Recommended Classical Blu-Ray Discs

Classical Blu-Ray

New releases on Blu-ray

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY cover
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY
Dutch National Opera / Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov / Mariss Jansons (cond)
Former Music Director Mariss Jansons returns to Amsterdam to conduct Pique Dame at the Dutch National...
$55.00
Giordano: Fedora (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY cover
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Fedora (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
Teatro Carlo Felice / Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armiliato, Alfonso Antoniozzi, Daria Kovalenko / Valerio Galli (cond)
The soprano Daniela Dessì died suddenly on 20th August 2016, aged 59. She was hailed by critics and...
$60.00

Opera now on Blu-ray!

Saariaho: Only the Sound Remains (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY cover
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Only the Sound Remains (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY
Dutsch National Opera / Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Davóne Tines (baritone) / André De Ridder (conductor) & Peter Sellars (stage director) $38.00
Rossini: Guillaume Tell [William Tell] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY cover
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Guillaume Tell [William Tell] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House / Gerald Finley, Malin Byström, John Osborn, Sofia Fomina, Nicolas Courjal / Antonio Pappano (cond) $70.00
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY
Paris Opera / Jacquelyn Wagner, Michèle Losier, Frédéric Antoun , Philippe Sly / Philippe Jordan (cond) $65.00
Boito: Mefistofele (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY cover
ARRIGO BOITO
Boito: Mefistofele (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
Bayerische Staatsoper München / René Pape, Joseph Calleja, Kristine Opolais, Karine Babajanyan / Omer Meir Wellber (cond) $65.00

Classic ballet on Blu-ray

Liebermann: Frankenstein (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY cover
LOWELL LIEBERMANN
Liebermann: Frankenstein (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY
Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Federico Bonelli, Laura Morera, Steven McRae / Koen Kessels (cond) $64.00
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballet recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY cover
PYOTTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballet recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY
The Royal Ballet / Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov, Kristen Mcnally & Claire Calvert / Koen Kessels $65.00
Mozart: The Lovers' Garden (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Lovers' Garden (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY
Teatro alla Scala / Roberto Bolle, Nicoletta Manni, Marta Romagna, Claudio Coviello / Alexander Titov (cond) $60.00
Great Ballets from the Bolshoi: Sleeping Beauty / Nutcracker / Giselle / Flames of Paris [complete ballets recorded 2010 & 2011] BLU-RAY cover
TCHAIKOVSKY / ADAM / ASAFIEV
Great Ballets from the Bolshoi: Sleeping Beauty / Nutcracker / Giselle / Flames of Paris [complete ballets recorded 2010 & 2011] BLU-RAY
Bolshoi Theatre / David Hallberg, Svetlana Zakharova, Nina Kaptsova, Artem Ovcharenko, Svetlana Lunkina, Ivan Vasiliev, etc $75.00

Donizetti on Blu-ray

Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY cover
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Don Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 2006) BLU-RAY
Zurich Opera / Juan Diego Florez, Isabel Rey, Ruggero Raimondi, Oliver Widmer / Nello Santi (cond) $23.00
La Favorite (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY cover
GAETANO DONIZETTI
La Favorite (Complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY
Theatre du Capitole de Toulouse / Kate Aldrich, Yijie Shi, Ludovic Tézier / Antonello Allemandi (cond) $70.00
Anna Bolena [complete opera recorded in 2011] BLU-RAY cover
DONIZETTI
Anna Bolena [complete opera recorded in 2011] BLU-RAY
Vienna State Opera / Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo / Evelino Pido (cond) $40.00
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY cover
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY
Nationaltheater, Munich / Edita Gruberova, Pavol Breslik, Franco Vas / Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bertrand de Billy $70.00

