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Bernard Richter (Atys), Stéphanie d’Oustrac (Cybèle), Emmanuelle de Negri (Sangaride), Nicolas Rivenq (Célénus), Marc Mauillon (Idas), Sophie Daneman (Doris), Jaël Azzaretti (Mélisse), Paul Agnew (Le Sommeil) & Cyril Auvity (Morphée) Danseurs Compagnie Fêtes galantes & Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor) & Jean-Marie Villégier (director) Carlo Tommasi (designer) Patrice Cauchetier (costumes) Francine Lancelot, Béatrice Massin (choreography) William Christie: "There were a number of important moments in the history of the Arts Florissants, but there's one moment that obviously stands out - and that's the moment when we produced Atys." Christie had been approached by the director of the Paris Opera, Massimo Bogianckino, to think about putting on a Lully opera. Christie was advised by the Opéra-Comique's Thierry Fouquet that Quinault's libretto for 'Atys' would demand an extraordinary stage director - Jean-Marie Villégier took this role and he, together with Christie, created 'Atys'. The production marked the renaissance of Baroque Opera in France. The American philanthropist Ronald P. Stanton has funded this 2011, Opera Comique production that has been described as 'one to see before you die', and it is clear that the magic of this show is still intact. Villégier has concentrated the tragedy in a unique backdrop of black marble, marked by furniture from the State Apartments of Versailles, and sumptuous costumes designed by Patrice Cauchetier with graceful choreography by the late Francine Lancelot revived by Béatrice Massin. The fabulous musicians and choir of Les Arts Florissants and the Jardin des Voix need no introduction here. Last, but not least, we have the powerfully-projected Atys of Bernard Richter, admired mezzo, Stephanie d'Oustrac as Cybele, rival to the vibrant Sangaride, sung by soprano Emmanuelle de Negri. Discover this masterpiece of Lully magnified by the combined talents of William Christie and Jean Marie Villégier. “Lully's music shines and dances in the hands of the now-veteran William Christie and his superbly understanding singers and players, but what will astonish those who doubt the drama of baroque opera is the sheer emotional power of the plot. The filming is formal rather than fluid. A triumph of postmodern authenticity.” The Observer, 19th February 2012 “this visually sumptuous production will satisfy the most diehard traditionalist. It's true that the sets and costumes are far removed from ancient Phrygia; but they do evoke the time of Louis XIV, Lully's patron. Bernhard Richter finds plenty of passion as Atys...Chorus, orchestra and conductor are first-class.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2012 | | | fRA - FRA506 (Blu-ray) Normally: $41.50 Special: $29.05 |
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| |  | A Concert for New YorkIn Remembrance and Renewal - The Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
The New York Philharmonic - America’s preeminent symphony orchestra - gave “A Concert for New York” to mark the tenth anniversary of the events of 9/11. What work could be better suited to the occasion than Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony with its “evocation of every aspect of life” and “its profound sense of hope”, as the Philharmonic’s Music Director Alan Gilbert put it? This concert became an unforgettable event, a “consistently impressive” performance with “gripping playing”, “magnificent” soloists and an “excellent” chorus (New York Times). BONUS (tbc): Alan Gilbert & Zubin Mehta about “A Concert for New York” Picture Format Blu-ray: Full HD Sound Formats Blu-ray: DTS HD Master Audio, PCM Stereo Region Code: 0 (worldwide) Running Time: approx. 96 min (tbc) Running Time Bonus: approx. 15 min (tbc) Disc Format: BD 25 FSK: 0 “Mahler’s extravagance must be appealing to DVD producers. With this music there’s a wide dynamic range and huge forces to watch...it’s predictably an emotive occasion. And Alan Gilbert’s performance is pretty sound, even if you crave a little more recklessness and excess. The recorded sound is a little raw, and you do get a feel for the sheer terror which this symphony can evoke” The Arts Desk, 14th December 2011 “Alan Gilbert has the right sense of momentum and expectation” BBC Music Magazine, January 2012 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Boulez conducts Mahler
Born in 1925 in Montbrison, France, Pierre Boulez is one of the most distinguished composers and conductors in the world today. With his uncompromising approach to the score, Pierre Boulez’s Mahler readings have long fascinated critics and audiences alike. Boulez eschews the romanticized readings common in performance tradition and instead reveals the real joy and terror in Mahler’s large-scale symphonies. Vocalists Diana Damrau and Petra Lang join forces with the Staaatskapelle Berlin and the Staatsopernchor as the perfect ensemble to bring Boulez’s vision of this gargantuan piece to life. Boulez’s interpretation is truly infused with light. This performance really does give a new perspective on a much-loved symphony. Picture format: 1080i Full HD - 16:9 Sound format: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio Region code: All Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 89 mins | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler and Schoenberg
