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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Great Opera AriasA Gala Concert From The Royal Opera House
World-renowned tenor Plácido Domingo is joined by Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna and a host of other international stars including Susan Graham, in the famously glittering 1996 Gala Concert on the stage of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Asher Fisch conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House in a programme of many of the world’s best-loved operatic arias with music by composers including Bizet, Massenet, Gounod, Mozart and Donizetti. Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 12th December 1996. Stage Director: David Edwards PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: Approx. 88 Mins
SOUND: LPCM 2.0
SUBTITLES: EN
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| |  | Abbado in Concert
Brahms: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Wiener Philharmoniker | Mozart: | Kyrie in D minor, K341 Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker Grabmusik, K42: Betracht dies Herz Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker | Rossini: | La Cenerentola Overture Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Schubert: | Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D950 Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley & Jorge Pita Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker |
The ’All Saints Day Concert’ - besides the New Year´s concert the most important Viennese music event - from the Musikvereinssaal, Vienna from 1986 with sacred music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert. Superb soloists like Karita Mattila, Marjana Lipovsek, Robert Holl, Jerry Hadley and Jorge Pita, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera Chorus under the baton of maestro Abbado. “The Schubert Mass may tax Abbado's greatest fans. Yet the Mozart sequence with Karita Mattila is revelatory, camerawork for the Brahms Second Piano Concerto as fluid and imaginative as the Abbado-Pollini partnership...He combines a phenomenal technique with a poetic temperament. Wonderful.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2008 ***** “the most widely respected living conductor” New York Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart Gala from SalzburgRecorded at Felsenreitschule Salzburg, Austria
Directed by Brian Large. The highly acclaimed gala concert celebrating the 2006 Mozart anniversary from the Salzburg Festival featuring some of the world´s top singers, including exclusive DG artists Anna Netrebko, Magdalena Kozena, Patricia Petibon and Rene Pape with the Wiener Philharmoniker under Daniel Hardingat last on DVD! Held in the Felsenreitschule on 30 July 2006 at the start of the Salzburg Festival, the gala performance represents the full spectrum of the Mozart festivities through a selection of arias and orchestral works Celebrated soprano Anna Netrebko lives up to her reputation as a fiery dramatic diva with her passionate rendition of Elettra's aria D'Oreste, d¡'Aiace from Idomeneo, while Magdalena Kozena, who was acclaimed for her performance as Idamante in the festival's production of the opera, sings the duet S'io non moro a questi accenti with Ekaterina Siurina as Ilia Other highlights include renowned baritone Thomas Hampson Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo from Cosi fan tutte and Rene Pape's spirited rendition of Leporello's famous catalogue aria from Don Giovanni As well as providing superb accompaniments, the Wiener Philharmoniker makes a contribution of its own to the programme with the overtures to Don Giovanni and Idomeneo, and concluding the performance with the Prague Symphony, K. 504 Filmed in HD, released in 16:9 widescreen; audio in PCM and 5.1 DTS Surround Sound First DVD release “The orchestral playing is impeccably groomed, opening with a fast and fiery account of the Don Giovanni overture followed later by a dynamic Idomeneo overture and finishing with an accomplished Prague Symphony. The vocal contributions are less even and, except in the case of the two Russian artists, marred by some ugly face pulling to produce particular vowels. The Russians sing magnificently too, Anna Netrebko nearly bringing the house down with Elettra's 'fury' aria from Idomeneo and Ekaterina Siurina scoring as Ilia with her fresh tone and simplicity of manner.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2009 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Mozart’s fourth opera – written when he was only 14 – displays all the hallmarks of the fresh, inventive writing that was to flourish into extraordinary genius in his later works and, with a cast as good as this, The Royal Opera’s production takes Mitridate, re di Ponto to the highest levels of operatic achievement. Based on a play by Jean Racine, it is a story of jealous love and political intrigue. Mitridate was performed twenty-one times following its premiere in 1770 and hailed as a success, yet no revival took place until the 20th century. This production from the Royal Opera House was filmed in 1993 during the Mozart Bicentennial Celebrations. PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: 176 Mins
SOUND: 2.0 DOLBY DIGITAL
SUBTITLES: EN
“After 15 years Vick's high camp production looks dated - Baroque exaggeration decked out with Japanese Kabuki and Chinese Opera. But Ann Murray and Luba Orgonasova are on tip-top form.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 *** “This is, unequivocally, a red-letter night at Covent Garden.” Sunday Times | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Koopman conducts Mozart and Cimarosa
Recorded live at the Mozarteum (Großer Saal), Salzburg, 2 February 2002 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sviatoslav Richter plays Mozart & Chopin
Filmed at the Barbican Centre, London, 29 March 1989 “This concert is beyond the impertinence of praise, one of the great musical experiences of a lifetime preserved despite Richter's hostility about the concert being filmed. His Mozart is muscular and intense, his Chopin astoundingly stormy or incredibly tender.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Austria - A Musical Tour of the Country’s Past and Present.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Conducted by Benjamin Britten, using his own performing edition, the opera is sung in English with Peter Pears singing Idomeneo – the only film recording with Peter Pears in the title role. “The cast, dominated by Peter Pears's superb Idomeneo, also brought fine singing from Heather Harper in a convincing assumption of Ilia...The score was pruned and then conducted by Britten with a composer's understanding and much passion.” Penguin Guide, 2010 **/* | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Concert For Peace
Coro Cappella Giulia & Symphony Orchestra of the Pasqua Festival, Pablo Colino A truly international event, this ‘Concert for Peace’ was given before an invited audience of world
leaders and churchmen including Mikhail Gorbachov and the cardinals of the Roman Catholic
Church. Filmed in the Basilica Ara Coeli in Rome it features many choral favorites, | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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