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The Dialogos ensemble presents a highly original DVD. Here, far from the traditional filming of a staged performance, Alpha and Katarina Livljanic offer a genuinely cinematographic work based on the epic poem of the Croatian writer Marko Marulic. Musically speaking, this project comes into the category of a ‘reconstruction’, inspired by listening to and studying Dalmatian Gregorian and Glagolitic sources from the time of Marulic and by melodies of oral tradition. In this research, it was necessary to study the most archaic layers of what is known as Glagolitic chant. This repertory, curiously sung in the local vernacular even though it belonged to the Roman rite, was preserved in manuscriptswritten in the Glagolitic alphabet used in medieval Croatia. The archaic beauty of the text is fabulously illustrated here by images of incredible aesthetic refinement. For lovers of fine sound recordings, Alpha offers as a bonus CD the audio version of the project as realised at the time of filming.

1 DVD (Subtitles: French, Croatian, German, English - Time: 66’, not including making of - PAL) + 1 CD Bonus - DVDpack

Andre Rieu’s series of concerts from Sao Paulo broke a record for the number of consecutive concerts by one artist by performing thirty nights in a row. Live in Brazil, is a recording of one of those concerts, moving away from Strauss’s Vienna to the fun-filled fiesta atmosphere of South America.

Recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin on 21 June 2010.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung summed up this highly acclaimed performance of Bruckner's monumental Fifth Symphony by saying: “Both Bruckner’s belief in God, as it majestically wells up out of the chorale of the Fifth, and his deeply tragic world view, collide with one another in Barenboim’s interpretation”. The operatic experience of the conductor was almost tangible, revealing the “sheer dramatic instrumental battle between Bruckner’s God and the Devil – between heaven and hell – without betraying Bruckner’s unerring sense of striking proportions.” The release of this “contrapuntal masterpiece” (as Bruckner, not without pride, referred to this work) is part of Daniel Barenboim’s Bruckner cycle with the renowned Staatskapelle Berlin.

Picture Format Blu-ray: NTSC 16:9

Full HD

Sound Formats Blu-ray: DTS HD Master Audio,

PCM Stereo

Region Code: 0 (worldwide)

Running Time: 76:49 min

Disc Format: BD 25

Recorded live at Philharmonie Berlin on 21 June 2010.

The Süddeutsche Zeitung summed up this highly acclaimed performance of Bruckner's monumental Fifth Symphony by saying: “Both Bruckner’s belief in God, as it majestically wells up out of the chorale of the Fifth, and his deeply tragic world view, collide with one another in Barenboim’s interpretation”. The operatic experience of the conductor was almost tangible, revealing the “sheer dramatic instrumental battle between Bruckner’s God and the Devil – between heaven and hell – without betraying Bruckner’s unerring sense of striking proportions.” The release of this “contrapuntal masterpiece” (as Bruckner, not without pride, referred to this work) is part of Daniel Barenboim’s Bruckner cycle with the renowned Staatskapelle Berlin.

Picture Format DVD: NTSC 16:9

Sound Formats DVD: PCM Stereo

Dolby Digital 5.1

DTS 5.1

Region Code: 0 (worldwide)

Running Time: 76:49 min

Disc Format DVD: DVD-9

In celebration of the creation of 'Le Sacre du printemps' in Paris in 1913, Bel Air present a new edition in a DVD-book of a wonderful Stravinsky night at the Mariinsky with the original Nijinsky version of the 'Rite of Spring' and 'The Firebird' both conducted by Valery Gergiev.

The premiere of 'The Rite of Spring' at the Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Paris, on May 1913 caused a veritable scandal. The audience was shocked by the primitive violence of the ballet. It was so radically rejected that the ballet was taken off after eight performances. Although long forgotten, thanks to the relentless work of Millicent Hodson, Nijinsky’s original choreography was recreated.

