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Cat. No.: 173 9469 |
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ANDRÉ RIEU | La Vie est Belle
TRACK LISTING You are my heart's delight The premiere of the "La vie est belle" (Life is Beautiful) world tour took place in one of the loveliest open-air theatres in the world, the Waldbühne in Berlin. Backed up by a choir, an extra drum ensemble, 300 bagpipe players, a magnificent light and laser show and sensational fireworks, André gave one of his most spectacular concerts ever. This splendid concert has been captured on the "La vie est belle" DVD, so even if you missed that summer evening in Berlin, you can still enjoy the experience! |
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Cat. No.: 074 3241 |
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LUCIANO PAVAROTTI | Pavarotti Forever
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
TRACK LISTING PUCCINI: Recondita armonia (Tosca)
One of the great musical icons of our time, for millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally IS classical music and this outstanding DVD collection contains his incomparable performances of popular opera arias, sacred songs and Neapolitan favourites. Twinned with the Pavarotti Forever 2CD set, this DVD is released alongside the re-release of the original twelve Pavarotti studio albums, also available October 2007. |
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Cat. No.: 074 3221 |
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LUCIANO PAVAROTTI | The Three Concerts
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor Live in Central Park Three of Pavarotti’s most popular concerts – from the intimate (the recital with Levine) to the opulent (Live in Central Park) packaged together for the first time! |
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Cat. No.: 074 3228 |
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LUCIANO PAVAROTTI | VERDI: Ernani
Luciano Pavarotti,
TRACK LISTING Ernani - complete opera Pavarotti in his prime sings Ernani at the Met with an all-star cast! Verdi's Ernani is one of his most romantic stories as three rivals risk everything for a woman, with abductions, conspiracies and fatal oaths! This was a new Metropolitan Opera production, filmed in 1983, that brought together an all-star billing of singers, including Luciano Pavarotti in his absolute operatic prime. He was joined on stage by Leona Mitchell as the female heroine and the great baritone Sherrill Milnes and bass-baritone Ruggero Raimondi. James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus on this DVD, which has the wonderful atmosphere that only comes with live recordings.
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Cat. No.: 074 3189 |
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CARRERAS · DOMINGO · PAVAROTTI | The Original Three Tenors Concert
José Carreras, tenor The original concert that started it all - Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras in concert from Rome's Caracalla Baths in 1990 with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale, Florence and the Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Rome conducted by Zubin Mehta. Staged on the eve of the FIFA World Cup Final, the most important classical event of all time was a massive success on CD and VHS. This new DVD release of the original (and many say the best) Three Tenors concert will include all the original concert programme plus previously unavailable bonus features. Extra features will be selected from:
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Cat. No.: 073 4377 |
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ANNA NETREBKO | The Opera Gala – Live from Baden-Baden
Anna Netrebko, soprano*
TRACK LISTING BELLINI: Sinfonia · Mira o Norma (Norma)* ** VERDI: Oh! fede negar potessi … Quando le sere al placido (Luisa Miller)+ The Baden-Baden Gala – the hottest opera event of the summer! The new faces of opera present opera favourites in a glamorous live concert recording: Anna Netrebko, El?na Garan?a, Ramón Vargas and the highly acclaimed young French baritone Ludovic Tézier sing a wide range of Italian and French opera arias. This recording features performances from three gala concerts (28 & 31 July, 3 August 2007) at Baden-Baden’s Festspielhaus. The DVD features the four young stars performing duets and the popular quartet ‘Bella figlia dell’amore’ from Rigoletto. Other highlights include Delibes’ famous flower duet from Lakmé for which Anna and El?na are the heaven-sent dream team! (Remember the British Airways TV spot with this music?!) It is like having Christmas and Easter on one day to catch these young star artists in a single concert programme, since they are all in great demand at international opera houses and concert halls. Tickets for all three concerts were sold out in just a few days.
