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Cat. No.: 065 2599 |
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TRACK LISTING 1 Dark Eyes 2 Die kleine Kneipe 3 Que Sera Sera 4 The Merry Widow 5 Herbst In Venedig - RoW Version "The Old Castle" 6 Granada 7 Sous le ciel de Paris "Under The Sky Of Paris" 8 Un amour perdu 9 My Heart Will Go On 10 My Love Song Should Be A Waltz 11 Edelweiss 12 Holzschuhtanz 13 Strauss & Co Medley 14 The Red Rose Cafe 15 Ohne Sorgen 16 The Marino Waltz
Set in spectacular scenarios in different parts of the world, Walzertraum (Waltz Dreams) is a hidden gem in the André Rieu DVD catalogue. It includes new and old favourites, all of which have something of a waltz rhythm, and the clip of Edelweiss, complete with snowy Salzburg mountains, goatherd, is sure to win many fans. The release will be advertised on Ovation TV for three months, until the end of August. |
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TRACK LISTING Ballade The Gadfly Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Air La Traviata (Overture) Salut d'Amour The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) Spartacus Send in the Clowns Greensleeves Romance Morning Song Andante (Piano Concerto Nr. 21) Salut d'Amour Adagio Aria Aimer
The title says it all: 'Dreaming'. The DVD is a collection of the world's most romantic melodies, music to waft you delightfully away to dreamland! |
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Cat. No.: 074 3201 |
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CATHERINE MALFITANO | BRYN TERFEL | PUCCINI: Tosca
Catherine Malfitano | Tosca Richard Margison | Cavaradossi Bryn Terfel | Scarpia Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
TRACK LISTING PUCCINI: Tosca Riccardo Chailly conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and an outstanding cast - including Bryn Terfel in his role debut as Scarpia - in Nikolaus Lehnhoff's sensational staging of Puccini's great operatic thriller. '...an epoch making account...of Puccini's masterpiece' 'Terfel is the outstanding singing-actor of his generation...' 'Super sensitive conducting of Riccardo Chailly and - luxury of luxuries - his superlative Royal Concertgebouw orchestra' 'The most exciting Tosca of recent years' This performance of Puccini's perennial favourite stars Catherine Malfitano as Tosca, Bryn Terfel as Scarpia and Richard Margison as Cavaradossi. Bryn Terfel plays the 'tough guy', in contrast to many of his other stage characters, which makes this Tosca immediately stand out as unusual from others. A visually spectacular staging from the Netherlands Opera, which brings the world of 'James Bond' to Puccini's operatic thriller this production is a break fromwhat one normally encounters. Modernist, sinister sets and costumes create a fresh and at times horrifying interpretation, well away from traditional stagings, of this classic much-loved piece. Bonus feature: |
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Cat. No.: 074 3212 |
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Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Sir John Eliot Gardiner
TRACK LISTING BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique Two spectacular live concerts together for the first time! This new DVD brings together two concert performances with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, a leading Berlioz interpreter, conducting his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. The Symphonie Fantastique is a glorious orchestral tour de force which is central to the repertoire of every major orchestra. It is performed here on original instruments in its original 1830s orchestration in the atmospheric old hall of the Paris Conservatoire where it was first heard. The other work is the first performance of the newly discovered Messe Solennelle. Written when Berlioz was just 20 years old, it was thought lost until its rediscovery in 1992. The first performance of this large-scale Mass for 150 years was filmed in London's Westminster Cathedral and is a very special musical occasion. Gardiner's period-instrument orchestra gives characteristically idiomatic performances of these seminal works (which are also linked thematically, through Berlioz's extensive re-use of material from the Messe).
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Cat. No.: 073 4167 |
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ARTISTS Lucia Popp, soprano* Walter Groenroos, baritone* Leonard Bernstein
Directed by Humphrey Burton
TRACK LISTING MAHLER: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen In 1984, Bernstein conducted Lucia Popp, Walton Groenroos and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a remarkable performance of 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn' in Tel Aviv. A few months before his death, Bernstein led Thomas Hampson and the Wiener Philharmoniker in three of Mahler's masterworks in a concert at Vienna's Musikvereinssaal - the 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen,' the 'Rückertlieder' and the 'Kindertotenlieder.' '[U]nder Bernstein's baton, the orchestra touches the music - and the listener - to the quick. It becomes clear why this beloved American must be rated among the world's greatest conductors.' Die Presse 'Hampson's intonation is nearly flawless, his articulation exemplary, and his nuanced style gripping.' Kurier 'Popp sings with unaffected accomplishment.' Gramophone In 5.1 DTS surround sound - a first-time international release on DVD.
