"Actor: Dietrich Fischer Dieskau"

• Le Nozze Di Figaro - Mozart | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  This luxuriously cast film of Mozart's beloved opera buffa features a host of legendary interpretations including Kiri Te Kanawa's exquisite Countess Almaviva Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as her philandering husband Hermann Prey as the wily title character Mirella Freni a delight as his no less savvy bride Susanna and Maria Ewing hilarious as the lovesick page Cherubino. Director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's imaginative camera-work tellingly emphasizes character and mood of this immortal story of love intrigue and class struggle set against the historical background of ancien regime Europe sliding inexorably towards revolution.

• The Golden Ring - Wiener Philharmoniker/Sir Georg Solti | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  The legendary 1965 BBC film on the pioneering recording by Sir Georg Solti of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Filmed during the recording of Gotterdammerung in the Sofiensale with the Vienna Philharmonic, it features performances by the great Wagner singers Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. The DVD also includes ORF's German-language version of the programme (Hinter den Kulissen der Gotterdammerung) featuring different interview footage with Sir Georg Solti.

• The Golden Ring | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When The Golden Ring was aired on the BBC in 1965, it was the longest music documentary ever made. And though now Humphrey Burton's 90-minute black and white film about Georg Solti's landmark recording of Gotterdammerung seems rather rough and naïve in its use of basic documentary techniques, the excitement it conveys about the gargantuan Ring cycle project is still palpable. Underlings scuttle about, engineers endlessly fiddle with knobs, and Decca producer John Culshaw oversees the largest recording project ever undertaken with the command of a great military general. The technical insights are fascinating: all the sound mixing has to be done immediately, for instance, and echo effects are created by placing certain instruments in different rooms with closed-circuit TV cameras giving them Solti's beat. Culshaw's legendary attention to detail is also noted: he had obsolete stierhorns made especially for Hagen's call to the Gibichung vassals. Burton's documentary style is a little awkward, and his use of cut-aways and fades now seems antiquated. But he is sensible enough to allow generous portions of the music to speak for themselves, and the closing scene--Birgit Nilsson singing Brunnhilde's immolation--is simply heart-stopping. Despite the roughness, this film undoubtedly still captures one of the greatest moments in the history of classical music recording. On the DVD: The Golden Ring, as you might expect from a 1965 documentary, has patchy sound and picture quality (from a mixture of video and 16mm film). Occasionally the tape seems to splinter a little and the microphones fail to catch certain conversations with clarity. But somehow it all adds to the raw excitement and doesn't detract from the subject matter. The DVD also includes 69 minutes of audio highlights from the final recording.--Warwick Thompson

• Strauss-Elektra | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Classic Archive - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £16.55   |  Saving you £-0.56 (-3.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Featuring great performances from legendary artists of the golden age Classic Archive offers a unique historical glimpse into our classical heritage presented on DVD for the very first time. Lovingly restored using the finest state-of-the-art technology these generous full-length programmes include complete musical performances comprehensive booklets on DVD-ROM and rare bonus footage. Includes the following: Song Cycle to poems by Wilhelm Muller

• Winterreise - Schubert | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Schubert: Winterreise

• Die Schone Mullerin - Schubert | DVD | (01/04/2005) from £3.04   |  Saving you £18.21 (1,023.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A performance of Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.... In 1991 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau finally agreed to perform Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin at the Feldkirch Schubertiade - he had not sung the song-cycle in public for twenty years. The great baritone belonged to the innermost circle of artists who give this unique Austrian festival of chamber music its distinctive character. He had performed Schubert there on many occasions but never Die Schone Mulleri

• Mozart / Evelyn Lear ? Le Nozze di Figaro | DVD | (04/05/2010) from £25.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Schwarzkopf/Seefried/Fischer-Dieskau | DVD | (05/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  R.Strauss - Kann mich auch an ein Madel erinnern Finale of Act I from Der Rosenkavalier (Filmed in London, 24th October 1961)R.Strauss - Morgen!, Op.27 No.4, Wiegenlied, Op.41 No.1, Traum durch die Dammerung, Op.29 No.1, Zueignung, Op.10 No.1, Standchen, Op.17 No.2 (Filmed at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 20th January 1965)Mahler - Wo die schonen Trompeten blasen, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, Rheinlegendchen (Filmed at the ORTF, Paris, 14th January 1967)Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Filmed at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 24th October 1960)

• TDK DVD Ballet And Concert Sampler 2006 | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  A compilation of ballet and concert excerpts from the TDK 2006 catalogue.

• Song of Passion documentary (Classic Archive): Julia Varady | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Tracklisting 1. Prologue - Song Of Passion 2. From Verdi To Mozart 3. Music Servant 4. Staging 5. Rehearsal With Viktoria Postnikova 6. A Dark Cloud 7. Childhood 8. Opera Debut 9. The Exile 10. Dietrich Fischer - Dieskau 11. Like A Rock 12. A Voice Ffrom Outside 13. Epilogue 14. I. Der Engel - Wesendonck-Lieder 15. II. Stehe Still 16. III. Im Treibhaus 17. IV. Schmerzen 18. V. Tr''ume 19. Kab'' Znala Ya Op.47 No.1 20. Death And The Maiden D531