Ruslan And Lyudmila | DVD | (12/05/2003)
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| RRP A performance of Glinka's opera 'Ruslan And Lyudmila'.
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Divine Dancers - Live From Prague | DVD | (30/06/2006)
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| RRP An exclusive dance event featuring some of the leading ballet stars of our time Divine Dancers presents their favourite classical and modern pieces by choreographers such as George Balanchine Marius Petipa Jose Limon and Kenneth MacMillan.DANCING:Raymonda (Excerpt)Manon (Excerpt)Wie lange noch?MemoireMy WayLa Fille du Pharaon (Excerpt)The Moor's PavaneWho Cares?The Sleeping Beauty (except).AmsterdamLes BourgeoisRecorded live at the Prague State Opera 11 January
Salome | DVD | (03/03/2003)
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| RRP A performance of Strauss's biblical 'Salome' at the Royal Opera House.
Mozart-La Finta Giardiniera | DVD | (27/11/2006)
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| RRP Dramma Giocoso in Three Acts
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Bach - Matthaus Passion | DVD | (05/06/2006)
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| RRP Performance of Bach's masterpiece St Matthew Passion BWV244.Recorded at the St. Joriskerk Amersfoort 22 and 23 March 2005.
Il Ritorno D'Ulisse In Patria - Monteverdi | DVD | (29/08/2005)
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| RRP In his penultimate opera based on text adapted from Homer's Odyssey Monteverdi ventures further than ever before into the depths of human emotion. In this 'dramma in musica' human frailty falls victim to time fortune and love. Gods and humans comic and intensely serious characters and spectacular scenic effects are brought together in a wonderfully rich and effective texture. Pierre Audi's highly stylised and timeless production is captured here in a live recording from Het Muziektheater Amsterdam in 1998.
L'Incoronazione Di Poppea - Monteverdi | DVD | (01/08/2005)
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| RRP Almost four decades before creating his Poppea Monteverdi wrote in the preface to his fifth book of madrigals The modern composer must create his works solely on the basis of the truth - a credo to which the music of his final opera is utterly faithful.Poppea is a potent work from opera's first true creator and pioneering genius. The fact that at the close of this highly charged 'dramma in musica' he allows evil to triumph over good (albeit temporarily) has frequently led to his being decried as amoral.Monteverdi's timeless masterpiece which creates a deep involvement in performers and audiences alike is brilliantly captured in this High Definition live recording of Pierre Audi's moving and beautifully style production from Het Muziektheater Amsterdam in 1994.
Orfeo Ed Euridice - Gluck | DVD | (29/03/2005)
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| RRP Recorded Live At The Royal Opera House Covent Garden 1991.According to legend Orpheus' magical power as a musician enabled him to regain his wife from the dead on condition that he did not look at her on the journey back from Hades - a condition it proved impossible to fulfil. In Harry Kupfer's updated version Orfeo in leather jacket trainers and jeans sees his Euridice die in a street accident. Succumbing to depression he languishes in Hades - a psychiatric hospital - before taking his electric guitar to charm the bests in an inner-city concrete jungle. Hans Schavernoch has designed an ingenious set with projected imagery on revolving screens and mirrors.The German male alto Jochen Kowalski gives a virtuoso performance as the tormented Orfeo with the young British soprano Giliam Webster as Euridice.
