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Dvorˇák

Rusalka Tomáš Hanus Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper Bayerisches Staatsorchester Opolais, Vogt, Krasteva, Groissböck, Baechle, Reß Staged by Martin Kušej 156 mins & Bonus: Making of (36 mins) Sung in Czech E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 2 DVDs 706408 Blu-ray 706504 “Conductor, set designer,

director and lead role are all on such a high level that everyone else is propelled by it … It would be hard to imagine a more sensational debut than that of the gorgeous Krist ı ¯ ne Opolais in the title role.”

Münchner Merkur

Falla

La vida breve Lorin Maazel Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Gallardo-Domâs, de León, Corbacho, Bou Staged by Giancarlo del Monaco 80 mins Sp, E, G, F DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 710708 Blu-ray 710804 “Simply a stroke of genius.”

Opera Viva, Spain

“Lorin Maazel celebrates a triumph with his splendid

orchestra.” El País

Giordano

Andrea Chénier Ulf Schirmer

Prague Philharmonic Choir Bregenz Festival Chorus Wiener Symphoniker Sandoval, Fantini, Hendricks, Kross, Plowright Staged by Keith Warner 130 mins I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 707908 Blu-ray 708004 “Great production” Der Standard

“The mexican tenor Héctor Sandoval was brilliant in the

title role.” ORF

“Héctor Sandoval sings Chénier with ardour and style.”

Financial Times

“A gigantic set with iconic qualities – a masterly

achievement.” Die Welt

Donizetti

Maria Stuarda Fabrizio Maria Carminati

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice Ganassi, Chakar, Cedolins, Bros, Palazzi 140 mins I, E, G, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 704208 Blu-ray 704304 The recording was made at

Venice‘s beautiful Teatro La Fenice with three exceptional singers, Sonia Ganassi (“an extraordinary performance“,

Opera Today) as Elisabetta, Fiorenza Cedolins (“colorful, nuanced, highly dramatic

he-roine“, Frankfurter Allgemeine

Zeitung) as Maria Stuarda, and José Bros as a passionate Leicester.

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Bellini

La sonnambula Gabriele Ferro Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice Parodi, Mellor, Pratt, Mukeria

Staged by Bepi Morassi 132 mins E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 713908 Blu-ray 714004 “A spirited and witty new

production.” FAZ

“Jessica Pratt is an exceptional

singer.” Mundoclasico.com

Jessica Pratt is hailed by the

New York Times as a soprano of “gleaming sound, free and easy high notes, agile coloratura runs and lyrical grace”.

Berlioz

Les Troyens Valery Gergiev Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Ryan, Viviani, Giuseppini, Milling, Cutler, Shilova Staged by La Fura dels Baus 240 mins & Bonus: Making of (21 mins) F, E, G, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 706008 Blu-ray 706104 “Ancient myth meets Star Wars.”

International Herald Tribune

The Orquestra itself underscores “what a high level of musical quality it has reached.”

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“This is a worthy and compelling, glittering version of a sublime

work.“ IHT

Bizet

Carmen Marc Piollet

Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Alagna, Uria-Monzon, Poplavskaya, Schrott Staged by Calixto Bieito 156 mins

F, E, G, Sp, Cat, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

2 DVDs 707308

Blu-ray 707404

“Bieito’s muted Carmen brings a

fresh vision.” Wall Street Journal

“Roberto Alagna … was on top

form.” Opera

“Béatrice Uria-Monzon’s stage work is hard to beat.”

International Herald Tribune

“One of the few current interpre-ters that can cope with this most difficult tessitura is Erwin Schrott.”

Interational Herald Tribune

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Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice Gordan Nikolic´

Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Música Catalana Orquesta bandArt Rachvelishvili, Alberola, Toledano

Staged by La Fura dels Baus 110 mins I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 710308 Blu-ray 710404 “An Orfeo of the XXI century. Who

better to propose an actual staging of the Baroque masterpice than La Fura

dels Baus? Nobody!” ABC (Spain)

“The Fura’s concept is surprising and its originality demands our attention. In the musical domain, the mezzoso-prano Anita Rachvelishvili stood out, placing at the service of Orfeo

a mighty voice.” El País

“The absolute ‘must-see’ this year was a new La Fura dels Baus

production of Orfeo ed Euridice.”

Opera News

Handel

Admeto Nicholas McGegan

Mamu Dance Theatre FestspielOrchester Göttingen Mead, Arnet, Blaise, Radley, Bates, Berger, Friedrich, Endo Staged by Doris Dörrie 181 mins & Bonus: Baroque & Butoh (21 mins) I, E, G, F DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 702008 Blu-ray 702104 Tadashi Endo and Doris Dörrie

have created an outstanding new production of Handel’s opera.

Their joined film Kirschblüten –

Hanami received an Oscar®

nomination in 2008 and Admeto

the Herald Angel Award of the Edinburgh International Festival 2009.

Mozart

Così fan tutte Sylvain Cambreling

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real de Madrid Fritsch, Gardina, Avemo, Gatell, Wolf, Shimell Staged by Michael Haneke 202 mins & Bonus: Making of (14 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Dut, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 714508 Blu-ray 714604 “This is how only one person does it:

a great director.” Die Welt

“Six phenominal young singers.”

Die Zeit

“Haneke puts a marvelous ensemble on stage … outstanding is the soprano

Anett Fritsch.” Der Tagesspiegel

“The single set designed by Christoph

Kanter is gorgeous.” New York Times

“A great young ensemble.” Die Presse

“Great ovations for the young singers,

with fresh voices” Le Monde

Handel

Theodora Ivor Bolton Salzburger Bachchor Freiburger Barockorchester Schäfer, Mehta Staged by Christoph Loy 189 mins I, E, G, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 705708 Blu-ray 705804 From the Salzburg Festival

Staged by Christoph Loy, voted “director of the year“

three times by Opernwelt.

A great cast, led by the luminous Christine Schäfer and Bejun Mehta, who “excels as Theodora’s lover Didymus.”

The New York Times

Handel

Messiah

Jean-Christophe Spinosi

Arnold Schoenberg Choir Ensemble Matheus Gritton, Mehta Staged by Claus Guth 154 mins E, G, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 DVD 703008 Blu-ray 703104 In 2009 Claus Guth, one of the

most interesting and successful German stage directors in the area of theatrical music, has created a unique concept for the staging of Handel’s most famous work. “The audience was thrilled.”

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Janácˇek

Veˇc Makropulos Esa-Pekka Salonen Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Denoke, Very, Hoare, Adamonyte˙ Staged by Christoph Marthaler 118 mins Sung in Czech E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 709508 Blu-ray 709604 From the Salzburg Festival

“Breathtakingly grandiose An-gela Denoke”

Salzburger Nachrichten

“Ms. Denoke is a compelling

actress.” The New York Times

“The originality and fantasy of the production arise from the vision of Marthaler and his

col-laborators.” El País

Haydn

Il mondo della luna Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Concentus Musicus Wien Beaumont, Richter, Henschel, Genaux, Landshamer

Staged by Tobias Moretti 167 mins & Bonus: Making of (26 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 2 DVDs 703508 Blu-ray 703604 First time on DVD & Blu-ray

“Harnoncourt on top form”

Financial Times (4 star rating) “Haydn‘s work can become a veritable gem of opera literature.”

