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Cat. No.: 176 8833 |
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ANDRÉ RIEU | The Fairy Tale
ARTISTS André Rieu A fabulous six-part series documenting the fun, sweat and tears (of joy!) that surrounded the production of André Rieu’s concert special André Rieu in Wonderland as well as behind-the scenes footage of André’s promotional stopover in Australia and concerts in Japan. Join the orchestra members and their families as they reveal the joy of being part of the ‘Rieu’ musical family. Meet the hard-working production crew and share the creative atmosphere in which they work, re-creating the scenes from all your favourite Fairy Tale. This is an enchanting insight into André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra living the ‘Fairy Tale’ that their lives have become. |
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Cat. No.: 177 9471 |
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ANDRÉ RIEU | New Year’s Eve in Vienna
ARTISTS André Rieu Have you always envied the Viennese and secretly wished you'd been born in that fabulous city of music yourself? In that case you're in for a treat with this DVD. You'll feel yourself part of the Viennese audience, at one with the Viennese and you'll enjoy this wonderful New Year’s Eve concert in the city of music like the Viennese born and bred! Johann Strauss, Franz Lehar, Emmerich Kalman, Robert Stolz, all Viennese composers, will be played on this unique evening: New Year in Vienna, with André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra. It doesn't get any more Viennese than that! |
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Cat. No.: 0734191 |
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LANG LANG | Dragon Songs
ARTISTS Lang Lang
TRACK LISTING Names Lang Lang revisits his childhood roots in China with DVD documentary and soundtrack album Lang Lang has fascinated audiences all over the globe – now he takes them home to show them “his” China with a DVD documentary and soundtrack CD. Discover the musical culture that forged one of the most acclaimed classical musicians of our day The Yellow River Concerto, a large-scale, highly virtuosic piano concerto with colourful sound scales, is juxtaposed with miniature pieces for piano solo and with chamber pieces, each combining the piano with traditional Chinese instruments Though all the pieces were written in the early 20th century, most of them are based on much older sources, merging traditional Chinese melodies and idioms with the Western classical music tradition – the result is music of astonishing beauty and ease that will strongly appeal to a broad audience The DVD features a full-length documentary offering a fascinating look behind the scenes of Lang Lang’s latest China tour, from the privacy of his parents’ flat (where Lang Lang revisits his very first piano), to a Lang-family lunch and a visit to the local temple, to his successful master classes and stage performances. Additionally this DVD includes a concert of the piano solo and chamber music pieces from the CD, all filmed during the recording sessions in Beijing In recent years, there has been a huge rise of interest in Chinese culture, a phenomenon that will continue to build up to the Peking Olympics in 2008 – with this project Lang Lang makes himself the perfect ambassador between the Chinese and Western worlds, a mission that is very close to his heart |
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Cat. No.: 0743251 |
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JESSYE NORMAN | A Portrait
ARTISTS Jessye Norman
TRACK LISTING 1 Singing
An intimate and in-depth portrait of the legendary soprano, including specially staged studio films of 12 best-loved pieces from Jessye Norman's repertoire. Filmed in widescreen by German film maker Andre Heller, this is the first new Jessye Norman DVD for many years and is the only porgramme-length, in-depth interview film of a very private artist. Includes 12 specially-staged films in fantastical studio settings of her best-loved repertoire, of a diverse slection of peices by composers ranging from Purcell to Schoenberg. Each setting was individually designed for this film by renowned artsits including Brian Eno, Arnulf Rainer and Peter Kogler. Yves Saint-Laurent's garden paradise in Marrakech provides the lush, tropical background for this wonderful DVD. It will be broadcast on Ovation in August and will be advertised from August-October. |
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Cat. No.: 073 4431 |
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ANNA NETREBKO | ROLANDO VILLAZÓN | MASSENET: Manon Album Website: ARTISTS Anna Netrebko | Manon Lescaut Daniel Barenboim
