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Cat. No.: 073 4192 |
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Product Microsite: ARTISTS Hilary Hahn, violin
TRACK LISTING Includes various performances of KORNGOLD: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 35 Bonus Interviews with Natalie Zhu & Hilary Hahn First Collaboration at Curtis Recording Mozart Selection of the Program Partnership of the Instruments
This compelling new DVD goes behind the scenes with Hilary Hahn. The documentary Hilary Hahn - On The Road was filmed in 2004 by director Benedict Mirow and first broadcast on German television in January 2005. This film is created in the style of a road movie and delivers a very personal account of this violinist's world, following Hilary Hahn's travels from continent to continent and capturing moments unseen by the public: Hahn backstage before and after the show, rehearsing, sightseeing, or showing the cameraman around the Curtis Institute where she studied. In addition to the documentary, the DVD release is packed with supplementary live material, including video excerpts from a recent concert with her recital partner Natalie Zhu as well as the violinist's first recording of the Korngold Violin Concerto with the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Kent Nagano - a performance hailed by critics as 'grand cinema for the ears' Hamburger Abendblatt. This DVD 'up close and personal' is a must-have for every Hilary Hahn fan, as well as for anybody interested in the world of a classical musician. |
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Cat. No.: 073 4289 |
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Plácido Domingo, tenor Victoria Vergara, mezzo-soprano James Levine
Opera scenes directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
TRACK LISTING Arias and excerpts from MOZART: Don Giovanni ROSSINI: Il Barbiere di Siviglia VERDI: La forza del destino
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio PENELLA: El gato montés |
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Cat. No.: 073 4288 |
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ARTISTS Plácido Domingo | Stiffelio Sharon Sweet | Lina Vladimir Chernov | Stankar Peter Riberi | Raffaele Paul Plishka | Jorg The Metropolitan Oper Orchestra and Chorus James Levine
Production by Giancarlo del Monaco Video Director by Brian Large
TRACK LISTING VERDI: Stiffelio |
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Cat. No.: 073 4295 |
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ARTISTS Roberto Alagna Canio
TRACK LISTING LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci Roberto Alagna performs the title role of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci on DVD. Roberto Alagna is a first-rate international operatic star with a solid fan base worldwide. His performances are marked by remarkable acting, passion, humour and an extraordinary, sunny tenor voice. The role of Canio is one of Alagna's most exciting portrayals and suits his many talents superbly. This Pagliacci DVD is a 'family production' from Verona 2002, where Roberto Alagna's brothers, David and Frédérico, were responsible for stage direction and set design. |
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Cat. No.: 073 4299 |
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ARTISTS Beverly Sills, soprano
TRACK LISTING Featuring arias and excerpts from MASSENET: Manon HANDEL: Giulio Cesare VERDI: Rigoletto VERDI: La Traviata THOMAS: Mignon MOZART: Magic Flute DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor MOORE: The Ballad of Baby Doe R. STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos ROSSINI: L'Assedio di Corinto ROSSINI: Il Barbiere di Siviglia DONIZETTI: Roberto Devereux DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale
'America's Queen of Opera' proclaimed the front-page of Time when it honoured Beverly Sills with a cover story a number of years ago. No description more aptly describes her stature as a uniquely vital force in our music life. From her triumphant opening night in September 1966 in Julius Caesar at the New York City Opera she was catapulted to La Scala, Vienna, Covent Garden, The Metropolitan Opera and beyond. She began exploring the bel canto repertory in depth and expanded the number of her roles to more than 70, including the Donizetti trilogy of operas about British monarchs - Roberto Devereux, Maria Stuarda, and Anna Bolena. By the time of her retirement, her roles spanned the gamut from Rameau's Hippolite et Aricie to Luigi Nono's 12-tone Intolleranza 'Mine was the American dream for the opera singer,' said the redheaded dynamo. Bonus material: Highlights from La Traviata with Beverly Sills as Violetta, Ettore Bastianini as Germont, and Paul Knowles as Alfredo from 1955. |
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