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EK, Mats: Juliet and Romeo
Mats Ek
JULIET AND ROMEO
Ballet in Two Acts
with music by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Juliet - Mariko Kida
Romeo - Anthony Lomuljo
Father - Arsen Mehrabyan
Mother - Marie Lindqvist
Duke - Niklas Ek
Nurse - Ana Laguna
Mercutio - Jérôme Marchand
Royal Swedish Ballet
Royal Swedish Orchestra
Alexander Polianichko, conductor
Recorded live at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, 2013
Romeo and Juliet becomes Juliet & Romeo when world renowned choreographer Mats Ek presents his full-length work to Tchaikovsky's music (excerpts from various of Tchaikovsky´s well-known compositions), with its first performance of the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Royal Opera House.
Picture format: 1080i High Definition
Sound format: PCM Stereo 2.0 / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 107 mins
No. of Discs: 1 (BD 25)
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389 kr
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Wagner Gala (Blu-Ray)
4 star rating!
'There is a disarming directness in these performances of Wagner that are faithful to the music but exceedingly affecting-recommended for all, not just Wagnerites. - ConcertoNet.com
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Nutcracker (BLU-RAY)
This production from the Vienna State Opera presents The Nutcracker ballet in Nureyev's final choreography, the 1985 Paris version. The critic Clive Barnes set the tone by remarking: 'No version of The Nutcracker that we have ever seen has been more potently dramatic few have displayed so sharp an imprint of personal style.' It is staged by Nureyev's pupil and protege Manuel Legris of the Wiener Staatsballett.
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389 kr
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Tosca (Blu-ray)
Premiered in 1900 with huge success, Puccini’s “melodramma” Tosca is a political thriller with a heart-breaking love story. With his gripping opening scene, stage director Michael Sturminger sets the tone for a cinematic, richly detailed Tosca which is set in the Mafiosi world of modern day Rome and which is “the perfect thriller … reminiscent of Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’” (Kleine Zeitung), a “film noir” (FAZ). In this production soprano Anja Harteros is “a phenomenal Tosca!” (Kurier), “unparalleled in the world” (Der Standard) and Aleksandrs Antonenko is “a Cavaradossi of superlatives” (Kieler Nachrichten). The Staatskapelle Dresden under Christian Thielemann „show again that he is not only a master of German repertoire but also strikes the right note in Italian repertoire.“ (Focus)
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Swan Lake (DVD)
The impossible love between a human prince and a swan princess, tragic fates, the constant opposition between imagination and reality: these are the core elements of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Profoundly classical, Valery Kovtun’s version for the Ballet of the National Opera of Ukraine is an homage to Tchaikovsky’s talent, but also to Marius Petipa’s timeless heritage. As in the original libretto, this Swan Lake ends with the two main character’s death, drowned into the lake’s tears. But evil is overpowered by love, and in the final apotheosis, Odette and Siegfried are forever united in a world of perfect harmony. A first-class company, the Ballet Company of the National Opera of Ukraine has toured all around the world: from the United States to Europe and Asia. Thanks to its rich classical heritage, the Company has managed to win the hearts of its audience thanks to its amazing technique and artistic maestria, and as in every good dance company, the whole is equal to the sum of its parts. The Company has also, over the years, established itself as a unique talent pool, that has nurtured first class dancers such as Iana Salenko (Staatsballet Berlin), Alina Cojocaru (Royal Ballet), Maxim Beloserkovsky and Irina Dvorovenko (American Ballet Theater); and the young gifted dancers that make the Ballet’s reputation ensure the preservation of the classical heritage of this historical and world-renowned company.
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159 kr
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Carmen (DVD)
Recorded during the Sferisterio Opera Festival, Macerata, Italy 2008
Nino Surguladze (Carmen), Irina Lungu (Micaëla), Alexandra Zabala (Frasquita), Paola Gardina (Mercédès), Philippe Do (Don José), Simone Alberghini (Escamillo), Francis Dudziak (Le Dancaïre), E. D'Aguanno (Le Remendado), Nicolas Courjal (Zuniga), Gezim Mischketa (Moralès) & First soloist ballerina Anbeta Toromani
Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche
Coro Lirico Marchigiano "V. Bellini"
Carlo Montanaro, conductor
Dante Ferretti, director
Choreography - Gheorghe Iancu
This new production of Carmen marks the debut in opera direction of award-winning Art Director and Macerata native Dante Ferretti. Amongst his achievements are nine nominations and two Academy awards (Best Achievement in Art Direction 2007, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; 2004, The Aviator)
Eschewing the glamour and extravagance of Hollywood, Ferretti here has devised a minimalist set drawing from Francoist Spain during the 1930s-40s. A touch of Italian Neorealism is also clearly recognizable.
