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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Herbert Blomstedt 85th Anniversary Edition
Bach, J S: | Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 Jürgen Wolf (organ) Motet BWV228 'Fürchte dich nicht' Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 GewandhausKammerchor & Thomaner Chor Leipzig Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 Victoria Mullova (violin) Mass in B minor, BWV232 Recorded live at St Thomas’s Church, Leipzig, May 2005 Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Dietrich Henschel (bass) GewandhausKammerchor & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Mass in B minor, BWV232: Dona Nobis Pacem Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 GewandhausKammerchor & Thomaner Chor Leipzig | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 | Mendelssohn: | Elias Op. 70: Hore Israel (aria), Furchte Dich Nicht (chorus) Recorded live at Nicolai Church, Leipzig, October 1999 GewandhausKammerchor & Thomaner Chor Leipzig |
With this recording, Herbert Blomstedt pays homage to Bach and the city of Leipzig. One part of the Blu-ray Disc was recorded in 2005 at the Leipzig Bach Festival, which is widely regarded as the world’s leading festival celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach. This concert of Bach’s masterwork, written at the end of his tenure as the 18th Gewandhauskapellmeister did not really mark the end of Blomstedt’s fruitful collaboration with the traditional orchestra. The Swedish conductor will continue to act as an honorary musical director to the ensemble. Performed with leading Bach singers at St. Thomas’ Church, Leipzig, the church for which Bach conceived his works, this homage to Bach was a touching farewell to Herbert Blomstedt from his Leipzig audience. J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor is one of the greatest and most famous works of sacred music. The other part of the Blu-ray Disc was recorded at the 9th October Memorial Concert of the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Thomanerchores. These began with the "Monday demonstration" of 9 October 1989, just one month before the fall of the Berlin wall. Bonus: Bach and his B minor Mass – An introduction by Herbert Blomstedt. Picture format: 1080i - 16:9 Sound formats: PCM Stereo • DTS-HD Master Audio Region code: All (worldwide) Subtitles: English, German, Dutch (Documentary) English, German, French, Latin (Mass in B minor) Booklet Notes: English, German, French Running Time: 195 mins, plus Bonus 21 mins | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4-6and Documentaries about each Symphony
This is a Beethoven Symphonies Cycle of the 21st century! Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra perform Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 – 9 incl. and each DVD includes a one-hour-long documentary for each symphony. Includes an hour-long documentary for each symphony where Maestro Thielemann and Joachim Kaiser (the most famous German music critic) discuss and analyze in an entertaining conversational exchange Thielemann’s interpretation, complemented by excerpts from rehearsals as well as by comparisons of Beethoven cycles with Karajan, Bernstein etc. – no aspect of Beethoven’s symphonic œuvre will remain unaffected! The Documentaries include legendary footage of performances from Karajan, Bernstein, Böhm, Järvi etc This is the first Beethoven Cycle of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in full HD and 5.0 sound. Running Time: Total: 300 minutes Symphonies: 130 minutes Documentaries: 170 minutes Subtitles E, F, Sp, I, Kor., Chin. Sound BD: dts-HD MA 5.0, PCM Stereo Packaging Blu-ray box Booklet English, German, French “The performances, the Vienna Philharmonic on top form, can't help sounding wonderful...oddly, it is the discussions that are the most enjoyable elements in this ambitious set.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2011 ***/* | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | including nine documentaries in a hardcover box
After the very successful release of the single DVDs we now release Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 – 9 including nine one hour documentaries, one for each film. Maestro Thielemann and Joachim Kaiser (the most famous German music critic) discuss and analyze in an entertaining conversational exchange Thielemann’s interpretation, complemented by excerpts from rehearsals as well as by comparisons of Beethoven cycles with Karajan, Bernstein, Böhm, Järvi etc. This is the Beethoven cycle of the 21st century! 9 DVDs or 3 Blu-rays in a valuable hardcover box with 16 hours of concerts and documentaries. “Thielemann´s reading of the Beethoven symphonies stands heads and shoulders above the countless and mostly undistinguishable versions on offer.” Die Presse “The performances, the Vienna Philharmonic on top form, can't help sounding wonderful...oddly, it is the discussions that are the most enjoyable elements in this ambitious set.” BBC Music Magazine * * */ * “This is growling, mane-shaking Beethoven: a traditional approach to the music with full sound and large forces. Thielemann takes a precise yet lyrical approach to the music, as he discusses and demonstrates in the three hour-long accompanying musicological discussions.” Classic FM Magazine * * * * Total: 956 minutes Symphonies: 446 minutes Documentaries: 510 minutes BD: dts-HD MA 5.0, PCM Stereo Subtitles E, F, Sp, I, Kor., Chin. Blu-ray: 3 BD in a harcover box “the hour-long film that accompanies each of the nine masterpieces here...is chock-full of revealing information...the radiant sanity of [Thielemann's] approach shines through every bar...for a set in which the Austro-German invincibility of this extraordinary music is felt gradually mounting through the cycle as a whole, as if in one magnificent sweep, we haven't had a set to compare seriously with this since Karajan's final cycle of the 1980s.” International Record Review, January 2012 “Listen to the Scherzos and Minuets of the first four symphonies. They fairly spring out of the blocks with a muscular tension that brooks no obstacle or oppositions, the orchestra perfectly weighted body in total control of its limbs and members...most of these performances seem contrived as a luxuriously appointed bulwark against feared forces of change and dogma...The concert films show an orchestra in happy union with its conductor” Gramophone Magazine, April 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Recorded live at the Philharmonie Berlin and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, 2000-2001
Blu-ray release of the successful DVD Box on the occasion of Claudio Abbado’s 80th Anniversary. In February 2001 the Berliner Philharmoniker and Claudio Abbado were guests at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with all Beethoven symphonies. Their success was overwhelming with standing ovations after each performance. This exclusive box containing the complete Beethoven Symphonies performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker includes a special multi-angle feature: each Disc offers sequences from the “conductor camera” showing the maestro from his perspective. Including the 26 mins interview “Abbado on Beethoven”. Critics spoke of seminal moments in the history of music. Picture format Blu-ray Disc: 16:9 Sound formats Blu-ray Disc: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: All (worldwide) Subtitles (Symphony No. 9): English, French, German, Spanish, Italian Booklet notes: English, French, German Running time: 413 mins | 
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