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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Salzburg Opening Concert 2010
The opening concert of the Salzburg Festival, for many regarded as the world’s most renowned music festival, is by tradition a high-profile event. In 2010 the Festival celebrated its 90th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Great Festival Hall. Barenboim, in 2010 also celebrated his 60th anniversary onstage, excelled as a soloist and conductor of Beethoven’s lyrical Fourth Piano Concerto. Bruckner´s poignant Te Deum is performed by a quartet of world-class singers. Running Time Total: 90 minutes DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo Bruckner Te Deum: G, E, F, Sp, Korean, Chinese “there is no doubting the powerful authority that characterizes Barenboim's direction of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto from the keyboard. Perhaps rather unexpectedly, the magic really starts with a reading of Boulez's Notations I-IV and VII (finishing with II), whose intoxicating allure and expressivity is strongly reminiscent of the kind of sound Karajan generated in his classic Second Viennese School recordings of the 1970s.” International Record Review, January 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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The opening concert of the Salzburg Festival, for many regarded as the world’s most renowned music festival, is by tradition a high-profile event. In 2010 the Festival celebrated its 90th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of the Great Festival Hall. Barenboim, in 2010 also celebrated his 60th anniversary onstage, excelled as a soloist and conductor of Beethoven’s lyrical Fourth Piano Concerto. Bruckner´s poignant Te Deum is performed by a quartet of world-class singers. Running Time Total: 90 minutes BD: dts-HD MA 5.1, PCM Stereo Bruckner Te Deum: G, E, F, Sp, Korean, Chinese “there is no doubting the powerful authority that characterizes Barenboim's direction of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto from the keyboard. Perhaps rather unexpectedly, the magic really starts with a reading of Boulez's Notations I-IV and VII (finishing with II), whose intoxicating allure and expressivity is strongly reminiscent of the kind of sound Karajan generated in his classic Second Viennese School recordings of the 1970s.” International Record Review, January 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Pierre Boulez and The Lucerne Festival Academyfilmed in Lucerne, Paris & Baden, August 2007 - September 2009
‘Inheriting the Future of Music’ documentary. Pierre Boulez celebrates his 85th birthday on 26th March 2010. This documentary adopts the perspective of the Lucerne participants to explain why the summer academy is so special. It is stamped with the personality of its founder, Pierre Boulez, who has uniquely influenced the development of new music since the War. Lucerne Festival Academy offers an opportunity to observe Boulez’ methods and examine his thoughts on music. Bonus: a complete Concert of Debussy’s Jeux and Boulez’ own Notations & Répons recorded live at the KKL Lucerne, September 2009. "The achievement of Boulez, both as a composer and conductor, is very great indeed. Although personally antipathetic to his modernist pioneering spirit, I have been seduced time and again by the sounds that he produces. I remember particularly the unfolding of Pli Selon Pli at its first performance, stemming as it does from the French tradition, as indeed does all his music.” John Tavener, The Guardian NTSC 16:9, PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Region code: 0 Languages: English, German, French Running time: 58 mins (Documentary) + 71 mins (Performance) FSK: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | 50 YEARS: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg
Bartók: | Four Orchestral Pieces Op. 12 (Sz 51) 1997. First Release Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Pierre Boulez | Beethoven: | Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 1991 Cheryl Studer, Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, Kurt Moll Leipziger Rundfunkchor, Schwedischer Rundfunkchor, Eric-Ericson-Kammerchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 2007. First Release Alfred Brendel (piano) | Berlioz: | Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 1992 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | Boulez: | Notations 1997. First Release Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Pierre Boulez | Brahms: | Variations on a theme by Haydn for two pianos, Op. 56b 'St Anthony Variations' 2009 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano) | Haydn: | The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross (Orchestral version, 1786) 1982. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti Piano Sonata No. 33 in C minor, Hob.XVI:20 2007. First Release Alfred Brendel (piano) | Janacek: | From the House of the Dead 1992. New to CD Elzbieta Szmytka (Alyeya), Barry McCauley (Luka), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Goryanchikov), Harry Peeters (Commandant), Philip Langridge (Skuratoy) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado | Liszt: | Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97 1992 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | Mahler: | Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand' 1975 Margaret Price, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Trudeliese Schmidt, Agnes Baltsa, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey, José Van Dam Wiener Sängerknaben, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein | Mozart: | Idomeneo, K366 1961 Waldemar Kmentt (Idomeneo), Ernst Häfliger (Idamante), Pilar Lorengar (Ilia), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elettra), Renato Capecchi (Arbace), Eberhard Waechter (Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno), Georg Littasy (La Voce) Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Phiharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsay Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 1966. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' 1966. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457 2007. First Release Alfred Brendel (piano) | Rachmaninov: | Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 2009 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano) | Ravel: | La Valse (for 2 pianos) 2009 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano) | Schubert: | Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200 1967. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta Rondo for piano duet in A major, D951 2009 Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano) Impromptu in F Minor, D935 No. 1 2007. First Release Alfred Brendel (piano) | Strauss, R: | Der Rosenkavalier 1960 Lisa della Casa (Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Oktavian), Hilde Güden (Sophie), Otto Edelmann (Ochs), Erich Kunz (Faninal) Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 1967. First Release Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta | Stravinsky: | The Rite of Spring 1997. First Release Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Pierre Boulez | Tchaikovsky: | Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' 1994. First Release Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado The Tempest, Op. 18 1994. First Release Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 1988 Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Eugene Onegin 2007. New to CD Peter Mattei (Onegin), Anna Samuil (Tatyana), Joseph Kaiser (Lensky), Ekaterina Gubanova (Olga), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Gremin) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim | Verdi: | La Traviata 2005 Anna Netrebko (Violetta), Rolando Villazon (Alfredo), Thomas Hampson (Giorgio Germont) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Rizzi | Wagner: | Siegfried Idyll 1987 Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Tannhäuser: Overture 1987 Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod 1987 Jessye Norman Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan |
The Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable musical events – operas, concerts and recitals – for 50 years. Here is a unique chance to celebrate the glories of this distinguished era. In an exceptional collaboration with the Salzburg Festival, we have prepared a 25-CD box set – 5 complete operas, 10 concerts and 2 recitals – featuring many of the world’s greatest artists, in recordings with classical status and others that are appearing on CD for the first time. Concerts (five out of ten are first-time releases): with Abbado, Bernstein, Böhm, Boulez, Karajan, Levine, Mehta, Muti, Solti. Soloists include Anne-Sophie Mutter and Jessye Norman. The Wiener Philharmoniker feature prominently; individual concerts with Berliner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Recitals: two exceptional concerts with Alfred Brendel (first release) and the Martha Argerich/Nelson Freire duo-concert from 2009. The set includes new liner notes in English, German and French, and photos of the opera productions and artists – 72-page booklet. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Gramophone Awards 2010