Mozart

Die Entführung aus dem Serail Ivor Bolton

Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Damrau, Strehl, Selig Staged by Christoph Loy 188 mins

G, E, F, Sp, Cat, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

2 DVDs 709108 Blu-ray 709204 “Diana Damrau achieved a huge

success at the Barcelona Liceu.”

Opera News

“Franz-Josef Selig, the best Osmin I have ever seen.”

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Mozart

Die Zauberflöte Patrick Summers

Prague Philharmonic Choir Wiener Symphoniker Reiter, Reinhardt, Durlovski, Bobro, Schmutzhard, Beck Staged by David Pountney 150 mins E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor DVD: DD 2.0, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 713708 Blu-ray 713804 “David Pountey finds stunning

answers to the everlasting

questions surrounding the Magic

Flute.” Der Tagesspiegel

“The ‘play on the lake’ in Bregenz takes the audience into a fantasy

world.” Salzburger Nachrichten

“The singers do their courageous best … Ana Durlovski hits all her high notes as Queen of the Night, and Daniel Schmutzhard’s Papageno is robust and

assured.” Financial Times

Strauss

Arabella Christian Thielemann Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden Staatskapelle Dresden Fleming, Hampson, Dohmen, Beňačková, Müller, Behle Staged by Florentine Klepper 178 mins

G, E, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1

2 DVDs 717208 Blu-ray 717304 “Thielemann gets the best out of the

cast … especially Renée Fleming

with her ‘luxury’ soprano.” FAZ

“With Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden the music of Richard Strauss is in best

hands.” ORF

“A terrific Staatskapelle Dresden … and the singers are the best you

can get.” Das Opernglas

“Hanna-Elisabeth Müller made vocally a masterly achievment!”

Strauss

Capriccio

Christoph Eschenbach

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Fleming, Skovhus, Schade, Eiche, Kirchschlager, Rydl, Roider

Staged by Marco Arturo Marelli 166 mins

G, E, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.0

2 DVDs 715908 Blu-ray 716004 “Renée Fleming is a world-class

Countess: moving and intense.”

Der Kurier

“The cast is the Who’s who of

singers.” Die Presse

“The cast is unbelievable.”

Der Standard

5 Stars Der Kurier

“A scenic masterpiece”

Der Kurier

Mozart

Don Giovanni Riccardo Frizza

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice D’Arcangelo, Concetti, Remigio, Papatanasiu, Miller, Bisceglie, Corrò, Iori Staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi 174 mins

I, E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 717408 Blu-ray 717504 “Ildebrando D’Arcangelo is ‘incandescent’.” Gazzetta di Parma “D’Arcangelo doesn’t do Don Giovanni; he is the Don.

Unsurpassable.” 24 Ore

“Magnificent!” Rinascita about

Carmela Remigio’s debut as Donna Elvira

Prokofiev

The Gambler Daniel Barenboim Staatsopernchor Staatskapelle Berlin Ognovenko, Opolais, Didyk, Toczyska, Rügamer, de la Muela, Rud Staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov 135 mins Sung in Russian E, G, F DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 701708 Blu-ray 701804 First time on Blu-ray

Based on the famous novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky “A work that is nothing less than a discovery”

Puccini

Madama Butterfly Daniele Callegari

Coro Lirico Marchigiano Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche Cossutta, Angeletti, Pisapia, Sgura, Morris, Batatunashvili Staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi 137 mins I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 706208 Blu-ray 706304 A production from the

Sferisterio Opera Festival in Macerata

“Raffaella Angeletti is a first-rate

Cio-Cio-San” Avvenire

“Raffaella Angeletti is certainly one of the best Butterflies of our time … An excellent production … with the emotion that great actors can convey when they are

well directed.“ ForumOpera.com

Puccini

Turandot Zubin Mehta Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Guleghina, Berti, Tsymbalyuk, Voulgaridou Staged by Chen Kaige 120 mins & Bonus: Making of (36 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 700308 Blu-ray 700404 Staged by film director

Chen Kaige whose film

Farewell My Concubine was nominated for two

Oscars®_{and won the}

Palme d‘Or at Cannes. “Genuine fireworks of sound.“

Wiener Zeitung

“With this Turandot,

Valen-cia’s ambition to become Spain’s cultural centre No. 1 has received major boost.”

Opernglas

Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier Franz Welser-Möst Wiener Philharmoniker Stoyanova, Koch, Erdmann, Groissböck Staged by Harry Kupfer 214 mins

E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1

2 DVDs 719308 Blu-ray 719404 “Harry Kupfer and Franz

Welser-Möst made a

wonderful Rosenkavalier in

Salzburg.“ FAZ

“Best was the soprano Krassimira Stoyanova, singing her first Marschallin with silvery tone, sensitive dignity and eloquent German.“

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Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin Omer Meir Wellber

Cor de la

Generalitat Valenciana Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Opolais, Belkina, Ruciński, Korchak, Groissböck Staged by Mariusz Treliński

150 mins

E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1

2 DVDs 712408 Blu-ray 712504 “An ideally well-balanced

vocal cast.” Die Welt

“Musically on a very high level, this Onegin from the Palau de les Arts in Valencia is also convincing in its intelligent and

moving staging.” Pizzicato

“This is how Verdi should be played.”

Tutto Verdi

Premium Box

For the first time all 26 operas available in HD and surround sound on Blu-ray and DVD Premium Box includes: - case-bound book in LP format

- ca. 40 full-colour photos - texts by Philip Gossett (University of Chicago) - Verdi Requiem - Tutto Verdi documentary - 10-mins introduction to each opera

I, G, E, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap

30 DVDs 721808 27 Blu-rays 721904

“Conductor Gustav Kuhn had a remarkable ensemble. Respect!”

KulturSPIEGEL about Alzira

“A big plus factor of this Oberto is the orchestra under Antonello

Al-lemandi.” Bayerischer Rundfunk

Oberto and Un giorno di regno:

4 stars in Diapason, France

“Susanna Brachini has an incre-dibly exciting voice … the virtuo-sity and vibrancy can be thrilling.”

International Rercord Review, UK about Attila

Tutto Verdi

The Operas, Vol. 1 1839–1846

Oberto, Un giorno di regno, Nabucco, I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Ernani, I due Foscari, Giovanni d’Arco, Alzira, Attila Total Running Time: 20 hrs 14 mins Operas: 18 hrs 33 mins Bonus: Introduction to each opera (90 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1

9 DVDs 725808 9 Blu-rays 725904

“The tenor Andrew Richards as Arrigo is completely convincing.” Bayerischer Rundfunk about

La battaglia di Legnano

“Beside the technical immacu-lacy of the Blu-ray version, the chorus and orchestra’s

perfor-mance is perfect.“ FonoForum

Tutto Verdi

The Operas, Vol. 2 1847–1853

Macbeth, I masnadieri, Il corsaro, La battaglia di Legnano, Luisa Miller, Stiffelio, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata Total Running Time: 21 hrs 11 mins Operas: 20 hrs 36 mins Bonus: Introduction to each opera (95 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1

9 DVDs 726008 9 Blu-rays 726104

“The Tutto Verdi series of the Teatro Regio is ambitious and for sure one of the most important contribution to the Verdi year.”

