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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Sommernachtskonzert 2013 / Summer Night Concert 2013
The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is an annual open-air event that takes place in the park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna with the palace as a magnificent backdrop. Everyone is invited to come to this unique occasion – with free admission. Each year up to 100,000 people take up the invitation. The concert is also broadcast on TV and radio in more than 60 countries, and thus reaches an audience of millions. Classical music at the very highest level, but without barriers, accessible to everyone. In 2013 Lorin Maazel will conduct the Summer Night Concert for the first time. Swiss tenor Michael Schade joins the orchestra as guest-soloist. With this year’s program the orchestra celebrates Wagner and Verdi in honor of their anniversaries. Since 2008 the Vienna Philharmonic has provided an outstanding experience for the people of Vienna and guests to their city with this free concert in the park of Schönbrunn Palace. The palace and its Baroque park, which have UNESCO World Heritage status, are an extraordinary setting for this musical gift. In the recent years the orchestra has been conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, Franz Welser-Möst, Daniel Barenboim and Georges Prêtre. Among the previous guest soloists: Yefim Bronfman and Benjamin Schmid. This year the concert takes place on May 30. For over five decades, Lorin Maazel has been one of the world’s most esteemed and sought-after conductors. | 
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| |  | Chorus of Hebrew Slaves20 Greatest Opera Choruses
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| |  | Teatro Regio/Verdi Festival Parma, October 2011
Francesco Meli (Riccardo), Vladimir Stoyanov (Renato), Kristin Lewis (Amelia), Elisabetta Fiorillo (Ulrica), Serena Gamberoni (Oscar), Filippo Polinelli (Silvano), Antonio Barbargallo (Samuel), Enrico Rinaldo (Tom), Cosimo Vassallo (Un giudice), Enrico Paolillo (Un servo) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma, Gianluigi Gelmetti Staged by Massimo Gasparon The next instalment in C Major’s Tutto Verdi project is the Teatro Regio di Parma production of Un ballo in maschera. The cast is led by Francesco Meli who has performed extnsively at the world’s biggest opera houses. He is supported by Kristin Lewis and Elisabetta Fiorillo. PICTURE: 16:9, HD SOUND: DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM STEREO RUNNING TIME: TOTAL: 146 MINUTES (OPERA: 136 MINUTES, BONUS: 10 MINUTES) SUBTITLES ITALIAN (ORIGINAL LANGUAGE), ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, CHINESE, KOREAN, JAPANESE; BONUS: ENGLISH, ITALIAN AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE |
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| |  | Teatro Regio di Parma, February 2011
C Major presents the next instalment in their Tutto Verdi project with the Teatro Regio di Parma production of La forza del destino. The cast features Dimitra Theodossiou – a frequent performer at La Scala and Opera Zurich – alongside Vladimir Stoyanov and Mariana Pentcheva, Stefano Poda –the production’s director – has also worked in some of the most renowned theatres across the world. PICTURE: 16:9, HD SOUND: DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM STEREO RUNNING TIME: TOTAL: 190 MINUTES (OPERA: 179 MINUTES, BONUS: 11 MINUTES) SUBTITLES: ITALIAN (ORIGINAL LANGUAGE), ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, CHINESE, KOREAN, JAPANESE BONUS: ENGLISH, ITALIAN AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE |
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| |  | Version Modena, 1886. Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti Modena, October 2012
Giacomo Prestia (Filippo II), Mario Malagnini (Don Carlo), Simone Piazzola (Rodrigo), Luciano Montanaro (Il Grande Inquisitore), Cellia Costea (Elisabetta di Valois), Alla Pozniak (Eboli), Irene Candelier (Tebaldo/Una Voce dal Cielo), Antonio Feltracco (Il Conte di Lerma/Un Araldo Reale) Orchestral Regionale dell'Emilia-Romagna, Coro Lirico Amadeus, Fabrizio Ventura Staged by Joseph Franconi Lee C Major’s Tutto Verdi project comes to one of Verdi’s most popular operas: Don Carlo. This production from Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti Modena is conducted by Fabrizio Ventura. He has performed at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as well as the Arena di Verona and the Sydney Opera House. The cast is led Giacomo Presita who has performed wuth some of the world’s greatest conductors including Abbado, Mehta, Muti, Gatti and Barenboim. He is supported by Mario Malagnini and Cellia Costea. PICTURE: 16:9, HD SOUND: DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM STEREO RUNNING TIME: TOTAL: 184 MINUTES (OPERA: 173 MINUTES, BONUS: 11 MINUTES) SUBTITLES: ITALIAN (ORIGINAL LANGUAGE), ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, CHINESE, KOREAN, JAPANESE BONUS: ENGLISH, ITALIAN AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE |
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| |  | Claudio Abbado: A Life Dedicated to MusicJubilee Box
Bach, J S: | Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 (complete) Recorded live at Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia, 21 April 2007 Orchestra Mozart | Beethoven: | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Concention Centre Lucerne, 10–12 August 2005 Alfred Brendel (piano) Lucerne Festival Orchestra Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' Recorded live at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, February 2001 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' Recorded live at Philharmonie, Berlin, 1 May 2000 Karita Mattila (soprano), Violeta Urmana (alto), Thomas Moser (tenor), Eike Wilm Schulte (bass) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Chorus, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir | Brahms: | Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Recorded live at the Musikverein, Vienna, April 1997 Barbara Bonney (soprano), Bryn Terfel (baritone) Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Bruckner: | Symphony No. 7 in E Major Recorded live at the Concert Hall of the Culture and Concention Centre Lucerne, 10–12 August 2005 Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Mahler: | Symphony No. 9 in D major Recorded live at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 14 April 2004 Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra | Mussorgsky: | A Night on the Bare Mountain Recorded live from the Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 1994 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Stravinsky: | The Firebird Suite Recorded live from the Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 1994 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Tchaikovsky: | Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Recorded live from the Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 1994 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra |
