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A Britten Opera Collection [Blu-ray or DVD]

Works: Peter Grimes; The
Rape of Lucretia; Billy Budd;
Gloriana; Death in Venice
Artists: Susan Gritton, Sarah
Connolly, Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman, Susan Bullock et al. Robin Ticciati/Teatro
alla Scala; Edward Gardner/
English National Opera; Mark
Elder/Glyndebourne Chorus;
London PO; Paul Daniel/English National Opera (817 min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/
NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): DTS HD Master
Audio/Dolby Digital 2.0, LPCM 2.0)
(5 BR) BOA 7189BD $79.49
(7 DV) BOA 1198BD $58.49
This box set is filled with five stunning operatic
works from Benjamin Britten! These five wonderful
operas were filmed in High Defnition and recorded
in true Surround Sound.

Mahler: Complete Symphonies [Blu-ray or DVD]

Works: Mahler: Symphonies
Nos. 1-9; Symphony No. 10,
Adagio Artists: Paavo Jarvi/
Czech PO Choir Brno; Frankfurt RSO; Limburger Domsingknaben; Cemilla Tilling,
Lilli Paasikivi, Waltraud Meier,
Alice Coote et al. (live, 20082013) (C Major Video) (755
min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC,
16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s):
PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1/DTS 5.1)
(5 BR) CME 733004 $118.99
(9 DV) CME 732908 $118.99
The HR-Sinfonieorchester, under the direction
of Paavo Järvi, has for decades been numbered
among the world’s leading Mahler orchestras. This
incredible box set, recorded between 2008-2013,
includes Mahler’s ten symphonies and over an
hour of intoductions by Paavo Järvi.

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4-9 / Daniel Berenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin [Blu-ray or DVD]

Artists: Daniel Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin (filmed live at the Berlin Philharmonie, June 2010).
(Accentus) (428 min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound Fmt(s): DTS HD Master Audio, PCM
Stereo/DTS 5.1)
(6 BR) ACTS 60217 $97.49 | (6 DV) ACTS 70217 $97.49
This unforgettable Bruckner cycle sets new standards, and guarantees the Staatskapelle Berlin and their
principal conductor “a place in the Bruckner pantheon.” (Der Tagesspiegel)

❦Verdi: Falstaff / MET, Levine [Blu-ray or DVD]

Artists: Ambrogio Maestri,
Angela Meade, Stephanie
Blythe, Lisette Oropesa,
Franco Vassallo, Paolo
Fanale, Jennifer, Johnson
Cano. James Levine/
Metropolitan Opera
Orch. & Chorus (Decca)
(BR) DEC B002390059 $33.98
(DV) DEC B002390109 $25.98
“Overall, when it comes to
theatrical flair, captivating costumes, stage antics and
imagination, there are not many shows on Broadway
to rival the Met’s new ‘Falstaff.’” -New York Times

‘Adam’s Passion’, with music by Arvo Pärt & design
by Robert Wilson [Blu-ray or DVD]
Works: Arvo Pärt: Sequentia; Adam’s Lament;
Tabula rasa; Miserere Artists: Tonu Kaljuste/Estonian Phil. Chamber Orch. & Choir (Accentus) (94
min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): DTS HD Master Audio, PCM Stereo/Dolby
Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1)
(BR) ACTS 10333 $38.99
(DV) ACTS 20333 $24.99
Four of Pärt’s works - Adam’s Lament, Tabula
rasa, Miserere and Sequentia are brought together
with a poetic, visual world created by American
director Robert Wilson, using light, space, and
movement to create a tightly-woven Gesamtkunstwerk with Pärt’s music.

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Mozart: La Finta Giardiniera [Blu-ray or DVD]

Artists: Erin Morley, Carlo
Allemano, Enea Scala, Marie-Claude Chappuis, MarieAdeline Henry, Maria Savastano, Nikoly Borchev. Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert
d’Astrée (live, 2014) (War ner
Classics) (176 min.; Pic Fmt:
Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color;
Sound Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo,
Dolby Digital 5.1)
(BR) WRNC 2564616644 $31.49
(2 DV) WRNC 2564616645 $26.99
The French conductor Emmanuelle Haïm conducts
her music ensemble Le Concert d’Astrée for this
performance of Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera at
the Opéra de Lille, France.

Teatro alla Scala: The Golden Years, Volume 3 [DVD]

Contents: Enzo Biagi interviews Placido Domingo,
Claudio Abbado, Piero Cappuccilli, Mirella Freni
plus performance clips from Verdi’s Otello, Simon
Boccanegra & Requiem (1 DVD-Video) (Dynamic)
(81 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16;9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
DYN 37730 $31.99
This is the third volume in the documenatry series of
Milan’s La Scala theatre’s “golden years.” Renowned
Italian journalist Enzo Biagi conducted these interviews
that were origianlly produced on 16mm film. This installment documents La Scala’s 1981 tour of Japan.