Operapoint

Tutto Verdi

The Operas, Vol. 3 1855–1893

I Vespri siciliani, Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Don Carlo, Aida, Otello, Falstaff Total Running Time: 22 hrs 22 mins Operas: 20 hrs 55 mins Bonus: Introduction to each opera (87 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 11 DVDs 726208 8 Blu-rays 726304 Special budget-priced DVD and Blu-ray Excerpts from 20 Verdi

operas, e.g. Aida, Nabucco,

La traviata, Il trovatore,

Falstaff, Rigoletto, all in HD and Surround Sound

Verdi

Highlights

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Singers: Dessì, Álvarez, Nucci, Fantini etc. Conductors: Callegari, Terminakov, Gelmetti etc. Stage Directors: Pier’Alli, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Denis Krief, Daniele Abbado etc. 98 mins & Bonus: Introductions (20 mins) I, E DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 725608 Blu-ray 725704

Szymanowski

King Roger Sir Mark Elder

Camerata Silesia Polish Radio Choir Kraków Wiener Symphoniker Hendricks, Pasichnyk, Graham-Hall, Hartmann Directed by David Pountney 89 mins Polish, E, G, F, Sp, Cat DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 702808 Blu-ray 702904 First time on DVD & Blu-ray

This opera is a rediscovery of Szymanovski’s masterpiece of 1926. Directed by David Pountney at the Bregenz Festival 2009. “What wonderful music”

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All great Verdi arias on a single DVD or Blu-ray at budget price! Hits like “La donna è mobile”, “Sempre libera” and many more from the most popular Verdi operas. Featuring great singers such as Nino Machaidze, Leo Nucci, Daniela Dessì, Marcelo Álvarez, Francesco Meli, Dimitra Theodossiou and many more. A beautiful visual festival of great costumes, sets and stagings by Pier Luigi Pizzi, Stephen Medcalf etc.

Best of Verdi

Arias

Excerpts from Aida, La traviata, Don Carlo, Rigoletto, Il trovatore and more Total Running Time: 110 mins

I, E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 718508

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Verdi

La battaglia di Legnano Boris Brott Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico “Giuseppe Verdi” di Trieste Iori, López Linares, Theodossiou, Richards 120 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 722608 Blu-ray 722704

“Tenor Andrew Richards as

Arrigo is completely convincing.”

Bayerischer Rundfunk

Verdi

Un ballo in maschera Gianluigi Gelmetti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Meli, Stoyanov, Lewis, Fiorillo, Gamberoni Staged by Massimo Gasparon 136 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 724208 Blu-ray 724304

Verdi

Attila Andrea Battistoni

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Parodi, Catana, Branchini, De Biasio Staged by

Pierfrancesco Maestrini 118 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 721608

Blu-ray 721704

“Susanna Brachini has an

incredibly exciting voice … the virtuosity and vibrancy can be

thrilling.”International Record

Review, UK

Verdi

Alzira Gustav Kuhn Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento Istituto Corale ed Orchestrale di Dobbiaco Facini, Gazheli, von Bothmer, Saito 107 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 721408

Blu-ray 721504 “Conductor Gustav Kuhn

had a remarkable ensemble.

Respect!” KulturSPIEGEL

Verdi

Aida Carlo Rizzi

Camerata Silesia Polish Radio Choir Kraków Bregenzer Festpielchor Wiener Symphoniker Short, Tamar, Serjan, Pelizzari, Martirossian Directed by Graham Vick 135 mins I, E, G, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 702308 Blu-ray 702404 From the Bregenz Festival

“A superlative Aida is

the highlight at Austria’s lakeside opera festival.“

The Sunday Telegraph

Verdi

Aida

Antonino Fogliani

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Pentcheva, Branchini, Fraccaro, Andguladze, Gazale Staged by Joseph Franconi Lee 153 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 724808 Blu-ray 724904 All great Verdi choruses on a single

DVD or Blu-ray at budget price! Hits from popular Verdi operas like

Nabucco, La traviata, Aida, Il trovatore

and many more. A beautiful visual festival of great costumes, sets and stagings by Daniele Abbado, Joseph Franconi Lee, Pier’Alli etc.

Best of Verdi

Choruses

Excerpts from Nabucco, Aida, La traviata, Don Carlo, Rigoletto, Il trovatore and more Total Running Time: 90 mins

I, E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 718708 Blu-ray 718804

Verdi

Il corsaro Carlo Montanaro

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Ribeiro, Lungu, Salsi, Dalla Benetta Staged by Lamberto Puggelli 107 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 722408 Blu-ray 722504

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Verdi

Un giorno di regno Donato Renzetti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Loconsolo, Porta, Antonacci, Marianelli, Magri, Bordogna Staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi 119 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 720208

Blu-ray 720304

“A real winner in all aspects.”

Blu-rayDefinition.com, USA

(the No. 1 site for Blu-ray)

Verdi

I due Foscari Donato Renzetti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Nucci, De Biasio, Serjan, Tagliavini

Staged by Joseph Franconi Lee 115 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 721008 Blu-ray 721104

“The opera itself really is a cracker and Nucci reminds you just how good it is.”

MusicWeb International, UK

“The cast is a dream team”

Financial Times

“A perfect utopia”

about Pountney’s staging

Verdi

La forza del destino Zubin Mehta

Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Álvarez, Stemme, Licitra Staged by David Pountney 161 mins I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 2 DVDs 708108 Blu-ray 708204

Verdi

La forza del destino Gianluigi Gelmetti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Theodossiu, Stoyanov, Machado, Pentcheva Staged by Stefano Poda 180 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 724408 Blu-ray 724504

Verdi

Falstaff Daniele Gatti

Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House Frittoli, Liebau, Maestri, Cavalletti Staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf 120 mins I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 711108 Blu-ray 711204 “With the aid of Marianne

Glittenberg’s erahopping costumes, Gatti’s musical concept and his protagonists’ superior acting qualities, Bechtolf turns Verdi’s last opera “musically and dra-maturgically into a feast of

life and of love of life.” Neue

Zürcher Zeitung

“Even a pianissimo keeps the sounds lucency with this

orchestra.“ FAZ

Verdi

Falstaff Andrea Battistoni

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Maestri, Salsi, Gandia, Vassilieva, Bargnesi, Tomasoni, Pini Staged by Stephen Medcalf 133 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 725208 Blu-ray 725304

Verdi

Ernani Antonello Allemandi

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Berti, Guelfi, Prestia, Neves Staged by Pier’Alli 129 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 720808 Blu-ray 720904

Verdi

Don Carlo Fabrizio Ventura

Coro Lirico Amadeus – Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena Orchestra Regionale dell’Emilia-Romagna Prestia, Malagnini, Piazzola, Montanaro, Costea, Pozniak 204 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

2 DVDs 724608 Blu-ray 724704

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Verdi

Otello Riccardo Muti Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Wiener Philharmoniker Antonenko, Poplavskaya, Álvarez

143 mins & Bonus: Talking Otello (20 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 725008

Blu-ray 725104

Marina Poplavskaya was clearly “the queen of this operatic performance”, as the eminent critic Joachim Kaiser put it in

the Süddeutsche Zeitung, and perhaps the

most dazzling discovery of this Salzburg

Festival production of Verdi‘s Otello.

