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Christopher Ventris, Yvonne Naef & Matti Salminen Bernard Haitink This production of Parsifal was recorded live at the Zurich Opera House in March 2007. It was hailed by the press as one of the finest Wagner performances in recent years, thanks in part to Bernard Haitink’s gripping presence in the pit. The production by Hans Hollmann is austere in conception; Hans Hoffer’s understated designs using geometric shapes and blocks of colour to emphasise the juxtapositions at the heart of Wagner’s mystical opera – light versus darkness, good versus evil. The effect is beautiful and simple, focussing attention on the music. The excellent international cast of leading Wagnerian singers is headed by Christopher Ventris in the title role and also features Yvonne Naef as a sensuous Kundry and Matti Salminen who was highly acclaimed by the press for his powerful, touching portrayal of the ageing Gurnemanz. Additional features: Produced in HD, to be released in NTSC 16:9; audio will be in 5.1 DTS Surround Sound and PCM stereo. | 
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Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Kurt Moll, Bernd Weikl Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine Subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese | | DG - 0730329 (DVD Video - 2 discs) £24.99 (£21.27 ex. VAT) |
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Siegfried Jerusalem, Eva Randova, Hans Sotin, Bernd Weikl & Matti Salminen Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Horst Stein Staged by Wolfgang Wagner & Video Director Brian Large “A production and performance that showed the festival at its finest” (The New York Times) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Bronsgeest (Cornelis), Hofmann (Ludwig), Pistor (Gotthelf) Chor und Orchester der Staatsoper, Berlin,, Muck (Karl) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Rene Kollo, Theo Adam, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Thomanerchor Leipzig Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel |
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Christopher Ventris, Waltraud Meier, Matti Salminen, Tom Fox, Thomas Hampson Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Festspielchor Baden-Baden, Kent Nagano Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Jones, King, Stewart, Crass, McIntyre, Ridderbusch Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez | DG - 4357182 (CD - 3 discs) £24.99 (£21.27 ex. VAT) |
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Richard Decker (tenor), Matthias Hölle (bass), Wolfgang SchÖne (baritone), Doris Soffel (soprano), Mikolaj Zalasinski (baritone) & Ulrich Dünnebach (bass) Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Gabor ÖtvÖs (conductor) & Denis Krief (director, set, costume and light designer) Parsifal, Wagner’s last opera, was premièred in Bayreuth in 1882. In the fifty years of his artistic life Wagner did not only mature and outline more and more clearly the aesthetic ideals that formed the intellectual substratum of his composing activity but definitely upset the course of the history of music and of the music theatre. The wide range of his cultural interests, his operational daring, ability to blend elements of different origin, complete rejection of any form of operatic routine and grandiosity of conception make of each and every opera that he wrote a sort of artistic case in its own, where the experiences of previous works are salvaged or abandoned according to the expressive needs, which are never subordinate to contingent necessities. Performing this complex work is no simple task, but the cast on stage at Teatro La Fenice in Venice did so with flying colours. Available also in CD. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Plácido Domingo & Waltraud Meier Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann Live Recording | DG - 4776006 (CD - 4 discs) £38.99 (£33.18 ex. VAT) |
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Peter Hofmann, Dunja Vejzovic, Kurt Moll, José van Dam, Siegmund Nimsgern Berlin German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan “Communion, musical and spiritual, is what this intensely beautiful Karajan set provides. The playing of the Berlin Orchestra is consistently beautiful, near to the atmospheric ideal. A superb achievement.” Penguin Guide | | DG - 4133472 (CD - 4 discs) Normally: £51.99 (£44.25 ex. VAT) Special: £41.59 (£35.40 ex. VAT) |
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