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Cat. No.: 074 3216 |
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MARIINSKY BALLET · VALERY GERGIEV | TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake
Mariinsky Ballet
TRACK LISTING TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Filmed in the Imperial Splendour of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, this is the first of a new DVD series of classic productions. The Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet perform the definitive Swan Lake justly famous around the world. The performance is conducted by Valery Gergiev and features the prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Ballet, Uliana Lopatkina. The production was filmed by the BBC in Hi-Definition Widescreen. 'The Kirov's production is breathtakingly gorgeous... The star, of course, is the inimitable Uliana Lopatkina, who has been the Kirov's hottest ticket for many years. She merits the hype... her technical facility is extraordinary. Her first act pas de deux is a jaw-dropping display of molten, luxurious control and suspension.' The Boston Globe
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Cat. No.: 073 4362 |
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CLAUDIO ABBADO | New Year’s Concert 1991
Vienna State Opera Ballet
TRACK LISTING ROSSINI: Overture (La gazza ladra) The New Year’s Concert from Vienna’s Musikverein is one of the most famous and beloved fixtures on the classical music calendar and a wonderful way to welcome in the New Year. This performance comes, as tradition dictates from the magnificent Grosser Saal, and features much acclaimed conductor Claudio Abbado on the podium. |
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Cat. No.: 073 4367 |
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NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT | MOZART: The Magic Flute Album Website: ARTISTS Matti Salminen – Sarastro Nikolaus Harnoncourt
TRACK LISTING MOZART: The Magic Flute After more than 20 years Nikolaus Harnoncourt now conducts a new Magic Flute, staged by Martin Kusej, the controversial director of Harnoncourt’s 2002 Salzburg Don Giovanni. The cast is made up of excellent young Mozart singers such as Julia Kleiter (Pamina), Christoph Strehl (Tamino) and Ruben Drole (Papageno) and well-established singers like Elena Mosuc (Queen of Night) and Matti Salminen (Sarastro). This controversial, modern version of Mozart’s most popular opera is a Magic Flute for the younger generation. The production is available for the first time on any format and was filmed in state-of-the-art high definition; the set also includes one hour of highly attractive bonus material (backstage footage, interviews). This is DG’s first new production from the Opernhaus Zurich, one of Europe’s leading opera companies, and marks the beginning of a new, long-term DVD partnership. The opera was broadcast very successfully in the spring of 2007. Since his last Magic Flute with Ponnelle in 1986, Harnoncourt has thoroughly revised his musical conception of the opera. He now prefers slower tempi throughout and places stronger emphasis on the shaping of individual lines, giving them luminous transparency and thus lending the performance a chamber-music-like touch. Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese ‘Astoundingly clever’ Tages-Anzeiger ‘Compellingly effective...unusually thought-provoking, both musically and dramatically’ Der neue Merker "Harnoncourt lends the music an incomparable richness, warmth and expressiveness’ Neue Zürcher Zeitu |
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Cat. No.: 073 4370 |
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KARL BÖHM | R. STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos
ARTISTS Gundula Janowitz – Prima Donna/Ariadne
TRACK LISTING R. STRAUSS: Ariadne auf Naxos An ideal Straussian cast and conductor in Filippo Sanjust’s film version of his enchanting Vienna State Opera production from 1978. Karl Böhm conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker and an allstar cast, led by Gundula Janowitz as Ariadne and Edita Gruberova as Zerbinetta. “Exemplary...this is what opera at home should be” – (Kurier, Vienna) “A masterpiece of musical and theatrical artistry. A miracle of taste, beauty and proportion” (Kronen Zeitung) First international DVD release! |
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Cat. No.: 073 4371 |
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KARL BÖHM | J. STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus
ARTISTS Gundula Janowitz – Rosalinde
TRACK LISTING J. STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus A stunning cast – with fans of Janowitz and Wächter no doubt rejoicing – makes this one of the most sought-after of Fledermaus recordings. |
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Cat. No.: 073 4372 |
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WILLI BOSKOVSKY | Wein Nach Noten: Viennese Waltzes, Polkas and Marches
Vienna Boys Choir
TRACK LISTING J. STRAUSS I: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 Typical Viennese Waltzes, Polkas and Marches by Josef and Johann Strauss, Carl Michael Ziehrer, Karl Komzak and Franz von Suppé. Filmed in some of Vienna's most beautiful and historic squares. |
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Cat. No.: 073 4381 |
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MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH | Rostropovich – Life and Art
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
TRACK LISTING SCHUMANN: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 129 Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), one of the 20th century’s greatest musicians, filmed with the two most famous conductors of his generation – Karajan and Bernstein - in Schumann’s Cello Concerto, Strauss’s Don Quixote and Bloch’s Schelomo. First release on DVD: The valuable historic material from the Unitel catalogue, which has not yet been available on DVD, features three important pieces of the cello repertoire with Rostropovich The Portrait, produced by Arte, features the manifold talents of this truly charismatic artist: Rostropovich as a conductor, teacher and cellist with interview footage and comments about the great musician by Vengerov and others, combined with fantastic historic black & white footage.
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Cat. No.: 073 4380 |
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RICCARDO CHAILLY | VERDI: Macbeth
Leo Nucci – Macbeth Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna · Riccardo Chailly
TRACK LISTING VERDI: Macbeth Bonus This story of a ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord who seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches was filmed on location in Belgium by “Académie Francaise” laureate Claude d´Anna. This performance from 1987 was conducted by Ricardo Chailly and the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Communale di Bologna. “Macbeth – a stirring film” (France Soir) “Shirley Verrett radiates a fascinating, deathly sensuality…Leo Nucci is a perfect Macbeth” (Jours de France) “The costumes and sets are magnificent, the directing superb” (Le Canard Enchaine) “Practically everything has already been said about the quality of Shirley Verrett´s voice: she plays Lady Macbeth magnificently. On the other hand, her partner Leo Nucci, new to the role of Macbeth, seems like a fresh discovery.” (Le Figaro) First release on DVD! |
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Cat. No.: 073 4376 |
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FRIEDRICH GULDA | So What?! A Portrait
Freidrich Gulda, piano
TRACK LISTING 1. Documentary ‘So What?!’ (2002) Here is a comprehensive portrait of the unique Friedrich Gulda – a classical pianist who was celebrated for his Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven; and a jazz pianist who collaborated with Chick Corea, Cecil Taylor, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul and others. This programme, narrated by Gulda and the late Ulrich Mühe (The Lives of Others), also contains rare interview and concert footage. ‘One of the few artists with a solid reputation in both classical and jazz piano… dazzling technique.’ Time |
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