"Actor: Orchestra"

• Various: Abbado/ Sbyo Venezuela (Scythian Suite/ Lulu-Suite/ Pathetique) | DVD | (01/11/2010) from £17.05   |  Saving you £2.94 (14.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• Verdi - Requiem | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Gil Evans and Orchestra - Live in Lugano | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £6.87   |  Saving you £14.38 (256.33%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded live at the Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano 27 January 1983.Tracklisting:Copenhagen SightsFriday The 13thVariation On The MiseryWaltzOrange Was The Colour Of Her Dress Then Blue SilkStone FreeHere Come De Honey ManGone Gone Gone

• Gounod/Debussy - Mireille/Pelleas Et Melisande Act 2 | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £22.90   |  Saving you £2.09 (8.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

• The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky | DVD | (29/10/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (Royal Swedish Ballet)

• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-6.29 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The recording took place in the St. Florian Church (Stiftskirche St. Florian) in Linz Austria; it is here that Bruckner is buried where he was organist and where themes of this symphony were first heard in an organ improvisation played by him in 1886Boulez's much discussed interpretation is unique in its clarity of the musical structure without losing the rich expression of the symphony.

• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 | DVD | (05/02/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Beethoven: Symphonies 1, 6 And 8 | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Claudio Abbado conducts the brilliant Berlin Philharmonic.

• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 | DVD | (28/01/2002) from £19.45   |  Saving you £0.54 (2.78%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Listening to Bruckner’s monumental Eighth Symphony, here running some 88 minutes, is like scaling Everest. The summit doesn’t come into sight until well into the third, slow movement, then it’s not until the third approach via other vistas that we arrive with a clash of cymbals at the peak. En route there are diversions into Alpine meadows where it’s not too fanciful to suggest an Edelweiss is in flower. Zubin Mehta recorded Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony early on in his career but neither his name nor that of this orchestra has been much associated with the Austrian composer. It was therefore something of a gamble for ArtHaus to release this 1987 performance. Mehta pleads and cajoles his orchestra to give of their all, but ultimately the demands of the music and the unsympathetic acoustic of the Alte Oper Frankfurt defeat them. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at key moments isn’t always playing as one in a symphony where there are so many entries that require a unison response. One senses that the conductor’s forward pacing of the music takes its toll on the precision within the huge waves of sound Bruckner launches throughout the work. Anxiety brings with it the wrong sort of tension, so that when the music drops into one of the pastoral episodes there’s little sense that we’ve moved into gentler terrain despite the heroic efforts of the principal flautist to add a scenic diversion. --Adrian Edwards

• Various Composers - Heifetz in Performance | DVD | (05/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Features: 1.Bach J S: Chaconne (from Partita No. 2) 2.Bruch: Scottish Fantasy 3.Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (from Pleudes Book 1) 4.Dinicu: Hora Staccato 5.Gershwin: It Ain't Necessarily So (from ""Porgy and Bess"" 6.Mozart: Rondo (from ""Haffner"" Serenade 7.Prokofiev: March (from ""The Love for Three Oranges"") 8.Rachmaninov: Daisies

• Herbert Von Karajan - Beethoven Violin Concerto | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Leaving Home - Orchestral Music In The 20th Century - Vol. 2 - Rhythm | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle the foremost British conductor of our day this series forms a fascinating introduction to and overview of the music of the 20th century. Each of the seven programmes features over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler t

• European Concert 1994 | DVD | (10/06/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For the fourth annual May 1 European Concert commemorating the date that the orchestra was founded, the Berlin Philharmonic chose to perform in the Staatstheater Meiningen under Claudio Abbado. The acoustic has plenty of bloom and sets the orchestra off beautifully. The concert begins with Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, which Daniel Barenboim starts with surprising leisureliness; one usually associates him with generally quick tempi, but here he gives a measured, almost stately, account of the first movement. But stateliness is not the only mood he conjures up: the slow movement is hypnotically impressionistic (and accompanied by some velvety, luscious string playing), and the finale a brilliant piece of poker-faced playfulness. Abbado then gives a passionate reading of Brahms' Second Symphony, and draws some gorgeously blended playing from the orchestra: the opening of the first movement creates the impression of soft meadows and rolling hills (it's not called Brahms' Pastoral Symphony for nothing). The visual style contains no surprises--shots of the conductor, shots of the players and so on--but is perfectly adequate for the job. On the DVD: The European Concert, 1994 includes a 20-minute German documentary about Meiningen, its place in German cultural life and the involvement of Hans von Bulow (the first Principal Conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic) in the Meiningen Orchestra's early days. There are subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. There are also short trailers for eight other TDK DVDs.--Warwick Thompson

