Classical Blu-Ray Disc New Releases

Classical Blu-Ray Disc New Releases

Below is a list of all Classical Blu-Ray Disc titles released in the last 180 days.

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Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $80.00 Out of Stock
2-4 weeks
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY
Berlin Opera / Nina Stemme, Iain Paterson, Brandon Jovanovich, Elisabeth Teige / Sir Donald Runnicles (cond)
[ Naxos Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 15/Mar/2024 ]
Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen ('The Ring of the Nibelung') comprises four operas of which Die Walküre ('The Valkyrie') is the second, famous for its spectacular set-pieces such as the Ride of the Valkyries and Wotan's Farewell. The plot focuses on...
Wagner: Das Rheingold (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $65.00 Out of Stock
2-4 weeks
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Das Rheingold (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY
Berlin Opera / Derek Welton, Tobias Kehrer, Thomas Blondelle, Markus Blondelle / Sir Donald Runnicles (cond)
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 16/Feb/2024 ]
As early as 1851, Wagner wrote, 'I propose to produce my myth in three complete dramas, preceded by a lengthy Prelude.' The Prelude was Das Rheingold ('The Rhine Gold') the preliminary evening of Wagner's epic tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen ('The...
Cimarosa: L'Italiana In Londra (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $65.00 Out of Stock
2-4 weeks
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: L'Italiana In Londra (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY
Frankfurt Opera / Angela Vallone, Bianca Tognocchi, Theo Lebow, Jurii Samoilov / Leo Hussain (cond & fortepiano)
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 16/Feb/2024 ]
L'Italiana in Londra was Domenico Cimarosa's first international triumph, thrilling audiences all over Europe after its premiere in 1778. However, it later became eclipsed by the even bigger success of Il matrimonio segreto and has become a rarity on...
Donizetti: Chiara E Serafina (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $60.00 Out of Stock
2-4 weeks
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Chiara E Serafina (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Orchestra Gli Originali / Pietro Spagnoli, Matías Moncada, Fan Zhou, Greta Dover / Sesto Quatrini (cond)
[ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Feb/2024 ]
Despite the triumphant reception of his first opera, Gaetano Donizetti was young and inexperienced when he was commissioned to write Chiara e Serafina in 1822 for La Scala. Composed in haste, it was met with disapproval at its premiere and...
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $60.00 Out of Stock
2-4 weeks
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Tempu Ishijima (boy soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser, Paul Schweinester / Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Magnus Loddgard
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Dec/2023 ]
Long a Christmas favourite, this new Viennese production, sung in German, boldly re-examines the story finding its key elements to be fantasy, empathy and the enduring power of love.
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (complete opera recorded in 2022) cover
add to cart $70.00 Out of Stock
2-4 weeks
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (complete opera recorded in 2022)
Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) Eva Heidi Stober (soprano) Johan Reuter (bass-baritone) / John Fiore (cond)
[ Naxos Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray - released 24/Nov/2023 ]
Triumphantly premiered in 1868, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg evokes the singing guilds of mid-16th-century Nuremburg, a focal point of the Northern European Renaissance.
Schreker: Der Schatzgräber (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $65.00 Out of Stock
2-4 weeks
FRANZ SCHREKER
Schreker: Der Schatzgräber (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Deutsche Oper Berlin / Elisabet Strid, Daniel Johansson, Michael Laurenz, Thomas Johannes Mayer / Marc Albrecht (cond)
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Nov/2023 ]
Franz Schreker's career was cut short by the events of 1933 in Germany but he achieved real fame with his operas, and the huge success of Der Schatzgräber ('The Treasure Hunter') in the 1920s was the high point of his career. In a complex and...
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $50.00 In Stock
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Bayreuther Festspiele / Clay Hilley, Iréne Theorin, Albert Dohmen, Elisabeth Teige, Michael Kupfer-Radecky / Cornelius Meister (cond)
[ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Oct/2023 ]
In 2022 Bayreuth Festival 2022 presented a long-awaited new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, staged by young Austrian director Valentin Schwarz and conducted by Cornelius Meister.
Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili (Complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $60.00 Out of Stock
2-4 weeks
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili (Complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Teatro Flavio Vespasiano / Eleonora Bellocci, Martina Licari, Rocco Cavalluzzi / Alessandro de Marchi (cond)
[ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 27/Oct/2023 ]
First performance in modern times according to the original manuscript and on period instruments.
Delibes: Lakme (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $60.00 Low Stock
LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Lakme (complete opera recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY
Opera Comique, Paris / Sabine Devieilhe, Grederic Antouni, Stephane Degout, Ambroisine Bre / Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon
[ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/Oct/2023 ]
"Laurent Pelly transforms Delibes's opera into an exploration of colonialism and cultural appropriation...Raphaël Pichon, conducting Pygmalion on original instruments, relishes Delibes's lush orchestration." BBC Music Blu-ray of the Month Jan 2024
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Vivace (Blu-ray) cover
add to cart $50.00 In Stock
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roger Federer, John Williams, Daniel Barenboim, Andre Previn, Jorg Widmann, Lambert Orkis, Steve Cohen
Anne-Sophie Mutter: Vivace (Blu-ray)
[ SWR Classics / Blu-ray - released 29/Sep/2023 ]
Anne-Sophie Mutter is one of the greatest musicians of our age and for the last five decades has appeared at the world's leading concert venues. In addition to premiering 31 new works from leading composers, she is an inspiring mentor, has promoted...
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY cover
add to cart $60.00 Low Stock
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera / Bryn Terfel, Ioan Hotea, Markus Werba, Olga Peretyatko / Evelino Pidò (cond)
[ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 29/Sep/2023 ]
"Terfel sounds wonderful, singing with handsomely focused tone and brings considerable panache to his duet with Werba, which is denied its traditional encore here. In the pit, Evelino Pidò conducts with admirable precision and grace." (The Guardian)