ARTISTS
Renée Fleming · Edita Gruberova · Maria Ewing · Dame Kiri te Kanawa · Yvonne Kenny · Marie McLaughlin, sopranos
Luciano Pavarotti · Francisco Araiza · Rainer Trost, tenors
Bryn Terfel · Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau · Feruccio Furlanetto · Wolfgang Brendel, baritones
Martti Talvela · Kurt Moll, basses
Weiner Philharmoniker
James Levine · Karl Böhm · John Eliot Gardiner · Nikolaus Harnoncourt · Leonard Bernstein · Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductors

TRACKLISTING
Arias and scenes from
MOZART : Don Giovanni · Entführung aus dem Serail · Le Nozze di Figaro · Die Zauberflöte · Cosi fan tutte · Mitridate · Idomeneo · Requiem

AMADEUS - the ultimate Mozart compilation featuring the best of DVDs past, present and future

To kick off your Mozart Forever on DVD campaign, we bring you Amadeus - the ultimate Mozart compilation on DVD, featuring only the best performances of Mozart's most popular arias. Amadeus combines excerpts from seven of Mozart's operas and the Requiem, featuring highlights including Edita Gruberova's 'Der Hölle Rache', Bryn Terfel's 'La ci darem la mano', Renée Fleming's 'Oh sai chi l'onore', Kurt Moll's 'In diesen Heil'gen Hallen', and many more.

With the best performances from existing DVDs as well as from upcoming 2006 releases, Amadeus is a shining example of just how much the DG catalogue has to offer when it comes to Mozart. This DVD is the 'popular Mozart' - nicely packaged and complete with subtitles.

All DVDs to be sold at mid-price level. Ideal for the casual buyer of classical music who just wants to get those famous melodies - Amadeus is the perfect starting point for exploring Mozart on DVD. This compilation is sure to whet the consumer's appetite and entice them to buy additional DG Mozart DVD offerings throughout the Jubilee Year.

ARTISTS
Valery Gergiev
Netherlands Radio Philarmonic
Kirov Orchestra

TRACKLISTING
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony no.4, 3rd movement (conclusion) 7.24
Symphony no.5, 1st movement 16.26
Symphony no.6, 2nd movement 6.07
Symphony no.7, 1st movement 27.32
Symphony no.8, 3rd movement 7.10
Symphony no.9, 1st movement 5.54
Shostakovich Wartime Radio Broadcast 0.54
Shostakovich Chronology

Winner international Emmy -- Best arts documentary
Winner Best performing arts program, gemini awards
Winner Golden Prague award

'The War Symphonies is a documentary of great power and originality' Citation for the Film Of The Year Award, American Historical Association.

This DVD presents Larry Weinstein's award-winning film 'Shostakovich against Stalin', which tellingly examines the harrowing subject of Stalin's bloody purges and Shostakovich's musical response. Described by the composer as his 'tombstones', Symphonies 4 to 9 represented the composer's weapons against Stalin's tyranny, and remain powerful testimony to a great artist's struggle against oppression. Shot on location in St Petersburg and Moscow, the film brings together archive film, personal recollections from Shostakovich's family, friends and colleagues, and key extracts from the symphonies, performed by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, conducted by Valery Gergiev.

As a substantial bonus feature, the DVD includes complete movement extracts from all six symphonies*, in the acclaimed performances recorded by Valery Gergiev and the Kirov Orchestra. They are featured on this disc in both DTS 5.1 surround sound and PCM stereo.

An additional bonus feature is the famous wartime radio broadcast given by Shostakovich himself, to introduce a performance of his Seventh Symphony, the 'Leningrad'.

The film feature, which is spoken in English and Russian, is subtitled on this DVD in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese.

The classical DVD event of the year!

This sparkling new production of Rossini's comedy of love is led by two of today's greatest opera stars - María Bayo as the young ward Rosina and Juan Diego Flórez as her handsome suitor, Count Almaviva. The wily Figaro (the Barber) is Pietro Spagnoli, Bruno Practicò is the hapless guardian Don Bartolo, and the cunning singing teacher Basilio is the renowned Ruggero Raimondi.

Filmed in widescreen High Definition, this DVD captures brilliantly the Teatro Real production as it progresses from an elegant silver-&-white to a kaleidoscope of colour for the boisterous finale.

The disc features both CD-quality stereo and a DTS 5.1 surround sound, as well as full subtitling in English, French, German, Spanish and Chinese.

This release also offers a bonus disc, headed by a 58 minute documentary giving the story behind Rossini's opera, as told by members of the cast and the director.