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Henryk Gorecki: The Symphony of Sorrowful
Songs, a film by Tony Palmer [Blu-ray or DVD]

Works: Complete performance of the Symphony plus
documentary Artists: Dawn
Upshaw, David Zinman/
London Sinfonietta. (Arthaus)
(113 min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/
NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
(BR) AHM 109173 $24.99
(DV) AHM 109131 $24.99
Director Tony Palmer describes Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 as “a
towering monument to our world and to the appalling
mess we have made of it.” Palmer overlays a performance of the work with harrowing footage of man’s
crimes against his fellow man - from Auschwitz to
Somalia, Iraq and Sarajevo.

Weinberg: The Passenger, opera [Blu-ray or DVD]
Artists: Michelle Breedt, Roberto Saccà, Elena
Kelessidi, Artur Rucinski, Svetlana Doneva.
Teodor Currentzis/Prague PO Chorus; Vienna
SO (live, Bregenz Festival, 2010) (Arthaus) (190
min.; Pic Fmt: Blu-Ray/NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0/
DD 5.1)
(BR) AHM 109080 $38.99
(2 DV) AHM 109079 $29.99
Weinberg’s opera ‘The Passenger’ (1967/68) relates
the chance meeting of a former concentration camp
guard and one of her former inmates on an ocean
liner years after the war. The work is well served
by Johan Engels’ two-level set, with the ocean liner
above and the concentration camp below.

Maurizio Pollini - De main de maitre, a film by
Bruno Monsaingeon [DVD]

Artists: Maurizio Pollini,
piano (1 DVD-Video) (DG)
(100 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC,
4:3, Color; Sound Fmt(s):
PCM Stereo)
DGG B002394909 $25.98
In this extended interview
with award-winning filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon,
the legendary pianist recalls
his career milestones. Containing archival footage,
performance excerpts and glimpses of the artist at
work, this revealing profile explores Pollini’s musical
convictions and adventurous repertoire.

The All-Star Orchestra: Program 11 & 12 [DVD]
Works: Samuel Jones (b.1935 - ): Violin Concerto;
Mozart: Serenade no 9 “Posthorn”; R. Strauss: Ein
Heldenleben, Op. 40 Artists: Anne Akiko Meyrs,
violin; Erik Ruske, horn; Gerard Schwarz/All-Star
Orch. (Naxos) (Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): PCM Stereo)
NXS 2110371 $19.99
The multi-Emmy awarded All-Star Orchestra gives
you a front row seat to the world’s greatest music,
performed by top players chosen from over 30
great American orchestras.

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Opera

recordings
Verdi: Rigoletto / Pavarotti,
Levine, MET [DVD]

Discovered in the MET archives
and available here for the first
time, this is the only Rigoletto stage production on film
featuring Luciano Pavarotti.
$12.98! Recorded in 1981, it presents
Pavarotti at the peak of his career, supported by an outstanding cast that includes
Louis Quilico in the title role, Christine Eda-Pierre as
Gilda, Ara Berberian as Sparafucile, and Isola Jones
as Maddalena.
DEC B002232309 $12.98

An Evening at the Royal Opera House /
Fleming, Calleja, Kaufmann, Terfel et al. [DVD]

Works: Famous arias and
choruses: Opera Highlights.
Artists: ROH Orch. Renée
Fleming; Simon Keenlyside;
Bryn Terfel; Diana Damrau;
Jonas Kaufmann. (1 DVDVideo) (BBC Opus Arte) (95
min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 16:9,
Color; Sound Fmt(s): 24-bit
LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1)
BOA 1086D $19.99
An Evening with the Royal Opera brings together
a collection of arias and choruses from the world’s
favorite operas sung by the top artists of our day.

❦Verdi: Don Carlo / Kaufmann, Harteros [2 DVD]

Artists: Anthony Papano/
Vienna PO Matti Salminen;
Jonas Kaufmann; Thomas
Hampson; Anja Harteros;
Eric Halfvarson. (2 DVDVideo) (Sony Classical)
2 SNYC 88843005769
$19.99 On Sale
“With Antonio Pappano in the
pit, Jonas Kaufmann brought
to his interpretation of the
leading role rapturous arcs of phasing and stone
that we have not heard in a generation.” -The
Telegraph

❦The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala October 22, 1983 [2 DVD]

The gala celebration is a collection of opera’s bestloved favorites with music by Debussy, Donizetti,
Giordano, Gounod, Mascagni, Mozart, Puccini,
Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Smetana, Richard Strauss,
Verdi and Wagner. The performers’ roster includes
Sutherland, Tomowa-Sintow, Freni, Horne,
Nilsson, Pavarotti, Carreras, Gedda, Domingo,
Kraus and many others. (2 DVD-Video) (Deutsche
(231 min.; Pic Fmt: NTSC, 4:3, Color; Sound
Fmt(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround)
2 DGG B001326309 $26.98 On Sale
“The world’s most famous opera singers [in] a dazzling sequence of performances”
- New York Times
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