"The most relevant element on stage must be the emotional reaction stirred by the story . . . What strikes most about the Sferisterio stage is the emptiness that leaves room for imagination" Ferretti
"...a highly "musical" and talented cast . . . With Irina Lungu a sexier and more assertive Micaëla than usually expected and Nino Surguladze vocally perfect"
(La Repubblica)
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379 kr
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Maria Stuarda
Sonia Ganassi, Fiorenza Cedolins, Jose Bros, Mirco Palazzi
Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice
Fabrizo Maria Carminato, conductor
Stage Director Denis Krief
The recording was made at Venice's beautiful Teatro La Fenice.
With his sharp and lively conducting, Fabrizio Maria Carminati puts the Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice entirely at the service of three exceptional singers, Sonia Ganassi ("an extraordinary performance," Opera Today) as Elisabetta, Fiorenza Cedolins ("colorful, nuanced, highly dramatic heroine," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) as Maria Stuarda, and José Bros as a passionate Leicester.
"Maria Stuarda" is the most popular work in Donizetti's trilogy of bel canto operas on Tudor queens.
Running Time: 140 minutes
Picture 16:9, HD
DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo
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389 kr
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Troyens (Les)
Daniela Barcellona
Lance Ryan
Elisabete Matos
Giorgio Giuseppini
Gabriele Viviani
Stephen Milling
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana / Valery Gergiev
After the very successful Ring from Valencia, here is another spectacular staging by La Fura dels Baus, this time conducted by Valery Gergiev. This monumental opera complete with ballets, large choruses and orchestral set pieces was recorded at Valencia's Palau de les Arts in 2009. Great singers: Daniela Barcellona as "breathtaking Dido" (Opernglas), Lance Ryan, Elisabete Matos
"Ancient myth meets Star Wars, and the eye is constantly engaged with images ranging from space-age technology to details of soccer uniforms." The New York Times
"This is a worthy and compelling, glittering version of a sublime work." International Herald Tribune
"Daniela Barcellona as "breathtaking Dido" Opernglas
Format: Blu-ray
Running Time Total: 261 minutes (Opera ´240 + ´21 Bonus ´)
Picture 16:9, HD
Sound DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo
BD: DTS-HD MA 5.1, PCM Stereo
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean
Booklet: English, German, French
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389 kr
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Little Mermaid (The)
A ballet by John Neumeier from San Francisco Ballet, based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen
Choreography, scenic, costumes, lightning - John Neumeier
San Francisco Ballet
Solo dancer - Yuan Yuan Tan
Video Director - Thomas Grimm
Bonus: Making of Little Mermaid
In the Little Mermaid, Hamburg Ballet director and Chief Choreographer John Neumeier blends dance, dramatic storytelling and spectacle into a stunning interpretation of Hans Christian Anderson's fable.
San Francisco Ballet is America's oldest professional ballet company and one of the three largest ballet companies in the United States.
John Neumeier is an icon of the ballet world, one of the most important and best known choreographers, internationally successful and winner of many prestigious prizes in many countries.
It was a triumph at its premiere, following sold out shows. This fantastic ballet is released for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray!
Lera Auerbach is one of the most exciting new voices among today's young composers.
Yuan Yuan Tan received a gold medal and the Nijinsky Award at the 1st Japan International Ballet and Modern Dance Competition (1993) and in the 5th International Ballet Competition in Paris (1992)
Format: Blu-ray
Running Time: Total: 153 minutes
Ballet: 119 minutes
Bonus: 34 minutes
Picture 16:9, HD
Sound DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo
BD: DTS-HD MA 5.1, PCM Stereo
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389 kr
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A Tribute To Frederick The Great
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Kammerakademie Potsdam
Emmanuel Pahud, principal flutist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, celebrates the 300th birthday of Frederick the Great with a concert recorded in the historic Royal Theater of the Neues Palais Potsdam, one of the architectural gems within the world-heritage palace ensemble of Sanssouci built by the Prussian king.
