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CD1 1. Der fliegende Holländer - Overture Sir Adrian Boult 2. Der fliegende Holländer - Summ' und brumm', du gutes Rädchen (Der fliegende Holländer: Spinnerinnen-Chor, 2.Akt) (1990 Remaster) Bayerisches Staatsorchester 3. Der fliegende Holländer - Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff (Senta's Ballad) (Act II) John McCarthy 4. Der fliegende Holländer - Steuermann, laß die Wacht (Der fliegende Holländer: Matrosenchor, 3.Akt) (1990 Remaster) Bayerisches Staatsorchester 5. Tannhäuser - Overture Mariss Jansons 6. Tannhäuser - Dich, teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder (Elisabeth's Greeting) (Act II) Jessye Norman 7. Dritter Akt (Tal vor der Wartburg) - Wie Todesahnung - Oh du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram) Rudolf Gonszar 8. Dritter Akt (Tal vor der Wartburg) - Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat (Tannhäuser: Pilgerchor, 3.Akt) (1990 Remaster) Bayerisches Staatsorchester 9. Lohengrin (1989 Digital Remaster) - Vorspiel (Prelude), 1.Aufzug (1989 Digital Remaster) New Philharmonia Orchestra 10. Lohengrin - Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa's Dream) Münchner Rundfunkorchester 11. Lohengrin - Lohengrin - Acte II : Entweihte Gotter (Remasterisé En 2003) Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris 12. Lohengrin - Prelude to Act III Klaus Tennstedt 13. Lohengrin - Treulich geführt (Lohengrin: Brautchor, 3.Akt) (1990 Remaster) Bayerisches Staatsorchester CD2 1. Lohengrin - In fernem Land (Act 3) Heinrich Bender 2. Scene IV - Abendlich strahlt die Sonne (Wotan/Fricke) Bernard Haitink 3. Act 1 - Winderstrürme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund Reiner Goldberg 4. Act 1 - Du bist der Lenz (Sieglinde) Cheryl Studer 5. Act 1 - Oh süsseste Wonne! Cheryl Studer 6. Act 1 - Siegmund heiss ich (Siegmund/Sieglinde) Cheryl Studer 7. Die Walküre - Walkürenritt (The Ride of the Valkyries) (Act III) Klaus Tennstedt 8. Act 1 - Nothung! Nothung! neidliches Schwert! (Siegfried/Mime) Peter Haage 9. Götterdämmerung (1975 Digital Remaster) - Siegfried's funeral march Sir Adrian Boult 10. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1989 Digital Remaster) - Vorspiel (Prelude), 1.Aufzug New Philharmonia Orchestra 11. Fünfte Szene/Scene 5/Cinquième Scène - "Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein" (Walther/Volk/Die Meister/Sachs/Pogner/Eva) Michael Schade 12. ACT 2 - O sink hernieder Helga Dernesch 13. Tristan und Isolde - Mild und leise (Liebestod) Münchner Rundfunkorchester
The operas of Richard Wagner have never been more popular than they are today, and performances of his Ring cycle continue to fill opera houses all over the world. This collection begins with familiar items from Wagner’s early operas Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin and then goes on to extracts from all four Ring operas. These are followed by the Overture and Prize Song from Wagner’s deeply human comedy Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and the set concludes with the Love Duet and the Liebestod from his tragic masterpiece Tristan und Isolde. Artists include singers Hildegard Behrens, Helga Dernesch, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Reiner Goldberg, Ben Heppner, Siegfried Jerusalem, James Morris, Jessye Norman, Cheryl Studer and Jon Vickers, and conductors Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Herbert von Karajan, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Klaus Tennstedt. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Recorded live at La Scala on 30th April 1959. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Recorded live at Bayreuth in 1953. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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3 DVDs for the price of 2 Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in July & August 2009, this production marks the beginning of an exciting new long-term partnership between the Bayreuth Festival and Opus Arte. The prestigious music festival takes place each year in northern Germany in a theatre that Wagner himself personally supervised the design and construction of. The festival has become a pilgrimage destination for Wagner enthusiasts, who often have to wait up to ten years to obtain a ticket! Katarina Wagner, the great-grand daughter of Richard Wagner, is currently codirector of the festival together with her sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier. Tristan und Isolde was first performed in 1865 and provided inspiration to many composers including Mahler, Strauss, Szymanowski and Berg. It is widely acknowledged as one of the peaks of the operatic repertoire, and has been performed regularly since is premiere. This production, by renowned director Christoph Marthaler, stars leading Wagner exponents Robert Dean Smith and Irene Theorin in the title roles, supported by the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Peter Schneider. ‘Peter Schneider conducted with real feeling for the score and the prelude to the first act stole upon the ear with the magic of Bayreuth’s amazing acoustics. Robert Dean Smith is now a fine Tristan with a really beautiful voice. …Robert Holl made a moving King Marke, his magnificent bass nobly used. Some of the most beautiful singing came from Clemens Bieber's Young Seaman at the beginning.’ The Stage ‘In Tristan the standard of conducting and singing is high. Peter Schneider draws seamless playing from the orchestra, contouring Wagner’s long arcs of sound as only someone of his experience can do. Iréne Theorin and Robert Dean Smith make a well-balanced couple – she all temperament and sound, he emotionally neutral but vocally flawless.’ The Financial Times “As in all great stagings - and I have no doubt that this is one - a list of unforgettable links between text, music and action soon accumulates. It's hard to know where to point the awards finger first in such a complete ensemble performance...Despite the ferocious competition, absolutely unmissable.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival, Germany, in August 2009.
Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in July & August 2009, this production marks the beginning of an exciting new long-term partnership between the Bayreuth Festival and Opus Arte. The prestigious music festival takes place each year in northern Germany in a theatre that Wagner himself personally supervised the design and construction of. The festival has become a pilgrimage destination for Wagner enthusiasts, who often have to wait up to ten years to obtain a ticket! Katarina Wagner, the great-grand daughter of Richard Wagner, is currently codirector of the festival together with her sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier. Tristan und Isolde was first performed in 1865 and provided inspiration to many composers including Mahler, Strauss, Szymanowski and Berg. It is widely acknowledged as one of the peaks of the operatic repertoire, and has been performed regularly since is premiere. This production, by renowned director Christoph Marthaler, stars leading Wagner exponents Robert Dean Smith and Irene Theorin in the title roles, supported by the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Peter Schneider. ‘Peter Schneider conducted with real feeling for the score and the prelude to the first act stole upon the ear with the magic of Bayreuth’s amazing acoustics. Robert Dean Smith is now a fine Tristan with a really beautiful voice. …Robert Holl made a moving King Marke, his magnificent bass nobly used. Some of the most beautiful singing came from Clemens Bieber's Young Seaman at the beginning.’ The Stage ‘In Tristan the standard of conducting and singing is high. Peter Schneider draws seamless playing from the orchestra, contouring Wagner’s long arcs of sound as only someone of his experience can do. Iréne Theorin and Robert Dean Smith make a well-balanced couple – she all temperament and sound, he emotionally neutral but vocally flawless.’ The Financial Times “As in all great stagings - and I have no doubt that this is one - a list of unforgettable links between text, music and action soon accumulates. It's hard to know where to point the awards finger first in such a complete ensemble performance...Despite the ferocious competition, absolutely unmissable.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Shot in full HD, dts-HD Master Audio 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 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." Bonus Material - Making of Siegfried. In this production "the visual codes of the digital era become elemental and dazzlingly employed means of narration" (Opernwelt). Sunday times: “quite a spectacle”, “brilliantly sung” Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 DVD9 HD Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.1 PCM 2.0 Region Code: 0 Duration: 256 minutes + 27 minutes bonus Recorded: live from Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia 2008 - staged by La Fura del Baus Subtitles: English German French Spanish “highly recommended, a refreshing antidote to leaden Teutonic representations. Wagner responds best to Romantic imagery, but this gives it a vividly original twist.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 ***** “…excellent orchestral playing and decent sound to match…a striking and often absorbing experiment” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Shot in full HD, dts-HD Master Audio 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 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." Bonus Material - Making of Siegfried. In this production "the visual codes of the digital era become elemental and dazzlingly employed means of narration" (Opernwelt). Sunday times: “quite a spectacle”, “brilliantly sung” Picture Format: 16:9 HD - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players Sound Format: DTS 7.1 Dolby Digital 5.1 PCM 2.0 Region Code: 0 Duration: 256 minutes + 27 minutes bonus Recorded: live from Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia 2008 - staged by La Fura del Baus Subtitles: English German French Spanish “highly recommended, a refreshing antidote to leaden Teutonic representations. Wagner responds best to Romantic imagery, but this gives it a vividly original twist.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 ***** “…excellent orchestral playing and decent sound to match…a striking and often absorbing experiment” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Waltraute) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta Shot in full HD. dts-HD Master Audio 7.1 surround sound on Blu-ray! DD 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, 2009. Incl. world-class Wagner singers such as Matti Salminen and promising young talents like Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde). In this production "the visual codes of the digital era become elemental and dazzlingly employed means of narration" (Opernwelt). Sunday Times: "quite a spectacle“, "brilliantly sung“. Picture Format: 16:9 HD - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players Sound Format: DTS 7.1 Dolby Digital 5.1 PCM 2.0 Region Code: 0 Duration: 280 minutes + 27 minutes bonus Recorded: live from Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia 2009 - staged by La Fura del Baus Subtitles: English German French Spanish “Its brilliant use of computer graphic backgrounds and acrobatic mimes shows one can stage a truly modern, theatrically advantageous Ring without distorting its genuinely central concepts - Wagner's.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 ***** “Ryan is a formidable stage-presence in both these music dramas...[He] can fine down the sound to spin a properly lyrical thread, and in his dying salutation to Brünnhilde rounds off a performance remarkable not just for its tireless stamina but for its musical and dramatic sensitivity.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Furtwängler conducts Tchaikovsky, Strauss & Wagner
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| |  | Opera 125 - Éves Az Operaház (1884-2009)Stars of the Hungarian Opera Vol. 1/4
Ney Dávid (bass), Környei Béla (tenor), Rózsa S. Lajos (baritone), Sándor Erzsi (soprano), Pilinszky Zsigmond (tenor), Székelyhidy Ferenc (tenor), Basilides Mária (soprano), Kálmán Oszkár (bass), Halmos János (tenor), Palló Imre (baritone), Závodszky Zoltán (tenor), Maleczky Oszkár (baritone), Pataky Kálmán (tenor), Németh Mária (soprano), Fekete Pál (tenor), Báthy Anna (soprano), Székely Mihály (bass), Lendvai Andor (baritone) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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