Montano), Jane Berbié (Emilia), Hans Helm (Un Araldo) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper,, Georg Solti Comes complete with a listening guide taking the listener on a journey through the opera's plot “It has [Solti's] particular flair for seizing upon the tensions of each scene and emphasizing them...Cossutta is a no-nonsense Otello. He sings the role as well if not better than anyone since del Monaco...[Price] is even more precise and sensitive in her singing...what a joy to hear the music done with such consistently clear, fresh and full tone....[Bacquier's] touch with the text—examples proliferate— constantly has one marvelling again at the wonderful marriage of Boito's words and Verdi's music.” Gramophone Magazine, September 1978 | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Hyperion Schubert Edition - Complete Songs Volume 15Schubert and the Nocturne III
Schubert: | An die untergehende Sonne, D457 Der Mondabend, D141 Klage an den Mond, D436 Die Mainacht, D194 Der Unglückliche, D713 An die Sonne D270 Der Morgenkuss, D264 Kolmas Klage, D217 Ins stille Land, D403 Gondelfahrer, D808 Der Winterabend (Es ist so still), D938 Der Wanderer an den Mond D870 (Seidl) Im Freien D880 Am Fenster, D878 Sehnsucht D879 Der blinde Knabe D833 Die junge Nonne, D828 |
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