Release of the successful DVD on Blu-ray Disc. What makes Abbado’s Mahler performance so remarkable is that their impact is never achieved at the expense of the multiple sensitivities, subtleties and extreme sophistication. Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and Schoenberg’s Pelleas and Melisande are performed by one of the world’s leading youth orchestras: The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Includes an introduction to Schoenberg’s Pelleas and Melisande by Alberica Archinto and Elli Stern, offering fascinating insights into this unparalleled composition. DVD release comes right in time for the 80th Anniversary Celebrations of Claudio Abbado and will be accompanied by the other EuroArts June releases: Claudio Abbado Special Anniversary Box and the Abbado Beethoven Box. Picture format Blu-ray Disc: 1080i Full HD Sound formats Blu-Ray Disc: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio Region code: All (worldwide) Subtitles: English, French, German Booklet notes: English, French, German Runnning time: 113 mins | 
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| |  | Mahler: Origins and Legacy
Disc 1: 1. Documentary Episode One – “Gustav Mahler: Origins” 2. Concert Programme One – Mahler Symphony No. 1 Disc 2: 1. Documentary Episode Two – “Gustav Mahler: Legacy” 2. Concert Programme Two – A Mahler Journey
The latest instalment in MTT’s and SFS’s engaging Keeping Score series explores the life and works of Gustav Mahler, in two documentaries and two live performances. Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present the latest instalment in their acclaimed Keeping Score series, exploring the life and music of Gustav Mahler. In the year marking both the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death and the founding of the San Francisco Symphony, ‘Mahler: Origins and Legacy’, focuses on the enigmatic composer with two one-hour documentaries and two live performances. “Gustav Mahler was a visionary musician,” says MTT. “In his compositions he made reference to many styles, building his huge symphonies from materials abstracted from songs, dances and marches from many cultures. His symphonies, or worlds, as he called them, represent the many ways that people make music and why they make music. In Keeping Score: Mahler, we walk in his footsteps, visit the places and sounds that influenced his life.” Keeping Score: Mahler is designed to engage, educate and entertain viewers of all musical backgrounds, from classical music enthusiasts to those hearing Mahler’s music for the first time. With MTT and SFS firmly established among the leading interpreters of Mahler’s music, these programmes are a fitting culmination to their decade-long Mahler recording project. To coincide with its release, MTT and SFS will embark on a three-week European tour performing Mahler’s works including Prague and Vienna where there will be special screenings of Keeping Score: Mahler. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Mahler: Symphonies 1-10, Totenfeier & Das Lied von der ErdeAll full HD live recordings taken from the 2009-2011 Mahler celebration at Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Mahler: | Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan' Daniel Harding Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Revised Edition by Renate Stark-Voit and Gilbert Kaplan (2006) Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Netherlands Radio Choir, Mariss Jansons Symphony No. 3 in D minor Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Netherlands Radio Choir, Boys of the Breda Sacrament Choir & Rijnmond Boys’ Choir, Mariss Jansons Symphony No. 4 in G major Miah Persson (soprano) Iván Fischer Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Daniele Gatti Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' Lorin Maazel Symphony No. 7 in E minor Pierre Boulez Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand' Christine Brewer (soprano), Camilla Nylund (soprano), Maria Espada (soprano), Stephanie Blythe (mezzo), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor), Tommi Hakala (baritone), Stefan Kocán (bass) Netherlands Radio Choir, State Choir Latvia, Bavarian Radio Choir, Mariss Jansons Symphony No. 9 in D major Bernard Haitink Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major Performing version by Deryck Cooke Eliahu Inbal Totenfeier Anna Larsson (contralto) Fabio Luisi Das Lied von der Erde Anna Larsson (contralto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor) Fabio Luisi |
“its employment of various conductors enables one to more closely observe their subtle differences in technique...It's also a delight to see such detailed camera direction, with the musicians foregrounded just as they appear: the revelation of the battery of eight French horns in the 3rd is all the more thrilling for its sudden appearance.” The Independent, 29th December 2012 ***** |
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| |  | Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1-7Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 2003-2009
