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• Coco Before Chanel | DVD | (23/11/2009) from £7.55   |  Saving you £12.44 (164.77%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Audrey Tautou stars in this biopic of Gabrielle Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, only to become the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style.

• Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | DVD | (22/11/2010) from £8.95   |  Saving you £1.04 (11.62%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky - based on Chris Greenhalgh's 'Coco & Igor' - pays tribute to the life of Coco after Chanel and as revealed in the title explores the electric relationship between the French fashion icon and the radical Russian-born composer. The two meet at the disastrous premier of Stravinsky's controversial The Rite of Spring a performance that mesmerises Chanel but due to a riot like reception leaves Stravinsky inconsolable. It takes 7 years before they meet again in Paris - now Chanel is both rich and respected whereas Stravinsky is living in exile as a penniless refugee. There is an immediate powerful attraction and she decides to shelter Stravinsky offering him her villa 'Bel Respiro' as a sanctuary for his composing as Chanel herself begins creating the revolutionary iconic perfume No5. Stravinsky moves in straight away with his children and consumptive wife. And so a passionate fiery love affair between two creative giants commence...

• Coco Chanel | DVD | (06/06/2011) from £9.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (60.22%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Starring Shirley MacLaine and Malcolm McDowell Coco Chanel is the rags-to- riches tale charting the rise of one of the most influential fashion icons of the 20th century. From her humble childhood in a French orphanage through her early days as a young dressmaker's assistant to her passionate and tragic love with a dashing Englishman and ultimately to her success as a pioneering icon. Coco Chanel is an epic true story of a glamorous woman who was hard to love and even harder to ignore.

• Coco Before Chanel | Blu Ray | (23/11/2009) from £5.75   |  Saving you £19.24 (334.61%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Audrey Tautou stars in this biopic of Gabrielle Chanel, who began her life as a headstrong orphan, only to become the legendary couturier who embodied the modern woman and became a timeless symbol of success, freedom and style.

• Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Blu Ray | (22/11/2010) from £18.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (5.27%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky - based on Chris Greenhalgh's 'Coco & Igor' - pays tribute to the life of Coco after Chanel and as revealed in the title explores the electric relationship between the French fashion icon and the radical Russian-born composer. The two meet at the disastrous premier of Stravinsky's controversial The Rite of Spring a performance that mesmerises Chanel but due to a riot like reception leaves Stravinsky inconsolable. It takes 7 years before they meet again in Paris - now Chanel is both rich and respected whereas Stravinsky is living in exile as a penniless refugee. There is an immediate powerful attraction and she decides to shelter Stravinsky offering him her villa 'Bel Respiro' as a sanctuary for his composing as Chanel herself begins creating the revolutionary iconic perfume No5. Stravinsky moves in straight away with his children and consumptive wife. And so a passionate fiery love affair between two creative giants commence...

• Coco Chanel | DVD | (25/06/2018) from £4.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The woman who changed the ˜look' of the entire century. The fascinating, elegant, unreachable Gabrielle Coco Chanel was a girl from humble origins that sought liberation through her work. Her success was due to her talent and undying determination. She changed the image and role for women forever - but her only real desire was just to be loved.

• Keiko Matsui - The Jazz Channel Presents | DVD | (26/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Keiko Matsui may be the star of this Jazz Channel Presents concert and have won a few Smooth Jazz Awards, but the Japanese-born, classically influenced keyboardist's music is not jazz--at least not if your definition of jazz includes swinging, the blues and improvisation, all of which are in relatively short supply in this nearly 90-minute performance. Not that it matters, really. Whatever you call the style--"contemporary instrumental" seems as good a term as any--Matsui is one of its more appealing, and certainly most popular, exponents. A capable if not virtuosic player, she and her four-piece band (including a Japanese guitarist who seems to have listened to a lot more Jimi Hendrix than Jim Hall) offer up a generous set of 14 songs, all of them Matsui compositions. As titles such as "Beyond the Light", "Night Waltz" and "Bridge Over the Stars" would indicate, the sound is melodic, accessible and smooth; this is the kind of music that smooth-jazz radio was created for. And while that makes for few challenging moments, Matsui does provide enough variety--say, the minor-key, rhythmic drive of "Doll", or the shifting dynamics of "Foot Steps" (the two "jazziest" numbers here)--to keep things interesting. Best of all, she brings out Kazu Matsui, her husband and record producer, to play the shakuhachi (the Japanese wooden flute) on the final three numbers. Kazu's distinctively breathy sound and casual, humorous mien provide a welcome change of pace in a show that is otherwise a bit too safe for its own good. The DVD bonus features include an interview with the artist. --Sam Graham, Amazon.com