“An amazing range, with fresh young lows and girlish highs, full, glowing middle and high registers, a timbre of silk, champagne and sandpaper, a great lyrical-dramatic

soprano,“ wrote Berlin‘s Tagesspiegel on

Marina Poplavskaya.

Verdi

Oberto

Antonello Allemandi

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Pentcheva, Bertagni, Sartori, Battaglia, Parodi, Cerboncini, Sassu Staged by Pier’Alli 124 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 720008 Blu-ray 720104

“A big plus factor of this Oberto

is the orchestra under Antonello Allemandi.” Bayerischer Rundfunk

Verdi

I masnadieri Nicola Luisotti Orchestra e Coro del Teatro San Carlo Prestia, Machado,

Ruciński, Garcia

124 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 722208 Blu-ray 722304

Verdi

Macbeth Bruno Bartoletti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Nucci, Valayre, Iori, Iuliano Staged by Liliana Cavani 156 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 722008 Blu-ray 722104

Verdi

Luisa Miller Donato Renzetti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Surian, Álvarez, Franci, Nucci, Cedolins Staged by Denis Krief 146 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 722808 Blu-ray 722904

Verdi

Giovanna d’Arco Bruno Bartoletti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Bowers, Bruson, Vassilieva

Staged by Gabriele Lavia 128 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 721208 Blu-ray 721304

Verdi

I Lombardi alla prima crociata Daniele Callegari

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma De Biasio, Pertusi, Theodossiou, Meli Staged by Lamberto Puggelli 144 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 720608 Blu-ray 720704

“In this production Michele Pertusi, Francesco Meli and Dimi-tra Theodossiou are spectacular

soloists.” Bayerischer Rundfunk

“This new splendid Parma DVD makes a strong case for

I Lombardi, with state-of-the-art

video and audio.” Classical CD

Review, USA

Verdi

Nabucco Michele Mariotti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Nucci, Ribeiro, Zanellato, Theodossiou, Chiuri Staged by Daniele Abbado 137 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 720408 Blu-ray 720504

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Verdi

I Vespri siciliani Massimo Zanetti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Nucci, Armiliato, Prestia, Dessì Staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi 169 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 723808 Blu-ray 723904

Verdi

Il trovatore Yuri Temirkanov

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Sgura, Romano, Nioradze, Àlvarez Staged by Lorenzo Mariani 142 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 723408 Blu-ray 723504

Verdi

La traviata Yuri Temirkanov

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Vassileva, Giordano, Stoyanov Staged by Karl-Ernst Herrmann & Ursel Herrmann 133 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 723608 Blu-ray 723704

Wagner

Der Ring des Nibelungen Zubin Mehta

Cor de la

Generalitat Valenciana Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Seiffert, Schnitzer, Salminen, Wilson, Daszak, Uusitalo, Larsson, Milling, Wyn-Rogers, Kapellmann, Matos, Ryan 948 mins & Bonus: Making of (108 mins) G, E, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 7.1 8 DVDs 703808 4 Blu-rays 703904 German Record Critics’

Award of New Releases for the Second Quarter 2010 Choc de Classica

“It looks like a landmark Ring

cycle, it is outstanding.”

BBC Magazine

“Quite a spectacle, brilliantly

sung.“ The Sunday Times

Verdi

Stiffelio Andrea Battistoni

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Aronica, Guanqun, Frontali, Mangione Staged by Guy Montavon 115 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 723008 Blu-ray 723104

Verdi

Rigoletto Massimo Zanetti

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Demuro, Nucci, Machaidze, Spotti, Irányi Staged by Stefano Vizioli 130 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 723208 Blu-ray 723304

Verdi

Simon Boccanegra Daniele Callegari

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Nucci, Scandiuzzi, Piazzola, Iveri, Meli Staged by Giorgio Gallione 137 mins & Bonus: Introduction (10 mins) I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 724008 Blu-ray 724104

Verdi

Otello Myung-Whun Chung Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice Kunde, Remigio, Gallo, Martorana Staged by Francesco Micheli 149 mins

I, G, E, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 716508

Blu-ray 716604

“A set of singular fascination.”

Il Corriere Musicale

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Wagner

Götterdämmerung Zubin Mehta Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Ryan, Lukas, Salminen, Kapellmann, Wilson Staged by La Fura dels Baus 280 mins & Bonus: Making of (27 mins) G, E, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 7.1 2 DVDs 701108 Blu-ray 701204 “Wagner‘s music drama

ingeniously illustrated.”

Fono Forum

“This production positively crackles with tension.”

Crescendo

“Brünnhilde Linda Watsons outshines

eve-rything.” Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung

“Unanimous applause for the singers and orchestra. Linda Watson as Brünnhilde, Leonid Zakhozhaev as Siegfried, Marion Ammann (Sieglinde), Jukka Rasilainen (Wotan) and Andrew Shore (Alberich). Especially conductor Roberto Paternostro got respect for his monumental

perfor-mance.” Hamburger Abendblatt

“Fortunately it was filmed for a release

on DVD.” TAZ

Wagner

Der Ring des Nibelungen in 7 hours

Roberto Paternostro

Teatro Colón Orchestra Watson, Rasilainen, Zakhozhaev, Shore, Andersen, Ammann Staged by Valentina Carrasco 396 mins & Bonus: The Colón Ring – Wagner in Buenos Aires (93 mins) E, G, F, Sp, Kor, Jap PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0

5 DVDs 713008 3 Blu-rays 713104

Wagner

The Colón Ring – Wagner in Buenos Aires

A film by

Hans Christoph von Bock 93 mins

E, G, F, Sp, Kor, Jap PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0

DVD 712808 Blu-ray 712904 “Wagner‘s music drama

ingeniously illustrated.”

Fono Forum

“This production positively crackles with tension.”

Crescendo

Wagner

Parsifal Giuseppe Sinopoli

Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Elming, Watson, Sotin, Struckmann, Wlaschiha Directed by Wolfgang Wagner 268 mins G, E, F, Sp, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 705908 Blu-ray 705804

A timelessly classical Parsifal

from the 1988 Bayreuth Festival.

”Giuseppe Sinopoli coaxed an outstanding performance.” Das Opernglas

Wagner

Siegfried Zubin Mehta Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Ryan, Wilson, Uusitalo, Siegel, Kapellmann, Wyn-Rogers Staged by La Fura dels Baus 256 mins & Bonus: Making of (27 mins) G, E, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 7.1 2 DVDs 700908 Blu-ray 701004 In this production “the

visual codes of the digital era become elemental and dazzlingly employed means

of narration.“ Opernwelt 4 Stars in Rondo

Wagner

Das Rheingold Zubin Mehta Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Uusitalo, Salminen, Daszak, Kapellmann, Larsson, Milling Staged by La Fura dels Baus 167 mins & Bonus: Making of (27 mins) G, E, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 7.1 2 DVDs 700508 Blu-ray 700604 Awards: ECHO Klassik 2010 Diapason d’Or

“It looks like a landmark Ring

cycle, it is outstanding.”