ARTISTS
Alfred Brendel, piano

TRACKLISTING
SCHUBERT : Sonata in C minor, D958
Sonata in A major, D959
Sonata in B flat major, D960

'A perfectionist at the piano...master pianist Alfred Brendel.' (The Sunday Times)

'Alfred Brendel, a master Schubertian, is the most probing and lyrical of pianists.'
(Paul Saylor, AV Review)

To celebrate Alfred Brendel's forthcoming 75th birthday, this DVD makes available again the memorable TV recording made in 1988 at the Middle Temple, London, in which Brendel performed the composer's final three piano sonatas. These sublime works are repertoire in which Brendel has few peers, and the DVD booklet contains an extensive essay on these pieces by Brendel himself.

Further the to the original VHS and Laser Disc release, this new DVD features both CD-quality stereo and a DTS 5.1 surround sound.

ARTISTS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Riccardo Muti

TRACKLISTING
MOZART: Symphony No.40 in G minor, K550
Symphony No.41 in C major, 'Jupiter', K551
Divertimento, K136

Mozart's Two Greatest Symphonies For 'Mozart Year' - Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a special Salzburg Festival concert.

As a fitting tribute in Mozart's Bicentenary Year, Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra gave a remarkable concert at the 1991 Salzburg Festival, bringing together the composer's final two - and greatest - symphonies. Broadcast around the world, these memorable performances were preceded by the Vienna Philharmonic strings performing one of the elegant Divertimenti, composed by the young Mozart during his early apprentice years in Salzburg.

The disc features both CD-quality stereo and a DTS 5.1 surround sound.

The disc additionally features two substantial extras: an 18-page on-screen and comprehensive Mozart Chronology, listing and dating all the major works and events in the great composer's life, plus a Mozart Picture Gallery containing over 25 images, including several famous paintings of Mozart.

This release is one of three new DVD releases, marking the forthcoming 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, in January 2006. The others are 1991 Bicentenary performances Mozart's two greatest choral works - the Requiem and Mass in C minor, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner - and a delightful selection of Mozart choral masterpieces, sung by the world-famous Vienna Boys' Choir.

ARTISTS
Vienna Boys' Choir
(Wiener Sängerknaben)
Uwe Christian Harrer

TRACKLISTING
MOZART: Waisenhaus-Messe, K139
Ave verum corpus, K618
Alma Dei creatoris, K277
Sancta Maria, mater Dei, K273
Inter natos mulierum, K72
Sub tuum praesidium, K198

Vienna Boys' Choir Perform Mozart For 'Mozart Year' - The superb Vienna Boys' Choir couples the early 'Waisenhaus' Mass, with the late 'Ave verum corpus'

The world-renowned Vienna Boys' Choir presents a selection of Mozart's beautiful sacred works, ranging from the magnificent Waisenhaus Mass - an early masterpiece from the 12-year-old composer - to the celebrated and sublime Ave verum corpus, written in the last year of his life. All six works were filmed in two outstanding Austrian baroque churches, the Waisenhaus Mass in the glorious Hofburgkapelle in Vienna, and the remaining works in St Stephan's in neighbouring Baden bei Wien.

The disc features both CD-quality stereo and a DTS 5.1 surround sound.

The disc additionally features two substantial extras: an 18-page on-screen and comprehensive Mozart Chronology, listing and dating all the major works and events in the great composer's life, plus a Mozart Picture Gallery containing over 25 images, including several famous paintings of Mozart.

ARTISTS
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Alistair Miles, bass
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

TRACKLISTING
MOZART: Requiem, K626
Mass in C minor, K427

Sir John Eliot Gardiner Conducts Mozart's Requiem For 'Mozart Year' - This DVD brings together outstanding performances of Mozart's two greatest choral works.

To commemorate the bicentenary of Mozart's death, Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducted a unique concert, bringing together Mozart's two greatest choral works with four of the world's leading soloists. Filmed on 5 December 1991 in the magnificent art nouveau setting of Barcelona's Palau de la Música Catalana, this inspiring occasion proved a fitting homage to the great composer.

The disc features both CD-quality stereo and a DTS 5.1 surround sound.

The disc additionally features two substantial extras: an 18-page on-screen and comprehensive Mozart Chronology, listing and dating all the major works and events in the great composer's life, plus a Mozart Picture Gallery containing over 25 images, including several famous paintings of Mozart.

This release is one of three new DVD releases, marking the forthcoming 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, in January 2006. The others are a collection of Mozart's choral works, sung by the legendary Vienna Boys' Choir, and a dazzling performance of Mozart's last two symphonies, given by Riccardo Muti and the Vienna Philharmonic at a Salzburg Festival concert in 1991.