Trevor Pinnock is one of the pioneers of the modern revival of early music performance and he appears as a guest conductor with many of the world's leading symphony orchestras. Emmanuel Pahud is one of today's most exciting and adventurous musicians. Accompanied by the Kammerakademie Potsdam, Phaud and Pinnock perform works by C.P.E Bach, Franz Benda, Johann Joachim Quantz and a composition written by Frederick the Great himself.
"A fascinating snap-shot of the mid-18th century Berlin court." BBC Music Magazine
"One doesn't know what to admire most about this flutist: the musical intelligence, the finesse, the sumptuous sound or the multitude of colours"
Diapason on Emmanuel Pahud
Blu-ray
Region Code 0
Picture Format: 16:9, HD
Sound Format: DVD: DTS 5.0, PCM 2.0
Running Time: 78 minutes
Booklet: English, German, French
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389 kr
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String Quartet No. 16 (string arr)
Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 (version for string orchestra) Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli
Wiener Philharmoniker Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Leonard Bernstein
Soloists: Blegen, Fassbaender, Ahnsjö, Sotin
Bernstein delivered a powerful and now legendary live performance of Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 135 - transcribed for String Orchestra and performed by the Vienna Philharmonic. For the first time ever this performance is now being released on DVD and Blu-ray.
Another definitive Bernstein performance debuting now on both mediums is the enigmatic maestro's reading of Haydn's Missa in tempore belli, filmed live in concert at Ottobeuren in 1984, using to maximum effect the deeply impressive setting of the monastery's magnificent Baroque basilica.
The public performance of opus 135 was acclaimed by the press: "Since Leonard Bernstein is the number one conductor today, the only one who can let the Vienna Philharmonic play the way they would love to sound all the time, he and the orchestra wanted to play a difficult Beethoven Quartet in a monster setting. They succeeded, and it was an exciting work, unlike anything one ever hears."
Schwäbische Zeitung
Format Blu-ray
Running Time Total: 93 minutes
Picture 16:9, HD
Sound DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo
BD: DTS-HD MA 5.1, PCM Stereo
Subtitles Haydn: English, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese
Packaging Blu-Ray box: DVD Amaray box
Booklet English, German, French
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389 kr
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Journey of a lifetime
Sir Georg Solti was one of the greatest recording artists who ever lived - not only his still unequalled record of 31 Grammys® attests to that: the present documentary illluminates the life and work of Sir Georg Solti on the 100th anniversary of his birth. We follow the Hungarian-Jewish conductor's career: as Toscanini's assistant at the Salzburg Festival, as music director in Munich and Frankfurt after the war, achieving worldwide fame with his legendary Vienna Philharmonic recording of Wagner's Ring cycle. It was as the long-serving music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that Solti became an international star of classical music, one whose musical ardour and perfectionism remain unsurpassed to this day.
Booklet: E, G, F
Run time: 107 minutes
Disc Format: Blu-ray 25
Picture: 16:9, HD
Audio: PCM Stereo
Region Code: 0 (worldwide)
Bonus Material: Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 Prokofiev Symphony in D major, OP.25 Mussorgski Prelude to "Chowanstschina"
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Colón Ring (The): Wagner in Buenos Aires
Conductor: Roberto Paternostro
Orchestra: Teatro Colón Orchestra
Artists: Linda Watson, Jukka Rasilainen, Leonid Zakhozhaev, Adrew Shore, Stig Andersen, Marion Ammann
Is it really possible to stage Wagner's Ring on a single day? The composer's great-granddaughter, Katharina Wagner, who now runs the Bayreuth Festival, was keen to stage Cord Garben's abridged version of the cycle at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, but in the event things turned out rather differently. When she and her team arrived at the Colón, they found that the rehearsal conditions were not what they were expecting, and so she decided that the task should be entrusted to a different director. Valentina Carrasco took over at short notice and together with the singers and the set and costume designers she staged the Ring in a seven-hour version never previously seen - and all on a single day! The present documentary provides a thrilling and visually memorable account of the long journey taken by this version from its inception to the first night.
