Arthaus Musik
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Wagner vs. Verdi
A Documentary in 6 Parts
featuring Hans Neuenfels, Christian Thielemann, Rolando Villazón, Eva Wagner-Pasquier, Gottfried Wagner
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Johann Strauss Gala
An Evening of Polka, Waltz and Operetta
Andrea Rost (soprano) & José Carreras (tenor)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta
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Jirí Kylián‘s Car Men
Additional Ballets: Silent Cries & La Cathédrale engloutie
With Sabine Kupferberg, Gioconda Barbuto, David Krügel, Karel Hruška and others
Nederlands Dans Theater
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Wagner: Siegfried
Johnny Van Hall (Siegfried), Frieder Aurich (Mime), Tomas Möwes (Der Wanderer), Mario Hoff (Alberich), Hidekazu Tsumaya (Fafner), Catherine Foster (Brünnhilde), Heiki Porsten (Forest Bird), Nadine Weissmann (Erda), Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St. Clair, Michael Schulz (director)
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Massenet: Manon
Renée Fleming, Marcelo Alvarez, Jean-Luc Chaignaud, Alain Vernhes & Michel Sénéchal
Orchestra & Choirs of The Opéra National De Paris, Jesus Lopez-Cobos
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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Frieder Aurich, Kirsten Blanck, Erin Caves, Catherine Foster, Christine Hansmann, Mario Hoff, Renatus Mészár, Tomas Möwes, Norbert Schmittberg, Hidekazu Tsumaya, Johnny van Hal, Nadine Weissmann, Marietta Zumbült
Orchestra and Chorus of the Staatskapelle Weimar, Carl St.Clair
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Katharina, Wagner's great granddaughter, is now, with her half-sister Eva, co-chief of the Bayreuth Festival. This documentary was made in 2007 about rehearsals for her festival production of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, DVD of the Month
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Live recording from the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 2013
Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Mikhail Petrenko (Hagen), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Gerd Grochowski (Gunther), Waltraud Meier (Waltraute/Zweite Norn); Teatro alla Scala, Daniel Barenboim, Guy Cassiers
Its greatest asset is Daniel Barenboim's conducting, less vigorous perhaps than his Bayreuth cycle but generally more fluent and sweeping, with fewer abrupt tempo changes, and the La Scala orchestra... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Verdi: Requiem
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor) & Orlin Anastassov (bass)
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
the soloists form a worthwhile and generally high quality quartet. Krassimira Stoyanova's soprano is even and expressive, and she brings real urgency to proceedings...[Prudenskaya] produces... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, DVD of the Month
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Rossini: Aureliano in Palmira
Michael Spyres (Aureliano), Jessica Pratt (Zenobia), Lena Belkina (Arsace) & Raffaella Lupinacci (Publia)
Orchestra Sinfonica G. Rossini & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Will Crutchfield (conductor) & Mario Martone (stage director)
[This production] is excellent and the singing on a very high level. The title role has the least interesting music, but Michael Spyres…makes what he can of it…[the lovers] are sung by Lena... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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