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) - Netherlands Opera | DVD | (22/12/2003)
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| RRP In an audio recording, the distinctive quality of this Netherlands Opera production of The Barber of Seville would go unnoticed, and a lot of people might like it better without pictures. The singing is first-class, with a pert, smart, visually appealing Rosina (Jennifer Larmore), a Count who can spin out bel canto melodies and also do a good drunk scene (Richard Croft), and a Figaro with lots of personality (David Malis). Conductor Alberto Zedda is an expert in the music of Rossini, but video reveals that, for better or for worse, this Barber of Seville differs radically from other treatments of Rossini's comic masterpiece. Usually, The Barber of Seville is an intimate little comedy with a half-dozen solo roles and a small, all-male chorus. Except for a few ensemble numbers, there are only two or three people on stage at any given moment, often conversing in stage whispers. Sometimes, in a plot full of secrets and deceptions, supernumeraries are out of place. Dario Fo's staging ignores this stylistic tradition. He gives the solo singers a crowd of artfully choreographed silent partners (including acrobats, dancers and two men rigged to imitate a donkey), who scamper around the stage carrying ladders and sheets, pushing platforms, waving banners and making sure that there is always something to amuse the eyes as well as the ears. This staging gives a solid visual embodiment to the comic spirit of the words and music, but it wipes out any pretence of dramatic realism. The Barber of Seville does not pretend to be "a slice of life" and many patrons will find that the energy of these added participants is its own justification. But those who treasure traditional staging and the conventions of realism should be ready for a lively but unconventional production. Perhaps they can listen with their eyes closed and enjoy a first-class sound recording. --Joe McLellan
Berlin Philharmonic - New Year's Gala 1997 - A Tribute To Carmen | DVD | (15/05/2000)
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| RRP Not to be confused with the more famous Vienna New Year's Day concerts, this is a recording of the Berlin Philharmonic's New Year's Gala from 31st December 1997. The concert was billed as "Dances of Life, Love and Death", a homage to Carmen. Beginning with six of the most famous selections from Bizet's opera, the all-star cast features mezzo-soprano Anne Sophie Von Otter, baritone Bryn Terfel and tenor Robert Alagna. Other than being passionately romantic there is no direct link between Carmen and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, but a warm-hearted performance by pianist Mikhail Pletnev requires no excuse. Delivered with fiery virtuosity by violinist Gil Shaham, Pablo de Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy then transforms Bizet's melodies into a concentrated instrumental extravaganza. The mood continues with Ravel's Rhapsodie Espagnole and De Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, with the closing Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms maintaining the theme by gypsy association. This is a wonderfully sultry concert for a cold winter's day, conductor Claudio Abbado delivering pure romance, winning uplifting performances from his fabulous gallery of musicians and stellar soloists. On the DVD: The packaging mistakenly states a picture format of 4:3. The DVD is actually presented at 16:9, anamorphically enhanced for widescreen TVs. There is no option for standard 4:3 viewing. When viewed on a "standard" television the programme is squeezed and distorted, making everyone too tall and thin. On a widescreen TV the picture, while vastly superior to VHS, shows grain and is not always well focused. The sound, in both PCM and Dolby Digital stereo, is excellent. Unless one counts the well-appointed booklet there are no bonus features. However, the disc is Region 0, and should work in any DVD player. --Gary S. Dalkin
Songs of Love and Desire / Freni, Schäfer, Alvarez, Keenlyside, Berlin Phil., Abbado - Silvesterkonzert 1998 | DVD | (02/12/2002)
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| RRP Under the musical direction of Claudio Abbado a cast of singers perform works from Bach to Haydn from Donizetti to Verdi and from Schumann to Schonberg.
Gala From Berlin - Invitation To The Dance 2001 | DVD | (03/03/2003)
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| RRP The New Year's Eve concert from Berlin under the musical direction of Daniel Barenboim.
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Hartmann - Simplicus Simplicissimus | DVD | (01/10/2007)
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Grand Finale - Millennium Gala Concert - New Years Concert 1999 | DVD | (02/12/2002)
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| RRP The final concert of the 20th Century with performances of only last movements of the pieces being played. Musical direction comes from Claudio Abbado.
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Kaguyahime | DVD | (26/01/2001)
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| RRP Kaguyahime is one of Japan's oldest fairy-tales: the story of the moon princess who descends to Earth and is cared for by the family of an old bamboo cutter her luminous is beauty meant to spread peace and happiness but instead the rivalry her heavenly presence provokes results in war. Maki Ishii's music and the choreography of Jiri Kylian combine in this merging of Western and Japanese traditions.
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Wagner - Der Ring Des Nibelungen | DVD | (30/08/2004)
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| RRP Box Set Includes;- Das Rheingold.- Die Walkure- Siegfried.- Gotterdammerung.Recorded live at the Staatsoper Stuttgart 2002-2003.
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