BBC Magazine

“Quite a spectacle, brilliantly sung.“

The Sunday Times

Wagner

Die Walküre Zubin Mehta Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Seiffert, Schnitzer, Salminen, Wilson, Uusitalo, Larsson Staged by La Fura dels Baus 245 mins & Bonus: Making of (27 mins) G, E, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 7.1 2 DVDs 700708 Blu-ray 700804 Awards:

German Record Critics’ Award of New Releases for the First Quarter 2010 “Wagner like this is fun even

for pop fans.” Spiegel Online

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Wagner

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Highlights

Zubin Mehta

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Seiffert, Schnitzer, Salminen, Wilson, Daszak, Uusitalo, Milling, Wyn-Rogers, Kapellmann, Ryan 100 mins & Bonus (30 mins): Carlus Padrissa – Painting with Light; Franc Aleu – The Visionary G, E, F, Sp DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 7.1 DVD 704608 Blu-ray 704504

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Barenboim

Mozart

Sinfonia concertante K297b

Beethoven

Overture “Leonore III”

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”

Schoenberg

Variations for Orchestra West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim 125 mins DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 706608 Blu-ray 706704 “First-class” Frankfurter Rundschau

“Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orche-stra inspire with Beethoven, Schoenberg, Tchaikovsky.” Süddeutsche Zeitung

concert

Beethoven

Missa solemnis Christian Thielemann Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden Staatskapelle Dresden Stoyanova, Garancˇa, Schade, Selig 90 mins Latin, E, G, F, Sp, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 705408 Blu-ray 705408 World-renowned Beethoven specialist Christian Thielemann conducts Beethoven’s

famous Missa solemnis

at the stunning Semperoper Dresden.

Beethoven

Missa solemnis Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Nederlands Radio Choir Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam Petersen, Kulman, Güra, Finlay 99 mins Lat, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 712608 Blu-ray 712704 “This shattering performance, with

Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Choir, ranked among the greatest I have heard.”

Tim Ashley, The Guardian

“The soloists, Marlis Petersen, Elisabeth Kulman, Werner Güra and Gerald Finley, had exactly the right relationship to choir and orchestra.”

The Observer

“A first-rate quartet of soloists.”

Financial Times

Beethoven

Symphonies Nos. 1 – 9 Overtures Coriolan&Egmont Christian Thielemann Wiener Philharmoniker Symphonies: 440 mins Documentaries with Joachim Kaiser: 510 mins Performances: 440 minutes E, F, Sp, I, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 9 DVDs 705308 3 Blu-rays 707204 Christian Thielemann and the Wiener

Philharmoniker recorded all 9 Beetho-ven symphonies in HD, accompanied by 9 hour-long documentaries, one on each symphony, featuring Thielemann and Joachim Kaiser, the most influ-ential music critic in Germany. From insights into Beethovens musical thin-king to interpretational comparisons, including performance-excerpts by Karajan, Böhm, Bernstein, Järvi etc., to historical perspective.

Beethoven

Symphonies Nos. 1–3 Overtures Coriolan&Egmont Christian Thielemann Wiener Philharmoniker Symphonies&Overtures: 156 mins (DVD 1&2) Documentaries with Joachim Kaiser: 170 mins (DVD 3) E, F, Sp, I, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 3 DVDs 704708 Blu-ray 704804 From the Vienna Musikverein

In an one-hour-long film for each symphony Maestro Thielemann and Joachim Kaiser discuss and analyze in an entertaining conver-sational exchange Thielemann’s interpretation, complemented by excerpts from rehearsals as well as by comparisons with the Beethoven cycles of Karajan and Bernstein.

Beethoven

Symphonies Nos. 4–6 Christian Thielemann Wiener Philharmoniker Symphonies: 133 mins (DVD 1&2) Documentaries with Joachim Kaiser: 171 mins (DVD 3) E, F, Sp, I, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 3 DVDs 704908 Blu-ray 705004 From the Vienna Musikverein

In an one-hour-long film for each symphony Maestro Thielemann and Joachim Kaiser discuss and analyze in an entertaining conversational exchange Thielemann’s interpre-tation, complemented by excerpts from rehearsals as well as by com-parisons with the Beethoven cycles of Karajan and Bernstein.

Wagner

Tannhäuser Sebastian Weigle

Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu Seiffert, Schnitzler, Uria-Monzon, Eiche, Groissböck

Staged by Robert Carsen 203 mins

G, E, F, Sp, Cat, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

2 DVDs 709308 Blu-ray 709404 “Peter Seiffert ruled the stage as the

troubled artist. His duet with Elizabeth and his Rome narration were

emo-tionally potent …His Elizabeth (and

real-life wife), Petra Maria Schnitzer, produced a fresh, creamy tone and soared excitingly over orchestra and

chorus in Act II.“ Opera News

“Sebastian Weigle, the Liceu’s prin-cipal conductor, gives a performance that is “full of vitality and visibly

inspired.” Spanish daily ABC

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Beethoven

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 – 5 Rudolf Buchbinder

Wiener Philharmoniker 185 mins & Bonus: Buchbinder’s Beethoven with Joachim Kaiser (30 mins) E, F, Sp, P, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 2 DVDs 708808 Blu-ray 708904 “A great moment … Such

musicianship, such depth of emotion and such radiant clarity are almost never heard in Beethoven. An event of the

first order.” Der Kurier

“The Viennese musician has scaled new heights. When he does so in the company of an outstanding orchestra, the result

is truly memorable.” Die Presse

Bernstein

Beethoven

String Quartet No. 16 Version for string orchestra

Haydn

Missa in tempore belli Wiener Philharmoniker Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Blegen, Fassbaender, Ahnsjö, Sotin Leonard Bernstein 93 mins

Latin, E, G, F, Kor, Chin DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 711508 Blu-ray 711604 In 1989, less than a year before

his death, Bernstein delivered a now legendary performance of Beethoven’s Op. 135 in a version for string orchestra. Together with another definitive Bernstein

performance, Haydn’s Missa

in tempore belli filmed live at Ottobeuren in 1984, it is now for the first time available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Brahms

The Complete Symphonies Christian Thielemann

Staatskapelle Dresden 208 mins & Bonus: Discovering Brahms (52 mins) G, E, Jap, Kor DVD: DTS 5.0/5.1, PCM Stereo Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0/5.1 3 DVDs 715108 2 Blu-rays 715204 “We can’t think of any other

con-ductor than Thielemann at present, who has all those endowments, which used to be the trademark of

German maestros.” Asahi Shimbum

(Japan)

“Voices are audible that otherwise flit by.”

Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten

“Thielemann unravels an enormous piece into a delicate chamber

music.” Mainichi Shimbun (Japan)

Brahms

Ein deutsches Requiem Christian Thielemann Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Münchner Philharmoniker Schäfer, Gerhaher 83 mins G, E, F, Sp PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 DVD 703308 Christian Thielemann has crafted

a performance that places him among the best interpreters of this work, such as Maazel, Furtwängler, Karajan or Klem-perer.