Claudio Abbado is undeniably the supreme Mahler conductor of our time. With his Lucerne Festival Orchestra he has set new standards in the field of classical music, especially in the interpretation of works by Gustav Mahler. The core of the orchestra is provided by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, itself an élite body of players. Soloists like violinist Kolja Blacher, clarinettist Sabine Meyer, oboist Albrecht Mayer, violist Wolfram Christ, cellist Natalia Gutman, the Hagen Quartet and members of the Alban Berg Quartet to name just a few, make the Lucerne Festival Orchestra a star-studded ensemble. The DVDs and Blu-ray Discs of Claudio Abbado's Mahler symphonies recordings Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 have already proven to be true Best-sellers. On the occasion of Mahler's 100. Anniversary of Death (May 18), EuroArts will release a luxurious 4 Blu-ray Box set, including the Mahler Symphonies Nos. 1-7 with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and Claudio Abbado. Packaging: Digipack in Slipcase with 72 pages Booklet Blu-ray Disc 1: Mahler: Symphony Nos. 1 & 2; Blu-ray Disc 2: Mahler: Symphony Nos. 3 & 4; Blu-ray Disc 3: Mahler: Symphony Nos. 5 & 6; Blu-ray Disc 4: Mahler: Symphony No. 7 An aficionado must-have! “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 “Has there ever been a suaver, more transparent Mahler performance or one in which everything stays so beautifully in tune? ... Abbado’s music-making is a celebration of the purest joy.” The Gramophone Magazine 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 (Italian, Spanish) Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 550 mins FSK: 0 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mahler: Symphony No. 1Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 12 August 2009
“Like a cry of Nature”: thus the expression mark that opens Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony – and the programme of the Festival 2009 which takes up Nature as its guiding theme. Mahler, in the First Symphony, shaped the “cry of nature” into a musical vision of an entire human life in four stages – from a spring-like upsurge of feelings through desire and suffering, to the end of earthly existence and the entrance into Paradise. The opening treats listeners to a spectacular début as the twenty-two-year-old Chinese pianist Yuja Wang plays Sergei Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto. In her Lucerne appearances she displays the full range of her artistry as Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto demands not only lyricism and intimacy but brilliance and virtuosity. Claudio Abbado has realised a dream with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. The orchestra consists of an exclusive ensemble of handpicked musicians like Kolja Blacher and Sebastian Breuninger, Natalia Gutman, Clemens Hagen and Jens Peter Maintz. Claudio Abbado is undeniably a supreme Mahler conductor and his best selling recordings with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra – symphonies No. 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 (on Blu-ray No. 1, 2, 3 and 6) have already been released on EuroArts – have set new standards in interpretation of works by Gustav Mahler. Picture format BD: 1080i Full HD - 16:9 Sounds formats BD: PCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio Region code: All Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 79 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, 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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The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the oldest concert orchestra in the world, and their Music Director Riccardo Chailly have already acquired legendary status – glorious reviews and many awards for their recordings testifying to their continuing success. At Leipzig’s International Mahler Festival, to mark the centenary of Mahler’s death, they performed his monumental Second Symphony in the Gewandhaus – together with two marvellous soloists and choral forces quite beyond compare. About the final movement the composer said: “The increasing tension, working up to the final climax, is so tremendous that I don’t know myself, now that it is over, how I ever came to write it.” Picture Format Blu-ray: Full HD Sound Formats Blu-ray: DTS HD Master Audio, PCM Stereo Region Code: 0 (worldwide) Running Time: 95:42 min Disc Format: BD 25 FSK: 0 “[Chailly] has turned wiry Gewandhaus strings into muscular proponents; the first real moment of magic is when he gives the cor anglais space to etch the Alpine idyll at the heart of the first movement...Chailly's facial expressions rightly express his sheer sense of visceral enjoyment...And Sarah Connolly's part in the proceedings is surprisingly intense” BBC Music Magazine, January 2012 **** “this one is something special. The acoustic of Leipzig's Gewandhaus hall is a star in itself: the offstage horn and trumpet fanfares sound as thrilling as the orchestra's playing, itself near-fabulous from start to finish...[Chailly's] conducting charts a wonderfully sure path through Mahler's epic conception. And in the 'Urlicht' movement Sarah Connolly's singing, like the orchestra's playing, is as moving and beautiful as it's possible to imagine.” Classic FM Magazine, February 2012 ***** “these are red-blooded performances. The Italian conductor has long been a respected Mahlerian, capable of welding the symphonies’ huge structures and quixotic moods into a coherent musical statement...Sarah Connolly deliver[s] a radiant “Urlicht”” Financial Times, 15th October 2011 **** “Chailly's Resurrection is unashamedly mainstream, more straightforward than Bernstein's, sunnier and more muscular than Abbado's, with forthright contributions from harp and percussion...the excellent Sarah Connolly provides a lovely, intimate reading of the 'Urlicht' and there is no lack of tension as the epic finale crashes in...Christane Oelze is outstanding too, at once bright and warm.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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