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389 kr
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I am Lost to the World (Documentary)
CARLOS KLEIBER - I am Lost to the World (Blu-ray Disc Version)
A film by Georg Wübbolt
featuring
Ileana Cotrubas
Michael Gielen
Riccardo Muti
Otto Schenk
Ioan Holender
Peter Jonas
with musical excerpts conducted by Carlos Kleiber
Picture format: 1080i High Definition
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Audio language: English, German
Subtitles: French, Spanish, Japanese
Running time: 58 mins
No. of Discs: 1 (BD 25)
Note: This Blu-ray Disc is playable only on Blu-ray Disc players, and not compatible with standard DVD players
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389 kr
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Paths Through the Labyrinth
A film by Anna Schmidt
Even at over 80 Krzysztof Penderecki is still an unflinching and active composer and conductor. Director Anna Schmidt followed Penderecki's paths for a year-in the process interviewing such world-famous artists as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Julian Rachlin and Janine Jansen as well as Jonny Greenwood ("Radiohead") and legendary film director Andrzej Wajda.
As a result, Paths Through the Labyrinth has become a comprehensive "work in progress" documentary, accompanying Penderecki from Kraków to Munich, from Vienna to Leipzig, and to his country estate in Luslawice. Throughout, the composer reflects on his beginnings, the turning points in his life and the world of his ideas.
Thoughts, dialogues, encounters and extracts from several famous Penderecki compositions coalesce into a fascinating, multi-layered portrayal of one of today's most influential musicians.
Bonus: Interviews with Lorin Maazel and Jonny Greenwood
Picture format: 1080i High Definition
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, German, French, Korean
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 86 mins (documentary) + 18 mins (bonus)
No. of Discs: 1 (BD 25)
Note: This Blu-ray Disc is playable only on Blu-ray Disc players, and not compatible with standard DVD players.
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389 kr
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Arabella (BLU-RAY)
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389 kr
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Messa da Requiem
Dimitra Theodossiou (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Francesco Meli (tenor), Riccardo Zanellato (bass)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Yuri Temirkanov
Conductor Yuri Termirkanov has appeared with leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
This Requiem fields an outstanding cast of singers, all with glittering international careers.
52 minutes Bonus: Verdi´s Backyard
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389 kr
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Bartabas (BD)
For this spectacular production of Mozart's Davide penitente on the vast stage of the Salzburg Felsenreitschule at the Mozart Week 2015, Marc Minkowski and the equestrian choreographer Bartabas used dancing horses and thus restored the former riding school to its original function. Horses, riders from the Académie équestre de Versailles and Bartabas himself, whose successful productions are unique in the world of art, perform their elegant dressage arabesques within this exceptional setting. Soloists, chorus and orchestra are ranged over three levels on galleries cut from the bare rock. The result is a unique synthesis of the arts.
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399 kr
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Leonard Bernstein: Larger Than Life (BD)
Leonard Bernstein was America’s musical ambassador to the world. This fascinating documentary shows why Bernstein was one of the most influential classical musicians of the last century. He was an inspirational teacher, a brilliant conductor, a fine composer, and an accomplished pianist. In his role as an educator, he found and fascinated an even larger audience of young listeners on television shows such as Omnibus and Young People’s Concerts. As a composer (West Side Story, On the Town etc.) he could bridge gaps and break down barriers in an extraordinarily skilful and yet accessible manner, reaching a large audience worldwide, way beyond classical music.
The film includes interviews with Leonard Bernstein’s children, Jamie, Alexander and Nina Bernstein, Gustavo Dudamel, Stephen Sondheim, Kent Nagano, Marin Alsop, Sir Peter Jonas, Christoph Eschenbach, Norman Lebrecht, members of the Vienna Philharmonics, Craig Urquhart, and many others.
BONUS INTERVIEWS with Gustavo Dudamel, Kent Nagano, Marin Alsop
SOUND FORMAT: BD: PCM 2.0
PICTURE: 16:9, HD
SUBTITLES: English (Original Language), German, French, Korean
BOOKLET: English, German, French
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 76 mins
Documentary: 52 mins
Bonus: 24 mins
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389 kr
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La Bohème (BD)
Daniela Dessì (Mimì), Fabio Armiliato (Rodolfo), Alessandro Luongo (Marcello), Alida Berti (Musetta), Federico Longhi (Schaunard), Marco Spotti (Colline), Angelo Nardinocchi (Benoit/Alcindoro), Ugo Tarquini (Parpignol), Marco Simonelli (Sergente dei doganieri), Jacopo Bianchini (Un doganiere)
Orchestra and Choir of the Puccini Festival Torre del Lago / Valerio Galli
STAGED BY: Ettore Scola
Puccini's masterpiece La Bohème is by far the most represented opera in the world. At the famous Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, where Puccini composed his main operas, La Bohème is directed by one of Italy’s greatest film directors: Ettore Scola, the creator of a high number of award-winning seminal films. As he explains in the programme notes, as soon as he was approached to stage La Bohème he had to fight hard to resist the temptation to give life to his “revolutionary” ideas; in the end, he decided for a traditionallooking, rich, grandiose and detailed Bohème. Together with the exceptional cast of Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Alessandro Luongo, Marco Spotti and Alida Berti, this production makes for an incomparable great performance.