Blu-rays of interest

The Art of David Hallberg at the Bolshoi: Marco Spada & Sleeping Beauty (complete ballets) BLU-RAY cover
DANIEL-FRANCOIS AUBER / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
The Art of David Hallberg at the Bolshoi: Marco Spada & Sleeping Beauty (complete ballets) BLU-RAY
Bolshoi Ballet / David Hallberg, with Evguenia Obraztsova, Olga Smirnova, Maria Allash, Svetlana Zakharova, etc $65.00
Love's Labour's Lost & Love's Labour's Won [Much Ado About Nothing] (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in March 2015) BLU-RAY cover
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Love's Labour's Lost & Love's Labour's Won [Much Ado About Nothing] (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in March 2015) BLU-RAY
Royal Shakespeare Company / Sam Alexander, Peter Basham, William Belchambers, Edward Bennett, David Horovitch, Chris Nayak $104.00
Beethoven: The Symphonies (with works by Rodrigo, Berlioz & Strauss) [recorded 2012-14] cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Symphonies (with works by Rodrigo, Berlioz & Strauss) [recorded 2012-14]
Johan Reuter (bass) Pepe Romero (guitar) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos $80.00
Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart & Schubert (recorded 2012) BLU-RAY cover
FRANZ SCHUBERT / W. A. MOZART
Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart & Schubert (recorded 2012) BLU-RAY
Rachel Harnisch, Roberta Invernizzi, Sara Mingardo, Javier Camarena, Paolo Fanale & Alex Esposito / Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado $65.00

Handel Opera on Blu-Ray

Handel Box Set: Rinaldo / Saul / Giulio Cesare (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, 2005-2015) BLU-RAY cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Box Set: Rinaldo / Saul / Giulio Cesare (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, 2005-2015) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Sarah Connolly, Danielle de Niese, Christopher Purves, Iestyn Davies / Orchestra of the Age of Enligh $80.00
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY cover
HANDEL
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY
Mark Morris Dance Group $55.00
Handel: Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
Festival Aix-en-Provence / Patricia Petibon, Philippe Jaroussky, Anna Prohaska, Katarina Bradic / Andrea Marcon (cond) $35.00
Tamerlano (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY cover
HANDEL
Tamerlano (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY
Teatro Real Madrid / Placido Domingo / Monica Bacelli / Ingela Bohlin / Sara Mingardo / Paul McCreesh (conductor) $90.00

The Royal Opera on Blu-ray

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY cover
FRANCESCO CILEA
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House / Angela Gheorghiu, Olga Borodina, Jonas Kaufmann / Mark Elder (cond) $35.00
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House / Jonas Kaufmann, Kristine Opolais, Christopher Maltman / Antonio Pappano (cond) $33.00
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY cover
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House / Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi / Antonio Pappano (cond) $70.00
Mozart Operas Box Set: Don Giovanni / Die Zauberflöte / Le nozze di Figaro [complete operas recorded 2003-2008] BLU-RAY cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Operas Box Set: Don Giovanni / Die Zauberflöte / Le nozze di Figaro [complete operas recorded 2003-2008] BLU-RAY
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Simon Keenlyside, Kyle Ketelsen, Miah Persson, Joyce DiDonato, Dorothea Röschmann, Erwin Schrott, etc $80.00
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Glyndebourne Opera on Blu-ray

Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded live August 2002) BLU-RAY cover
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded live August 2002) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Anne Sofie von Otter, Laurent Naouri, Marcus Haddock, Lisa Milne / Philippe Jordan (cond) $72.00
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY cover
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Sally Matthews, Vito Priante, Audun Iversen, Lydia Teuscher, Isabel Leonard / Robin Ticciati (conductor) $55.00
Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY cover
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Ed Lyon, Christiane Karg, Sarah Connolly / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, William Christie (conductor) $72.00
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY cover
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY
Glyndebourne Opera / Miah Persson, Topi Lehtipuu, Matthew Rose / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) $72.00

Documentaries & Concerts.

Maria Callas: In Concert London, Hamburg & Paris BLU-RAY cover
PUCCINI / BELLINI / ROSSINI / BIZET / VERDI / BELLINI / etc
Maria Callas: In Concert London, Hamburg & Paris BLU-RAY
Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra & Chorus of the Paris National Opera, Symphonieorchester des NDR, Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Cove $55.00
Live From Red Square Moscow 2014 BLU-RAY cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Live From Red Square Moscow 2014 BLU-RAY
Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky / State Academic Symphony, Constantine Orbelian $37.00
Ravel, Dutilleux, Delage BLU-RAY / DVD cover
RAVEL / DUTILLEUX / DELAGE
Ravel, Dutilleux, Delage BLU-RAY / DVD
Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonidas Kavakos, Julia Bullock $35.00
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden 2016 BLU-RAY cover
WAGNER / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / CILEA / VERDI / PUCCINI
Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden 2016 BLU-RAY
Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Anja Harteros (soprano) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato $32.00