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When Gielen started confronting orchestras and audiences with Performances of Beethoven that took the composer’s metronome markings literally, he was met with displeasure and incomprehension on all sides. The prevailing opinion was that there was something wrong with Beethoven’s metronome (or else with the conductor who took the figures seriously). But Gielen refuses to see why Fate necessarily has to knock at the door slowly (in the Fifth). “Why can’t it knock rapidly? After all, Fate is impatient.” And a gigantic movement like the Allegro con brio of the “Eroica” is incomprehensible except at the fast tempo Beethoven asks for. The Legendary Recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies with SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg. Picture format DVD: NTSC 4:3 Sound formats DVD: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Subtitles: English, German, French Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: DVD 1: 110 mins, DVD 2: 114 mins, DVD 3: 141 mins “they are in every way worth hearing. Whilst there is nothing flashy or of novelty for its own sake about these performances they are imaginative, coherent and well considered. Internal balance is superbly well controlled so that the listener is constantly amazed at just how much they have missed in other performances...All in all this is a set impressive for its understanding, honesty and conviction” MusicWeb International, March 2013 | 
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| |  | Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 2Live recording from Palais Kinsky and Schloss Hetzendorf, Vienna, 1983-84
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle New Release on Euroarts's sub-label: Recorded Excellence – Historical Value. The aim of the new series is to make accessible to music lovers and collectors top-quality recordings documenting extra-special concert performances that were hitherto unreleased or were no longer available, either for the first time or as re-releases on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The main focus is on artists and repertoire. The new series will showcase defining concert moments of music history. Digitally remastered and restored from 35mm film. Including intensive and high-quality audio and visual restoration. In the second part of five DVDs, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim performs Sonatas 7 to 13 of the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas. Composed over twenty-five years and embodying the shift of musical taste from the Classic to the Romantic, their performance requires a musician of extraordinary versatility. Daniel Barenboim is one such pianist – his recordings run the gamut from Bach and Mozart to Bruckner and Bartók. In following in the footsteps of such masters as Artur Schnabel, Barenboim truly shows himself to be among the greatest living musicians. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 157mins German FSK: 0 “Barenboim brings to these a freshness of approach, and sensitivity. His expressive powers are wondrous and he captures the full range of emotions that these works have to offer. You get the feeling that he really understands this music and that he has an improvisatory and spontaneous approach.” MusicWeb International, 22nd April 2013 |
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| |  | Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 3Live recording from Palais Kinsky and Schloss Hetzendorf, Vienna, 1983-84
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle New Release on Euroarts's sub-label: Recorded Excellence – Historical Value. The aim of the new series is to make accessible to music lovers and collectors top-quality recordings documenting extra-special concert performances that were hitherto unreleased or were no longer available, either for the first time or as re-releases on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The main focus is on artists and repertoire. The new series will showcase defining concert moments of music history. Digitally remastered and restored from 35mm film. Including intensive and high-quality audio and visual restoration. In the third part of five DVDs, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim performs Sonatas 14 to 21 of the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas. Composed over twenty-five years and embodying the shift of musical taste from the Classic to the Romantic, their performance requires a musician of extraordinary versatility. Daniel Barenboim is one such pianist – his recordings run the gamut from Bach and Mozart to Bruckner and Bartók. In following in the footsteps of such masters as Artur Schnabel, Barenboim truly shows himself to be among the greatest living musicians. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 137 mins “Barenboim brings to these a freshness of approach, and sensitivity. His expressive powers are wondrous and he captures the full range of emotions that these works have to offer. You get the feeling that he really understands this music and that he has an improvisatory and spontaneous approach.” MusicWeb International, 22nd April 2013 |
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| |  | A Musical Journey: ItalySiena and Pisa; Villa Luxoro
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| |  | Barenboim plays Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol.4Live recording from Palais Kinsky and Schloss Hetzendorf, Vienna, 1983-84
Director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle New Release on Euroarts's sub-label: Recorded Excellence – Historical Value. The aim of the new series is to make accessible to music lovers and collectors top-quality recordings documenting extra-special concert performances that were hitherto unreleased or were no longer available, either for the first time or as re-releases on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The main focus is on artists and repertoire. The new series will showcase defining concert moments of music history. Digitally remastered and restored from 35mm film. Including intensive and high-quality audio and visualrestoration. In the fourth part of five DVDs, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim performs Sonatas 22 to 28 of the so-called 'New Testament' of music, Ludwig van Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas. Composed over twenty-five years and embodying the shift of musical taste from the Classic to the Romantic, their performance requires a musician of extraordinary versatility.Daniel Barenboim is one such pianist – his recordings run the gamut from Bach and Mozart to Bruckner and Bartók. Infollowing in the footsteps of such masters as Artur Schnabel, Barenboim truly shows himself to be among the greatest living musicians. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 158 mins “Barenboim brings to these a freshness of approach, and sensitivity. His expressive powers are wondrous and he captures the full range of emotions that these works have to offer. You get the feeling that he really understands this music and that he has an improvisatory and spontaneous approach.” MusicWeb International, 22nd April 2013 |
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| |  | A Musical Journey: ItalyA Musical Tour of Tuscany, Rome and Perugia
The Places The journey starts in the countryside near Arezzo, and passes from there to other districts of Tuscany, to the wine-producing fields near Montalcino, and thence to Rome and to the volcanic Lake Bracciano. The tour ends in the ancient town of Perugia, for long an artistic centre. The Music The music of the tour consists of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 of 1812 and two overtures, Coriolanus and The Consecration of the House. The Coriolanus overture was written for a play by Heinrich von Collin on the plot familiar from Shakespeare, and the second overture for the opening of a new theatre in Vienna in 1822. Video Format • NTSC / Colour / 4:3 Audio Format • PCM Stereo 2.0 Region Coding • No Region Coding |
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| |  | Kent Nagano & Berliner Philharmoniker - A Night of Rhythm and Dance
Subtitles: English, German, French “Susan Graham, America's leading mezzo soprano” The Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Callas... ToujoursParis, 1958
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