TRACK LISTING MASSENET: Manon From the Staatsoper unter den Linden, Berlin comes a dazzling new Manon production starring Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón. Following the artistic and commercial success of their last DVD project, La Traviata from the 2005 Salzburg Festival, opera superstars Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón bring their combined talents to Jules Massenet’s Manon. Netrebko was born to play the title role: her voice and body language capturing the fluctuating personality of the complex Manon, one minute girlish, the next introspective. ‘She is a real stage animal, constantly reacting to what is happening around her’, wrote Opera of her performance. Villazón is compelling as Des Grieux, expressing all the burning passion of the doomed lover in his burnished, supple tenor. This is a production with a distinct Hollywood touch: first-time opera director Vincent Paterson has previously worked with Madonna, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney and staged several Broadway musicals. He has already enjoyed great success with his first classical DVD project for DG: The Woman – The Voice featuring Anna Netrebko. Given his show-business background, Paterson interprets Manon as a Hollywood cinematic tale for the opera stage with Massenet’s colourful music as a kind of soundtrack. The press raved about the opera event of the year in Berlin, while the live public screening of one of the performances in the square in front of the opera house attracted an audience of more than 20,000 people. Musically, the production is equally accomplished. The Staatskapelle Berlin is conducted by Daniel Barenboim, who ‘infuses the appealing melodies with colour and is finely attuned to the emotional fragility they express.’ Süddeutsche Zeitung This is a Manon that will appeal across the spectrum: to lovers of opera, movies and Hollywood. A glittering production filled with beautiful people with gorgeous voices! Additional features: Produced in HD, length 170 min., to be released in NTSC 16:9 widescreen; audio is in 5.1 DTS surround sound & PCM stereo. Bonus: ‘The Making of Manon’ (20 min., in stereo sound only) |
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Cat. No.: 073 4427 |
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GUSTAVO DUDAMEL | The Promise of Music
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ARTISTS Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel
TRACK LISTING Documentary:
A documentary on Gustavo Dudamel and his Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra from the director of Rhythm Is It! The Promise of Music is a full-length feature film about the story of Gustavo Dudamel and his Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. The film documents Dudamel preparing his orchestra in Caracas for their upcoming concert at the Beethovenfest in Bonn, in 2007. Following different musicians in their day-to-day lives, the film shows how classical music is changing the individual and their environment. The climax of the film is the Bonn concert, a stunning success with standing ovations given to every work on the programme, which includes Beethoven’s complete ‘Eroica’ Symphony and two pieces from the orchestra’s Latin-American homeland. Director Enrique Sanchez Lansch created the award-winning documentary Rhythm Is It! about Sir Simon Rattle’s education project with the Berliner Philharmoniker. The Promise of Music is the first full-length documentary on the Venezuelan Sistema that lives up to the highest European TV standards. A unique and deeply moving look behind the scenes of one of the most talked about phenomena in the musical world of today. Also released: FIESTA – CD: promoted on SBS. |
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Cat. No.: 073 4425 |
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VARIOUS | Best of Bolshoi Ballet
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ARTISTS Various dancers and soloists from the Bolshoi Ballet
TRACK LISTING ASAFIEV: Dance of the Tartars (The Fountain of Bakhchsarai) Filmed in the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden, London, 1956. Paul Czinner’s acclaimed 1956 filming of the Bolshoi Ballet’s first-ever tour of Great Britain, which preserves two complete programs: a Bolshoi Highlights Program featuring Raissa Struchkova in the Walpurgisnacht from Gounod’s Faust, and Galina Ulanova in The Dying Swan and a thrilling performance of Giselle with Ulanova and Nikolai Fadeyechev. Also included in the Highlights Program is the celebrated Spring Water ballet, set to music by Rachmaninov and danced with dazzling virtuosity by the outstanding members of the Bolshoi troupe. The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra are under the direction of Gennadi Rozhdestvensky and Yuri Faier. In Dance Magazine, critic Clive Barnes eulogized the artistry documented here: ‘Everything the Russian critics have written about her is true. The impeccable technique, the expressive body, the intellect, the informed face; yet Ulanova has something criticism could never define, something you might look for in Shakespeare’s sonnets.’ ‘The greatest performance by an interpretive artist within my experience’ Clive Barnes, Dance Magazine (1998) [on Ulanova’s Giselle as seen documented here] In 5.1 DTS Surround Sound. First time on DVD. |
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