In Stock Classical Blu-Ray Disc
In Stock Classical Blu-Ray Disc
Below is a list of all In Stock Classical Blu-Ray Disc titles.
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Complete ballet recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Berlin State Ballet / Iana Salenko, Marian Walter, Rishat Yulbarisov, Beatrice Knop / Robert Reimer (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Oct/2016 ] When she is finally released from an evil spell by the kiss of a young prince, the Sleeping Beauty awakes and is - despite of a hundred years of sleep - as beautiful as a young woman. The love of the prince is simply stronger than the curse that... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Vesselina Kasarova, Isabel Rey, Michele Pertusi / Franz Welser-Möst (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Oct/2016 ] " it's [Kasarova's] Carmen who makes this production unforgettable. Not just her smoky mezzo dipping down into the chest register in the Habanera, but her gifts are an actress" BBC Music |
BIZET / DEBUSSY
Bizet arr Otten: Car Men / La Cathédrale engloutie / Silent Cries (complete dance works rec 1975 - 2006) BLU-RAY Netherlands Dance Theatre / Sabine Kupferberg, Karel Hruška, David Krügel, Giogonda Barbuto [ Arthaus Elegance Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Oct/2016 ] "One might better refer to it as a piece about movement and facial expression that doesn't fit into any particular category. It's fun and thought-provoking - definitely worth the time!" (ClassicalNet) |
CHABRIER / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET / RAVEL / POULENC
New Year's Eve Concert 2015 BLU-RAY Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Simon Rattle [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Sep/2016 ] The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns his attention to Mozart's last 8 piano concertos. The music of Mozart has quite literally been an essential driving force of Daniel Barenboim's... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 (Complete opera filmed at Mariinsky II, St Petersburg 2013) BLU-RAY/DVD Mariinsky Theatre / Gennadi Bezzubenkov, Viktor Lutsyuk, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Varvara Solovyova / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Mariinsky DVD + Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Valery Gergiev is a born Prokofiev interpreter" The Guardian |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 (Recorded live from the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier, Paris 2014-15) BLU-RAY Ricarda Merbeth, Daniela Sindram, Robert Dean Smitm, Günther Groissböck / Paris National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Philippe Jordan [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "A seasoned Beethovenian will likely conclude that a lot of care and thought went into the interpretations as well." Classical-Net |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Acis and Galatea (complete opera recorded April 2009) BLU-RAY The Royal & Ballet / Danielle de Niese, Charles Workman, Matthew Rose, Paul Agnew / Christopher Hogwood (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "An evening of exquisite sensual pleasure." The Telegraph |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia (complete opera recorded October 2015) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Christine Rice, Allan Clayton, Kate Royal, Duncan Rock, Louise Alder / Leo Hussain (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Sep/2016 ] "Its beautifully acted and sung. Rice wrings your heart throughout and her self-lacerating final scenes have a harrowing immediacy" Gramophone |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Rondine (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Deutsche Oper Berlin / Dinara Alieva (Magda de Civry), Charles Castronovo, Alexandra Hutton, Alvaro Zambrano, Stephen Bronk / Roberto Rizzi Brignoli ( [ Delos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 3/Sep/2016 ] "Villázon shows admirable restraint in a straightforward, stylish production that contains a good deal of charm…there's a rich darkness to [Alieva's] voice, especially in Doretta's Dream." (Blu-ray of the Month Gramophone July 2016) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Daniel Johansson, Kerstin Avemo, Mandy Fredrich, Rachel Frenkel, Michael Volle / Johannes Debus (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "Johansson's big-voice Hoffmann lacks a genuine pianissimo but phrases elegantly…Fredrich and Frenkel are nicely stylish…playing and choral singing are both excellent" (Gramophone) |
RODION SHCHEDRIN
Shchedrin: The Left-Hander (Complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY & DVD Mariinsky Theatre / Andrei Popov, Edward Tsanga, Vladimir Moroz, Kristina Alieva / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Mariinsky Blu-Ray + DVD / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] ANNA MATISON: FILM DIRECTOR ALEXANDER ORLOV: SET DESIGNER IRINA CHEREDNIKOVA: COSTUME DESIGNER ALEXANDER SIVAEV: LIGHTING DESIGNER Specially written for Gergiev on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Rodion Shchedrin's 'The Left-Hander' is... |
BEETHOVEN / DEBUSSY / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT
Menahem Pressler in Recital (recorded live in Paris in 2011) BLU-RAY Menahem Pressler (piano) [ Euroarts / Ideale Audience International Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "His technique may be somewhat dimmed, but the twinkle of his distinctive sound remains as fresh and beautiful as ever; so, too, his astute pointing of musical structure, and the sheer love with which he communicates these great works" (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN / ALBENIZ / PROKOFIEV / CHOPIN
Live in Vienna BLU-RAY Lang Lang (piano) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Jun/2016 ] "the technical command is peerless and the emotional warmth envelops us. He is surely the Horowitz of our generation" The Observer, 12th September 2010 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Complete Piano Concertos BLU-RAY Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Murray Perahia, winner of the Grammy Award in 1989, 1999 and 2003, is often described as an aristocratof a piano, is performing Beethoven´s piano concertos 1-5 with eloquent phrasing, beautiful tone and poetic sensitivity, that became a trademark of... |
![Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (plus Wolf - Lieder) [concert recorded in Sept 2012] BLU-RAY cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10551/10551738.jpg)
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (plus Wolf - Lieder) [concert recorded in Sept 2012] BLU-RAY Renee Fleming (soprano) / Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "Thielemann's interpretation of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony is majestic and clean, as expected, though it falls just short of the cumulative power that the audience's warm reception suggests." (BBC Music) |
SHAKESPEARE
Henry V (recorded live at Stratford-Upon-Avon in 2015) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Alex Hassell, Jane Lapotaire, Sarah Parks, Leigh Quinn, Joshua Richards [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/May/2016 ] Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he must leave his rebellious youth behind, striving to gain the respect of his nobility and people. |
ROSSINI
Semiramide (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Vlaamse Opera Antwerpi / Myrtò Papatanasiu, Ann Hallenberg, Josef Wagner, Robert McPherson, Igor Bakan / Alberto Zedda (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/May/2016 ] "The singer's unfailing musicality and sincerity offer much pleasure..Zedda's speeds are well judged." (International Record Review) |
PUCCINI
Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Maria Guleghina, Marco Berti, Alexia Voulgaridou, Alexander Tsymbaluk / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2016 ] This 2008 production is staged by Chen Kaige, the film director of Farewell My Concubine and winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. |
W. A. MOZART / ROSSINI
Best Wishes from Cecilia Bartoli: Don Giovanni / Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Il Turco in Italia (complete operas recorded in 1988 - 2002) BLU-RAY Cecilia Bartoli, with David Kuebler, Ruggerio Raimondi, Rodney Gilfry, Isabel Rey, Robert Lloyd & others [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Box Set - released 15/Apr/2016 ] Cecilia Bartoli sings a wide variety of genres in many different languages all over the world. In this special Arthaus Musik Edition she can be seen in three coloratura classics of Italian opera. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Tara Erraught, Kate Royal, Lars Woldt, Michael Kraus / Robin Ticciati (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Strauss's musically ravishing comic masterpiece is given a visual updating in director Richard Jones's stylish and 'gently subversive' Glyndebourne staging, one which offers 'a dreamlike distortion not just of Vienna's 18th-century past, but also of... |