'The Firebird' is a Russian folk tale in two scenes commissioned from the young Stravinsky by Diaghilev and premiered at the Paris Opera House in 1910. The ballet was an immediate success. The Ballets Russes enabled the choreographer Fokine to bring to this enterprise the right amount of novelty needed to captivate but not alienate the audience. It was a total success.

CONTENTS: DVD BOOK, 2 ballets 85 min.

Bonus: Documentary on the Ballets Russes (8 min), interviews with Millicent Hodson & Kenneth Archer (30 min), 36pp illustrated in 3 languages

Format: Colour, 16/9, NTSC, Sound: PCM Stereo - Dolby Digital 5.1.

Is it really possible to stage Wagner’s Ring on a single day? The composer’s great-granddaughter, Katharina Wagner, who now runs the Bayreuth Festival, was keen to stage Cord Garben‘s abridged version of the cycle at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, but in the event things turned out rather differently.

When she and her team arrived at the Colón, they found that the rehearsal conditions were not what they were expecting, and so she decided that the task should be entrusted to a different director. Valentina Carrasco took over at short notice and together with the singers and the set and costume designers she staged the Ring in a seven-hour version never previously seen and all on a single day!

The documentary provides a thrilling and visually memorable account of the long journey taken by this version from its inception to the first night.

PICTURE: 16:9, HD

SOUND: PCM STEREO, DTS 5.0

RUNNING TIME: 93 MINS

SUBTITLES: ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, KOREAN, JAPANESE

AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE

Is it really possible to stage Wagner’s Ring on a single day? The composer’s great-granddaughter, Katharina Wagner, who now runs the Bayreuth Festival, was keen to stage Cord Garben‘s abridged version of the cycle at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, but in the event things turned out rather differently.

When she and her team arrived at the Colón, they found that the rehearsal conditions were not what they were expecting, and so she decided that the task should be entrusted to a different director. Valentina Carrasco took over at short notice and together with the singers and the set and costume designers she staged the Ring in a seven-hour version never previously seen and all on a single day!

The documentary provides a thrilling and visually memorable account of the long journey taken by this version from its inception to the first night.

PICTURE: 16:9, HD

SOUND: PCM STEREO, DTS 5.0

RUNNING TIME: 93 MINS

SUBTITLES: ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, KOREAN, JAPANESE

AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE

Staged by Valentina Carrasco

For the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner (May 22nd, 2013) C Major releases Der Ring des Nibelungen from Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires in an edited version authorised by the Wagner family.

The production features the legendary Brünnhilde Linda Watson, Leonid Zakhozhaev, Marion Ammann, Jukka Rasilainen and Andrew Shore

It is directed by Valentina Carrasco, who worked long time with La fura dels baus.

The box also includes the Documentary The Colón Ring – Wagner in Buenos Aires

PICTURE: 16:9, HD

SOUND: PCM STEREO, DTS 5.0

RUNNING TIME: 489 MINUTES

(DAS RHEINGOLD 87 MINS, DIE WALKUERE 112 MINS, SIEGFRIED 74 MINS GOETTERDAEMMERUNG 123 MINS, DOCUMENTARY 93 MINS)

SUBTITLES: ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, KOREAN, JAPANESE

AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE

Staged by Valentina Carrasco

For the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner (May 22nd, 2013) C Major releases Der Ring des Nibelungen from Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires in an edited version authorised by the Wagner family.

The production features the legendary Brünnhilde Linda Watson, Leonid Zakhozhaev, Marion Ammann, Jukka Rasilainen and Andrew Shore.

It is directed by Valentina Carrasco, who worked long time with La fura dels baus.

The box also includes the Documentary The Colón Ring – Wagner in Buenos Aires

PICTURE: 16:9, HD

SOUND: PCM STEREO, DTS 5.0

RUNNING TIME: 489 MINUTES

(DAS RHEINGOLD 87 MINS, DIE WALKUERE 112 MINS, SIEGFRIED 74 MINS GOETTERDAEMMERUNG 123 MINS, DOCUMENTARY 93 MINS)

SUBTITLES: ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, KOREAN, JAPANESE

AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE

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