Below is a list of all In Stock classical DVD titles.
JOAN SUTHERLAND
The Reluctant Prima Donna Joan Sutherland with various guests [ Digital Classics DVD / DVD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] G : - The life of opera diva Dame Joan Sutherland is told through her own words and those of her contemporaries. Features thrilling musical moments and spine tingling performances. |
JOAN SUTHERLAND
The Best of Joan Sutherland - Live from the Sydney Opera House Joan Sutherland with various performers [ Digital Classics DVD / DVD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] Highlights from stage performances of Lucrezia Borgia, Adriana Lecouvreur, Daughter of the Regiment, Norma, Il Trovatore, Lakme, Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow & Lucia di Lammermoor |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1992 at Covent Garden) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Placido Domingo, Kiri te Kanawa, Sergei Leiferkus / Sir Georg Solti [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] G : - "The great work and the great performance; and, crucially, both gain from the filming. …is deeply impressive, and moving, to see how completely Domingo lives his role Te Kanawa too shows herself alive to every suggestion of her music and... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 2006) Los Angeles Opera / Renee Fleming (soprano) Rolando Villazon (tenor) Renato Bruson (baritone) / James Colon (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 12/Dec/2007 ] "With the benefit of the latest picture technology, this performance goes to the top of the list for those preferring a traditional production." (Recording of the Month May 2008) |
FRANZ LISZT
The Liszt Recital (recorded in Milan in May 2007) Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Euroarts DVD / DVD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] Recorded live at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 28 May 2007. |
SUPPE / MOZART / J. STRAUSS
Cleveland Orchestra at Carnegie Hall (Recorded Oct 2006) Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) Lief Ove Andsnes (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra / Franz Welser-Most [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] G - Recorded live at the Carnegie Hall, New York, 4 October 2006 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet filmed in 2007) Mariinsky Ballet / Leonid Sarafanov, Irina Golub / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 22/Nov/2007 ] Two of the Mariinsky's young stars, Leonid Sarafanov and Irina Golub, dance the main roles. Despite the startling aspects of this production, none of the spectacle and awe-inspiring quality of their dancing is lost. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 1991) Royal Opera, Covent Garden / Kiri Te Kanawa, Alexandru Agache, Sylvesyer, Roberto Scandiuzzi / Sir Georg Solti (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 9/Nov/2007 ] A well-received, stylish 1991 Royal Opera production staged by Elijah Moshinsky and premiered with Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Jacqueline du Pre: A Celebration - Her Unique and Enduring Gift Jacqueline du Pre (cello) and various guests [ Christopher Nupen Films DVD / DVD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] G :- Special Features: - a never seen before interview between Christopher Nupen and Jacqueline du Pré, shot on 13 December 1980 - a 12 minute montage of images of du Pré and Barenboim from the Allegro Films archives. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Classical Symphony / Overture on Hebrew Themes Henry Feagins / Roy Hudd / Sting / Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 26/Sep/2007 ] This brilliantly inventive visualisation of Prokofiev's beloved musical tale features Sting, Claudio Abbado, members of London's celebrated Theatre de Complicite, and some fantastic Spitting Image puppetry. "Sting's knack for getting into... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2006) La Scala, Milan / Marco Spotti, Ildiko Komlosi, Roberto Alagna / Violeta Urmana / Riccardo Chailly (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 26/Sep/2007 ] G:- The high profile new production from La Scala, Milan, filmed before Roberto Alagna's sensational departure! |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pavarotti Forever (Incls 'Nessun dorma', 'recondita armonia' & 'Mamma') Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) with orchestras and conductors [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2007 ] The definitive greatest hits package from Luciano Pavarotti. For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally IS classical music. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2006) Zurich Opera / Juan Diego Florez / Isabel Rey / Ruggero Raimondi / Nello Santi (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] Following DVD releases of Il barbiere di Siviglia from Madrid and La Fille du regiment from Genoa, Decca continues the DVD series presenting Florez in his great stage roles with this performance of Donizetti's irresistible comedy from Zurich Opera House. |
Andre Rieu
Live at the Royal Albert Hall (NTSC) [ Universal Music DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2007 ] This DVD has fantastic pictures of a very special concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Allow yourself to be carried away once more by the well-known melodies of 'Tea for Two' and 'Auld Lang Syne' and many other familiar classics. Enjoy André and his... |
Andre Rieu
Dreaming [ Universal Music DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2007 ] Cover art may be from in-store copy |
Andre Rieu
La vie est belle [ Universal Music DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2007 ] The premiere of the "La vie est belle" 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... |
Andre Rieu
Romance [ Universal Music DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2007 ] More favourites from Maastricht's violin maestro. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Piano Concertos Krystian Zimerman (piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2007 ] Between 1981 and 1984 Leonard Bernstein recorded nearly all of Brahms´s orchestral works with the Wiener Philharmoniker to honor the 150th anniversary of the composer´s birth in 1983. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (Franco Zeffirelli's film of the complete opera) Metropolitan Opera / Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Pina Cei / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2007 ] "Surpassingly voluptuous…a spinning wheel of colors and textures." (Variety) |
BEDRICH SMETANA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Die Verkraufte Braut [The Bartered Bride] (complete opera recorded in 1982) Vienna State Opera / Lucia Popp / Siegfried Jerusalem / Karl Ridderbusch / Adam Fischer (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / DVD - released 7/Aug/2007 ] Every bar bubbles with the spirit of the Bohemian countryside in Otto Schenk's picturesque 1982 production from Vienna, where Smetana's comic masterpiece, The Bartered Bride, first conquered the hearts of opera lovers with its lilting melodies,... |