plus: DVD 3: A Verdi Gala from Berlin Verdi Arias from: Un ballo in maschera / Don Carlos / Rigoletto / La traviata / Falstaff Andrea Rost, Ramón Vargas, Alan Titus, Lucio Gallo and other soloists Berliner Philharmoniker Recorded live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, 30–31 December 2000 DVD 5: Hearing the Silence with Bruno Ganz, Daniel Harding, Albrecht Mayer, Wolfram Christ, Kolja Blacher Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
This DVD Box will be released in honour of Claudio Abbado’s 80th anniversary on June 26th. It contains an extensive collection of concert recordings and the documentary Hearing the Silence, capturing the outstanding work and repertoire of this formidable conductor on 8 DVDs. Claudio Abbado, musical director of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (1968-1986) and the Berliner Philharmoniker (1989-2002) has always been supportive to the younger music generation and hence founded excellent orchestras such as the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, European Union Youth Orchestra and the Orchestra Mozart. His musical career took him all over the world to the most prestigious opera and concert houses from Milan, London, Chicago to Berlin, Vienna and Bologna. A tremendous achievement which is captured in this Box. These 8 DVDs contain marvellous recordings of Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Stravinksky, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Verdi, Mahler and Bach performed by excellent Orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, accompanied by exceptional soloists like Alfred Brendel , Andrea Rost, Karita Mattila, Barbara Bonney all conducted by one of the greatest conductors of our time. Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sound formats: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 DVD 2 & 5 PCM Stereo Region code: All (worldwide) Booklet Notes: English, German, French Running Time: Disc 1: 97 mins, Disc 2: 79 mins, Disc 3: 94 mins, Disc 4: 122 mins, Disc 5: 67 mins, Disc 6: 84 mins, Disc 7: 106 mins, Disc 8: 100 mins (total 749 mins) |
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| |  | Wiener Staatsoper Live: Opera Edition
Massenet: | Werther Live Recording from The Vienna State Opera, 2005 Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elina Garanca (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli), Peter Jelosits (Schmidt), Marcus Pelz (Johann), Clemens Unterreiner (Brühlmann) & Maria Gusenleitner (Käthchen) Philippe Jordan (conductor) & Andrei Serban (director) | Mozart: | Don Giovanni, K527 Live Recording from The Theater An Der Wien, 1999 Carlos Álvarez (Don Giovanni), Adrianne Pieczonka (Donna Anna), Anna Caterina Antonacci (Donna Elvira), Angelika Kirchschlager (Zerlina), Michael Schade (Don Ottavio), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Leporello), Franz-Josef Selig (Il Commendatore), Lorenzo Regazzo (Masetto) Riccardo Muti (conductor) & Roberto De Simone (director) | Verdi: | Simon Boccanegra Live Recording from The Vienna State Opera, 2002 Thomas Hampson (SImon Boccanegra), Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (Amelia/Maria), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Fiesco), Miroslav Dvorský (Gabriele Adorno), Boaz Daniel (Paolo), Dan Paul Dumitrescu (Pietro) Daniele Gatti (conductor) & Peter Stein (director) |
Sound Format: PCM Stereo (Don Giovanni) / + DD 5.0 & DTS 5.0 (Werther) / + DD 5.1 & DTS 5.1 (Simon Boccanegra) Picture Format: 16:9 DVD Format: 3 x DVD 9 / NTSC Subtitles: GB, DE, FR, ES, IT Running Time: 442 mins + 12 mins Bonus (Werther) FSK: 0 |
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| |  | Live Recording from The Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 1972
This epic opera inspired by William Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece was written in 1847, but did not receive its British premiere until 1938, when it was presented for the first time at Glyndebourne. Stage Director Michael Hadjimischev and Conductor John Pritchard made this production a breathtaking experience. The tragedy is a penetrating, concentrated and harrowing study of the ambition of Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth. In the end both seem to verge on hallucination and madness as they recoil from the mayhem they have created around them. The production features an outstanding international cast, with the Greek baritone Kostas Paskalis in the title role and British star Josephine Barstow making an exciting Glyndebourne debut as Lady Macbeth. The designer, Emanuele Luzzati, has created a series of stunning visual impressions, including the chilling witches’ chorus, the sumptuous banquet at which Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo and Lady Macbeth’s heart-rending sleepwalking scene. Sound Format: PCM Stereo Picture Format: 4:3 DVD Format: DVD 9 / NTSC Original Language: IT Subtitle Languages: GB, DE, FR, ES Running Time: 146 mins FSK: 0 |
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The sought-after lyric tenor Piotr Beczala, is the womanizing Duke in this new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto from the Metropolitan Opera. Željko Luèiæ sings the title role and Diana Damrau sings Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. This DVD and Blu-ray release appears in the Verdi year 2013, as music lovers around the world celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Italy’s beloved composer. Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960 – an ideal setting for this eternal conflict of depravity and innocence. |
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The sought-after lyric tenor Piotr Beczala, is the womanizing Duke in this new production of Verdi’s Rigoletto from the Metropolitan Opera. Željko Luèiæ sings the title role and Diana Damrau sings Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. This DVD and Blu-ray release appears in the Verdi year 2013, as music lovers around the world celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Italy’s beloved composer. Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960 – an ideal setting for this eternal conflict of depravity and innocence. |
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