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Haydn’s Creation, the culmination of his life’s work, in a legendary 1986 performance conducted by Leonard Bernstein in the Baroque splendour of the Benedictine Abbey of Ottobeuren, Bavaria. Includes Leonard Bernstein’s spoken introduction to the performance. “Bernstein held it all together with maximum expressive power and spirit of contemplation. A great, moving occasion.” Abendzeitung (Munich) [concert review] “The Creation gives us time to remember – and rejoice in – the purity and grace and fortitude of Nature, to restore our souls, to recover our moral strength, and to rediscover our power to praise” (Leonard Bernstein) In DTS Surround Sound | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Beethoven: | Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b | Debussy: | L'annee en vain...Cependent les soirs (from L'enfant Prodigue) Ileana Cotrubas | Donizetti: | Chi mi frena in tal momento? (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Nicolai Gedda | Giordano, U: | Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballé | Gounod: | Va! je t'ai pardonné (from Roméo et Juliette) Catherine Malfitano, Alfredo Kraus Alerte, alerte! (from Faust) Katia Ricciarelli, William Lewis, Nicolai Ghiaurov | Mascagni: | Son io! Son io la Vita! (from Iris) | Mozart: | E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Kiri Te Kanawa | Puccini: | In questa reggia (from Turandot) Eva Marton Viene la sera (from Madama Butterfly) Giuliano Ciannella, Leona Mitchell | Rossini: | La calunnia è un venticello (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Ruggero Raimondi Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) Joan Sutherland Pria di dividerci da voi, signore (from L'italiana in Algeri) | Saint-Saëns: | Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila Linda Gelinas, Ricardo Costa Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) Marilyn Horne | Smetana: | The Bartered Bride Overture | Strauss, R: | Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (from Der Rosenkavalier) Marie Theres'! ... Hab mir's gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier) | trad.: | Fjorton år tror jag visst att jag var Birgit Nilsson | Verdi: | Dio, mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali (from Otello) James McCracken Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Anna Tomowa-Sintow Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni Donna chi sei? (from Nabucco) Renato Bruson, Grace Bumbry Teco io sto (from Un ballo in maschera) Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price | Wagner: | Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen (from Tristan und Isolde) Birgit Nilsson |
Here are the greatest moments from the “ultimate in galas” (Opera), a “roof-rattling vocal display and the kind of cheering and free-flowing, heartfelt emotion on both sides of the footlights that opera evinces more than any other art form” - New York Times The gala celebration immediately catches the attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus and many others “The world's most famous opera singers [in] a dazzling sequence of performances” - New York Times “It's always a privilege to sing at the Met, but this is something very special. I don't think there's ever been anything this grand in the history of opera” - Luciano Pavarotti This product features an awesome roster of international star conducters: from James Levine, Leonard Bernstein and Thomas Fulton to Jeffrey Tate, Richard Bonynge 2 DVDs LIVE from the Met from October 22, 1983 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bernstein - Beethoven Cycle Part 1
with introductions to the symphonies by Bernstein Recording Place & Date: Musikverein, Vienna, November 1978 (Sinf. 1, 8) Wiener Staatsoper, September 1979 (Sinf. 9) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bernstein - Beethoven Cycle Part 2
Introductions: Bernstein on Beethoven - Symphony no. 2 & 6 Bernstein & Maximilian Schell on Beethoven - Symphony no. 7 Recording Place & Date: Musikverein, Vienna, February 1978 (Sinf. 2) Musikverein, Vienna, November 1978 (Sinf. 6, 7) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bernstein - Beethoven Cycle Part 3
with introductions to the symphonies by Bernstein Recording Place & Date: Musikverein, Vienna, February 1978 (Sinf. 3) Musikverein, Vienna, November 1978 (Sinf. 4) Konzerthaus, Vienna, September 1977 (Sinf. 5) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky - Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Recording Place & Date: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, April 1975 (Symphony no. 4, Violin Concerto, Andante Cantabile) Tanglewood, July 1974 ( Symphony no. 5) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bernstein conducts Gershwin & Ives
Introduction: Bernstein on Ives' Symphony No. 2 Recording Place & Date: Royal Albert Hall, London, June 1976 (American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, Unanswered Question) Congress Hall of the Deutsche Museum, Munich, June 1987 (Symphony no. 2) “An indispensable DVD. To watch Bernstein conduct these supreme masterpieces of American music is a joy and a privilege in itself...there is an authentically spontaneous command of idiom here; Bernstein is both a superb soloist and conductor in the Rhapsody and the New Yorkers respond in a proprietorial way.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Recording Place & Date: Vienna, Musikvereinssaal, October 1984 (Sinf. 1, 3) Vienna, Musikvereinssaal, October/November 1985 (Sinf. 2) Vienna, Musikvereinssaal, February 1984 (Sinf. 4) “Bernstein's outstanding complete DVD set of the Schumann symphonies (on a single disc) shows him at his very finest - electrifying in controlling tension, spirited and genial in bringing out Schumann's rich lyricism, powerful in creating the music's drama....Most remarkable of all is the Fourth, played with enormous zest.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Volume 3 of the Glenn Gould Complete Jacket CollectionConcertos by Bach & Beethoven
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| |  | Rostropovich - Life and Art
Recording Place & Date: Bloch & Schumann: Paris, Theatre Des Champ Elysees, 1976 & Strauss: Berlin, Berliner Philharmonie, 1975 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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