“The soloists in this production, which was recorded at Munich‘s Philharmonie with the Munich Philharmonic, also rank among the best in their voice ranges.”

Bruckner

Symphonies

No. 4 (“Romantic”) & No. 7 Christian Thielemann Münchner Philharmoniker 156 mins DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 701908 Blu-ray 712104 “Under Christian Thielemann’s

guidance, the Munich Philharmonic sounds terrific.”

New York Times

“Christian Thielemann is the most gifted German

conductor.” Financial Times

Brendel

The Alfred Brendel Lectures

Does Classical Music Have to Be Entirely Serious? Musical Character(s) Light and Shade of Interpretation With piano music by Beethoven and Haydn performed by Alfred Brendel English version: 224 mins German version: 234 mins

E, F, Sp, I, Chin, Kor, Jap PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0

2 DVDs: 703408 (English version incl. subtitles) 2 DVDs: 704408 (German version) “Seine Vorlesungen sind

musik-wissenschaftlich und quellen-kundlich bestens fundiert.“

Bruckner

Symphony No. 5 Christian Thielemann Staatskapelle Dresden 90 mins DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 717808 Blu-ray 717904 Christian Thielemann is the

“magician of the Bruckner

sound”. Kurier

“The end of the third movement took one’s breath away.”

Der Neue Merker

Beethoven

Symphonies Nos. 7–9 Christian Thielemann Wiener Singverein Wiener Philharmoniker Dasch, Fujimura, Beczala, Zeppenfeld Symphonies: 156 mins (DVD 1&2) Documentaries with Joachim Kaiser: 170 mins (DVD 3) E, F, Sp, I, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 3 DVDs 705108 Blu-ray 705204 From the Vienna Musikverein

In an one-hour-long film for each symphony Maestro Thielemann and Joachim Kaiser discuss and analyze in an entertaining conver-sational exchange Thielemann’s interpretation, complemented by excerpts from rehearsals as well as by comparisons with the Beethoven cycles of Karajan and Bernstein.

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Dausgaard

Brahms Symphony No. 1

Dvorˇák Symphony No. 9

Sibelius Symphony No. 5

Nielsen Symphony No. 3

Thomas Dausgaard

Danish National Symphony Orchestra 168 mins & Bonus: Interview with Thomas Dausgaard E, G, F, Sp, Kor, Chin, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1

2 DVDs 710508 Blu-ray 710604 “I wouldn‘t have missed it

for the world.“ The Times

about a concert with Thomas Dausgaard “The concert was wonderful proof that the most amazing, most thrilling performances often occur away from the

limelight.” Die Presse

Debussy

Images Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune La Mer Leonard Bernstein Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia 86 mins PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 DVD 701608 A fantastic concert from

Rome‘s Auditorio Pio, 1989 “An unprecedented triumph.”

La Stampa

Karajan

Mozart

Violin Concerto No. 5

Dvorˇák

Symphony No. 9 “From the New World“

Herbert von Karajan

Yehudi Menuhin violin

Wiener Symphoniker Berliner Philharmoniker 107 mins & Bonus: Rehearsal sessions, Karajan in conversation with Yehudi Menuhin & Joachim Kaiser (38 mins) PCM Stereo

DVD 704008 Blu-ray 704104 The first Karajan Blu-ray

Directed by legendary film-maker

Henri-Georges Clouzot (Wages of Fear)

“Maestro Karajan does not stand in front of his Berliner Philharmoniker players, but among them – again and again the cameras capture him in spellbinding close-up … Karajan and his musicians perform their wonderful

Dvořák, while the viewer’s eyes are

drawn to him.”

Stuttgarter Zeitung (14. November 1967)

Gergiev

Rossini Overture to “Guillaume Tell” Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 “Classical” Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Valery Gergiev

World Orchestra for Peace 83 mins & Bonus: About the World Orchestra for Peace (21 mins) PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1

DVD 707008 From the Abu Dhabi Festival

Lucerne Festival

Beethoven Overture to

“The Ruins of Athens” Piano Concerto No. 5

Rimsky-Korsakov

Scheherazade

Andris Nelsons

Yefim Bronfman piano

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 110 mins DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 710108 Blu-ray 710204 “What a find!”

The Wall Street Journal

Lucerne Festival

Wagner

Overture to “Rienzi”

Strauss Dance of the

Seven Veils from “Salome”

Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 Andris Nelsons Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 100 mins DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 709908 Blu-ray 710004 “This work [Shostakovich’s

8th Symphony], this compo-ser, this orchestra and this conductor were a perfect

match.” ConcertoNet.com

Mahler

The Complete Symphonies Paavo Järvi

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, NDR Chor Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Tilling, Paasikivi, Meier, Kühmeier

Bonus: Introductions to the symphonies with Paavo Järvi (100 mins) E, G, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 9 DVDs 5 Blu-rays

Bruckner

Symphony No. 8 Christian Thielemann Staatskapelle Dresden 90 mins DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 716108 Blu-ray 716204 “It is so mighty, and with such a

depth of sound … that one would have to be hard-hearted not to be touched by this heartfelt music”.

Der Tagesspiegel

“Brilliant concert.“ Dresdner

Neuesten Nachrichten

“The orchestra under the conductor Christian Thielemann enthused the

audience.” Radio Dresden

“At the end there were standing

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Mahler

Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 Paavo Järvi

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra 160 mins & Bonus: Introduction to the symphonies with Paavo Järvi (20 mins) DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 726808 Blu-ray 726904

Mahler

Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 Paavo Järvi Limburger Domsingknaben Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno EuropaChorAkademie Wall, Tynan, Richter, Coote, Hellekant, Schukoff, Nagy, Anger

164 mins & Bonus: Introduction to the symphonies with Paavo Järvi (20 mins) E, G, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 727308 Blu-ray 727404

Mahler

Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 Paavo Järvi

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra 106 mins & Bonus: Introduction to the symphonies with Paavo Järvi (20 mins) DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 727808 Blu-ray 727904

Mahler

Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 Valery Gergiev

World Orchestra for Peace Tilling

133 mins & Bonus (21 mins): Solti’s Vision – The World Orchestra for Peace PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1

DVD 702608 The orchestra (the brain child of

Sir Georg Solti), which draws its roster from the great orchestras of the world (even the back bench violins are first and second desk players at home) ensured an evening of thrills at the BBC Proms 2010, when this concert was filmed. This is orchestral playing of sizzling virtuosity.

Mahler

Symphony No. 9 Daniel Barenboim

Staatskapelle Berlin 105 mins & Bonus: Interview with Boulez and Barenboim about Mahler (25 mins) PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1

DVD 703708

The Financial Times wrote “New York is going Mahler mad” about the concerts in New York.

“Barenboim´s reading seethes with subtly controlled passion.”

New York Times

“A milestone for the

Staats-kapelle Berlin.” New York Times

Nelsons

Ives

The Unanswered Question

Adams Slonimsky’s Earbox Stravinsky Le Chant du rossignol Dvořák Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

Andris Nelsons Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks 95 mins DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 713408 Blu-ray 713504 “One rarely experiences such

a natural connection between conductor and orchestra … Andris Nelsons and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra are a

sensa-tion!” Stuttgarter Zeitung

“Highly emotional, passionate,

electrifying.” Abendzeitung

Nelsons and the BR musicians “uncover an exciting thriller that reaches a boiling point in the Scherzo and Finale”.

