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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2011
Top cast with Pierre Boulez, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dorothea Röschmann and upcoming soprano Anna Prohaska. After two works by Mahler’s pupil Alban Berg, featuring Röschmann and Prohaska, the main event of the concert is Gustav Mahler’s Das klagende Lied – a “great spectral opera for the mind’s eye” (Wiener Zeitung) The Salzburg Festival is regarded by many as the world’s most renowned music festival. Running Time Total: 95 minutes Picture 16:9, HD Sound BD: dts-HD MA 5.0, PCM Stereo Subtitles G, E, F, Sp, Kor., Chin. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Herbert Blomstedt 85th Anniversary Edition
Bach, J S: | Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 Jürgen Wolf (organ) Motet BWV228 'Fürchte dich nicht' Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 GewandhausKammerchor & Thomaner Chor Leipzig Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 Victoria Mullova (violin) Mass in B minor, BWV232 Recorded live at St Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, May 2005 Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Dietrich Henschel (bass) GewandhausKammerchor & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Mass in B minor, BWV232: Dona Nobis Pacem Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 GewandhausKammerchor & Thomaner Chor Leipzig | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 | Mendelssohn: | Elias Op. 70: Hore Israel (aria), Furchte Dich Nicht (chorus) Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 GewandhausKammerchor & Thomaner Chor Leipzig |
With this recording, Herbert Blomstedt pays homage to Bach and the city of Leipzig. One part of the Blu-ray Disc was recorded in 2005 at the Leipzig Bach Festival, which is widely regarded as the world’s leading festival celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach. This concert of Bach’s masterwork, written at the end of his tenure as the 18th Gewandhauskapellmeister did not really mark the end of Blomstedt’s fruitful collaboration with the traditional orchestra. The Swedish conductor will continue to act as an honorary musical director to the ensemble. Performed with leading Bach singers at St. Thomas’ Church, Leipzig, the church for which Bach conceived his works, this homage to Bach was a touching farewell to Herbert Blomstedt from his Leipzig audience. J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor is one of the greatest and most famous works of sacred music. The other part of the Blu-ray Disc was recorded at the 9th October Memorial Concert of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Thomanerchores. These began with the "Monday demonstration" of 9 October 1989, just one month before the fall of the Berlin wall. Bonus: Bach and his B minor Mass – An introduction by Herbert Blomstedt. Picture format: 1080i - 16:9 Sound formats: PCM Stereo • DTS-HD Master Audio Region code: All (worldwide) Subtitles: English, German, Dutch (Documentary) English, German, French, Latin (Mass in B minor) Booklet Notes: English, German, French Running Time: 195 mins, plus Bonus 21 mins | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Das Rheingold Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), John Daszak (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner) Sabina von Walter (Freia), Anna Larsson (Fricka), Christa Mayer (Erda),Silvia Vázquez (Woglinde), Ann-Katrin Naidu (Wellgunde), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Flosshilde), German Villar (Froh), Ilya Bannik (Donner) Die Walküre Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sieglinde), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Anna Larsson (Fricka) Siegfried Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Juha Uusitalo (Der Wanderer), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Stephen Milling (Fafner), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Erda), Marina Zyatkova (Waldvogel) Götterdämmerung Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Waltraute) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta Special budget-priced DVD and Blu-ray 100 minutes of the most stunning visual and musical highlights of this production by La Fura dels Baus. Incl. two new documentaries about Franc Aleu and Carlus Padrissa. The highlights incl. arias of the world-class Wagner singers such as Seiffert, Salminen, Kapellmann, Mayer, Schnitzer and promising young talents like Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), John Daszak (Loge) and Juha Uusitalo (Wotan) “Quite a spectacle, brilliantly sung.” The Sunday Times “It looks like a landmark Ring cycle, it is outstanding.” BBC Music Magazine Picture Format: 16:9 HD - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 Region: 0 Duration: 100 minutes - opera 30 minutes - bonus Recorded: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia Spain 2007-2009 Subtitles: English German French Spanish Booklet: English German French | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Das Rheingold Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), John Daszak (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner) Sabina von Walter (Freia), Anna Larsson (Fricka), Christa Mayer (Erda),Silvia Vázquez (Woglinde), Ann-Katrin Naidu (Wellgunde), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Flosshilde), German Villar (Froh), Ilya Bannik (Donner) Die Walküre Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sieglinde), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Anna Larsson (Fricka) Siegfried Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Juha Uusitalo (Der Wanderer), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Stephen Milling (Fafner), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Erda), Marina Zyatkova (Waldvogel) Götterdämmerung Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Waltraute) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta Special budget-priced DVD and Blu-ray 100 minutes of the most stunning visual and musical highlights of this production by La Fura dels Baus. Incl. two new documentaries about Franc Aleu and Carlus Padrissa. The highlights incl. arias of the world-class Wagner singers such as Seiffert, Salminen, Kapellmann, Mayer, Schnitzer and promising young talents like Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), John Daszak (Loge) and Juha Uusitalo (Wotan) “Quite a spectacle, brilliantly sung.” The Sunday Times “It looks like a landmark Ring cycle, it is outstanding.” BBC Music Magazine Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 Sound Format: PCM Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 Region: 0 Duration: 100 minutes - opera 30 minutes - bonus Recorded: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia Spain 2007-2009 Subtitles: English German French Spanish Booklet: English German French | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 21 August 2003
Claudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra, an exclusive ensemble of handpicked musicial stars, opens up new dimensions in the interpretation of symphonic music with exceptional soloists. The line-up includes such luminaries as Ilya Gringolts and Sabine and Wolfgang Meyer, alongside members of the world’s great orchestras. The cellos section alone boasts Natalia Gutman, Clemens Hagen and Valentin Erben. Claudio Abbado is undeniably a supreme Mahler conductor and his best selling recordings with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra – symphonies No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 have already been released on EuroArts – the symphonies have set new standards in interpretation of works by Gustav Mahler. “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 fire.” Claudio Abbado Picture format BD: 1080i Full HD - 16:9 Sounds formats BD: PCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio Region code: All Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian Booklet Notes: English, German, French Running time: 86 mins FSK: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 19 August 2007
The best-selling Medici Arts DVD on the label now released on Blu-ray Disc. 1080i 16:9, PCM 2.0; PCM 5.1 Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish 102 mins all audiences (FSK 0) "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 fire." (Claudio Abbado) “One of the greatest Mahlerians alive today, Abbado conducting Mahler's Third Symphony with his own Lucerne Festival Orchestra is not to be missed. Whether you enjoy watching concerts on DVD is a matter largely of personal taste, but those wanting a close-up on Abbado's elegant fingers won't be disappointed. Mahler's Third charts a journey to transcendence from the origins of life - given primordial terror by the LFO brass, every solo amid the immaculate ensemble sound cherished with Abbado's grasp of overarching Mahlerian narrative. Anna Larsson is ethereal in the fourth movement's Nietzschian text, the finale a sublimely convincing interpretation of the transcendence of love.” The Times, 16th August 2008 “Mahler three of peerless concentration and shape. ...Claudio Abbado never forces the expressivity of the superband Lucerne Festival Orchestra; yet every colour and texture shines through. …the filming of the orchestra is faultless.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 ***** “Abbado draws a reading of such commitment, technical polish and interpretative acuity - wondrously linear and yet emotionally true, without a shred of vulgarity - that you can only marvel at Mahler's musical-metaphysical vision and Abbado's sensitive shaping of it.” Financial Times “This truly is a genuine archive treasure” Classic FM Magazine “Abbado's performance of this work at last year's Proms was the highlight of the season: all the reviewers were unanimous. Illness prevented him from then conducting it in New York (Boulez took over) but now we can see the 2007 Lucerne concert performance and marvel at its comprehensiveness and refinement. This really is the world's greatest chamber group, as Abbado intended it to be!” Hi-Fi News | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Wagner: Das Rheingold (DVD Version)
Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), John Daszak (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner) Sabina von Walter (Freia), Anna Larsson (Fricka), Christa Mayer (Erda),Silvia Vázquez (Woglinde), Ann-Katrin Naidu (Wellgunde), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Flosshilde), German Villar (Froh), Ilya Bannik (Donner) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta Stage / Video Director - Staged by La Fura del Baus Bonus - Making of Rheingold 27 min. Shot in full HD, 7.1 surround sound on Blu-ray!, 5.1 sound on DVD La Fura dels Baus, famous for their opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Barcelona and opera stagings in Salzburg, Ruhrtriennale, etc., use in Rheingold 3D computer projections that evoke computer games, organic structures built of athletic performers that recall the "Cirque du soleil" From Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, 2007. Incl. world-class Wagner singers such as Salminen, Kapellmann, Mayer and promising young talents that include John Daszak (Loge) and Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), whom the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung hailed as a new "Number One among the opera gods." 194 minutes (Opera 167 min. + 27 min. Making of Rheingold) 16:9, HD 7.1 surround (BD), PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 German, French, English, Spanish “…this is the most exciting staging I've seen - slightly recalling Cirque du Soleil, perhaps, except that here the spectacle is wholly and intelligently at Wagner's service. Scenery combines dazzlingly mobile 3D computer projections on a towering cyclorama, with groups of acrobats. Inevitably some imagery works better than others; the harpyish Rhinemaidens, literally giving birth to the gold, are less compelling than the planetary descent to Nibelheim, or Walküre's opening wolf-chase and gleaming Tree, in which Wotan's ravens perch, and which scatters Siegmund's name like falling leaves. Against these amazing backgrounds the Gods, futuristically costumed, glide high above the stage on individual gantries propelled by 'invisible' stagehands... they're no barrier to keenly dramatic, involving performances from a fine cast, with some superb principals. ...it's all beautifully recorded on DVD - but on Blu-ray it's simply breathtaking, pin-sharp images and airy surround-sound drawing one into the Valencia stage with almost 3D effect. Wagner still responds best to Romantic imagery; but this redefines it on a cosmic scale. It's the finest Ring on video so far.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), John Daszak (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner) Sabina von Walter (Freia), Anna Larsson (Fricka), Christa Mayer (Erda),Silvia Vázquez (Woglinde), Ann-Katrin Naidu (Wellgunde), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Flosshilde), German Villar (Froh), Ilya Bannik (Donner) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta Stage / Video Director - Staged by La Fura del Baus Bonus - Making of Rheingold 27 min. Shot in full HD, 7.1 surround sound on Blu-ray!, 5.1 sound on DVD La Fura dels Baus, famous for their opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Barcelona and opera stagings in Salzburg, Ruhrtriennale, etc., use in Rheingold 3D computer projections that evoke computer games, organic structures built of athletic performers that recall the "Cirque du soleil" From Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, 2007. Incl. world-class Wagner singers such as Salminen, Kapellmann, Mayer and promising young talents that include John Daszak (Loge) and Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), whom the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung hailed as a new "Number One among the opera gods." “…this is the most exciting staging I've seen - slightly recalling Cirque du Soleil, perhaps, except that here the spectacle is wholly and intelligently at Wagner's service. Scenery combines dazzlingly mobile 3D computer projections on a towering cyclorama, with groups of acrobats. Inevitably some imagery works better than others; the harpyish Rhinemaidens, literally giving birth to the gold, are less compelling than the planetary descent to Nibelheim, or Walküre's opening wolf-chase and gleaming Tree, in which Wotan's ravens perch, and which scatters Siegmund's name like falling leaves. Against these amazing backgrounds the Gods, futuristically costumed, glide high above the stage on individual gantries propelled by 'invisible' stagehands... they're no barrier to keenly dramatic, involving performances from a fine cast, with some superb principals. ...it's all beautifully recorded on DVD - but on Blu-ray it's simply breathtaking, pin-sharp images and airy surround-sound drawing one into the Valencia stage with almost 3D effect. Wagner still responds best to Romantic imagery; but this redefines it on a cosmic scale. It's the finest Ring on video so far.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Wagner: Die Walküre (DVD Version)
