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Wagner - Das Rheingold
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Matti Salminen, Marga Schiml, Helmut Pampuch
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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In Patrice Chereau's illuminating, violent Bayreuth production of Das Rheingold, Wotan wears the brocade coat of feudal times while the Rhine seems to be a reservoir with modern-day power station. Yet, as Chereau says, it "could also be many other things ... perhaps a mythological presence, the ..read more »
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64%
from 7 members
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New Year's Concert In Vienna 2003
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Every New Year, the highlight in the classical music world is the annual concert given by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2003, the honour of conducting this special concert was handed to Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who admits that he was touched to receive this special invitation. Harnoncourt ..read more »
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63%
from 28 members
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Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart Arias
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Cecilia Bartoli, Concentus Musicus Wien
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Renowned soprano Cecilia Bartoli regales us with Mozart arias and recitatives. Recorded live at the Stefaniensaal, the world famous concert hall in Graz, Austria, during the Styriarte Festival in July and August of 2001, Bartoli is backed by the Concentus Musicus Wien conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
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65%
from 51 members
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New Year's Day Concert 2001
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Internationally renowned conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt lends his steady, baton-holding hand to the performance of some of the world's greatest waltzes. Lading the always wonderful Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on a celebratory New Year's performance at Vienna's historic Musikverein, Harnoncourt is ..read more »
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63%
from 38 members
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Cecilia Bartoli - Haydn
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Cecilia Bartoli, Concentus Musicus Wien
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli continues her 'Cecilia Sings' series with this set of performances of the music of Haydn. Accompanied by Nikolaus Harnoncourt's Concentus Musicus Wien in Graz, Bartoli assumes the traditional mezzo role in Haydn's 'Oxford' Symphony no 92 alongside the cantatas 'Arianna ..read more »
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68%
from 47 members
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Alceste
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Anne-Sofie Von Otter, Paul Groves, Brian Large
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Mezzo soprano Anne Sophie von Otter stars in Robert Wilson's production of Gluck's anthem to conjugal love, ALCESTE. The English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir are conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
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58%
from 78 members
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Cecilia Bartoli - Live In Italy
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Cecilia Bartoli
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli has a voice as gorgeous as her Boticelli-esque beauty. On this stunning release, the diva comes live from her native country, singing famous arias and moving love songs from the historic stage of Vicenza's Teatro Olimpico. Aided by the acclaimed voice of French ..read more »
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72%
from 57 members
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La Cenerentola
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Cecilia Bartoli, Raul Gimenez, Alessandro Corbelli
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Acknowledged as one of the highlights of Italian opera master Rossini's ouevre, LA CENERENTOLA (translation: Cinderella) reworks the classic fairy tale into a lovely, lush operatic production. The world renowned opera performer Cecilia Bartoli gives a stunning performance in the title role, and is ..read more »
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71%
from 89 members
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European Concert 1992
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Placido Domingo, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Recorded at the Basilica of the Monastery El Escorial. Excerpts include Verdi - La Forza De Destino, and Don Carlo, Berlioz - La Damnation De Faust, Schubert - Symphony No. 7 in H Minor, Wagner - Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg, Wagner - Die Walkure and Gotterdammerung. Conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
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53%
from 16 members
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Wagner - Tannhauser
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Richard Cassilly, Eva Marton, Tatiana Troyanos
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Wagner's passionate opera about a medieval minstrel torn between the temptations of sacred and profane love is seen here. A distinguished cast is headed by Richard Cassilly, who was perhaps the leading exponent of Tannhauser at this time; Eva Marton is the radiant Elisabeth; Tatiana Troyanos, a ..read more »
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77%
from 14 members
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Aida
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Margaret Price, Luciano Pavarotti, San Francisco Opera
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Contrary to popular belief, AIDA, Giuseppe Verdi's homage to the late-nineteenth century penchant for exoticism, was not commissioned for or performed at the opening of the Suez Canal in November 1869, indeed it would be a full two years before the premiere of AIDA at the Egyptian Khedive's newly-..read more »
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56%
from 55 members
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Horowitz in Moscow
on DVD
Starring: Vladimir Horowitz
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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Vladimir Horowitz's extraordinary 1986 concert in Moscow was the most widely reported musical recital of the century. The Emmy Award-winning Horowitz In Moscow captures not only his superb performance, it includes the highlights of Horowitz's return to his homeland - the maestro's first visit to ..read more »
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76%
from 8 members
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Donizetti - Roberto Devereux
on DVD
Starring: Edita Gruberova, Roberto Aronica
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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In this new production of one of Donizetti's most powerful works, filmed in 2005 at Munich's Bavarian State Opera, Edita Gruberova, the reigning queen of bel canto, gives the performance of her career as Elizabeth I, driven to madness by the betrayal of her lover, Robert Devereux.
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66%
from 22 members
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American Ballet Theatre - At The Met
on DVD
Starring: American Ballet Theatre, Cynthia Harvey, Mikhail Baryshnikov
Director: Brian Large, Brian Large
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From the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, this production features a triple bill of ballets with an additional outstanding pas de deux. Includes: 'Les Sylphides' (Chopin), conducted by Paul Connelly, 'Triad' (Prokofiev), conducted by Alan Barker, 'Paquita' (Minkus), conducted by Paul Connelly ..read more »
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59%
from 92 members
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