Mahler

Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 Paavo Järvi Limburger Domsingknaben MDR-Chor Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Meier, Kühmeier 195 mins & Bonus: Introduction to the symphonies with Paavo Järvi (20 mins) DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 719108 Blu-ray 719204

Mahler

Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Paavo Järvi

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, NDR Chor Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Tilling, Paasikivi 159 mins & Bonus: Introduction to the symphonies with Paavo Järvi (20 mins) E, G, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 718008 Blu-ray 718104 “Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, a

brilliant interpretation of the Frankfurt Radio Symphonic

Orchestra.” Die Zeit

“It’s a delight to hear this orchestra performing Mahler under Paavo Järvi. Brilliant!”

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Pogorelich

Chopin

Sonata No. 2 op. 35 Polonaise op. 44 Prélude op. 28/21

Beethoven

Piano Sonata op. 90 Piano Sonata op. 111

Scriabin

Etude op. 8/2 Two Poems op. 32

Ivo Pogorelich piano

101 mins PCM Stereo

DVD 701308 These exeptional, highly

acclaimed interpretations recorded in 1987 in venues of particularly striking beauty (Vincenza, Turin and Padua), during the previous high point of Pogorelich’s career.

Pohjonen · Kronos

Uniko Kronos Quartet Kimmo Pohjonen Samuli Kosminen

80 mins & Bonus: Making of (15 mins) DTS 5.1

DVD 707108 The Uniko project is a mutually

bene-ficial sonic/visual adventure with this goal: to create unique and never-be-fore-heard-of sounds from accordion and strings. The programme features all new material composed by Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen. It is something totally innovative, expan-ding and elevating the musical, sonic and visual aspects of both artists and forming an entirely new and exciting kind of concert event.

Rejoice

With Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot

Russell Ger The Klezmer Conservatory Band The Rejoice Chamber Orchestra Itzhak Perlman Yitzchak Meir Helfgot 70 mins & Bonus: Interviews with Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot (15 mins)

PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1

DVD 718408 This DVD celebrates the extraordinary artistic

world of Eastern European Jewish music, or in the words of Itzhak Perlman, “chicken soup for the soul”. Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman and renowned cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot join forces for a musical exploration of liturgical and traditional works in new arrangements for both chamber orchestra and klezmer settings. In this programme, these two incomparable virtuosos unite for an evening of cantorial masterpieces, Yiddish folk and theater tunes, Hassidic melo-dies, and klezmer instrumentals.

Salzburg Festival

Opening Concerts 2008–2011 Boulez, Barenboim, Harnoncourt Wiener Philharmoniker Röschmann, Garanča, Vogt, Pape, Prohaska, Röschmann, Larsson, Botha, Barenboim

365 mins

E, F, G, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DTS 5.0, PCM Stereo

4 DVDs 713608

“There is a special philharmonic sound under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and the Wiener Philharmoniker sound as they should in the best-possible case: velvety smooth … and incredibly compelling” Salzburger Nachrichten

Young British-Austrian soprano

Anna Prohaska is “dazzling” (Der

Standard) and “sensational” (Die Presse), while Dorothea Röschmann delivers a “masterful interpretation”

(Die Presse) of Berg’s concert aria Der Wein.

Conductor Pierre Boulez “clearly brings out the Mahlerian stylistic gestures found in this early work. Yet he also does not neglect the waves of overpowering energy”. Der Standard

Salzburg Festival

Opening Concert 2008

Ravel Valses nobles

et sentimentales

Bartók

Piano Concerto No. 1

Stravinsky

The Firebird (1910)

Pierre Boulez

Daniel Barenboim piano

Wiener Philharmoniker 98 mins

PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1

DVD 702508 “Unsurpassable in terms of

the delicacy of its sonorities”

Salzburg Festival

Opening Concert 2009 Schubert / Webern Deutsche Tänze D 820 Josef Strauss Frauenherz op. 166 Delirien-Walz op. 212 Pêle-mêle op. 161 Schubert

Symphony No. 8 (“Great”)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Wiener Philharmoniker 95 mins PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 DVD 702708 “Incredibly compelling“ Salzburger Nachrichten “An interpretation of incomparable richness“ Müncher Merkur

Salzburg Festival

Opening Concert 2010 Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 4

Boulez

Notations I–IV & VII

Bruckner Te Deum

Daniel Barenboim

Wiener Philharmoniker 85 mins

Latin, E, G, F, Chin, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0

DVD 706808 Blu-ray 706904 “An impressive depiction of

the Te Deum.“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“Barenboim masterfully con-jures up symphonic paintings with a superb, crystalline sense of sonorities.“

Der Tagesspiegel

Pahud

A Tribute to Frederick the Great

Flute Concertos at Sanssouci Emmanuel Pahud Kammerakademie Potsdam Trevor Pinnock 78 mins DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 DVD 711308 Blu-ray 711404 Emmanuel Pahud, the Berlin

Philharmonic’s principal flautist, celebrates the 300th anniversary of Frederick the Great’s birth with a concert recorded in the Royal Theatre of Potsdam’s Neues Palais, performing works by C. P. E. Bach, Frederick II of Prussia, Quantz and Benda.

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Tanglewood

75th Anniversary Celebration

With music by Copland, Bern-stein, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate, Ravel, Beethoven Williams, Lockhart, Nelsons, Oliver, Zinman

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra etc. Ma, Mutter, Ax, Serkin, Taylor 104 mins & Bonus: The history of Tanglewood & John Williams on Tanglewood (9 mins) DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1

DVD 713208 Blu-ray 713308 Located in the beautiful

Ber-kshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts, Tanglewood is one of the world’s most beloved music festivals and serves as the summer home for the famed Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO).This is the first recording with the BSO and its new Music Director, Andris Nelsons.

Salzburg Festival

El Sistema at Salzburg Festival

Mahler Symphony No. 1

Gershwin Cuban Overture

Ginastera Danzas de Estancia

Bernstein Mambo

Sir Simon Rattle, Jesús Parra

National Children’s Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

Naybeth García, Luis Chinchilla

White Hands Choir of Venezuela

146 mins G, E, F, Sp, Chi, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.0

DVD 716908 Blu-ray 717004 “This White Hands Choir

caused a real delight.” APA

Featuring Latin-American folk songs and Piazzolla arrange-ments as well as choral works by Mozart and Rutter

“This is, quite simply, the future

of music.” Sir Simon Rattle

about El Sistema

Schubert

The Schubert Song Cycles

Die schöne Müllerin Schwanengesang Winterreise

Hermann Prey

Leonard Hokanson Helmut Deutsch 202 mins & Bonus: Documentary on Hermann Prey (38 mins) Introductions by Hermann Prey (12 mins) G, E, F, Sp

PCM Stereo, DD 5.1

2 DVDs 700208 First time on DVD

“In his finest interpretations

Hermann Prey sang Winterreise

and Die schöne Müllerin with a captivatingly natural phrasing that flowed organically like a river and as such was the very opposite of the more intellectual approach of his rival, Dietrich

Fischer-Dieskau.” (Die Zeit

Online)

Schumann

The Complete Symphonies Paavo Järvi

Deutsche Kammer-philharmonie Bremen 162 mins & Bonus: Schumann at Pier 2 (98 mins) G, E, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2 DVDs 711908 Blu-ray 712004 In addition to concert recordings

of all four Schumann symphonies,

the documentary Schumann at Pier

2 provides insights into the origin

and development of this project and contains rehearsal excerpts, comments on the works and their interpretation by Paavo Järvi, biographical information on Schumann, interviews with orchestra members demonstrating important passages and providing explanations on various facets of performance and interpretation.