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Cat. No.: 073 4313 |
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JAMES LEVINE | ZANDONAI: Francesca da Rimini
Series Microsite:
Renata Scotto | Francesca Plácido Domingo | Paolo Cornell Macneil | Gianciotto William Lewis | Malatestino The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus James Levine
Production by Piero Faggioni Directed by Brian Large
TRACK LISTING ZANDONAI: Francesca da Rimini Over the centuries, the story of Francesca da Rimini has inspired many Italian artists, including verismo composer Riccardo Zandonai. A cast of three acclaimed singing actors - Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil - bring the medieval characters to life in this beautiful production, filmed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1984. First performed in 1914, Francesca da Rimini is a prime example of the lush musical style of the late Romantic era, superbly conducted here by James Levine. The Met's first new production of the work in more than sixty years was acclaimed by the press. 'Scotto has found her ideal role...a great performance... Domingo sang glamorously... The sets serve the work exquisitely [with] Piero Faggioni's graceful direction.' New York Magazine A first-time release on DVD - In 5.1 DTS Surround Sound. |
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Cat. No.: 073 4350 |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN | The Little Drummer Boy - Documentary
Leonard Bernstein pays tribute to Gustav Mahler in The Little Drummer Boy. This television essay from 1985 was written by Leonard Bernstein to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. The essay, recorded in Israel, Vienna and later in London, is punctuated by biographical interludes and illustrated by musical examples drawn from the cycle of Mahler's works recorded by Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein talks, plays and conducts various orchestras (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker) and soloists (Janet Baker, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Walton Groenroos) in performances spanning 17 years. Leonard Bernstein examines the roots of Gustav Mahler's inspiration - features music from the nine symphonies, The Song of the Earth and the Wunderhorn cycle. 'Nobody is more capable than Leonard Bernstein of inspiring enthusiasm for this composer.' Frankfurter Allgemeine 'Bernstein manages to explain even the most complex musical concepts clearly and graphically... This world-famous composer and conductor is also a highly competent teacher, a marvellous actor and a brilliant presenter. In a nutshell, these were ninety magnificent minutes.' Marcel Reich-Ranicki |
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Cat. No.: 073 4328 |
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ARTISTS Siegfried Jerusalem | Parsifal Eva Randova | Kundry Bernd Weikl | Amfortas Heinz Sotin | Gurnemanz Leif Roar | Klingsor Matti Salminen | Titurel Bayreuther Festspiele Horst Stein
TRACK LISTING WAGNER: Parsifal Horst Stein conducts Wolfgang Wagner's production of Parsifal at Bayreuth. Wolfgang Wagner's arrestingly beautiful production, filmed live at Bayreuth in 1981 and directed by Brian Large, features a stellar cast led by Eva Randova, Bernd Weikl and Siegfried Jerusalem. 'A production and performance that showed the festival at its finest.' The New York Times Wolfgang Wagner's Bayreuth production of his grandfather's 'farewell to the world' has 'an unusual beauty and logic of its own... There is an air of magic and mystery about the staging... The performance was excellent... Horst Stein [conducted] a beautifully proportioned Parsifal.' The New York Times In 5.1 DTS Surround Sound
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Cat. No.: 073 4340 |
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JAMES LEVINE | WAGNER: Götterdämmerung
ARTISTS Deborah Polaski | Brünnhilde Wolfgang Schmidt | Siegfried Anne Schwanewilms | Gutrune Falk Struckmann | Gunther Eric Halfvarson | Hagen Hanna Schwarz | Waltraute Ekkehard Wlaschiha | Alberich Bayreuther Festspiele James Levine
Staged by Alfred Kirchner Designed by Rosalie
TRACK LISTING WAGNER: Götterdämmerung Levine conducts Götterdämmerung at Bayreuth - a first-time release on any format. This is Alfred Kirchner's only filmed opera production in Bayreuth: Wagner's Götterdämmerung from 1997 under the baton of James Levine. This production features an all-star cast led by Deborah Polaski as Brünnhilde, Wolfgang Schmidt as Siegfried and Falk Struckmann as Gunther. 'No conductor has been so tempestuously acclaimed in Bayreuth since the days of Hans Knappertsbusch and Karl Böhm.' Der Standard 'An abstract, simple set, against which the characters play out their fates...starkly and strikingly executed.' The New York Times 'Deborah Polaski's Brünnhilde radiates power and intelligence and can strike the tenderest tones even in the midst of the music's loudest storms.' Der Tagesspiegel 'As Siegfried, Wolfgang Schmidt delivers a poetic reading...Under Levine's baton the music seems translucent, and the melodies play themselves.' Time In 5.1 DTS Surround Sound - a first-time release on any format
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Cat. No.: 073 4351 |
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MISCHA MAISKY | HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
ARTISTS Mischa Maisky, violoncello Leonard Bernstein*
Directed by Brian Large and Humphrey Burton
TRACK LISTING HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob: VIIb/1 Acclaimed cellist Mischa Maisky plays works by Haydn and Schumann - a release in celebration of Maisky's 60th birthday. Mischa Maisky plays the Cello Concertos 1 & 2 and his own transcriptions of two Haydn Violin Concertos in Vienna's Hetzendorf Palace - a master of the Viennese classical style performing in elegant Baroque surroundings. Maisky's tasteful transcriptions do full justice to Haydn's music, exquisitely beautiful and virtuosic. Maisky also plays the Schumann Cello Concerto with the Wiener Philharmoniker under the baton of Leonard Bernstein.
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