SOUND FORMAT Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.1, PCM 2.0
PICTURE 16:9, HD
SUBTITLES: Italian (Original Language), German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
BOOKLET: English, German, French
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 123 mins
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Mozartwoche Salzburg, 2015 (BD)
Thibault Noally, violin
Francesco Corti, fortepiano
Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski
Under the direction of the principal conductor and artistic director of the Salzburg Mozart Week, Mark Minkowski, the Musiciens du Louvre perform on two of Mozart’s original instruments. Mozart’s Violin Concerto and his Piano Concerto in A major are played on instruments that were once in the composer’s possession. Thibault Noally plays the Violin Concerto on a violin from the workshop of Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa and “conjures up Romantic brilliance from the well maintained instrument”, then Francesco Corti brings Mozart’s fortepiano to life again, thereby spreading “collective Mozart happiness all round” (Salzburger Nachrichten).
SOUND FORMAT Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.1, PCM 2.0
PICTURE 16:9, HD
BOOKLET: English, German, French
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 72 mins
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389 kr
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Midsummer Night’s Gala Grafenegg (Blu-ray)
The “spectacular opening” (Salzburger Nachrichten) of the Grafenegg Festival 2018 presented at the Midsummer Night´s Gala lots of famous opera aria and orchestral hits from Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Bellini, Offenbach, Elgar and more. The Tonkunstler Orchestra under Yutaka Sado was joined by the “terrific singer” (Kurier) Pretty Yende, her “congenial partner” (Kurier) Joseph Calleja and the wonderful cellist Harriet Krijgh. “A feast for the ears” (Kurier)
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389 kr
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Carmen (BD)
Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don José), Erwin Schrott (Escamillo), Marina Poplavskaya (Micaëla)
Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu / Marc Piollet
STAGED BY: Calixto Bieito
In this prestigious production at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, world-famous and highly controversial stage director Calixto Bieito, admired for his raw and evocative stagings, sees in Carmen the embodiment of the mythical gypsy and touches upon sensitive issues such as racism, xenophobia and right-wing politics. Bieito conjures up a sensual and realistic atmosphere full of powerful symbolism.
An outstanding quartet of vocal stars, led by a “splendid and sensual” (El Periódico) Béatrice Uria-Monzon in the title role, delivers one of the most exciting Carmens in recent years: Roberto Alagna as Don José, Erwin Schrott as Escamillo and Marina Poplavskya as Micaëla.
SOUND FORMAT Blu-ray: DTS-HD MA 5.1, PCM 2.0
PICTURE: 16:9, HD
SUBTITLES: French (original language), English, German, Spanish, Catalan, Chinese, Korean
BOOKLET: English, German, French
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 155 mins
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389 kr
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Symphony No. 9 (BD)
Berlin Staatskapelle / Daniel Barenboim
Gustav Mahler’s colossal Ninth Symphony, the culmination of the Austrian composer’s achievements, in a landmark live performance from the Berliner Philharmonie. This concert formed part of The Mahler Project: Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez, two friends and very different world-class conductors, tackling all nine completed symphonies of Mahler with the Staatskapelle Berlin. Before embarking on this journey Barenboim and Boulez entered into a long period of reflection and discussion. For the accompanying documentary, director Christoph Engel compiled a rich selection of statements, conversations and musical excerpts by both conductors that provides a guide to the world of Mahler’s towering symphonies.
BONUS: THE MAHLER PROJECT - Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez working on the symphonies of Gustav
Picture format: 1080i High Definition
Sound format: PCM 2.0 / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German
Running time: 79 mins (concert) + 22 mins (bonus)
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