"Actor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt"

• Mozart - Violin Concertos 1-5, Sinfonia Concertante (Kremer) | DVD | (10/04/2006) from £19.89   |  Saving you £2.10 (9.50%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Mozart: Kremer Plays Mozart

• Mozart 22 - Le Nozze Di Figaro - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Ann Netrebko | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £19.05   |  Saving you £2.94 (15.43%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Le Nozze Di Figaro - Acts 1 - 4: This new, excitingly original production of Mozart's most popular opera was the sensation of the 2006 Salzburg Festival.

• Mozart: Cosi fan tutte | DVD | (30/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Mozart's third and final opera with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, the hugely ambitious dramatic comedy Così fan Tutte (roughly translated as: "They're All Like That"), is brought passionately to life in a first-class production conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and featuring one of the great starring roles for Cecilia Bartoli. Filmed live at the Zurich Opera House in February 2000 on a set which visualises the subtitle "The School for Lovers", the plot revolves around two army officers arguing about the fidelity of their brides, then setting out to test their chastity. Despite the often playful humour, this is not only psychologically telling music-making, but reveals Mozart exploring the structure of opera, discarding convention to mix large ensemble sections with arias for as many different combinations of singers as possible. With Liliana Nikiteanu attractively contrasted with Bartoli, and thoroughly convincing performances by Roberto Sacca (Ferrando) and Oliver Widmer (Guilelmo), this Così has a freshness and flow which, coupled with the timeless romantic themes, feels very contemporary. On the DVD: the presentation, which includes an interesting 22-minute behind-the-scenes documentary, is spread over two DVDs. There is a multi-language booklet minus libretto, though there is the option to watch with English subtitles. Given the difficult live stage lighting conditions the 16:9 anamorphically enhanced picture is as good as can be expected. There are both stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks, though the latter gives the voices a disconcertingly disembodied character, leaving the former to be preferred. The total running time is approximately 213 minutes, not 275 minutes stated on the packaging. --Gary S Dalkin

• Cecilia Bartoli, Nikolaus Harnoncourt -- Haydn | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  CECILIA BARTOLI CONCENTUS MUSICUS WIEN CONDUCTED BY NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT.Cecilia Bartoli in sensational form for a landmark performance of music by Haydn with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his Concentus Musicus Wien recorded at a concert performance in Graz Austria.

• Don Giovanni / Cosi Fan Tutte | DVD | (28/11/2005) from £52.63   |  Saving you £-2.64 (-5.30%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Cosi Fan Tutte:Live from the Zurich Opera House 2000Don Giovanni:Live from the Zurich Opera House 2001

• Fidelio - Beethoven | DVD | (18/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Ludwig van Beethoven - FidelioRecorded live at the Opernhaus Zurich 15 February 2004.

• Der Freischutz - Carl Maria Von Weber | DVD | (24/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The chorus and orchestra of the Zurich Opera are conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in this 1999 performance.

• Cecilia Bartoli - Sings Mozart And Haydn | DVD | (23/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  A concert filmed at the Styriarte Festival in Graz Austria where Cecilia performs two Haydn Cantatas and Mozart's Symphony No 38 and the orchestra under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt perform Haydn's Symphony No. 92 'Oxford'.

• La Clemenza Di Tito - Mozart | DVD | (02/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)

• Schubert/Mozart - Harnoncourt | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Schubert's 'Tragic' Symphony and Mozart's 'Paris' Symphony are performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt at the Wiener Musikvereinsaal in 1984. Harnoncourt goes back to Schubert's original manuscripts to perform the music in its purest form - the result is music that is full of heightened drama and dynamics. Harnoncourt joined forces with The Chamber Orchestra of Europe for Mozart's last symphonies (Nos. 39-41) performed at the Wiener Musikvereinssaal in 1991. Known throughout the world for his highly original approach to classical music conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt reveres Mozart as 'the most romantic composer of all'.

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £20.01   |  Saving you £-0.02 (-0.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The present recording of Mozart's final work is taken from the ORF archives and is set in the Goldener Saal of the Vienna Musikverein, a scene familiar to millions of television viewers from the Vienna Philharmonic's annual New Year Concerts. And yet, although the present concert also took place during the late morning, the occasion could hardly have been more different in terms of its seriousness of purpose and concentration on music that is devoted not to pleasure but to thoughts of death and eternity.- Equally unusual is the combination of the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the reduced forces of the Concentus Musicus playing on period instruments.- Even after a quarter of a century, the listener and spectator can still be thrilled by the attentiveness with which the soloists and members of the Vienna State Opera Chorus react to these different sounds and to the often unfamiliar phrasing of the Concentus Musicus, whose players support the conductor's interpretation to the hilt. Harnoncourt, it will be noted, conducts without a baton.- The first part of the concert also comprises a performance of Bach's Cantana 161, Komm, du suBe Todesstunde, in which two solo singers (alto and tenor) and a four-part choir are set against an instrumental ensemble made up of strings, organ and continuo, together with two concertante recorders.

• Cecilia Bartoli - Haydn (Wide Screen) | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Haydn - Styriarte Festival Graz 2001 (Bartoli)