Stage / Video Director - Staged by La Fura dels Baus Bonus - Making of Walküre 27 min. Running Time 272 minutes (245´Opera + 27` Bonus) Picture - 16:9, HD Sound - 7.1 on BD, PCM Stereo, 5.1 on DVD Subtitles - German, French, English, Spanish Shot in full HD, 7.1 surround sound on Blu-ray, 5.1 sound on DVD La Fura del Baus, famous for their opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Barcelona and opera stagings in Salzburg, Ruhrtriennale, etc., use in their groundbreaking Ring 3D computer projections that evoke computer games, organic structures built of athletic performers that recall the "Cirque du soleil". From Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, 2008. Incl. world-class Wagner singers such as Peter Seiffert, Petra-Maria Schnitzer, Matti Salminen and promising young talents like Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde) and Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), whom the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung hailed as a new "Number One among the opera gods." “…this is the most exciting staging I've seen - slightly recalling Cirque du Soleil, perhaps, except that here the spectacle is wholly and intelligently at Wagner's service. Scenery combines dazzlingly mobile 3D computer projections on a towering cyclorama, with groups of acrobats. Inevitably some imagery works better than others; the harpyish Rhinemaidens, literally giving birth to the gold, are less compelling than the planetary descent to Nibelheim, or Walküre's opening wolf-chase and gleaming Tree, in which Wotan's ravens perch, and which scatters Siegmund's name like falling leaves. Against these amazing backgrounds the Gods, futuristically costumed, glide high above the stage on individual gantries propelled by 'invisible' stagehands... they're no barrier to keenly dramatic, involving performances from a fine cast, with some superb principals. ...it's all beautifully recorded on DVD - but on Blu-ray it's simply breathtaking, pin-sharp images and airy surround-sound drawing one into the Valencia stage with almost 3D effect. Wagner still responds best to Romantic imagery; but this redefines it on a cosmic scale. It's the finest Ring on video so far.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 ***** “Uusitalo is a commanding, mellifluous Wotan and although Jennifer Wilson's Brünnhilde is relatively unnuanced dramatically, she sings strongly and sensitively...The youthful Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana obediently and expertly delivers the plushy textures and stagey rhetoric Mehta requires” Gramophone Magazine, April 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Stage / Video Director - Staged by La Fura dels Baus Bonus - Making of Walküre 27 min. Running Time 272 minutes (245´Opera + 27` Bonus) Picture - 16:9, HD Sound - 7.1 on BD, PCM Stereo, 5.1 on DVD Subtitles - German, French, English, Spanish Shot in full HD, 7.1 surround sound on Blu-ray, 5.1 sound on DVD La Fura del Baus, famous for their opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Barcelona and opera stagings in Salzburg, Ruhrtriennale, etc., use in their groundbreaking Ring 3D computer projections that evoke computer games, organic structures built of athletic performers that recall the "Cirque du soleil". From Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, 2008. Incl. world-class Wagner singers such as Peter Seiffert, Petra-Maria Schnitzer, Matti Salminen and promising young talents like Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde) and Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), whom the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung hailed as a new "Number One among the opera gods." “…this is the most exciting staging I've seen - slightly recalling Cirque du Soleil, perhaps, except that here the spectacle is wholly and intelligently at Wagner's service. Scenery combines dazzlingly mobile 3D computer projections on a towering cyclorama, with groups of acrobats. Inevitably some imagery works better than others; the harpyish Rhinemaidens, literally giving birth to the gold, are less compelling than the planetary descent to Nibelheim, or Walküre's opening wolf-chase and gleaming Tree, in which Wotan's ravens perch, and which scatters Siegmund's name like falling leaves. Against these amazing backgrounds the Gods, futuristically costumed, glide high above the stage on individual gantries propelled by 'invisible' stagehands... they're no barrier to keenly dramatic, involving performances from a fine cast, with some superb principals. ...it's all beautifully recorded on DVD - but on Blu-ray it's simply breathtaking, pin-sharp images and airy surround-sound drawing one into the Valencia stage with almost 3D effect. Wagner still responds best to Romantic imagery; but this redefines it on a cosmic scale. It's the finest Ring on video so far.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2010 ***** “Uusitalo is a commanding, mellifluous Wotan and although Jennifer Wilson's Brünnhilde is relatively unnuanced dramatically, she sings strongly and sensitively...The youthful Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana obediently and expertly delivers the plushy textures and stagey rhetoric Mehta requires” Gramophone Magazine, April 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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