Sibelius

Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 5, 7 Leonard Bernstein Wiener Philharmoniker 166 mins PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 2 DVDs 702208 Live recordings from the Vienna Musikverein (1986–90)

“Bernstein painted a canvas of late-romantic splendor with the Philharmonic‘s sound - the incomparable brilliancy of the strings, the glowing intensity of the brass – in a way that only the greatest conductors can.“

“Bernstein makes this concert to a sensational sound adventure.“

Neue Kronenzeitung

Strauss

Also sprach Zarathustra Macbeth Till Eulenspiegel Andris Nelsons Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam 80 mins DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 718908 Blu-ray 719004

Thielemann

Wagner A Faust Overture

Liszt Faust Symphony

Christian Thielemann Staatskapelle Dresden 90 mins G, E, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 707708 Blu-ray 707804 “A leading orchestra and a

leading conductor came tog-ether here. Liszt inspired the Dresden musicians and their future principal conductor to produce a magnificent de-monstration of their abilities.”

Die Welt

“A sensational Lulu”

Die Presse

“Boulez is the grandsei-gneur of subtle minimalism and exquisitely beguiling

sounds.” Der Standard

“The right Lulu was found: the young Austrian-British soprano Anna Prohaska.”

Salzburg Festival

Opening Concert 2011

Mahler Das klagende Lied

Berg Der Wein · Lulu-Suite

Pierre Boulez Wiener Philharmoniker Prohaska, Röschmann, Kulman, Botha 95 mins G, E, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 710708 Blu-ray 710804

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Verdi

Messa da Requiem Yuri Temirkanov

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Theodossiou, Ganassi, Aronica, Zanellato 95 mins Latin, I, E, G, F, Sp, Chin, Kor, Jap

DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 725408 Blu-ray 725504

Wagner

A Faust Overture Exceprts from Der fliegende Holländer, Rienzi, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser

Henze Fraternité (1999) Christian Thielemann Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden Staatskapelle Dresden Jonas Kaufmann 117 mins G, E, F, Sp, Chi, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 714908 Blu-ray 715004 Star cast with Christian

Thielemann, one of the most respected Wagner conductors of our time and the currently most promising tenor Jonas Kaufmann.

“Jonas Kaufmann was celebra-ted with standing ovations – as the Staatskapelle Dresden and

Christian Thielemann.” Focus

Gould

The Russian Journey

With music by Bach, Berg, Krenek, Webern, Shostakovich, Prokofiev Performed by Glenn Gould, the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and the Symphonia String Quartet 60 mins E, G, F, DVD: PCM Stereo BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 714108 Blu-ray 714204 A look at the acclaimed pianist’s

1957 trip to the Soviet Union, when he became – at age 24 – the first North American to per-form behind the Iron Curtain. The film features previously un-heard recordings of Gould’s con-certs in Moscow and Leningrad, including his recital and lecture at the Leningrad Conservatory.

Docu-mentary

“Sounds from heaven and infernal great performers.”

TZ, Munich

“Villazón sang with overwhelming force.”

Abendzeitung, Munich

Verdi & Wagner

The Odeonsplatz Concert Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson

111 mins

E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 716708 Blu-ray 716804

Jansons

Music is the language of the heart and soul

A Portrait of Mariss Jansons

Mahler Symphony No. 2

Mariss Jansons Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Documentary: 52 mins Concert: 90 mins E, F, Sp, Chin, Kor DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0 2 DVDs 709708 Blu-ray 709804 “Mariss Jansons is one of the

best orchestra builders around.”

The New York Times

“No conductor has a more extra-ordinary story to tell than Mariss Jansons.” The Independent

Kinshasa Symphony

Armand Diangeinda Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste

A film by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer 95 mins & Bonus: Making of (25 mins) G, E, F, Sp, P, Kor, Rus DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Blu-ray: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 708308 Blu-ray 709004 “In this documentary, African

musi-cians are rehearsing the last movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for an upcoming outdoor concert in Kinshasa, capital of Zaire. Some, having lost instruments in past fighting, are seen carving new ones out of wood. Torn violin strings have been replaced with bicycle brake cables; a bus wheel rim serves as a bell in D. Many Zaireans, not having heard Western classical music, have been ‘astonished’ at past concerts. This is a great story worth

seeing.“ Washington Post

Verdi

Messa da Requiem Gustavo Dudamel

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

DiGiacomo, DeYoung, Grigolo, D’Arcangelo 94 mins & Bonus: Behind the scenes with Gustavo Dudamel (18 mins) Latin, E, G, F, Sp, Chi, Kor, Jap DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 BD: PCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 DVD 714708 Blu-ray 714804Kleiber “Gustavo Dudamel puts an

intimate flourish on Verdi’s Requiem.”

“The soloists were part of the pleasure and the process. ”

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This documentary celebrates the 100th birthday of Sir Georg Solti, one of the 20th century’s most brilliant conductors and a leading figure of musical culture world-wide. The bonus is a concert from 1977 with Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Solti

Journey of a lifetime

A film by Georg Wübbolt

Mussorgsky Prelude to “Khovanshchina” Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 “Classical” Shostakovich Symphony No. 1

Sir Georg Solti

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Documentary: 52 mins Concert: 55 mins G, E, F, Sp, Kor PCM Stereo DVD 711708 Blu-ray 711804

Previn

A Bridge Between Two Worlds

Featuring André Previn, Mia Farrow, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Renée Fleming, Oscar Peterson, Lukas Previn 52 mins & Bonus: Mozart Piano Quartets K 493 & K 478 (55 mins) E, G, F, Sp

PCM Stereo

DVD 703208 This documentary highlights

André Previn (composer, film music composer, pianist, con-ductor, jazz musician, Academy Award winner and Lifetime Grammy Award winner) as the passionate narrator of his own life story. He introduces us to Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mia Far-row, the playwright Tom Stop-pard and the famous soprano Renée Fleming.

Kleiber

I am lost to the world

Featuring Ileana Cotrubas, Michael Gielen, Riccardo Muti, Otto Schenk, Ioan Holender, Sir Peter Jonas and others as interview partners as well as several musical excerpts conduc-ted by Carlos Kleiber

60 mins G, E, F, Sp, Jap PCM Stereo

DVD 705608

Blu-ray 715304

This ultimate documentary uncovers some of the myste-ries and tmyste-ries to clear up pre-conceptions about one of the most elusive conductors. “A successful documentary and an unusual portrait.”

Spiegel Online

Penderecki

Paths Through