• European Concert 1993 | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For their third annual May 1 European Concert commemorating the date that the orchestra was founded, the Berlin Philharmonic chose to perform in the Royal Albert Hall in London under Bernard Haitink. Haitink was then the music director at Covent Garden, and he brings an operatic intensity to their first item, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture. He characterises it brilliantly, with stirring religious solemnity for Friar Lawrence's music and fiery explosions in the fight sequence. Frank Peter Zimmerman then gives a forthright, heavily late-romantic reading of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 which might not be to everyone's taste, but which seems somehow appropriate in the Victorian splendour of the hall. The Rite of Spring allows the orchestra to show off its star woodwind players, who cope with the score's taxing wind writing with polished brilliance. The opening sounds fantastic, and Haitink tailors the tempo to the boomy acoustic so that not a detail is lost. It's a performance literally dripping with energy: you can see the sweat pouring off the players as they dig into the piece's meatier moments. Overall, this is an excellent concert from an orchestra on top form. On the DVD: European Concert, 1993 includes a 28-minute documentary in German about the Albert Hall, and the Berlin Philharmonic's visits to the UK. There's fascinating substantial footage of Furtwängler conducting the orchestra in London, and a long interview with Haitink in which he discusses his relationship with the BP. There are subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.--Warwick Thomson

• Don Giovanni - Mozart | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Don Giovanni - Opera in two acts. A production of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. Recorded in July 2002.

• The Art of Igor Markevitch (Markevitch, Radio Canada Orch.) | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £8.85   |  Saving you £17.40 (229.25%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Telecast Of February 5 1959Gioaccino Rossini - Overture to La CenerentolaWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - L'amero saro costante (Il re pastore) - Deh vieni non tardar (Le nozze di Figaro) - Per pieta (Cosi fan tutte).Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 in F Major Op. 68 'Pastorale'Telecast Of February 7 1957Johannes Brahms - Alto Rhapsody Op. 53Symphony No. 4 in E Minor Op. 98

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Daniel Barenboim | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £7.39   |  Saving you £10.60 (143.44%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A performance from the MusikTriennale Koln - Live at the Philharmonie Cologne 25-27 April 2000.The polished playing and sophisticated sound of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - one of the finest ensembles in the world - is impressively demonstrated on this DVD featuring some of the most virtuosic works from the Spanish and French repertoires conducted by Daniel Barenboim whose especial fondness for these pieces has him entering the orchestral fray with matching fire and passion.

• Leontyne Price - Christmas With Leontyne Price - Chante Noel | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £19.59   |  Saving you £-0.60 (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Weber-Berlioz:Invitation to the Waltz/Invitation a la valse.Away in a MangerWhat Child is This?Un FlambeauFranck: Panis AngelicusMahler: Symphony No. 5/Symphonie no 5IV. AdagiettoHandel: Messiah He Shall Feed His FlockO Come O Come EmmanuelSilent NightBach-Gounod: Ave Maria

• Karl Bohm - The Art Of Karl Bohm | DVD | (16/05/2003) from £22.62   |  Saving you £0.37 (1.60%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The Art Of Karl BohmPart One: 'Birth Of A Symphony'(Telecast Date: 1 April 1963)Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op. 92Rehearsal and Complete PerformanceCBC 'Festival' OrchestraPart Two: 'In Concert'(Telecast Date: 10 October 1965)Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major 'Haffner' K.385Beethoven: 'Fidelio - Gott! Welch' Dunkel Hier!'Beethoven: 'Leonore' Overture No. 3.Wagner: 'Die Walkure - Ein Schwert Verhiess Mir Der Vater'Wagner: 'Die Walkure - Wintersturme Wichen Dem Wonnemond'Wagner: Overture to 'Die Meistersinger'The Toronto Symphony Orchestra

• Herbert Von Karajan - Beethoven Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Op. 125 Choral | DVD | (01/05/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op 125 'Choral' plus the final chorus from Schiller's 'Ode To Joy'. Recorded in Berlin in September 1983.